1974Final results
1974 election for California Senate District 34
California State Senate · California
Robert Presley (D) won with 48.0% of the vote, defeating W. Craig Biddle (R) by 0.2 points.
Robert PresleyDemocrat · winner
48.0%70,849
W. Craig BiddleRepublican
47.8%70,597
Nial D. MeadowsIndependent
4.3%6,294
147,740 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