DemocratNot in office · last served 2002Last on a ballot: Nov 2000

Louis J. Papan

Last held office: California State Assembly, District 19 (1996–2002). Ran in 11 elections between 1972 and 2000, winning 10.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Papan was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Papan finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2000	California State Assembly, District 19	General	Won	Steven H. Kassel (R), Steve C. Lundry (L), Paul J. Six (REF)	70.3%	D+46.9
1998	California State Assembly, District 19	General	Won	Penny Ferguson (R), Steve Marsland (L)	71.3%	D+46.5
1996	California State Assembly, District 19	General	Won	James J. Tucker (R), Linda Marks (NLP)	55.7%	D+18.3
1986	California State Senate, District 8	General	Lost	Quentin L. Kopp (I), Russell Gray (R)	45.5%	R+1.4
1984	California State Assembly, District 19	General	Won	Robert Silvestri (R)	65.7%	D+31.5
1982	California State Assembly, District 19	General	Won	Les Kelting (R), Mark Pickens (L)	63.6%	D+30.6
1980	California State Assembly, District 19	General	Won	James J. Tucker (R), Gwendolyn Baba (L)	50.6%	D+7.7
1978	California State Assembly, District 19	General	Won	Dorothy D. Adams (R), Joseph W. Kerska (I)	63.4%	D+33.7
1976	California State Assembly, District 19	General	Won	Dorothy D. Adams (R), Joseph W. Kerska (I)	70.5%	D+44.4
1974	California State Assembly, District 19	General	Won	Gilbert Rodli Jr. (R), James J. Stack (I)	65.7%	D+35.7
1972	California State Assembly, District 27	General	Won	Theodore Long (R), Will Slocum (PF), James J. Stack (I)	57.6%	D+22.1