2000Final results
2000 election for California Assembly District 71
California State Assembly · California
Bill Campbell (R) won with 66.5% of the vote, defeating Bea Foster (D) by 37.9 points.
Bill CampbellRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.5%120,852
Bea FosterDemocrat
28.6%51,978
Brenda Jo BryantNatural Law
2.8%5,137
Brian Lee CrossLibertarian
2.1%3,891
181,858 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
Bill Campbell (R)Bea Foster (D)
Also on the ballot: Brenda Jo Bryant (Natural Law), 2.8%; Brian Lee Cross (Libertarian), 2.1%