1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for California Assembly District 7
California State Assembly · California
David Knowles (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Norm Waters (D) by 2.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
David KnowlesRepublican · winner
51.4%82,862
Norm WatersDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%78,490
161,365 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET