1970Final results
1970 election for California Assembly District 24
California State Assembly · California
John Vasconcellos (D) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating Virginia Shaffer (R) by 13.7 points.
John VasconcellosDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.0%56,792
Virginia ShafferRepublican
42.3%42,917
Thomas L. FaulknerIndependent
1.7%1,771
101,480 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET