1974Final results
1974 election for California Assembly District 78
California State Assembly · California
Lawrence Kapiloff (D) won with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Rod Smith (R) by 27.9 points.
Lawrence KapiloffDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.3%52,519
Rod SmithRepublican
34.4%28,980
James E. HicksIndependent
3.3%2,753
84,252 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