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1976Final results

1976 election for California Assembly District 7

California State Assembly · California

Norm Waters (D) won with 55.2% of the vote, defeating Dan S. Parises (R) by 10.4 points.

Norm WatersDemocrat · winner
55.2%61,989
Dan S. ParisesRepublican
44.8%50,293
112,282 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+24.41972D+28.21974D+10.41976D+12.71980D+39.01982D+36.71984

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