1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for California Assembly District 31
California State Assembly · California
Richard Lehman (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Bill Jones (R) by 9.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Richard LehmanDemocrat · winner
53.7%54,004
Bill JonesRepublican
44.4%44,655
Lyle O. CookIndependent
1.8%1,830
100,489 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