1980Final results
1980 election for California Senate District 29
California State Senate · California
Bill Greene (D) won with 82.9% of the vote, defeating Timothy F. Faulkner (R) by 68.7 points.
Bill GreeneDemocrat · winner · incumbent
82.9%76,043
Timothy F. FaulknerRepublican
14.2%13,015
Charles J. ThomasLibertarian
2.9%2,660
91,718 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