1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for California Assembly District 73
California State Assembly · California
Nolan Frizzelle (R) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Dennis Mangers (D) by 3.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Nolan FrizzelleRepublican · winner
51.5%72,775
Dennis MangersDemocrat · incumbent
48.5%68,572
141,347 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