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1998Final results

1998 election for California Senate District 24

California State Senate · California

Hilda Solis (D) won with 73.5% of the vote, defeating C. A. Taylor (R) by 49.6 points.

Hilda SolisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
73.5%86,353
C. A. TaylorRepublican
23.9%28,057
Kim GoldsworthyLibertarian
2.6%3,059
117,469 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+47.81986D+44.31990D+30.51994D+49.61998D+45.12002D+48.12006

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

The candidates

Hilda Solis (D)C. A. Taylor (R)

Also on the ballot: Kim Goldsworthy (Libertarian), 2.6%