1980Final results

1980 election for California Assembly District 78

Name: 1980 election for California Assembly District 78
Start: 1980-11-04
Location: California

California State Assembly · California

Lawrence Kapiloff (D) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating Ross Tharp (R) by 12.0 points.

Lawrence KapiloffDemocrat · winner · incumbent

56.0%60,871

44.0%47,827

108,698 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

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