1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1996 election for California Assembly District 43
California State Assembly · California
Scott Wildman (D) won with 48.4% of the vote, defeating John Geranios (R) by 0.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Scott WildmanDemocrat · winner
48.4%49,452
John GeraniosRepublican
48.2%49,260
Willard MichlinLibertarian
3.5%3,562
102,274 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