1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for California Assembly District 75
California State Assembly · California
David G. Kelley (R) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Tom Suitt (D) by 15.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
David G. KelleyRepublican · winner
57.7%57,449
Tom SuittDemocrat · incumbent
42.3%42,191
99,640 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