DemocratNot in office · last served 1996Last on a ballot: Nov 1994

Tom Bates

Tom Bates ran in 10 elections between 1976 and 1994, winning 10. Served in the California State Assembly (District 12 and District 14).

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1994	California State Assembly, District 14	General	Won	David Anderson (R), Hank Chapot Jr. (I)	78.5%	D+63.2
1992	California State Assembly, District 14	General	Won	Marsha Feinland (PF)	82.1%	D+64.3
1990	California State Assembly, District 12	General	Won	Jonathan Gear (R), Marsha Feinland (PF)	67.7%	D+41.7
1988	California State Assembly, District 12	General	Won	Jerald H. Udinsky (R), Lawrance Phillips (PF)	73.6%	D+49.6
1986	California State Assembly, District 12	General	Won	Jerald H. Udinsky (R), Emma Mar (PF), William McCord (L)	72.1%	D+47.9
1984	California State Assembly, District 12	General	Won	Fred E. Foldvary (L), Lewis J. Shireman (PF)	88.5%	D+81.0
1982	California State Assembly, District 12	General	Won	Gerti B. Thomas (R), Emma Mar (PF)	72.7%	D+48.7
1980	California State Assembly, District 12	General	Won	William J. Sullivan (R), Kelly L. Haughton (L), Hilda S. Cowan (PF)	60.5%	D+27.7
1978	California State Assembly, District 12	General	Won	Robert M. Niemann (R), Tom Condit (PF)	54.4%	D+11.5
1976	California State Assembly, District 12	General	Won	Arthur R. Flegal (R), William A. Callison (PF)	58%	D+18.6