1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for California Assembly District 58
California State Assembly · California
Dennis Brown (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Fred W. Chel (D) by 8.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dennis BrownRepublican · winner
54.0%46,362
Fred W. ChelDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%39,522
85,884 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