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|term_end        = 
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|successor       = 
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|district1       = 19th
|term_start1     = December 4, 2000
|term_end1       = December 1, 2008
|predecessor1    = Cathie Wright
|successor1      = Tony Strickland
|state_assembly2 = California
|district2       = 38th
|term_start2     = December 2, 1996
|term_end2       = December 4, 2000
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|successor2      = Keith Richman
|state_assembly3 = California
|district3       = 36th
|term_start3     = December 6, 1982
|term_end3       = December 7, 1992
|predecessor3    = Chuck Imbrecht
|successor3      = Nao Takasugi
|birth_name      = Thomas Miller McClintock II
|birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1956|7|10}}
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|death_date      = 
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'''Thomas Miller McClintock II''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|k|l|ɪ|n|t|ɒ|k}}; born July 10, 1956) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for {{ushr|CA|4}}, serving since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as an assemblyman and state senator. McClintock unsuccessfully ran for Governor of California in the California recall election and for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2006 election.

==Early life, education, and early political career==
McClintock was born in White Plains, New York  and graduated in 1978 from [[Organization:University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]. Aged 23, he was elected [[Social:Chairman|Chairman]] of the Ventura County Republican Party, and served until 1981. He was chief of staff to State Senator Ed Davis from 1980 to 1982. From 1992 to 1994, he served as the director of the Center for the California Taxpayer.<ref>[https://mcclintock.house.gov/about/full-biography Biography | Congressman Tom McClintock]. ''mcclintock.house.gov''. Retrieved on September 25, 2015.</ref> He was director of the Claremont Institute's Golden State Center for Policy Studies from 1995–96.<ref>[http://www.yologop.org/stay_informed/candidates/index.cfm/Tom_McClintock_7.htm "Tom McClintock for Lt. Governor"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210215301/http://www.yologop.org/stay_informed/candidates/index.cfm/Tom_McClintock_7.htm |date=2012-02-10 }} Retrieved on March 19, 2008</ref> 

==California Assembly (1982–1992, 1996–2000)==

===Elections===
McClintock ran for California's 36th State Assembly district, based in Thousand Oaks, in 1982 at the age of 26 after redistricting. He defeated Democrat Harriet Kosmo Henson 56–44%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=450790|title=Our Campaigns – CA State Assembly 36 Race – Nov 02, 1982|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> In 1984, he won re-election to a second term, defeating Tom Jolicoeur 72–28%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=444938|title=Our Campaigns – CA State Assembly 36 Race – Nov 06, 1984|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> In 1986, he won re-election to a third term, defeating Frank Nekimken 73–25%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=443080|title=Our Campaigns – CA State Assembly 36 Race – Nov 04, 1986|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> In 1988, he won re-election to a fourth term, defeating George Webb II 70–29%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=441739|title=Our Campaigns – CA State Assembly 36 Race – Nov 08, 1988|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> In 1990, he won re-election to a fifth term, defeating Ginny Connell 59–36%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=373460|title=Our Campaigns – CA State Assembly 36 Race – Nov 06, 1990|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

After running for Congress in 1992 and for controller in 1994, he decided to run for the Assembly again in 1996. He ran for California's 38th State Assembly district and defeated Democrat Jon Lauritzen 56–40% to win his sixth assembly term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=368955|title=Our Campaigns – CA State Assembly 38 Race – Nov 05, 1996|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> In 1998, McClintock won re-election to a seventh term unopposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=280320|title=Our Campaigns – CA State Assembly 38 Race – Nov 03, 1998|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

===Tenure===
He authored California's lethal injection use for California's death penalty law. He also opposed tax increases and supported spending cuts. He was a strong proponent of abolishing the car tax.<ref>[http://www.tommcclintock.com/meet-tom ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005210730/http://www.tommcclintock.com/meet-tom |date=October 5, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="nationaljournal.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/person/tom-mcclintock-ca/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111120334/http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/person/tom-mcclintock-ca/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-01-11|title=Login|work=nationaljournal.com}}</ref>

==California Senate (2000–2008)==
[[File:Tom McClintock.jpg|thumb|Tom McClintock as a California State Senator]]

===Elections===
In 2000, he decided to retire from the California Assembly to run for California's 19th State Senate district. He ranked first in the May 7th open primary with 52% of the vote. In November, he defeated Democrat Daniel Gonzalez 58–42%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5772|title=Our Campaigns – CA State Senate 19 Race – Nov 07, 2000|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> In 2004, he won re-election to a second term, defeating Paul Joseph Graber 61–39%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=71750|title=Our Campaigns – CA State Senate 19 Race – Nov 02, 2004|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

===Tenure===
In 2008, McClintock voted against Proposition 2, which prohibits confining calves, pigs and hens in small cages in which they cannot extend their limbs. "Farm animals are food, not friends", he said in response to backlash to his no vote. He also cited concern about increased grocery bills.<ref name="McGreevy102108">{{cite web|last1=McGreevy|first1=Patrick|title=Tom McClintock speaks out on farm animal, gay marriage measures|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/10/mcclintock----n.html|website=LA Times Blogs - L.A. NOW|accessdate=22 December 2017|date=21 October 2008}}</ref>

McClintock has a long history of opposing various tax increases. In 2000 he was instrumental in proposing a two-thirds reduction in the vehicle license fee, or car tax. In 2003, he opposed then-Governor Gray Davis's attempt to rescind a rollback of a vehicle license fee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/recall/20031001-9999_1n1tom.html|title=GOP's McClintock sticks to his guns even if it costs him|publisher=SignOnSanDiego.com|date=2003-10-01|first=Michael|last=Gardner}}</ref> McClintock has also opposed deficit reduction efforts that would have increased taxes. He supported the Bureaucracy Reduction and Closure Commission and [[Finance:Performance-based budgeting|performance-based budgeting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040222/news_mz1e22state.html|title=Pressing measures|publisher=SignOnSanDiego.com|first=Robert M.|last=Stern|date=2004-02-22}}</ref>

==Statewide elections==

===1994 Controller election===
He ran for California State Controller after incumbent Democrat Gray Davis retired. He won the Republican primary, defeating John Morris, 61–39%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=113667|title=Our Campaigns – CA Controller – R Primary Race – Jun 07, 1994|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> In the general election, he faced Kathleen Connell, former Special Assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and Director of L.A. Housing Authority. Despite the fact that Connell outspent McClintock by a 3-to-1 margin, McClintock only lost by two percentage points, 48–46%, with three other candidates receiving the other 6% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40634|title=Our Campaigns – CA Controller Race – Nov 08, 1994|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

===2002 Controller election===
McClintock ran for State Controller again in 2002, facing Democratic nominee Steve Westly, an [[Company:EBay|eBay]] executive. Westly outspent him 5-to-1. McClintock's campaigns focused on increasing accountability for the state budget. The ads featured the character ''Angus McClintock'', a fictional cousin and fellow Scottish American extolling Tom McClintock's virtues of thriftiness and accountability with low-budget fifteen-second ads. He lost by a margin of just 0.2%, or 16,811 votes behind Westley, who won with a plurality of 45.3% of the vote. McClintock obtained 45.1% of the vote, while three other candidates obtained a combined 9.5% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1608|title=Our Campaigns – CA Controller Race – Nov 05, 2002|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

===2003 recall gubernatorial election===
In 2003, he ran for the recall election against incumbent Democrat Gray Davis. Republican and film actor Arnold Schwarzenegger won the election with 49% of the vote. Democratic Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante finished second with 31% of the vote, which was about 17 points behind Schwarzenegger. McClintock finished in third place with 14% of the vote, which was about 35 points behind Schwarzenegger. Together, Republicans Schwarzenegger and McClintock were supported by 5,363,778 Californians, or 62.1% of the vote. 132 other candidates obtained the remaining 6.4% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6312|title=Our Campaigns – CA Governor Recall Race – Oct 07, 2003|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

McClintock performed the best in Stanislaus County, where he obtained 24% of the vote. He also cracked 20% or higher in several other counties: Mariposa (23%), Tuolumne (22%), Tehama (21%), Calaveras (20%), Madera (20%), Modoc (20%), Shasta (20%), San Joaquin (20%), and Ventura (20%).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141021000759/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2003-special/gov.pdf ]</ref>

===2006 gubernatorial election===
He ran for lieutenant governor in the 2006 elections. He defeated Tony Farmer in the Republican primary, 94–6%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=112292|title=Our Campaigns – CA Lieutenant Governor – R Primary Race – Jun 06, 2006|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> In the general election, he lost to Democratic State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi 49–45%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=112362|title=Our Campaigns – CA  Lieutenant Governor Race – Nov 07, 2006|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

==U.S. House of Representatives==

===Elections===
;1992
After redistricting, State Assemblyman McClintock decided to retire in order to challenge Democratic U.S. Congressman Anthony C. Beilenson in California's 24th congressional district. He won the nine-candidate Republican primary with a plurality of 34% of the vote, beating second-place finisher Sang Korman by eleven percentage points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=514570|title=Our Campaigns – CA District 24 – R Primary Race – Jun 02, 1992|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> Beilenson defeated McClintock 56–39%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27539|title=Our Campaigns – CA District 24 Race – Nov 03, 1992|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

;2008
On March 4, 2008, McClintock announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 4th congressional district, which is hundreds of miles away from the district McClintock represented in the state Senate. The district's nine-term incumbent, fellow Republican John Doolittle, decided to retire. McClintock was unable to vote for himself in either the primary or the general election. Although he lived in Elk Grove, near Sacramento, for most of the year, his legal residence was in Thousand Oaks, within the borders of his state senate district. The California Constitution requires state senators to maintain their legal residence within the district they represent.<ref name="SacBee030408"/>

Upon McClintock's entry into the race, fellow Republicans Rico Oller and Eric Egland withdrew from the Republican primary and endorsed McClintock.<ref name="SacBee030408">{{cite news|author=Hecht, Peter |title=McClintock in, Oller out in race to replace Doolittle |work=Sacramento Bee |date=2008-03-04 |url=http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/759440.html |accessdate=2008-03-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206125635/http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/759440.html |archivedate=December 6, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Gunzberger, Ronecemb|title=California|work=Politics1.com|date=2008-03-05|url=http://www.politics1.com/blog-0308.htm#0305|accessdate=2008-03-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310221242/http://politics1.com/blog-0308.htm#0305|archivedate=2008-03-10}}</ref> McClintock was endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus,<ref>[http://www.rlc.org/2008/11/05/rlc-election-results/ "RLC Election Results." Republican Liberty Caucus (November 5, 2008).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201341/http://www.rlc.org/2008/11/05/rlc-election-results/ |date=February 12, 2012 }}</ref> Club for Growth, and U.S. Congressman Ron Paul. McClintock faced former U.S. Congressman Doug Ose, a moderate represented the neighboring 3rd District from 1999 to 2005. Ose lived outside the district and was painted as a [[Social:Carpetbagger|carpetbagger]] and a liberal who had voted to raise taxes and who voted for earmarks. McClintock defeated Ose 54–39%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=341896|title=Our Campaigns – CA District 04 – R Primary Race – Jun 03, 2008|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

The Democratic nominee was retired Air Force Lt. Col. Charlie Brown, who ran an unexpectedly strong race against Doolittle in 2006. In March 2008, Ose's campaign commercials criticized McClintock for receiving payments totaling over $300,000 in per diem living expenses during his time in the state senate even though he lived in Elk Grove for most of the year. McClintock maintained that the payments were justified because his legal residence was in Thousand Oaks, in his State Senate district. He stated, "Every legislator's [Sacramento area] residence is close to the Capitol. My residential costs up here are much greater than the average legislator because my family is here."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mcclintock23mar23,0,6751476.story|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Patrick|last=McGreevy|title=McClintock criticized for taking per diem housing allowance|date=March 23, 2008}}</ref> However, Ose's campaign commercials argued McClintock does not own or rent a home in the 19th district, but claimed his mother's home in Thousand Oaks as his state senate district residence. These attacks prompted a response from McClintock's wife, Lori, who said McClintock stays with his mother in order to better care for her after she fell ill and after the death of her husband.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/963198.html|title=Ballot Watch: "Ose's attack on McClintock for taking per diem riles rival's wife"|work=Sacramento Bee|date=May 24, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206125641/http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/963198.html|archivedate=December 6, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> McClintock ran ads attacking Brown's participation at a 2005 protest by [[Organization:Code Pink|Code Pink]], an infamous anti-war group, and argued Brown supported gay marriage but not the troops in Iraq. He also portrayed Brown as a clone of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<ref name="nationaljournal.com"/>

By November 23, 2008, McClintock led Brown by 1,566 votes (0.4% of the vote), 184,190 to 182,624. Subsequent returns expanded the margin slightly with the last returns coming in from El Dorado County shortly after Thanksgiving. On December 1, 2008, McClintock declared victory and on December 3, 2008, Brown conceded the race. McClintock defeated Brown by a margin of 0.5%, or 1,800 votes.<ref>{{cite book |title=2014 Almanac of American Politics |last2=Barone |first2=Chuck |last1=McCutcheon|first1=Michael |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |year= 2013}}</ref> He prevailed by a 3,500-vote margin in Placer County, the largest county in the district. Brown won just three of the district's nine counties: Sierra (49.8%), Plumas (47.9%), and Nevada (42.3%).<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/23_34_us_reps.pdf "United States Representative (final results)"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221042514/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/23_34_us_reps.pdf |date=December 21, 2008 }} Office of the California Secretary of State, Retrieved on December 26, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theunion.com/article/20081122/NEWS/811220440/1066&ParentProfile=1053&title=McClintock%20declares%20victory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524102543/http://www.theunion.com/article/20081122/NEWS/811220440/1066%26ParentProfile%3D1053%26title%3DMcClintock%20declares%20victory |archive-date=May 24, 2011 |title=McClintock declares victory |work=The Union |date=November 22, 2008 |accessdate=February 7, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ultimately, McClintock won mainly on the strength of coattails from John McCain, who carried the 4th with 54 percent of the vote, his fifth-best total in the state.

;2010
McClintock was challenged in the Republican primary again, this time by Michael Babich. He easily defeated Babich 78–22%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=641309|title=Our Campaigns – CA District 04 – R Primary Race – Jun 08, 2010|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> On November 2, he easily won re-election to a second term, defeating businessman Clint Curtis 61–31%, winning all of the counties in the district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=539273|title=Our Campaigns – CA – District 04 Race – Nov 02, 2010|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

;2012
Redistricting pushed the 4th well to the south. It now stretched from the Sacramento suburbs to the outer suburbs of Fresno. Only three counties remained from the old 4th: Nevada, Placer, and El Dorado. However, it is as strongly Republican as its predecessor.

The redrawn district cut out the 4th's share of Sacramento County, including the portion of Elk Grove that includes McClintock's home. Elk Grove is now entirely within the borders of the neighboring 7th District, represented by Democrat Ami Bera–thus making McClintock one of at least five congress(wo)men from California and only a few outside the country who live outside the district they represent. McClintock said that he intends to move his residence inside the redrawn 4th as soon as home prices rebound enough for him to sell his home in Elk Grove.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-congress-living-outside-district-20151222-html-htmlstory.html These California lawmakers don't live in the districts they represent]. ''latimes.com''. Retrieved on December 22nd, 2015.</ref>

He easily won re-election to a third term, defeating Democrat Jack Uppal 61–39%. He won all but two of the district's ten counties: Nevada (37%) and Alpine (41%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=768433|title=Our Campaigns – CA – District 04 Race – Nov 06, 2012|work=ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

;2014
McClintock won re-election, finishing first in California's "top two" primary, and defeating moderate Republican challenger, National Guard Major Art Moore in the general election, 60–40%.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/us/politics/mcclintock-faces-bid-from-moderate-art-moore.html A Rare G.O.P. Battle Forces an Incumbent to Look Left], {{wipe|New York Times}}, Norimitsu Onishi, April 20, 2014. Retrieved on October 6, 2015.</ref>

;2016
McClintock again finished first in the primary and subsequently defeated Democrat Robert W. Derlet, a physician, environmentalist and retired [[Organization:University of California, Davis|UC Davis]] professor, in the general election, 63–37%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article61789327.html|title=Bob Derlet, doctor and environmentalist, challenging Rep. Tom McClintock|work=The Sacramento Bee|date=February 22, 2016|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_4th_Congressional_District_election,_2016|title=California's 4th Congressional District election, 2016
|work=[[Ballotpedia]]|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

;2018
McClintock defeated his Democratic challenger Jessica Morse in the general election, receiving 184,401 votes to her 156,253 (54.1% to 45.9%).<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_4th_Congressional_District_election,_2018]</ref>

===Tenure===
During the 112th Congress McClintock was one of 40 "staunch" members of the Republican Study Committee<ref>{{cite web|title=Member List|author=|url=https://rsc-walker.house.gov/|format=|publisher=Republican Study Committee|date=|accessdate=21 December 2017}}</ref> who frequently voted against Republican party leadership and vocally expressed displeasure with House bills.<ref name=rsc>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/us/politics/house-freshmen-not-as-defiant-as-their-reputation-suggests.html?_r=1&hp|title=G.O.P. Freshmen Not as Defiant as Reputation Suggests|first=Jennifer|last=Steinhauer|publisher=New York Times|date=2012-03-16}}</ref> In 2011, McClintock voted against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as part of a controversial provision that allows the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/ndaa-bill-how-did-your-congress-member-vote-384362?page=1|title=NDAA Bill: How Did Your Congress Member Vote?|date=16 December 2011|work=International Business Times}}</ref> McClintock's Chief of Staff, Igor Birman, was a candidate for Congress in California's 7th congressional district in 2014.

In 2009, McClintock signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any [[Earth:Global warming|global warming]] legislation that would raise taxes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americansforprosperity.org/noclimatetax//wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mcclintock.pdf |format=PDF |title=Americans for Prosperity Applauds U.S. Representative Tom McClintock |publisher=Americansforprosperity.org |accessdate=2015-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219061216/http://americansforprosperity.org/noclimatetax/ |archivedate=2015-02-19 }}</ref>

McClintock voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.<ref name="Almukhtar122117">{{cite web|last1=Almukhtar|first1=Sarah|title=How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-house-live-vote.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|accessdate=22 December 2017|date=19 December 2017}}</ref> He voted against the first version of the bill, displeased with the removal of deductions related to medical expenses, student loan interest and casualty loss. Those three items were addressed in the final version of the bill which McClintock voted 'yay'. McClintock claims the bill will "restore American workers to an internationally competitive position." He has expressed concern regarding the bill's impact on the budget deficit and anticipates that it will be addressed "by spending reforms this coming year."<ref name="Bee122117">{{cite web|title=Why Tom McClintock changed his tax vote|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article191126269.html|website=The Sacramento Bee|accessdate=22 December 2017|date=21 December 2017}}</ref>

In 2017 McClintock voted against the repeal of Obamacare budget.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/vote-notes/hr-1892-bipartisan-budget-act-of-2018-no/|title=H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018: NO|date=9 February 2018|publisher=}}</ref>

In 2017 McClintock called for special prosecutor Mueller against President Trump. McClintock felt that the firing of Comey justified the special prosecutor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-republican-tom-mcclintock-calls-for-1494519776-htmlstory.html|title=Republican Rep. Tom McClintock calls for independent prosecutor to take over FBI's Russia investigation|first=Sarah D.|last=Wire|website=latimes.com}}</ref>

After President Trump pulled 1,000 U.S. troops from Kurdish-held territory on the Syrian border south of Turkey in 2019, a bipartisan resolution was passed in the House, 354-60, that condemned the president for abandoning those U.S. allies that would allow the [[Religion:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) to reestablish and regroup its forces, and allow the Turks to attack the Kurds. McClintock was one of the two from the 53-member California congressional delegation to vote against it.<ref>[https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2019-10-16/rep-hunter-votes-against-house-resolution-condemning-withdrawal-of-troops-from-syria Rep. Hunter votes against condemning Trump on Syria, saying ‘You kick ass and you leave’], ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.</ref>

===Legislation===
McClintock supported the Water Rights Protection Act, a bill that would prevent federal agencies from requiring certain entities to relinquish their water rights to the United States in order to use public lands.<ref name=3189cbo>{{cite web|title=H.R. 3189 – CBO|url=http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44956|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|accessdate=11 March 2014}}</ref> The bill was a reaction to the United States Forest Service's decision to pursue a "new regulation to demand that water rights be transferred to the federal government as a condition for obtaining permits needed to operate 121 ski resorts that cross over federal lands."<ref name=COtiptonbill>{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Audrey|title=Tipton Bill Seeks to Stop Feds from Trampling Water Rights|url=http://thecoloradoobserver.com/2013/10/tipton-bill-seeks-to-stop-feds-from-trampling-water-rights/|accessdate=12 March 2014|newspaper=The Colorado Observer|date=11 October 2013}}</ref> McClintock supported the bill, saying that the Forest Service's regulation "illustrates an increasingly hostile attitude by this agency toward those who make productive use of our vast national forests, in this case by enhancing and attracting the tourism upon which our mountain communities depend."<ref name="COtiptonbill"/>

For his five terms in office, McClintock was the primary sponsor of three bills that were enacted into law.  On June 14, 2013, McClintock introduced the bill To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take certain Federal lands located in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (H.R. 2388; 113th Congress), a bill that would take specified federal land in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.<ref name=2388sum>{{cite web|title=H.R. 2388 – Summary|url=https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2388|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=27 June 2014}}</ref>  The other two bills were to rename Post Offices.  (H.R. 3892 and H.R. 3319).<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/tom_mcclintock/412295 GovTrack Rep. Tom McClintock]. ''govtrack.us''. Retrieved on October 29, 2017.</ref>

===Committee assignments===
* '''Committee on the Judiciary'''
* '''Committee on Natural Resources'''
**Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs
** Subcommittee on Federal Lands
** Subcommittee on Water and Power

===Caucus memberships===
* Congressional Arts Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|accessdate=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Republican Study Committee
* Tea Party Caucus
* American Sikh Congressional Caucus
*Congressional Constitution Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|author=|url=https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership|format=|publisher=Congressional Constitution Caucus|date=|accessdate=8 May 2018}}</ref>
*Congressional Western Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|author=|url=https://westerncaucus.house.gov/about/membership.htm|publisher=Congressional Western Caucus|date=|accessdate=25 June 2018}}</ref>
*United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus|accessdate=4 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155201/https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|archive-date=2018-08-01|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Political positions==

=== Animal rights ===

McClintock has said that "farm animals are food, not friends."<ref name="McGreevy102108"/> He supports sterilization of wild horses for population control.<ref name="Swerdloff91416">{{cite web|last1=Swerdloff|first1=Alex|title=The Controversial Plan to Kill 45,000 Wild Horses to Make Room for Cattle Farming|url=https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/kbk37x/americas-wild-horses-could-be-euthanized-to-make-room-for-livestock|website=Munchies|publisher=Vice|accessdate=22 December 2017|date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

=== LGBT rights ===

McClintock opposes [[Social:Same-sex marriage|same-sex marriage]]. In 2008, he stated that "calling a homosexual partnership a marriage doesn’t make it one."<ref name="McGreevy102108"/>

McClintock also opposes the Equality Act, a bill that would expand the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination based on [[Social:Sexual orientation|sexual orientation]] and [[Philosophy:Gender identity|gender identity]].<ref>{{cite news |title=House Debate on the Equality Act |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?460685-3/house-debate-equality-act |work={{wipe|C-SPAN}} |date=May 17, 2019}}</ref> He voted against the bill in 2019.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll217.xml Final Vote Results for Roll Call 217]</ref>

===Cannabis===

McClintock favors the legalization of cannabis. In 2016 he endorsed California's Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McClintock |first1=Tom |title=McClintock on the Ballot Propositions |url=http://www.tommcclintock.com/voice-single.php?id=176 |website=tommcclintock.com |accessdate=December 13, 2019 |date=October 12, 2016}}</ref> He was also one of two Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee to vote for the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, a bill that removes cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaeger |first1=Kyle |title=Marijuana Legalization Bill Approved By Congressional Committee In Historic Vote |url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/watch-live-congress-holds-historic-vote-on-bill-to-federally-legalize-marijuana/ |accessdate=December 13, 2019 |work=Marijuana Moment |date=November 20, 2019}}</ref>

In 2015, McClintock introduced an amendment (similar to the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment) to protect states from federal interference regarding both medical and recreational use.<ref name="cannabist">{{cite news |last1=Baca |first1=Ricardo |title=House passes bill to prevent DOJ from interfering in states’ medical pot laws |url=https://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/03/house-medical-pot-marijuana/35704/ |accessdate=December 13, 2019 |work=The Cannabist |date=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Known as the McClintock–Polis amendment, it failed by a 206–222 vote.<ref name="cannabist" /> It was then reintroduced in 2019 as the Blumenauer–McClintock–Norton amendment and passed by a 267–165 vote.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Angell |first1=Tom |title=Congress Votes To Block Feds From Enforcing Marijuana Laws In Legal States |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2019/06/20/congress-votes-to-block-feds-from-enforcing-marijuana-laws-in-legal-states/ |accessdate=December 13, 2019 |work=Forbes |date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>

=== Climate Change ===

McClintock does not believe climate change is caused by humans.  He has said: "You see, it was me – and not Al Gore – who discovered the theory of Global Climate Change, and yet all you ever hear is Al Gore said this and Al Gore said that. My climate change discovery came in the fall of 1964, when Miss Conroy took our third grade class to the Museum of Natural History. It was there that we saw the panorama of dinosaurs tromping around the steamy swamps that are now part of Wyoming.  That panorama was right next to the exhibit of the Wooly Mammoths foraging on glaciers that were also once the same part of Wyoming.  And I thought to myself, 'Gee, those dinosaurs are nifty.'  And then I thought to myself, “Good God, the climate must have changed from time to time." <ref name="Inconvenient Questions">{{cite web|title=Inconvenient Questions|url=https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/speeches/inconvenient-questions|website=mcclintock.house.gov|accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref>

In 2017, McClintock voted against H.R. 4667, which would have provided emergency disaster aid to victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, citing spending concerns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/vote-notes/hr-4667-emergency-disaster-aid-package-no|title=H.R. 4667 - “Emergency” Disaster Aid Package: No|date=2017-12-21|website=Congressman Tom McClintock|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref>

=== Healthcare ===
McClintock has strongly advocated for a bill to fully repeal [[Finance:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Obamacare]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/speeches/repeal-and-replace|title=Repeal and Replace|date=2017-03-21|website=Congressman Tom McClintock|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref> In 2017, McClintock voted for the American Healthcare Act, which would have partially repealed Obamacare. On December 12th, 2019, McClintock voted against the Pharmaceutical Price Control Act, which, if passed by the Senate, would seek to lower drug prices.

==Electoral history==
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Assembly District 36 election, 1982<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=450790 Our Campaigns] "California State Assembly 36 Race – November 2, 1982," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party=Republican Party (United States)
|candidate=Tom McClintock
|votes=60,702
|percentage=55.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Harriet Kosmo Henson|votes=47,932|percentage=44.1}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=108,634|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= California State Assembly District 36 election, 1984<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=444938 Our Campaigns] "California State Assembly 36 Race – November 6, 1984," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009)</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock ([[Social:Incumbent|incumbent]])|votes=94,391|percentage=71.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Tom Jolicoeur|votes=37,610|percentage=28.5}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=132,001|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Assembly District 36 election, 1986<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=443080 Our Campaigns] "California State Assembly 36 Race – November 4, 1986," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock ([[Social:Incumbent|incumbent]])|votes=77,132|percentage=73.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Frank Nekimken|votes=26,208|percentage=24.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=H. Bruce Driscoll|votes=1,875|percentage=1.8}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=105,215|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Assembly District 36 election, 1988<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=441739 Our Campaigns] "California State Assembly 36 Race – November 8, 1988," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock ([[Social:Incumbent|incumbent]])|votes=101,012|percentage=70.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=George Webb II|votes=39,539|percentage=27.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=H. Bruce Driscoll|votes=3,782|percentage=2.6}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=144,333|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California State Assembly District 36 Republican primary election, 1990
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''28,740'''
|'''80.7'''
|-
|Republican
|Kevin Staker
|6,866
|19.3
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''35,606'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change | title= California State Assembly District 36 election, 1990<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=373460 Our Campaigns] "California State Assembly 36 Race – November 6, 1990," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock ([[Social:Incumbent|incumbent]])|votes=66,081|percentage=58.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Ginny Connell|votes=40,356|percentage=35.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=David A. Harner|votes=6,371|percentage=5.6}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=112,808|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California's 26th Congressional Republican primary election, 1992
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''20,163'''
|'''34.5'''
|-
|Republican
|Sang Korman
|13,884
|23.7
|-
|Republican
|Bill Spillane
|10,679
|18.3
|-
|Republican
|Jim Salomon
|4,382
|7.5
|-
|Republican
|Rob Meyer
|2,889
|4.9
|-
|Republican
|Stephen Weiss
|2,238
|3.8
|-
|Republican
|Nicholas Hariton
|1,805
|3.1
|-
|Republican
|Robert Colaco
|1,582
|2.7
|-
|Republican
|Harry Wachtel
|902
|1.5
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''58,524'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=United States House of Representatives elections, 1992<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1992-general/1992-general-sov.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128040842/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1992-general/1992-general-sov.pdf |date=2010-01-28 }} Statement of Vote (Retrieved on February 1, 2010).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Anthony C. Beilenson ([[Social:Incumbent|incumbent]])|votes=141,742|percentage=55.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=99,835|percentage=39.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Peace and Freedom Party|candidate=John Paul Linblad|votes=13,690|percentage=5.4}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=255,267|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California State Controller Republican primary election, 1994
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''1,112,435'''
|'''60.8'''
|-
|Republican
|John Morris
|717,681
|39.2
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''1,830,116'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Controller election, 1994<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40634 Our Campaigns] "California Controller Race – November 7, 1994," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Kathleen Connell|votes=3,980,731|percentage=48.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=3,792,997|percentage=46.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Peace and Freedom Party|candidate=Elizabeth A. Nakano|votes=182,671|percentage=2.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=American Independent Party|candidate=Nathan Johnson|votes=152,228|percentage=1.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Cullene Lang|votes=128,253|percentage=1.6}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=8,236,880|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California State Assembly District 38 Republican primary election, 1996
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''13,999'''
|'''38.2'''
|-
|Republican
|Ross Hopkins
|7,425
|20.3
|-
|Republican
|Bob Larkin
|4,774
|13.0
|-
|Republican
|Robert Hamlin
|4,068
|11.1
|-
|Republican
|Stephen Frank
|3,308
|9.0
|-
|Republican
|Peggy Freeman
|3,093
|8.4
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''36,667'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Assembly District 38 election, 1996<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=368955 Our Campaigns] "California State Assembly 38 Race – November 5, 1996," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=71,596|percentage=55.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Jon Lauritzen|votes=51,274|percentage=39.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Natural Law Party (United States)|candidate=Virginia F. Neuman|votes=6,021|percentage=4.7}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=128,891|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Assembly District 38 election, 1998<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=280320 Our Campaigns] "California State Assembly 38 Race – November 3, 1998," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock ([[Social:Incumbent|incumbent]])|votes=78,417|percentage=100}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=78,417|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California State Senate District 19 primary election, 2000
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''99,135'''
|'''52.5'''
|-
|'''Democratic'''
|'''Daniel Gonzalez'''
|'''56,739'''
|'''30.0'''
|-
|Republican
|Judy Mikels
|33,255
|17.5
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''189,129'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Senate District 19 election, 2000<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000_general/sen.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612061021/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000_general/sen.pdf |date=2009-06-12 }} "State Senator," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=165,422|percentage=57.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Daniel Gonzalez|votes=121,893|percentage=42.4}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=287,315|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California State Controller Republican primary election, 2002
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''948,539'''
|'''45.8'''
|-
|Republican
|Dean Andal
|736,317
|35.5
|-
|Republican
|Snow Hume
|194,883
|9.4
|-
|Republican
|Nancy Beecham
|194,583
|9.3
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''2,074,322'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Controller election, 2002<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/controller.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613223209/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/controller.pdf |date=2009-06-13 }} "Controller, by county," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Steve Westly|votes=3,289,839|percentage=45.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=3,273,028|percentage=45.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Laura Wells|votes=419,873|percentage=5.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Natural Law Party (United States)|candidate=J. Carlos Aguirre|votes=179,999|percentage=2.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=American Independent Party|candidate=Ernest Vance|votes=96,019|percentage=1.3}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=7,258,758|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}

''For a complete list of all candidates who participated in the 2003 recall election, see California gubernatorial recall election, 2003.

{{Election box begin no change | title= California Gubernatorial Recall election, 2003<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2003_special/gov.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612070256/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2003_special/gov.pdf |date=2009-06-12 }} "Governor, by county," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Arnold Schwarzenegger|votes=4,206,284|percentage=48.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Cruz Bustamante|votes=2,724,874|percentage=31.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=1,161,287|percentage=13.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Peter Camejo|votes=242,247|percentage=2.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Arianna Huffington|votes=47,505|percentage=0.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Peter Ueberroth|votes=25,134|percentage=0.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Larry Flynt|votes=17,458|percentage=0.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Gary Coleman|votes=14,242|percentage=0.2}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=8,657,915|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Senate District 19 election, 2004<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/formatted_st_sen_all_detail.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065126/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/formatted_st_sen_all_detail.pdf |date=2009-06-12 }} "State Senator," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock ([[Social:Incumbent|incumbent]])|votes=233,365|percentage=60.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Paul Graber|votes=151,085|percentage=39.2}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=384,450|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California State Lieutenant Gubernatorial Republican primary election, 2006
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''1,760,667'''
|'''93.8'''
|-
|Republican
|Tony Farmer
|117,335
|6.2
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''1,878,002'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=California State Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2006<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/ltgov.pdf Office of the California Secretary of State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080717043217/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/ltgov.pdf |date=2008-07-17 }} "Lieutenant Governor, by county," (Retrieved on August 1, 2009).</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=John Garamendi|votes=4,189,584|percentage=49.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=3,845,858|percentage=45.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Donna J. Warren|votes=239,107|percentage=2.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Lynnette Shaw|votes=142,851|percentage=1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=American Independent Party|candidate=Jim King|votes=86,446|percentage=0.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Peace and Freedom Party|candidate=Stewart A. Alexander|votes=43,319|percentage=0.5}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=8,529,165|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional District Republican primary election, 2008
|-
|'''Party'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock'''
|'''51,655'''
|'''53.5'''
|-
|Republican
|Doug Ose
|37,802
|39.2
|-
|Republican
|Suzanne Jones
|4,920
|5.0
|-
|Republican
|Theodore Terbolizard
|2,249
|2.3
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''96,626'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/23_34_us_reps.pdf|format=PDF|title=Office of the California Secretary of State "United States Representative|accessdate=January 21, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103758/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/23_34_us_reps.pdf|archivedate=February 2, 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=185,790|percentage=50.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Charlie Brown|votes=183,990|percentage=49.7}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=369,780|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional District Republican primary election, 2010
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''89,443'''
|'''78.5'''
|-
|Republican
|Michael Babich
|24,528
|21.5
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''113,971'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{{Election box begin no change|title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf|format=PDF|title=Office of the California Secretary of State "United States Representative|accessdate=January 21, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520072810/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf|archivedate=May 20, 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=186,392|percentage=61.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Clint Curtis |votes=95,653|percentage=31.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Benjamin Emery|votes=22,179|percentage=7.3}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=304,224|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=United States House of Representatives elections, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/12-us-reps.pdf |format=PDF |title=Office of the California Secretary of State "United States Representative |accessdate=January 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019044155/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2012-general/12-us-reps.pdf |archivedate=October 19, 2013 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tom McClintock|votes=197,803|percentage=61.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Jack Uppal|votes=125,885|percentage=38.9}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=323,688|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional district primary election, 2014
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''80,999'''
|'''56.2'''
|-
|Republican
|Arthur "Art" Moore
|32,855
|22.8
|-
|Independent
|Jeffrey Gerlach
|30,300
|21.0
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''144,154'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional district election, 2014
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''126,784'''
|'''60.0'''
|-
|Republican
|Arthur "Art" Moore
|84,350
|40.0
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''211,134'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional district primary election, 2016
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''135,626'''
|'''61.5'''
|-
|Democratic
|Robert Derlet
|60,574
|27.5
|-
|Democratic
|Sean White
|24,460
|11.1
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |California's 4th Congressional district election, 2016
|-
!Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|'''Republican'''
|'''Tom McClintock (incumbent)'''
|'''220,133'''
|'''62.7'''
|-
|Democratic
|Robert W. Derlet
|130,845
|37.3
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total votes'''
|'''350,978'''
|'''100'''
|-
| colspan="2" |Voter turnout
| colspan="2" |%
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://mcclintock.house.gov/ Congressman Tom McClintock] official U.S. House website
*[http://www.tommcclintock.com/ Tom McClintock for Congress]
*{{Dmoz|Regional/North_America/United_States/California/Government/Federal/US_House_of_Representatives/Tom_McClintock_%5BR-04%5D}}
*{{C-SPAN|tommcclintock}}
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldx8gZDwZWs Video Response to President Calderon]

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