1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for California Assembly District 39
California State Assembly · California
J. Robert Hayes (R) won with 48.9% of the vote, defeating Jim Keysor (D) by 1.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
J. Robert HayesRepublican · winner
48.9%30,526
Jim KeysorDemocrat · incumbent
47.0%29,365
Rene Herz EngelPeace and Freedom
4.1%2,589
62,480 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