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1970Final results

1970 election for California Senate District 10

California State Senate · California

George R. Moscone (D) won with 74.6% of the vote, defeating Tom Spinosa (R) by 51.2 points.

George R. MosconeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
74.6%165,114
Tom SpinosaRepublican
23.4%51,791
Billy E. KimbleyIndependent
2.0%4,458
221,363 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

EvenR+0.11978D+15.61982D+42.51986D+21.21990D+25.91994D+37.31998

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

The candidates

George R. Moscone (D)Tom Spinosa (R)

Also on the ballot: Billy E. Kimbley (Independent), 2.0%