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1996Final results

1996 election for California Senate District 13

California State Senate · California

John Vasconcellos (D) won with 61.6% of the vote, defeating Ray Morton (R) by 32.4 points.

John VasconcellosDemocrat · winner
61.6%117,640
Ray MortonRepublican
29.2%55,737
9.3%17,715
191,092 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

EvenD+33.01984D+32.81988D+29.21992D+32.41996D+42.22000D+41.32004

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