1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for California Assembly District 5
California State Assembly · California
Jean Moorhead (R) won with 61.8% of the vote, defeating Ben W. Franklin (D) by 23.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jean MoorheadRepublican · winner
61.8%57,475
Ben W. FranklinDemocrat
38.2%35,463
92,938 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