1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for California Assembly District 56
California State Assembly · California
Phil Hawkins (R) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Bob Epple (D) by 10.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Phil HawkinsRepublican · winner
53.5%53,535
Bob EppleDemocrat · incumbent
43.2%43,178
Arthur M. HaysLibertarian
3.3%3,308
100,021 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET