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1990Final results

1990 election for California Senate District 36

California State Senate · California

Robert Presley (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Ray Haynes (R) by 7.1 points.

Robert PresleyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.6%112,560
Ray HaynesRepublican
46.4%97,558
210,118 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+22.81986D+7.11990R+13.51994R+20.21998R+45.12002R+30.32006

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