1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for California Assembly District 8
California State Assembly · California
Don Sebastiani (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Larry Asera (D) by 11.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Don SebastianiRepublican · winner
54.2%69,442
Larry AseraDemocrat
42.5%54,421
Joseph F. HawkesPeace and Freedom
3.3%4,287
128,150 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