2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for California Senate District 7
California State Senate · California
Tom Torlakson (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Richard K. Rainey (R) by 11.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tom TorlaksonDemocrat · winner
54.4%197,683
Richard K. RaineyRepublican · incumbent
43.0%156,107
Mark BillingsNatural Law
2.6%9,334
363,124 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