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1996Final results

1996 election for California Assembly District 32

California State Assembly · California

Roy Ashburn (R) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating John Hulpke (D) by 37.5 points.

Roy AshburnRepublican · winner
67.0%86,790
John HulpkeDemocrat
29.5%38,191
Steve ZinnLibertarian
3.5%4,498
129,479 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

EvenR+37.61990R+33.81992R+41.11994R+37.51996R+41.91998R+43.62000

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

The candidates

Roy Ashburn (R)John Hulpke (D)

Also on the ballot: Steve Zinn (Libertarian), 3.5%