Eugenie Stuckle) Electoral history California's 35th congressional district special election, 1970 John G. Schmitz (R) – 103,127 (49.30%) David N. Hartman (D) – 19,163 (9.16%) John A. Steiger (R) – 30,191 (14.43%) William M. Wilcoxen (R) – 27,016 (12.91%) Thomas Lenhart (R) – 16,378 (7.83%) John D. Ratterree (R) – 7,881 (3.77%) Maggie Meggs (R) – 5,440 (2.60%) Note: All candidates ran in the same primary. Since no candidate won a majority, the top two finishers from both parties (Schmitz and Hartman) went to a runoff election. California's 35th congressional district special election, 1970 (Runoff) John G. Schmitz (R) – 67,209 (72.37%) David N. Hartman (D) – 25,655 (27.63%) California's 35th congressional district election, 1970 John G. Schmitz (R) (inc.) – 192,765 (67.04%) Thomas Lenhart (D) – 87,019 (30.27%) Francis R. Halpern (Peace & Freedom) – 7,742 (2.69%) California's 35th congressional district Republican primary election, 1972 Andrew J. Hinshaw – 42,782 (45.63%) John G. Schmitz – 40,261 (42.94%) Earl H. Carraway – 9,116 (9.72%) Larry Denna – 1,597 (1.70%) 1972 American Independent Party National Convention John G. Schmitz – 330 (71.74%) George L. Garfield – 56 (12.17%) Allen Grear – 26 (5.65%) Thomas J. Anderson – 24 (5.22%) Richard B. Kay – 16 (3.48%) George Wallace – 8 (1.74%) 1972 United States presidential election Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (Republican) – 47,168,710 (60.7%) and 520 electoral votes (49 states carried) George McGovern/Sargent Shriver (Democratic) – 29,173,222 (37.5%) and 17 electoral votes (1 state and D.C. carried) John Hospers/Theodora Nathan (Libertarian) – 3,674 votes (00.0%) and 1 electoral vote (faithless elector) John G. Schmitz/Thomas J. Anderson (American Independent) – 1,100,868 (1.4%) and 0 electoral votes Republican primary for the United States Senate from California, 1980 Paul Gann - 934,433 (40.00%) Sam Yorty - 668,583 (28.62%) John G. Schmitz - 442,839 (18.96%) James A. Ware - 95,155 (4.07%) Rayburn D. Hanzlick - 76,268 (3.27%) Philip Schwartz - 68,790 (2.95%) Brian Hyndman - 50,122 (2.15%) Republican primary for the United States Senate from California, 1982 Pete Wilson - 851,292 (37.54%) Pete McCloskey - 577,267 (25.46%) Barry Goldwater, Jr. - 408,308 (18.01%) Bob Dornan - 181,970 (8.03%) Maureen Reagan - 118,326 (5.22%) John G. Schmitz - 48,267 (2.13%) Ted Bruinsma - 37,762 (1.67%) Publications Books Stranger in the Arena. Santa Ana, Calif.: Rayline Printing Co. (1974). Book contributions Introduction to None Dare Call It Conspiracy, by Gary Allen and Larry H. Abraham. Seal Beach, Calif.: Concord