1990Final results
1990 election for California Senate District 16
California State Senate · California
Don Rogers (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Ray Gonzalez (D) by 7.9 points.
Don RogersRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.0%85,882
Ray GonzalezDemocrat
44.1%72,796
Ken SaurenmanLibertarian
4.0%6,554
165,232 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