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2000Final results

2000 election for California Assembly District 1

California State Assembly · California

Virginia Strommartin (D) won with 64.5% of the vote, defeating Mike Lampson (R) by 33.6 points.

Virginia StrommartinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.5%108,184
Mike LampsonRepublican
30.9%51,753
Joshua GilleoLibertarian
4.7%7,800
167,737 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+27.71994D+10.81996D+28.11998D+33.62000D+8.62002D+28.42004

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

The candidates

Virginia Strommartin (D)Mike Lampson (R)

Also on the ballot: Joshua Gilleo (Libertarian), 4.7%