2000Final results
2000 election for California Assembly District 6
California State Assembly · California
Joe Nation (D) won with 63.9% of the vote, defeating Ed Sullivan (R) by 36.8 points.
Joe NationDemocrat · winner
63.9%113,439
Ed SullivanRepublican
27.1%48,163
Anna NevenicIndependent
6.2%10,954
Richard OlmsteadLibertarian
2.8%4,893
177,449 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
Joe Nation (D)Ed Sullivan (R)Anna Nevenic (I)
Also on the ballot: Richard Olmstead (Libertarian), 2.8%