1996Final results
1996 election for California Assembly District 35
California State Assembly · California
Brooks Firestone (R) won with 66.0% of the vote, defeating Aneesh Lele (D) by 36.9 points.
Brooks FirestoneRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.0%101,014
Aneesh LeleDemocrat
29.1%44,531
Miriam HospodarNatural Law
4.8%7,415
152,960 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