1994Final results
1994 election for California Senate District 16
California State Senate · California
Jim Costa (D) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Phillip D. Wyman (R) by 3.1 points.
Jim CostaDemocrat · winner
51.6%70,329
Phillip D. WymanRepublican
48.4%66,053
136,382 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