Since 1968, the Peace & Freedom Party has enjoyed ballot access in local and national elections in California and other states. Below runs a list of our U.S. Senate candidates for the state of California in these elections.
As a result of the “Top Two” system of voting introduced in California in 2010, all vote totals listed after that year represent those earned in the state primary election.
| Year | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| 1968 | Paul Jacobs | 92,965 | 1.3% |
| 1970 | Robert Scheer | 56,731 | 0.9% |
| 1974 | Gayle Justice | 96,436 | 1.6% |
| 1976 | David Wald | 104,383 | 1.4% |
| 1980 | David Wald | 196,354 | 2.4% |
| 1982 | David Wald | 96,388 | 1.2% |
| 1986 | Paul Kangas | 33,869 | 0.5% |
| 1988 | Maria Elizabeth Munoz | 166,600 | 1.7% |
| 1992 | Geneve Torres | 372,817 | 3.5% |
| 1992 | Gerald Horne | 305,697 | 2.8% |
| 1994 | Elizabeth Cervantes Barron | 255,301 | 3.0% |
| 1998 | Ophie Beltran | 48,707 | 0.6% |
| 2002 | (None)1 | ||
| 2004 | Marsha Feinland | 243,846 | 2.1% |
| 2006 | Marsha Feinland | 117,764 | 1.3% |
| 2010 | Marsha Feinland | 135.093 | 1.4% |
| 2012 | Marsha Feinland | 57.720 | 1.2% |
| 2012 | Kabiruddin Karim Ali | 12,269 | 0.3% |
| 2016 | John Thompson Parker | 35,998 | 0.5% |
| 2018 | John Thompson Parker | 22,825 | 0.3% |
| 2022 | John Thompson Parker | 124,672 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | John Thompson Parker (as write-in)2 | 9,951 | 0.1% |
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Notes 2. The U.S. Senate race was on the ballot twice in 2022, with one vote for the full six-year term and the second to serve out the remainder of the current unexpired term. Parker was on the ballot for the full-term and ran as a write-in candidate for the partial term. |
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