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1996Final results

1996 election for California Assembly District 74

California State Assembly · California

Howard Kaloogian (R) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Fred Clayton (Ind) by 20.0 points.

Howard KaloogianRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.9%79,942
Fred ClaytonIndependent
36.9%51,863
Douglas WebbLibertarian
6.1%8,584
140,389 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+42.51988R+25.71990R+23.91992R+28.21994R+18.31998R+23.32000

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