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2012Final results

2012 election for California Assembly District 2

California State Assembly · California

Wesley Chesbro (D) won with 63.1% of the vote, defeating Tom Lynch (D) by 26.1 points.

Wesley ChesbroDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.1%111,451
Tom LynchDemocrat
36.9%65,302
176,753 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+38.02002R+29.72004R+38.62006R+30.82008D+30.22014D+38.92018

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