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1984Final results

1984 election for California Assembly District 26

California State Assembly · California

Patrick Johnston (D) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Doug Wilhoit (R) by 14.3 points.

Patrick JohnstonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.1%64,486
Doug WilhoitRepublican
42.9%48,393
112,879 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenD+2.11978Even1980D+32.51982D+14.31984D+48.21986D+44.01988

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