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1998Final results

1998 election for California Assembly District 11

California State Assembly · California

Tom Torlakson (D) won with 69.0% of the vote, defeating Allen D. Payton (R) by 38.0 points.

Tom TorlaksonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.0%80,323
Allen D. PaytonRepublican
31.0%36,046
116,369 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+48.81986D+45.11988D+29.11996D+38.01998D+38.12000D+33.82002

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