1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 California election results

Every race on California's ballot in the 1976 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races145
Changed party19
Unopposed5%7 races
Incumbents defeated5

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CaliforniaGerald Ford (R)1.8
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CaliforniaS. I. (sam) Hayakawa (R)3.3

U.S. House

D 29 · R 14

California State Senate

D 9 · R 11 · 11 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Ray Johnson (R)8.9FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-3Albert S. Rodda (D)UnopposedFlipped
SD-5Milton Marks (R)4.6Flipped
SD-7John A. Nejedly (R)29.5
SD-9Nicholas C. Petris (D)41.3Flipped
SD-11Alfred E. Alquist (D)47.6
SD-13John Garamendi (D)6.1
SD-15Rose Ann Vuich (D)1.7Flipped
SD-17Robert Nimmo (R)0.6
SD-19Lou Cusanovich (R)0.4
SD-21Newton R. Russell (R)31.4
SD-23David Roberti (D)38.6Flipped
SD-25H. L. Richardson (R)30.6
SD-27Robert G. Beverly (R)22.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-29Bill Greene (D)64.1
SD-31George Deukmejian (R)4.7Flipped
SD-33William Campbell (R)7.7Flipped
SD-35John V. Briggs (R)16.2
SD-37Paul B. Carpenter (D)34.8Flipped
SD-39Bob Wilson (D)30.6FlippedIncumbent lost

California State Assembly

D 57 · R 23 · 8 changed party

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Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab