1976Final results
1976 election for California Senate District 7
California State Senate · California
John A. Nejedly (R) won with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Richard Beserra (D) by 29.5 points.
John A. NejedlyRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.6%137,559
Richard BeserraDemocrat
34.1%73,797
Michael DietrichIndependent
2.3%5,007
216,363 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