1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for California Assembly District 73
California State Assembly · California
Dennis Mangers (D) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Robert H. Burke (R) by 4.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dennis MangersDemocrat · winner
52.4%67,602
Robert H. BurkeRepublican · incumbent
47.6%61,498
129,100 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