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1976Final results

1976 election for California Assembly District 43

California State Assembly · California

Howard L. Berman (D) won with 63.5% of the vote, defeating Ralph H. Andrews (R) by 26.9 points.

Howard L. BermanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.5%80,266
36.5%46,197
126,463 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

EvenR+40.01972D+29.01974D+26.91976D+31.21980D+26.91982D+29.61984

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET