1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for California Assembly District 77
California State Assembly · California
Jim Ellis (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Tim Cohelan (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim EllisRepublican · winner
50.6%62,573
Tim CohelanDemocrat
49.4%61,101
123,674 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