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1998Final results

1998 election for California Assembly District 39

California State Assembly · California

Tony Cardenas (D) won with 86.7% of the vote, defeating Christopher Maira (Lib) by 73.4 points.

Tony CardenasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
86.7%41,841
13.3%6,423
48,264 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+35.31990D+43.81992D+41.11994D+43.31996D+60.52000D+52.22002

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