1976Final results
1976 election for California Senate District 11
California State Senate · California
Alfred E. Alquist (D) won with 71.6% of the vote, defeating Lawrence Turpen (R) by 47.6 points.
Alfred E. AlquistDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.6%136,846
Lawrence TurpenRepublican
24.0%45,954
Thomas W. ReedIndependent
4.3%8,286
191,086 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