1976Final results
1976 election for California Assembly District 61
California State Assembly · California
John L. E. Collier (R) won with 61.7% of the vote, defeating Patricia Ostrye (D) by 28.2 points.
John L. E. CollierRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.7%58,231
Patricia OstryeDemocrat
33.4%31,579
Brian ScanlonIndependent
4.9%4,629
94,439 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