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1972Final results

1972 election for California Assembly District 24

California State Assembly · California

John Vasconcellos (D) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Lawrence Fargher (R) by 11.4 points.

John VasconcellosDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.7%76,099
44.3%60,575
136,674 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 1972

Races before and after

EvenD+11.41972D+18.01974D+23.41976D+32.81978D+1.21980D+31.51982

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