1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for California Senate District 31
California State Senate · California
George Deukmejian (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Renee Simon (D) by 4.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
George DeukmejianRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.4%93,808
Renee SimonDemocrat
47.6%85,334
179,142 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