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2000Final results

2000 election for California Assembly District 26

California State Assembly · California

Dennis Cardoza (D) won with 65.6% of the vote, defeating Marshall Sanchez (R) by 31.2 points.

Dennis CardozaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.6%67,326
34.4%35,294
102,620 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+12.01994D+0.11996D+30.41998D+31.22000R+14.72002R+25.12004

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