California State Senate elections, 1998

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November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)

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20 seats from even-numbered districts of the California State Senate

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	John L. Burton	Ross Johnson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	3rd-San Francisco	35th-Fullerton
Seats before	23	16
Seats after	25	15
Seat change	2	1
Popular vote	1,975,326	1,426,014
Percentage	56.49%	40.78%

Pro Tem before election

John L. Burton
Democratic

Pro Tem-designate

John L. Burton
Democratic

The 1998 California State Senate elections were held on November 3, 1998. Senate seats of even-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered so that half the membership is elected every two years. Senators serve four-year terms and are limited to two terms. Democrats expanded their majority, winning a Republican-held seat and an Independent-held seat.

Final results from the California Secretary of State:

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