1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for California Assembly District 78
California State Assembly · California
Lawrence Kapiloff (D) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating E. Richard Barnes (R) by 2.5 points.
Lawrence KapiloffDemocrat · winner
51.3%54,054
E. Richard BarnesRepublican · incumbent
48.7%51,417
105,471 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET