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2006Final results

2006 election for California Senate District 26

California State Senate · California

Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) won with 89.1% of the vote, defeating Bud Raymond (Lib) by 78.2 points.

Sebastian Ridley-ThomasDemocrat · winner
89.1%133,309
Bud RaymondLibertarian
10.9%16,317
149,626 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 2006

Races before and after

EvenD+38.61982D+30.81990D+69.31994D+79.31998D+67.52010D+65.92022

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