1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for California Assembly District 34
California State Assembly · California
Phillip D. Wyman (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Larry Chimbole (D) by 8.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Phillip D. WymanRepublican · winner
54.3%43,845
Larry ChimboleDemocrat · incumbent
45.7%36,928
80,773 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET