1976Final results
1976 election for California Assembly District 78
California State Assembly · California
Lawrence Kapiloff (D) won with 55.2% of the vote, defeating Al Couppee (R) by 12.8 points.
Lawrence KapiloffDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.2%60,379
Al CouppeeRepublican
42.4%46,374
ContessinaIndependent
2.5%2,710
109,463 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET