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1984Final results

1984 election for California Senate District 21

California State Senate · California

Newton R. Russell (R) won with 75.1% of the vote, defeating Kathy Moyd (D) by 50.2 points.

Newton R. RussellRepublican · winner · incumbent
75.1%195,567
Kathy MoydDemocrat
24.9%64,771
260,338 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

EvenR+31.41976R+49.01980R+50.21984R+40.41988R+6.31992D+7.71996

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