1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1986 election for California Senate District 16
California State Senate · California
Don Rogers (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Jim Young (D) by 4.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Don RogersRepublican · winner
52.0%89,942
Jim YoungDemocrat
48.0%83,065
173,007 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET