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1970Final results

1970 election for California Assembly District 38

California State Assembly · California

Carley V. Porter (D) won with 67.3% of the vote, defeating C. Corwin (R) by 36.1 points.

Carley V. PorterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.3%42,326
C. CorwinRepublican
31.2%19,630
Jim B. BarsbyIndependent
1.5%971
62,927 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

EvenD+36.01972R+11.81974R+16.91976R+34.11978R+1.01980R+11.51982

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Carley V. Porter (D)C. Corwin (R)

Also on the ballot: Jim B. Barsby (Independent), 1.5%