1998Final results
1998 election for California Assembly District 47
California State Assembly · California
Herb Wesson (D) won with 84.0% of the vote, defeating Jonathan Leonard (R) by 70.8 points.
Herb WessonDemocrat · winner
84.0%80,222
Jonathan LeonardRepublican
13.3%12,666
Eric Michael FineLibertarian
2.7%2,596
95,484 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET