1996Final results
1996 election for California Senate District 39
California State Senate · California
Deirdre Alpert (D) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Joe Dolphin (R) by 5.8 points.
Deirdre AlpertDemocrat · winner
51.4%142,722
Joe DolphinRepublican
45.6%126,653
Stuart KnolesNatural Law
3.1%8,533
277,908 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