1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1996 election for California Assembly District 27
California State Assembly · California
Fred Keeley (D) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Jim Davis (R) by 19.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Fred KeeleyDemocrat · winner
56.9%86,099
Jim DavisRepublican
37.9%57,407
Sunshine McCarthyNatural Law
5.1%7,786
151,292 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