DemocratNot in office · last served 2012Last on a ballot: Nov 2012

Fortney Pete Stark

Fortney Pete Stark ran in 15 elections between 1984 and 2012, winning 14. Served in the U.S. House (CA-9 and CA-13).

Career

Offices held, and every time Stark was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028U.S. House, CA-9 U.S. House, CA-13Out of office

Margin: how far Stark finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised
2012	U.S. House, CA-15	General	Lost	Eric Swalwell (D)	47.9%	R+4.2	$939.7K
2010	U.S. House, CA-13	General	Won	Forest Baker (R)	72%	D+44.2	$487.4K
2008	U.S. House, CA-13	General	Won	Raymond Chui (R)	76.4%	D+52.9	$913.2K
2006	U.S. House, CA-13	General	Won	George I. Bruno (R)	74.9%	D+49.8	$430.3K
2004	U.S. House, CA-13	General	Won	George I. Bruno (R), Mark W. Stroberg (L)	71.6%	D+47.6	$370.6K
2002	U.S. House, CA-13	General	Won	Syed R. Mahmood (R), Mark W. Stroberg (L), Don J. Grundmann (AMI)	71.1%	D+49.0	$454.2K
2000	U.S. House, CA-13	General	Won	James R. "jim" Goetz (R), Howard Mora (L), Tim Robert Hoehner (NLP)	70.4%	D+46.1	$446.3K
1998	U.S. House, CA-13	General	Won	James R. "jim" Goetz (R), Karnig Beylikjian (NLP)	71.2%	D+44.6	$332.1K
1996	U.S. House, CA-13	General	Won	James S. Fay (R), Terry C. Savage (L)	65.2%	D+34.8	$335K
1994	U.S. House, CA-13	General	Won	Larry Molton (R), Robert "bob" Gough (L)	64.6%	D+34.4	$710.2K
1992	U.S. House, CA-13	General	Won	Verne Teyler (R), Roslyn A. Allen (PF)	60.2%	D+28.6	$634.5K
1990	U.S. House, CA-9	General	Won	Victor Romero (R)	58.4%	D+16.9	$525.3K
1988	U.S. House, CA-9	General	Won	Howard Hertz (R)	73%	D+45.9	$504.7K
1986	U.S. House, CA-9	General	Won	David M. Williams (R), Wayne B. Norris (D)	54.5%	D+30.8	—
1984	U.S. House, CA-9	General	Won	J. T. Eager Beaver (R), Martha Fuhrig (L)	69.9%	D+43.6	$575.1K