2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2000 election for California Assembly District 28
California State Assembly · California
Simon Salinas (D) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Jeff Denham (R) by 9.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Simon SalinasDemocrat · winner
52.5%66,011
Jeff DenhamRepublican
43.5%54,729
John VogelReform
2.3%2,891
Roger VerLibertarian
1.7%2,134
125,765 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
The candidates
Simon Salinas (D)Jeff Denham (R)
Also on the ballot: John Vogel (Reform), 2.3%; Roger Ver (Libertarian), 1.7%