1980Final results
1980 election for California Assembly District 7
California State Assembly · California
Norm Waters (D) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Dan S. Parises (R) by 12.7 points.
Norm WatersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.4%84,462
Dan S. ParisesRepublican
43.6%65,418
149,880 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