1972Final results
1972 election for California Senate District 9
California State Senate · California
Milton Marks (R) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Ronald Pelosi (D) by 18.9 points.
Milton MarksRepublican · winner · incumbent
59.0%172,071
Ronald PelosiDemocrat
40.1%116,902
Jaroslaw J. SzafarskiIndependent
0.9%2,674
291,647 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