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2014 election for California Assembly District 16

California State Assembly · California

Catharine Baker (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Tim Sbranti (D) by 3.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Catharine BakerRepublican · winner
51.6%71,452
Tim SbrantiDemocrat
48.4%67,152
138,604 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenD+75.72008D+71.12010D+18.42012R+3.12014R+11.82016D+2.12018

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