1996Final results
1996 election for California Assembly District 1
California State Assembly · California
Virginia Strommartin (D) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Margie Handley (R) by 10.8 points.
Virginia StrommartinDemocrat · winner
52.9%87,800
Margie HandleyRepublican
42.1%69,917
Harry WrenchNatural Law
5.0%8,341
166,058 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET