Political Highlights: Monterey County Board of Supervisors, 1975-80; Calif. Assembly, 1980-93; U.S. House of Representatives, 1993-2017 Born: July 4, 1941; San Francisco, Calif. Residence: Carmel Religion: Episcopalian Family: Wife, Shary Baldwin Farr; one child Education: Willamette U., B.S. 1963
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1993 Election Results
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Sam Farr (D) Bill McCampbell (R) E. Coffin (GREEN)
Votes
87,222 74,380 5,591
%
52.2% 44.5% 3.3%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Sam Farr (D) Jess Brown (R) John Black (NL)
Votes
115,116 73,856 6,573
%
58.9% 37.8% 3.4%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Sam Farr (D) Bill McCampbell (R) Rick Garrett (LIBERT) Scott Hartley (NL)
Votes
103,719 52,470 2,791 1,710
%
64.5% 32.7% 1.7% 1.1%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Sam Farr (D) Clint Engler (R) E. Coffin (GREEN) Rick Garrett (LIBERT) Lawrence Fenton (REF) Scott Hartley (NL)
Votes
143,219 51,557 8,215 2,510 2,263 996
%
68.6% 24.7% 3.9% 1.2% 1.1% 0.5%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Sam Farr (D) Clint Engler (R) Ray Glock-Grueneich (GREEN) Jascha Lee (LIBERT)
Votes
101,632 40,334 4,885 2,418
%
68.1% 27.0% 3.3% 1.6%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Sam Farr (D) Mark Risley (R) Ray Glock-Grueneich (GREEN) Joe Williams (PF) Jim Smolen (LIBERT)
Votes
148,958 65,117 3,645 2,823 2,607
%
66.7% 29.2% 1.6% 1.3% 1.2%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Sam Farr (D) Anthony De Maio (R)
Votes
120,750 35,932
%
75.8% 22.6%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Sam Farr (D) Jeff Taylor (R)
Votes
168,907 59,037
%
73.9% 25.8%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Sam Farr (D) Jeff Taylor (R) Eric Petersen (GREEN) Mary Larkin (LIBERT)
