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2014Final results

2014 election for California Senate District 4

California State Senate · California

Jim Nielsen (R) won with 63.7% of the vote, defeating C. J. Jawahar (D) by 27.3 points.

Jim NielsenRepublican · winner
63.7%139,199
36.3%79,457
218,656 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

EvenR+21.72002R+27.82006R+36.42010R+27.32014R+14.32018R+5.92026

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