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{{Short description|American politician (1941–2005)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Bob Matsui
|image         = Robert matsui.jpg
|office        = Chair of the [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]]
|leader        = [[Nancy Pelosi]]
|term_start    = January 3, 2003
|term_end      = January 1, 2005
|predecessor   = [[Nita Lowey]]
|successor     = [[Rahm Emanuel]]
|state1        = [[California]]
|office1       =
|term_start1   = January 3, 1979
|term_end1     = January 1, 2005
|predecessor1  = [[John E. Moss]]
|successor1    = [[Doris Matsui]]
|constituency1 = [[California's 3rd congressional district|3rd district]] (1979–1993)<br />[[California's 5th congressional district|5th district]] (1993–2005)
|office2       = Treasurer of the [[Democratic National Committee]]
|term_start2   = September 8, 1991<ref name=SLPD-19910908>{{Cite news |title=Democrats Pick '92 Money Men |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/141432440/ |newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=September 8, 1991 |page=3B |volume=113 |issue=251 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|term_end2     = May 17, 1995<ref name=Sample19950518>{{Cite news |title=Matsui is promoted to Demo's No. 3 post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/627116589/ |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |date=May 18, 1995 |last=Sample |first=Herbert A. |page=B1 |volume=277 |issue=2780 |edition=Final |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|predecessor2  = Robert Farmer
|successor2    = Robert Scott Pastrick
|office3       = Member of the [[Sacramento City Council]] from the 8th district 
|term_start3   = November 1971<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=296020|title = Our Campaigns - Sacramento City Council- District 8 Race - Sep 21, 1971}}</ref>
|term_end3     = November 8, 1978<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=296232|title = Our Campaigns - Sacramento City Council- District 8 Race - Sep 23, 1975}}</ref> 
|predecessor3  =  
|successor3    = Patrick Donovan
|birth_name    = Robert Takeo Matsui
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1941|9|17}}
|birth_place   = [[Sacramento, California]], U.S.
|death_date    = {{death date and age|2005|1|1|1941|9|17}}
|death_place   = [[Bethesda, Maryland]], U.S.
|resting_place = [[East Lawn Memorial Park]]<br>East Sacramento, California
|party         = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse        = {{Marriage|[[Doris Matsui|Doris Okada]]|1966}}
|children      = 1
|education     = [[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of California, Hastings]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
|module        = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Bob Matsui Speaks in Support of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004.ogg|title=Bob Matsui's voice|type=speech|description=Bob Matsui speaks in support of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004<br/>Recorded February 11, 2004}}
}}
'''Robert Takeo Matsui''' (September 17, 1941 – January 1, 2005)<ref name=biodirectory>{{cite web | title = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | publisher = Library of Congress | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000249 | access-date = January 9, 2007 }}</ref> was an American politician from the state of [[California]]. Matsui was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] as the [[United States Congress|congressman]] for [[California's 5th congressional district]] from 1979 until his death at the end of his 13th term.<ref name=biodirectory/><ref name=cnnobituary>{{cite news | title = Congressman dies of rare disease | publisher = CNN.com | date = January 3, 2005 | url = http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/02/obit.matsui/index.html | access-date = January 9, 2007}}</ref>

The [[Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse]] in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/public-statement/90847/robert-t-matsui-united-states-courthouse|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|access-date=January 13, 2018}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
A [[Sansei|third-generation]] [[Japanese American]], Matsui was born in [[Sacramento, California]],<ref name=biodirectory/> and was six months old when he and his family were taken from Sacramento and [[Japanese American Internment|interned]] by the U.S. government at the [[Tule Lake National Monument|Tule Lake War Relocation Center]] in 1942.<ref name=official>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/matsui/bio.html|title=Official biography|access-date=April 18, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041208103635/http://www.house.gov/matsui/bio.html|archive-date=December 8, 2004}}, house.gov/matsui; retrieved January 9, 2007.</ref>

Matsui graduated from the [[University of California, Berkeley]], in 1963 with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in political science, and then from the [[Hastings College of Law]] in 1966.<ref name=biodirectory/> He founded his own Sacramento law practice in 1967.<ref name=official/>

==Political career==
[[File:Nlc06851cs (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Matsui greeting President [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1978]]
[[File:GERALDINEFERRARO1984.jpg|thumb|left|Congressman Bob Matsui with [[Geraldine Ferraro]] and [[Tom Hsieh]] at the [[1984 Democratic National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]]]]
[[File:Xavier Becerra, Robert Matsui, and Elijah Cummings at a press conference on civil rights.jpg|thumb|right|[[Elijah Cummings]], [[Xavier Becerra]], and Robert Matsui at a press conference on civil rights in 1997]]
In 1971, Matsui was elected to the [[Sacramento City Council]].<ref name=official/> He won re-election in 1975 and became vice mayor of the city in 1977.<ref name=official/>

In 1978, Matsui ran for the Democratic nomination in what was then the 3rd district after 12-term incumbent [[John E. Moss]] announced his retirement. He won a five-way Democratic primary with 36 percent of the vote, besting a field that included [[California State Assembly|State Assemblyman]] Eugene Gualco and [[list of mayors of Sacramento, California|Sacramento Mayor]] [[Phillip Isenberg|Phil Isenberg]].<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=567204 1978 Democratic primary results  in California's 3rd congressional district], Ourcampaigns.com; accessed January 13, 2018.</ref>

He defeated [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Sandy Smoley with 53 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30951|title=Our Campaigns - CA District 3 Race - Nov 07, 1978|website=Ourcampaigns.com|access-date=January 13, 2018}}</ref> He would never face another contest nearly that close in what has long been the most Democratic district in interior California, and would be reelected 13 times. After his initial contest, he never dropped below 68 percent of the vote. He was reelected in 1982 with no major-party opposition, and was unopposed in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=665|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - Robert T. Matsui|website=Ourcampaigns.com|access-date=January 13, 2018}}</ref> His district was renumbered as the 5th district after the 1990 census.

In 1988, Matsui succeeded in helping pass the [[Civil Liberties Act of 1988]], which produced an official apology from the Federal government for the [[World War II]] [[Japanese American Internment|internment program]] and offered token compensation to victims. He was also instrumental in the designation of [[Manzanar internment camp]] as a national historic site and in obtaining land in Washington, D.C. for the memorial to Japanese-American patriotism in World War II.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

He was a chairman of the [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]], [[ranking member]] of the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means]], and third-ranking Democrat on the [[U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means|Ways and Means Committee]]. During his term he was noted for his staunch opposition to privatization of [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]]. He had a mostly liberal voting record having opposed the Defense of Marriage Act, the ban on partial-birth abortions, and the Private Securities and Litigations Reform Act.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

In what would be his last election, [[2004 U.S. House election|2004]], he faced Republican Mike Dugas and easily won a 14th term with 71.4% of the vote, compared to Dugas' 23.4%. Opponents Pat Driscoll ([[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]]) and John Reiger ([[Peace and Freedom Party (United States)|Peace and Freedom Party]]), won 3.4% and 1.8% of the vote, respectively.<ref>{{cite web | title = General Election results, U.S. Congressional district 5 | publisher = California Secretary of State | date = December 7, 2004 | url = http://vote2004.ss.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/0500.htm | access-date = January 9, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070323064638/http://vote2004.ss.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/0500.htm | archive-date = March 23, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> (DCCC chairs are chosen in part because they are not expected to face serious competition for re-election.)

==Personal life==
He was married to [[Doris Matsui|Doris Okada]] who, until December 1998, worked as deputy assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison for President [[Bill Clinton]], leaving to become senior advisor and director of government relations at the firm of Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC before winning election to her late husband's seat. The Matsuis had one son, Brian, who received his undergraduate and [[Juris Doctor]] degrees from [[Stanford University]].

==Death==
On December 24, 2004, Matsui entered [[Bethesda Naval Hospital]] with [[pneumonia]].<ref name=cnnobituary/> It was a complication from [[myelodysplastic syndrome]], a rare [[stem cell]] disorder that causes an inability of the [[bone marrow]] to produce blood products, such as [[red blood cell]]s, [[white blood cell]]s and [[platelet]]s. He died of pneumonia on January 1, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/obituaries/representative-robert-t-matsui-63-dies.html|title=Representative Robert T. Matsui, 63, Dies|first=Gardiner|last=Harris|date=January 3, 2005|access-date=January 13, 2018|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name=srapobt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EGlWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6143%2C2910908 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Rep. Robert Matsui dies |date=January 3, 2005 |page=A3}}</ref>

=== Succession ===
In the special election<!-- held--> on March 8<!--, 2005--> to fill the vacant <!--5th Congressional District-->seat, Matsui's widow [[Doris Matsui|Doris]] won with over 68 percent of the vote;<ref>{{cite web | title = Special Election Results, United States Congress, District 5 | publisher = California Secretary of State | date = March 8, 2005 | url = http://ss.ca.gov/elections/Special/official_canvass_cd5.pdf | access-date = January 9, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061215000310/http://www.ss.ca.gov///elections/Special/official_canvass_cd5.pdf | archive-date = December 15, 2006 }}</ref> she was sworn in on March 10, 2005.<ref>[http://matsui.house.gov/aboutdoris.asp Doris Matsui's official biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061227191707/http://matsui.house.gov/aboutdoris.asp |date=December 27, 2006 }}, retrieved on January 9, 2007</ref>

== Electoral history ==

{{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=Bob Matsui electoral history}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= [[1978 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf 1978 general election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui]]
 | votes      = 105,537
 | percentage = 53.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Sandy Smoley
 | votes      = 91,966
 | percentage = 46.6
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 197,503
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{End}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1980 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf 1980 general election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 170,670
 | percentage = 70.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Joseph Murphy
 | votes      = 64,215
 | percentage = 26.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = Bruce A. Daniel
 | votes      = 6,980
 | percentage = 2.9
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 241,865
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{End}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1982 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1982election.pdf 1982 general election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 194,680
 | percentage = 89.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = Bruce A. Daniel
 | votes      = 16,222
 | percentage = 7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Peace and Freedom Party (US)
 | candidate  = John Newmeyer
 | votes      = 6,294
 | percentage = 2.9
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 217,196
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{End}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1984 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf 1984 general election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 131,369
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{End}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1986 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf 1986 general election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 158,709
 | percentage = 75.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Lowell Patrick Landowski
 | votes      = 50,265
 | percentage = 24.1
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 208,974
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{End}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1988 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf 1988 general election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 183,470
 | percentage = 71.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Lowell Patrick Landowski
 | votes      = 74,296
 | percentage = 28.8
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 257,766
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{End}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1990 United States House of Representatives elections|United States House of Representatives elections]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf 1990 general election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 132,143
 | percentage = 60.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Lowell Patrick Landowski
 | votes      = 76,148
 | percentage = 34.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = David M. McCann
 | votes      = 10,797
 | percentage = 4.9
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 219,088
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{End}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= [[1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 5|1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf 1992 election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 158,250
 | percentage = 68.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Robert S. Dinsmore
 | votes      = 58,698
 | percentage = 25.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = American Independent Party
 | candidate  = Gordon Mors
 | votes      = 4,745
 | percentage = 2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = Chris J. Rufer
 | votes      = 4,547
 | percentage = 2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Green Party of the United States
 | candidate  = Tian Harter
 | votes      = 4,316
 | percentage = 1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
 | candidate  = Bergeron ([[Write-in candidate|write-in]])
 | votes      = 4
 | percentage = 0.0
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 230,560
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
 | percentage = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= [[1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 5|1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf 1994 election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 125,042
 | percentage = 68.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Robert S. Dinsmore
 | votes      = 52,905
 | percentage = 28.97
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = American Independent Party
 | candidate  = Gordon Mors
 | votes      = 4,649
 | percentage = 2.55
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 182,596
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
 | percentage = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= [[1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 5|1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf 1996 election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 142,618
 | percentage = 70.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Robert Dinsmore
 | votes      = 52,940
 | percentage = 26.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = Joseph Miller
 | votes      = 2,548
 | percentage = 1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = American Independent Party
 | candidate  = Gordon Mors
 | votes      = 2,231
 | percentage = 1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Natural Law Party (US)
 | candidate  = Charles Kersey
 | votes      = 2,123
 | percentage = 1.0
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 202,460
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
 | percentage = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= [[1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 5|1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf 1998 election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 130,715
 | percentage = 71.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Robert Dinsmore
 | votes      = 47,307
 | percentage = 26.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = Douglas Arthur Tuma
 | votes      = 3,746
 | percentage = 2.06
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Green Party of the United States
 | candidate  = Ken Adams ([[Write-in candidate|write-in]])
 | votes      = 70
 | percentage = 0.04
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 181,838
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
 | percentage = 
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 5|2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California]]<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000election.pdf 2000 election results]</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 147,025
 | percentage = 68.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Ken Payne
 | votes      = 55,945
 | percentage = 25.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Green Party of the United States
 | candidate  = Ken Adams
 | votes      = 6,195
 | percentage = 2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = Cullene Lang
 | votes      = 3,746
 | percentage = 1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Natural Law Party (US)
 | candidate  = Alan Barreca
 | votes      = 2,894
 | percentage = 1.3
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 215,805
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
 | percentage = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 5|2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California]]<ref>[http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/congress.pdf 2002 election results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203072316/http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/congress.pdf |date=February 3, 2009 }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 90,697
 | percentage = 70.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Richard Frankhuizen
 | votes      = 33,313
 | percentage = 26.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = Timothy E. Roloff
 | votes      = 3,923
 | percentage = 3.0
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 189,717
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
 | percentage = 
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
 | swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 5|2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California]]<ref>[http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/us20reps20all20formatted.pdf 2004 election results]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Matsui|Robert Matsui]] (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 138,004
 | percentage = 71.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Mike Dugas]]
 | votes      = 45,120
 | percentage = 23.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Green Party of the United States
 | candidate  = Pat Driscoll
 | votes      = 6,593
 | percentage = 3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Peace and Freedom Party (US)
 | candidate  = John C. Reiger
 | votes      = 3,670
 | percentage = 1.8
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 193,387
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
 | percentage = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
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==See also==
* [[List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress]]
* [[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (2000–present)#2000s]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{CongBio|M000249}}
* [http://www.csus.edu/matsui Robert T. Matsui Legacy Project Road to Redress and Reparations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911140330/http://www.csus.edu/matsui/ |date=September 11, 2015 }} at [[CSU Sacramento]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050325193525/http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cid=N00007571&cycle=2004 Campaign finance data from the 2004 election]
* [http://www.aefdc.com/?page_id=93 Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition] at [[Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund]]
* {{C-SPAN|2208}}
*{{Find a Grave|10211157}}

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