1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for California Senate District 37
California State Senate · California
Paul B. Carpenter (D) won with 67.4% of the vote, defeating Lovan A. Norton (R) by 34.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Paul B. CarpenterDemocrat · winner
67.4%119,047
Lovan A. NortonRepublican
32.6%57,578
176,625 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