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2000Final results

2000 election for California Assembly District 47

California State Assembly · California

Herb Wesson (D) won with 83.3% of the vote, defeating Jonathan Leonard (R) by 70.0 points.

Herb WessonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.3%100,328
13.3%16,037
Scott PacerLibertarian
3.3%4,027
120,392 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+52.71994D+63.71996D+70.81998D+70.02000D+66.82002D+66.12004

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

The candidates

Herb Wesson (D)Jonathan Leonard (R)

Also on the ballot: Scott Pacer (Libertarian), 3.3%