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1970Final results

1970 election for California Senate District 18

California State Senate · California

Walter W. Stiern (D) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Bill Park (R) by 10.9 points.

Walter W. StiernDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.7%62,400
Bill ParkRepublican
43.8%49,959
Charles R. FisherIndependent
1.5%1,678
114,037 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+31.61978D+4.31982D+31.51986D+24.91990D+18.11994D+35.41998

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

The candidates

Walter W. Stiern (D)Bill Park (R)

Also on the ballot: Charles R. Fisher (Independent), 1.5%