The 1994 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election was held on June 7, 1994, to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of California . The officially nonpartisan position is elected via a general election, with a runoff held if no candidate receives a majority of the vote. Delaine Eastin and Maureen DiMarco advanced to run the runoff, which was held on November 8, 1994 and won by Eastin.
1994 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election
Nominee
Delaine Eastin
Maureen DiMarco
Wilbert Smith
Party
Democratic
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
First round vote
879,111
548,046
474,025
First round percentage
22.67%
14.13%
12.23%
Runoff vote
3,892,681
3,108,221
Eliminated
Runoff percentage
55.60%
44.40%
Eliminated
Nominee
Carol S. Koppel
Gloria Marra Tuchman
Joseph D. Carrabino
Party
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
First round vote
381,841
312,562
285,766
First round percentage
9.85%
8.06%
7.37%
Runoff vote
Eliminated
Eliminated
Eliminated
Runoff percentage
Eliminated
Eliminated
Eliminated
Nominee
Robert Steward
Hal Rice
Party
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
First round vote
253,397
251,685
First round percentage
6.54%
6.49%
Runoff vote
Eliminated
Eliminated
Runoff percentage
Eliminated
Eliminated
First round county results Runoff county results Map key
Eastin:
10–20%
20–30%
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
DiMarco:
10–20%
50–60%
60–70%
Koppel:
10–20%
Smith:
10–20%
Tuchman:
10–20%
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California Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 1994[ 1]
Candidate
Votes
%
Delaine Eastin
3,892,681
55.60
Maureen DiMarco
3,108,221
44.40
Hal Rice (write-in )
20
0.00
Invalid or blank votes
1,899,714
21.34%
Total votes
7,000,922
100.00
Voter turnout
46.98%
County
Eastin
Votes
DiMarco
Votes
Rice
Votes
Alameda
70.99%
238,980
29.01%
97,654
0.00%
0
San Francisco
70.61%
111,542
29.39%
46,418
0.00%
0
Santa Cruz
63.29%
43,872
36.71%
25,446
0.00%
0
San Mateo
62.75%
105,114
37.25%
62,392
0.00%
0
Mendocino
62.55%
15,002
37.45%
8,982
0.00%
0
San Luis Obispo
62.43%
45,956
37.57%
27,658
0.00%
0
Santa Barbara
62.26%
67,211
37.74%
40,732
0.00%
3
Contra Costa
61.15%
151,462
38.85%
96,245
0.00%
0
Santa Clara
60.88%
213,466
39.12%
137,167
0.00%
1
Marin
60.63%
50,025
39.37%
32,479
0.00%
0
Solano
59.77%
50,780
40.23%
34,179
0.00%
0
Sonoma
59.68%
78,106
40.32%
52,764
0.00%
0
Lake
59.10%
10,094
40.90%
6,986
0.00%
0
Napa
58.73%
20,804
41.27%
14,619
0.00%
0
Nevada
57.56%
17,904
42.44%
13,199
0.00%
0
Humboldt
57.52%
22,542
42.48%
16,645
0.00%
0
Stanislaus
57.18%
49,475
42.82%
37,050
0.00%
0
Yolo
57.02%
24,072
42.98%
18,142
0.00%
0
Los Angeles
56.10%
925,316
43.90%
724,071
0.00%
3
Tuolumne
55.84%
9,417
44.16%
7,446
0.00%
0
Sacramento
55.25%
159,757
44.75%
129,368
0.00%
2
Monterey
55.17%
42,078
44.83%
34,185
0.00%
1
Yuba
55.09%
6,847
44.91%
5,582
0.00%
0
Plumas
54.92%
4,039
45.08%
3,316
0.00%
0
San Joaquin
54.67%
61,609
45.33%
51,083
0.00%
0
Mono
54.66%
1,582
45.34%
1,312
0.00%
0
Lassen
53.99%
3,789
46.01%
3,229
0.00%
0
Ventura
53.84%
94,764
46.16%
81,262
0.00%
0
Alpine
53.62%
289
46.38%
250
0.00%
0
San Bernardino
53.52%
156,294
46.48%
135,746
0.00%
0
Sierra
53.43%
733
46.57%
639
0.00%
0
Modoc
52.81%
1,682
47.19%
1,503
0.00%
0
Mariposa
52.35%
3,265
47.65%
2,972
0.00%
0
San Benito
52.17%
5,273
47.83%
4,835
0.00%
0
Amador
51.81%
5,915
48.19%
5,501
0.00%
0
Calaveras
51.81%
7,122
48.19%
6,624
0.00%
0
Del Norte
51.40%
3,130
48.60%
2,959
0.00%
0
Placer
51.12%
31,703
48.88%
30,318
0.00%
0
San Diego
50.55%
300,616
49.45%
294,060
0.00%
2
El Dorado
50.55%
23,801
49.45%
23,287
0.00%
0
Tulare
50.43%
34,645
49.57%
34,054
0.00%
0
Sutter
50.10%
9,550
49.90%
9,512
0.00%
0
Trinity
49.88%
2,324
50.12%
2,335
0.00%
0
Riverside
49.64%
145,612
50.36%
147,696
0.00%
0
Orange
49.59%
296,160
50.41%
301,091
0.00%
3
Imperial
48.68%
9,455
51.32%
9,967
0.00%
0
Fresno
47.56%
70,729
52.44%
77,995
0.00%
5
Merced
46.90%
15,224
53.10%
17,236
0.00%
0
Inyo
46.53%
2,828
53.47%
3,250
0.00%
0
Siskiyou
45.55%
6,982
54.45%
8,345
0.00%
0
Madera
45.05%
10,475
54.95%
12,779
0.00%
0
Butte
44.54%
26,348
55.46%
32,811
0.00%
0
Kings
43.87%
8,631
56.13%
11,045
0.00%
0
Colusa
43.53%
1,885
56.47%
2,445
0.00%
0
Kern
42.42%
57,248
57.58%
77,707
0.00%
0
Shasta
42.21%
20,134
57.79%
27,565
0.00%
0
Tehama
41.34%
6,701
58.66%
9,507
0.00%
0
Glenn
33.66%
2,322
66.34%
4,576
0.00%
0