2000Final results
2000 election for California Assembly District 17
California State Assembly · California
Barbara Matthews (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Greg Aghazarian (R) by 8.5 points.
Barbara MatthewsDemocrat · winner
53.0%64,361
Greg AghazarianRepublican
44.5%54,031
Roy W. BuschLibertarian
2.4%2,943
121,335 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET