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1998Final results

1998 election for California Assembly District 51

California State Assembly · California

Edward Vincent (D) won with 77.0% of the vote, defeating Robert Acherman (R) by 57.8 points.

Edward VincentDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.0%52,951
Robert AchermanRepublican
19.2%13,202
3.8%2,619
68,772 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+69.71992D+39.11994D+46.41996D+57.81998D+55.82000D+51.12006

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

The candidates