DemocratNot in office · last served 2008Last on a ballot: Nov 2006

Tom Lantos

Tom Lantos ran in 14 elections between 1980 and 2006, winning 14. Served in the U.S. House (CA-11 and CA-12).

Career

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

1980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028U.S. House, CA-11 U.S. House, CA-12Out of office

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised
2006	U.S. House, CA-12	General	Won	Mike Moloney (R)	76%	D+52.1	$1M
2004	U.S. House, CA-12	General	Won	Mike Garza (R), Pat Gray (G), Harland Harrison (L)	68%	D+47.2	$2.1M
2002	U.S. House, CA-12	General	Won	Mike Moloney (R), Maad H. Abu-Ghazalah (L)	68.1%	D+43.4	$355K
2000	U.S. House, CA-12	General	Won	Mike Garza (R), Barbara J. Less (L), Rifkin Young (NLP)	74.5%	D+53.7	$510K
1998	U.S. House, CA-12	General	Won	Robert H. Evans (R), Mike Moloney (L)	74%	D+52.9	$570.7K
1996	U.S. House, CA-12	General	Won	Storm Jenkins (R), Christopher Va Schmidt (L), Richard Borg (NLP)	71.7%	D+48.0	$246.3K
1994	U.S. House, CA-12	General	Won	Deborah Wilder (R)	67.4%	D+34.8	$314.7K
1992	U.S. House, CA-12	General	Won	Jim Tomlin (R), Mary Weldon (PF), George L. O'Brien (L)	68.8%	D+45.5	$499.9K
1990	U.S. House, CA-11	General	Won	G. M. "bill" Quraishi (R), June R. Genis (L)	65.9%	D+37.2	$788.3K
1988	U.S. House, CA-11	General	Won	G. M. "bill" Quraishi (R), Bill Wade (L), Victor Martinez (PF)	71%	D+46.5	$386.5K
1986	U.S. House, CA-11	General	Won	G. M. "bill" Quraishi (R)	74.1%	D+48.2	$299.2K
1984	U.S. House, CA-11	General	Won	John J. "jack" Hickey (R), Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff (AMI)	69.9%	D+41.7	$638.3K
1982	U.S. House, CA-11	General	Won	Bill Royer (R), Chuck Olson (L), Wilson Branch (PF)	57.1%	D+17.3	$1.1M
1980	U.S. House, CA-11	General	Won	Bill Royer (R), Wilson Branch (PF), William S. Wade Jr. (L)	46.4%	D+3.1	$528.7K