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1984Final results

1984 election for California Assembly District 7

California State Assembly · California

Norm Waters (D) won with 68.4% of the vote, defeating Jim Head (R) by 36.7 points.

Norm WatersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.4%98,043
Jim HeadRepublican
31.6%45,397
143,440 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+10.41976D+12.71980D+39.01982D+36.71984D+35.61986D+0.81988

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