1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for California Assembly District 10
California State Assembly · California
William Baker (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Eric H. Hasseltine (D) by 6.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
William BakerRepublican · winner
50.7%74,068
Eric H. HasseltineDemocrat
44.0%64,357
H. S. JamesLibertarian
5.3%7,789
146,214 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET