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1990Final results

1990 election for California Senate District 2

California State Senate · California

Barry Keene (D) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Margie Handley (R) by 8.0 points.

Barry KeeneDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.0%126,552
Margie HandleyRepublican
46.0%107,864
234,416 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+5.41978D+20.51982D+15.11986D+8.01990D+25.01994D+9.31998

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