Lois Capps
★ U.S. Representative
- Born
- January 10, 1938
- Current age
- 88
- Home state
- California
- Party
- Democratic
- On the ballot
- 1998–2014
9-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Capps1.2M
Opponents812,730
9
Elections run
Between 1998 and 2014, Lois Capps ran in 9 U.S. House elections, winning all 9. Capps's biggest single-election total was 171,403 votes, in the 2008 U.S. House election in California's District 23. Capps's closest win came in the 2014 U.S. House election in California's District 24, decided by 7,662 votes.
Browse every U.S. House race in California's District 24, every U.S. House race in California's District 23, or every U.S. House race in California's District 22.
How many votes has Lois Capps received?
Lois Capps has received 1,152,596 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 9–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 103,22851.93% | Chris Mitchum |
| 2012 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 156,74955.1% | Abel Maldonado |
| 2010 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 111,76857.77% | Tom Watson John V. Hager Darrell M. Stafford |
| 2008 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 171,40368.07% | Matt T. Kokkonen |
| 2006 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 114,66165.17% | Victor D. Tognazzini |
| 2004 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 153,98063.03% | Don Regan Michael Favorite |
| 2002 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 95,75259.03% | Beth Rogers James E. Hill |
| 2000 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 135,53853.14% | Mike Stoker Richard D. 'Dick' Porter (head-to-head) Joe Furcinite J. Carlos Aguirre |
| 1998 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 109,51754.96% | Tom J. Bordonaro Jr. Robert Bakhaus Richard D. 'Dick' Porter (head-to-head) |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C001036) and Wikidata (Q459693). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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