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1980Final results

1980 election for California Assembly District 16

California State Assembly · California

Art Agnos (D) won with 73.9% of the vote, defeating Larry Jenkins (R) by 55.5 points.

Art AgnosDemocrat · winner · incumbent
73.9%45,492
Larry JenkinsRepublican
18.4%11,322
Justin RaimondoLibertarian
7.7%4,730
61,544 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

EvenD+55.71974D+44.51976D+57.91978D+55.51980D+62.91982D+64.11984

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET