Robert T. Matsui
Democratic
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-07-1978 | Democratic | CD-03 | 105537 | Win |
| 11-04-1980 | Democratic | CD-03 | 170670 | Win |
| 11-02-1982 | Democratic | CD-03 | 194680 | Win |
| 11-06-1984 | Democratic | CD-03 | 131369 | Win |
| 11-04-1986 | Democratic | CD-03 | 158709 | Win |
| 11-08-1988 | Democratic | CD-03 | 183470 | Win |
| 11-06-1990 | Democratic | CD-03 | 132143 | Win |
| 11-03-1992 | Democratic | CD-05 | 158250 | Win |
| 11-08-1994 | Democratic | CD-05 | 125042 | Win |
| 11-05-1996 | Democratic | CD-05 | 142618 | Win |
| 11-03-1998 | Democratic | CD-05 | 130715 | Win |
| 11-07-2000 | Democratic | CD-05 | 147025 | Win |
| 11-05-2002 | Democratic | CD-05 | 92726 | Win |
| 11-02-2004 | Democratic | CD-05 | 138004 | Win |
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Candidate Biography:
Robert Takeo Matsui
Born: September 17, 1941 in Sacramento, CA.
Married: Doris Matsui (m. 1966)
Child: One
Died: January 1, 2005 in Bethesda, Maryland
1971-1978: Member, Sacramento City Council
1977: Vice Mayor, City of Sacramento
- PLACENAME: The Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse is located in Sacramento.
- PLACENAME: The Robert T. Matsui Medicine Lecture Hall at UC Davis Medical Center.
- PLACENAME: The Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service is part of the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies. The University of California's "Cal-in-Sacramento" internship program is run by the Matsui Center.
- PLACENAME: The Robert Matsui Waterfront Park is located in Sacramento at Jibboom Street at Sacramento River.
- Matsui was one of very few people to lie in state at the State Capitol. He was the most recent in 2005.
- Matsui and his family were sent to the Japanese internment camp at Tule Lake [California] from 1942-1945.
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]