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1996Final results

1996 election for California Assembly District 24

California State Assembly · California

James Cunneen (R) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Ed Foglia (D) by 16.1 points.

James CunneenRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.7%83,684
Ed FogliaDemocrat
39.6%59,504
Jon PetersenLibertarian
4.7%7,059
150,247 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

EvenD+18.11990R+6.01992R+2.31994R+16.11996R+18.41998D+5.42000

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

The candidates

James Cunneen (R)Ed Foglia (D)

Also on the ballot: Jon Petersen (Libertarian), 4.7%