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1972Final results

1972 election for California Senate District 1

California State Senate · California

Randolph Collier (D) won with 66.3% of the vote, defeating Henry K. Rogers (R) by 42.1 points.

Randolph CollierDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.3%132,770
Henry K. RogersRepublican
24.2%48,398
Toni Novak SutleyPeace and Freedom
9.5%19,044
200,212 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

EvenR+8.91976R+43.11980R+31.01984R+8.61988R+19.01992R+26.31996

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