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1996Final results

1996 election for California Senate District 25

California State Senate · California

Teresa Hughes (D) won with 82.0% of the vote, defeating Cliff McClain (R) by 64.0 points.

Teresa HughesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
82.0%118,806
Cliff McClainRepublican
18.0%26,038
144,844 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+33.31984R+32.21988D+58.01992D+64.01996D+64.62000D+50.32004

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