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1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1998 election for California Assembly District 30

California State Assembly · California

Dean Florez (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Robert M. Prenter Jr. (R) by 8.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Dean FlorezDemocrat · winner
54.4%37,058
Robert M. Prenter Jr.Republican · incumbent
45.6%31,116
68,174 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+24.71990D+30.41992R+4.41994D+8.71998D+31.52000D+0.52002

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