1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for California Assembly District 61
California State Assembly · California
Nell Soto (D) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Bob Demallie (R) by 12.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Nell SotoDemocrat · winner
56.2%37,382
Bob DemallieRepublican
43.8%29,127
66,509 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