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1990Final results

1990 election for California Assembly District 17

California State Assembly · California

Willie L. Brown (D) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating Terence Faulkner (R) by 36.9 points.

Willie L. BrownDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.1%62,691
27.2%26,572
John WhismanLibertarian
8.7%8,537
97,800 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 1990

Races before and after

EvenD+40.11984D+46.01986D+45.01988D+36.91990R+1.31992D+1.51994

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