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1996Final results

1996 election for California Assembly District 26

California State Assembly · California

Dennis Cardoza (D) won with 50.0% of the vote, defeating Tom Berryhill (R) by 0.1 points.

Dennis CardozaDemocrat · winner
50.0%46,648
Tom BerryhillRepublican
50.0%46,562
93,210 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+36.01990D+21.61992D+12.01994D+0.11996D+30.41998D+31.22000

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