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1980Final results

1980 election for California Senate District 15

California State Senate · California

Rose Ann Vuich (D) won with 72.2% of the vote, defeating Fay G. Adams (R) by 44.5 points.

Rose Ann VuichDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.2%140,086
Fay G. AdamsRepublican
27.8%53,840
193,926 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+1.71976D+44.51980D+51.71984D+24.31992R+1.41996R+15.02000

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