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1998 California U.S. House District 3 Election

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Who won the 1998 California U.S. House District 3 Election?

Doug Ose won the 1998 California U.S. House District 3 Election. Doug Ose received 100,621 popular votes (52.41%). The main challenger was Sandie Dunn (45.04%).

See the full head-to-head between Ose and Dunn

Ose +7.4 pts · won by 14,150 votes
Doug OseRepublicanWINNER52.41%
100,621 votes
Sandie DunnDemocratic45.04%
86,471 votes
Ross CrainLibertarian2.56%
4,914 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.