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1976Final results

1976 election for California Senate District 19

California State Senate · California

Lou Cusanovich (R) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Sabrina Schiller (D) by 0.4 points.

Lou CusanovichRepublican · winner · incumbent
50.2%113,580
49.8%112,773
226,353 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

EvenR+0.41976R+23.11980R+49.01984R+47.21988R+14.41992R+24.51996

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET