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1984Final results

1984 election for California Assembly District 71

California State Assembly · California

Doris Allen (R) won with 66.8% of the vote, defeating John Kanel (D) by 33.7 points.

Doris AllenRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.8%80,006
John KanelDemocrat
33.2%39,699
119,705 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+12.01978D+0.51980R+6.81982R+33.71984R+31.31986R+38.61988

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