John Seymour, Tom Campbell, AND Matt Fong.
All RINOs, all lost BIG.
The last decent conservative to run was Bruce Herschensohn. He lost by a whisker to Boxer when she ran a last minute smear that kept some conservatives at home.
Seymour, Campbell and Fong - yes indeed.... proof positive that moderate or liberal Republicans are the magic key to victory. Oh wait, they are proof that this is NOT the key to magical victory. Having strong contrasting views, advancing them in a way that motivates your base and interests crossover voters in your opponents camp might be the way to win.
I like to remind everyone here (when they do the McClintock attack drill) that McClintock was the TOP Republican vote-getter in the state in 2002, and outpolled Bruce McPherson and Gary Mendoza, two very liberal Republicans who also ran for statewide office.
Dang I hate that McClintock lost by less than 1% of the vote... I just wanna punch my computer screen when I see people sneer that "Tom McClintock can never win statewide office, that's why we need to support people like Arnold Schwarzenegger."