1980Final results
1980 election for California Senate District 21
California State Senate · California
Newton R. Russell (R) won with 71.8% of the vote, defeating Samuel H. Cogar (D) by 49.0 points.
Newton R. RussellRepublican · winner · incumbent
71.8%136,654
Samuel H. CogarDemocrat
22.8%43,458
Ed OgawaLibertarian
5.3%10,164
190,276 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