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2000Final results

2000 election for California Assembly District 23

California State Assembly · California

Manny Diaz (D) won with 71.6% of the vote, defeating Tom Askeland (R) by 50.0 points.

Manny DiazDemocrat · winner
71.6%58,020
Tom AskelandRepublican
21.6%17,531
Dana W. AlbrechtLibertarian
6.8%5,478
81,029 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+36.81994D+46.81996D+51.51998D+50.02000D+39.22004D+47.82006

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