1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for California Senate District 1
California State Senate · California
Ray Johnson (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Randolph Collier (D) by 8.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ray JohnsonRepublican · winner
54.5%127,451
Randolph CollierDemocrat · incumbent
45.5%106,555
234,006 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