1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for California Senate District 39
California State Senate · California
Bob Wilson (D) won with 65.3% of the vote, defeating Jack Schrade (R) by 30.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Bob WilsonDemocrat · winner
65.3%153,724
Jack SchradeRepublican · incumbent
34.7%81,700
235,424 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