1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for California Assembly District 1
California State Assembly · California
Stan Statham (R) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Betty Smith (D) by 14.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Stan StathamRepublican · winner
57.3%70,276
Betty SmithDemocrat
42.5%52,157
122,717 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET