1984Final results
1984 election for California Assembly District 48
California State Assembly · California
Maxine Waters (D) won with 85.8% of the vote, defeating Donald Weiss (R) by 71.5 points.
Maxine WatersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
85.8%59,507
Donald WeissRepublican
14.2%9,884
69,391 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET