1974Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1974 election for California Assembly District 61
California State Assembly · California
John L. E. Collier (R) won with 59.2% of the vote, defeating E. D. Ortell (D) by 22.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John L. E. CollierRepublican · winner · incumbent
59.2%47,833
E. D. OrtellDemocrat
36.8%29,694
Brian ScanlonIndependent
4.0%3,217
80,744 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET