1978Final results
1978 election for California Assembly District 77
California State Assembly · California
Jim Ellis (R) won with 66.9% of the vote, defeating Wiley Davis (D) by 33.8 points.
Jim EllisRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.9%67,982
Wiley DavisDemocrat
33.1%33,634
101,616 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