1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for California Assembly District 72
California State Assembly · California
Tom Umberg (D) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Curt Pringle (R) by 3.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tom UmbergDemocrat · winner
51.9%25,247
Curt PringleRepublican · incumbent
48.1%23,411
48,658 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