November 7, 1978

General Election

Note: A total of 7,132,210 Californians voted in this election.

Governor
Jerry Brown	Democratic	56%	Win
Ed Clark	Independent	5.5%	Loss
Theresa F. "Tena" Dietrich	American Independent	1%	Loss
Marilyn Seals	Peace and Freedom	1%	Loss
Evelle J. Younger	Republican	36.5%	Loss

Lieutenant Governor
Mike Curb	Republican	51.6%	Win
Mervyn M. Dymally	Democratic	43.3%	Loss
Houston A. Myers	American Independent	2.7%	Loss
Jan B. Tucker	Peace and Freedom	2.4%	Loss

Secretary of State
March Fong Eu	Democratic	62.5%	Win
Jacob "Jay" Margosian	Republican	30.2%	Loss
Valerie C. Seeman	American Independent	3.2%	Loss
David Wald	Peace and Freedom	4.1%	Loss

Controller
Elizabeth Cervantes Barron	Peace and Freedom	4.6%	Loss
Kenneth Cory	Democratic	60.5%	Win
Edmon V. Kaiser	American Independent	2.1%	Loss
James A. Ware	Republican	32.8%	Loss

Treasurer
Donald J. French	Republican	35.3%	Loss
Thomas M. Goodloe Jr.	American Independent	3.2%	Loss
Lewis J. Shireman	Peace and Freedom	2.8%	Loss
Jesse M. Unruh	Democratic	58.7%	Win

Attorney General
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic	43.4%	Loss
George Deukmejian	Republican	52.9%	Win
Robert J. Evans	Peace and Freedom	1.8%	Loss
Dallas Wendell Reid	American Independent	1.9%	Loss

SBOE1
Henry "Hank" Arklin	Republican	42%	Loss
Mark T. Radcliffe	Peace and Freedom	6.3%	Loss
George R. Reilly	Democratic	51.7%	Win

SBOE2
Fred E. Barber	American Independent	7.2%	Loss
Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr.	Republican	49.8%	Win
Iris G. Sankey	Democratic	43%	Loss

SBOE3
Bill Bennett	Democratic	52.3%	Win
Pat Graham	American Independent	10.7%	Loss
Janet Quaife	Peace and Freedom	4.3%	Loss
Raymond E. Vandegriff	Republican	32.7%	Loss

SBOE4
Irene E. Maggio	American Independent	10.7%	Loss
Lewis B. McCammon	Peace and Freedom	11.8%	Loss
Richard Nevins	Democratic	77.5%	Win

CD-01
Harold T. "Bizz" Johnson	Democratic	59.4%	Win
James E. Taylor	Republican	40.6%	Loss

CD-02
Norma K. Bork	Democratic	45.3%	Loss
Don H. Clausen	Republican	52%	Win
Irv Sutley	Peace and Freedom	2.8%	Loss

CD-03
Robert T. Matsui	Democratic	53.4%	Win
Sandy Smoley	Republican	46.6%	Loss

CD-04
Vic Fazio	Democratic	55.4%	Win
Rex Hime	Republican	44.6%	Loss

CD-05
John Burton	Democratic	66.8%	Win
Dolores Skore	Republican	33.2%	Loss

CD-06
Phil Burton	Democratic	68.3%	Win
Raymond O. "Ray" Heaps	American Independent	3.7%	Loss
Tom Spinosa	Republican	28%	Loss

CD-07
Paula Gordon	Republican	33.7%	Loss
George Miller	Democratic	63.4%	Win
Melvin E. Stanley	American Independent	2.8%	Loss

CD-08
Ron Dellums	Democratic	57.4%	Win
Charles V. Hughes	Republican	42.6%	Loss

CD-09
Robert S. Allen	Republican	30.5%	Loss
Lawrence J. "Larry" Phillips	Peace and Freedom	4.1%	Loss
Pete Stark	Democratic	65.4%	Win

CD-10
Don Edwards	Democratic	67.1%	Win
Rudy Hansen	Republican	32.9%	Loss

CD-11
Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff	American Independent	3.9%	Loss
Leo J. Ryan	Democratic	60.5%	Win
Dave Welch	Republican	35.6%	Loss

CD-12
Harold Boylan	American Independent	3.5%	Loss
Adele Fumino	Peace and Freedom	1.9%	Loss
Pete McCloskey	Republican	73.1%	Win
Kirsten Olsen	Democratic	21.5%	Loss

CD-13
Robert Goldsborough	Peace and Freedom	3%	Loss
Norm Mineta	Democratic	57.5%	Win
Dan O'Keefe	Republican	39.5%	Loss

CD-14
John J. McFall	Democratic	42.6%	Loss
Norman D. Shumway	Republican	53.4%	Win
George D. Waldron	American Independent	4%	Loss

CD-15
Tony Coelho	Democratic	60.1%	Win
Chris Patterakis	Republican	39.9%	Loss

CD-16
Leon E. Panetta	Democratic	61.4%	Win
Eric Seastrand	Republican	38.6%	Loss

CD-17
John Krebs	Democratic	45.5%	Loss
Charles "Chip" Pashayan Jr.	Republican	54.5%	Win

CD-18
Bob Sogge	Democratic	40.7%	Loss
William M. Thomas	Republican	59.3%	Win

CD-19
Robert J. "Bob" Lagomarsino	Republican	71.7%	Win
Milton Takei	Peace and Freedom	4%	Loss
Jerry Zamos	Democratic	24.3%	Loss

CD-20
Barry M. Goldwater Jr.	Republican	66.4%	Win
Patty Lear Corman	Democratic	33.6%	Loss

CD-21
James C. Corman	Democratic	59.5%	Win
Bill Hill	Peace and Freedom	4.6%	Loss
G. Rod Walsh	Republican	35.9%	Loss

CD-22
Robert S. Henry	Democratic	35.4%	Loss
Carlos J. Moorhead	Republican	64.6%	Win

CD-23
Joseph Joe Barbara	Republican	34.4%	Loss
Anthony C. Beilenson	Democratic	65.6%	Win

CD-24
Kevin Casey "K.C." Peters	Peace and Freedom	4.8%	Loss
Howard C. Schaefer	Republican	32.6%	Loss
Henry A. Waxman	Democratic	62.7%	Win

CD-25
Edward R. Roybal	Democratic	67.4%	Win
Robert T. Watson	Republican	32.6%	Loss

CD-26
John H. Rousselot	Republican	100%	Win

CD-27
Bob Dornan	Republican	51%	Win
Carey Peck	Democratic	49%	Loss

CD-28
Julian C. Dixon	Democratic	100%	Win

CD-29
Uriah J. Fields	Republican	15%	Loss
Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins	Democratic	85%	Win

CD-30
Henry Ares	Republican	28.6%	Loss
George E. Danielson	Democratic	71.4%	Win

CD-31
Don Grimshaw	Republican	32.2%	Loss
Charles H. Wilson	Democratic	67.8%	Win

CD-32
Glenn M. Anderson	Democratic	71.4%	Win
Ida Bader	American Independent	6.1%	Loss
Sonya Sonny Mathison	Republican	22.4%	Loss

CD-33
Wayne Grisham	Republican	56%	Win
Dennis S. Kazarian	Democratic	44%	Loss

CD-34
Mark W. Hannaford	Democratic	43.7%	Loss
Dan Lungren	Republican	53.7%	Win
Lawrence J. Stafford	American Independent	2.6%	Loss

CD-35
David Dreier	Republican	46%	Loss
Jim Lloyd	Democratic	54%	Win

CD-36
George Brown	Democratic	62.9%	Win
Dana Warren Carmody	Republican	37.1%	Loss

CD-37
Dan Corcoran	Democratic	34.8%	Loss
Jerry Lewis	Republican	61.4%	Win
Bernard Wahl	American Independent	3.8%	Loss

CD-38
Don Goedeke	Republican	41.4%	Loss
Jerry M. Patterson	Democratic	58.6%	Win

CD-39
Bill Dannemeyer	Republican	63.7%	Win
William E. "Bill" Farris	Democratic	36.3%	Loss

CD-40
Robert E. Badham	Republican	65.9%	Win
Jim McGuy	Democratic	34.1%	Loss

CD-41
King Golden Jr.	Democratic	41.9%	Loss
Robert C. "Bob" Wilson	Republican	58.1%	Win

CD-42
Lawrence C. Mattera	Republican	26.3%	Loss
Lionel Van Deerlin	Democratic	73.7%	Win

CD-43
Clair W. Burgener	Republican	68.7%	Win
Ronald Brooks Cameron	Democratic	31.3%	Loss

SD-02
Gary Giacomini	Republican	45.1%	Loss
Barry Keene	Democratic	50.5%	Win
Linda D. Wren	Peace and Freedom	4.4%	Loss

SD-04
John F. Dunlap	Democratic	45.4%	Loss
Joseph F. Hawkes	Peace and Freedom	2.3%	Loss
Jim Nielsen	Republican	52.3%	Win

SD-06
John Francis Foran	Democratic	68.1%	Win
Max Woods (I)	Republican	31.9%	Loss

SD-08
Patrick V. "Pat" Colglazier	Republican	29.2%	Loss
John W. Holmdahl	Democratic	70.8%	Win

SD-10
Marz Garcia	Republican	50%	Win
Arlen F. Gregorio	Democratic	50%	Loss

SD-12
Clark L. Bradley	Republican	38.9%	Loss
Jerry Smith	Democratic	61.1%	Win

SD-14
Kenneth Kessler	Republican	28.3%	Loss
George N. Zenovich	Democratic	71.7%	Win

SD-16
W. R. "Bill" Snyder	Republican	40.9%	Loss
Walter W. Stiern	Democratic	59.1%	Win

SD-18
Omer L. Rains	Democratic	65.8%	Win
E. G. "Wally" Wallenbrock	Republican	34.2%	Loss

SD-20
John C. Kennedy	Republican	27.1%	Loss
Jason Lucas	Peace and Freedom	5.1%	Loss
Alan Robbins	Democratic	67.8%	Win

SD-22
Sarah Kelly	Republican	31.2%	Loss
Alan Sieroty	Democratic	68.8%	Win

SD-24
Alex P. Garcia	Democratic	69%	Win
Kay McGlachlin	Peace and Freedom	4.8%	Loss
Loyal A. Weaver	Republican	26.1%	Loss

SD-26
Ernest Duncan	Republican	35.3%	Loss
Joseph B. Montoya	Democratic	64.7%	Win

SD-28
Ralph C. Dills	Democratic	86.2%	Win
Michael W. Hennessy	American Independent	13.8%	Loss

SD-30
Robert L. Moody	Republican	31.1%	Loss
Diane Watson	Democratic	68.9%	Win

SD-32
Ruben S. Ayala	Democratic	62.3%	Win
John Ridley	Republican	37.7%	Loss

SD-34
Robert B. Presley	Democratic	55.7%	Win
John E. Stanton	Republican	44.3%	Loss

SD-36
David Bergland	Libertarian	5.8%	Loss
Ronald Cordova	Democratic	44.7%	Loss
John G. Schmitz	Republican	49.5%	Win

SD-38
William A. Craven	Republican	62.9%	Win
Jerry C. Harmon	Democratic	37.1%	Loss

SD-40
James R. Mills	Democratic	71.5%	Win
Gerri Rickman	Republican	28.5%	Loss

AD-01
Stan Statham	Republican	100%	Win

AD-02
Douglas H. Bosco	Democratic	56.2%	Win
E. R. "Bob" Dryden	Republican	38.4%	Loss
Joel Meza	Peace and Freedom	5.4%	Loss

AD-03
Eugene A. Chappie	Republican	65.6%	Win
Jim Pharris	Democratic	34.4%	Loss

AD-04
Thomas M. Hannigan	Democratic	62.4%	Win
Jeff Ketelson	Republican	37.6%	Loss

AD-05
Jean Moorhead Duffy	Republican	61.8%	Win
Ben W. Franklin	Democratic	38.2%	Loss

AD-06
Dan Benvenuti Sr.	Republican	37.4%	Loss
Leroy F. Greene	Democratic	62.6%	Win

AD-07
Norman S. Waters	Democratic	100%	Win

AD-08
Gerald A. Burney Jr.	Republican	37.3%	Loss
Michael Gage	Democratic	57.3%	Win
Nancy V. Gunn	Peace and Freedom	5.3%	Loss

AD-09
Stephen E. Dias	Peace and Freedom	4.9%	Loss
William J. "Bill" Filante	Republican	51.7%	Win
Michael Wornum	Democratic	43.4%	Loss

AD-10
Daniel Boatwright	Democratic	100%	Win

AD-11
Joseph "Ed" Eichar	Republican	24.4%	Loss
John T. Knox	Democratic	69.9%	Win
William L. Ward	American Independent	5.8%	Loss

AD-12
Tom Bates	Democratic	54.4%	Win
Tom Condit	Peace and Freedom	2.8%	Loss
Robert M. Niemann	Republican	42.9%	Loss

AD-13
Elihu M. Harris	Democratic	74.6%	Win
Todd Lewis Roust	Republican	25.4%	Loss

AD-14
Alma Clark	Republican	22.1%	Loss
Bill Lockyer	Democratic	74.6%	Win
Albert L. Sargis	Peace and Freedom	3.3%	Loss

AD-15
S. Floyd Mori	Democratic	65.9%	Win
Beverly Sedgwick	Republican	34.1%	Loss

AD-16
Art Agnos	Democratic	74.9%	Win
John Ryan Marlow	Peace and Freedom	8.1%	Loss
Dwight K. Tripp III	Republican	17%	Loss

AD-17
Willie Brown	Democratic	63%	Win
Mike Henderson	Republican	37%	Loss

AD-18
Joseph C. Faulkner	Republican	26.3%	Loss
Leo T. McCarthy	Democratic	69.2%	Win
Patrick A. Walters	American Independent	4.6%	Loss

AD-19
Dorothy D. Adams	Republican	29.7%	Loss
Joseph W. Kerska	American Independent	6.9%	Loss
Lou Papan	Democratic	63.4%	Win

AD-20
Chris Cobey	Democratic	47.6%	Loss
Robert W. Naylor	Republican	52.4%	Win

AD-21
Victor Calvo	Democratic	53.8%	Win
Greg Morris	Republican	46.2%	Loss

AD-22
Russell J. "Rusty" Hammer	Democratic	43.3%	Loss
Richard D. Hayden	Republican	52.8%	Win
Max Kernaghan	American Independent	3.9%	Loss

AD-23
Lynn Knapp	Republican	37.6%	Loss
John Vasconcellos	Democratic	62.4%	Win

AD-24
Leona H. Egeland	Democratic	66.4%	Win
Jack Sandoval	Republican	33.6%	Loss

AD-25
Carl H. Bocchini	Republican	34.6%	Loss
Alister McAlister	Democratic	65.4%	Win

AD-26
Douglas F. Carter	Republican	48.9%	Loss
Carmen Perino	Democratic	51.1%	Win

AD-27
John E. Thurman Jr.	Democratic	100%	Win

AD-28
Henry Mello	Democratic	58.4%	Win
Harry Wiens	Republican	31.7%	Loss
Michael G. Zaharakis	Peace and Freedom	9.9%	Loss

AD-29
Carol Hallett	Republican	76.4%	Win
Shane Kramer	Democratic	23.6%	Loss

AD-30
Jim Costa	Democratic	63.8%	Win
Octavia Diener	Republican	36.2%	Loss

AD-31
Richard H. Lehman	Democratic	57.4%	Win
Tom Marsella	Republican	42.6%	Loss

AD-32
Gordon W. Duffy	Republican	72.6%	Win
Frank Rocha	Democratic	27.4%	Loss

AD-33
Alastair McTaggart	Democratic	36%	Loss
Don Rogers	Republican	64%	Win

AD-34
Larry Chimbole	Democratic	45.7%	Loss
Phil Wyman	Republican	54.3%	Win

AD-35
Gary K. Hart	Democratic	59%	Win
De Wayne Holdahl	Republican	41%	Loss

AD-36
Ed Albrecht	Democratic	33.2%	Loss
Charles R. Imbrecht	Republican	66.8%	Win

AD-37
Bob Cline	Republican	71.3%	Win
Hal Goldman	Democratic	28.7%	Loss

AD-38
Roger Bollinger	Democratic	32.9%	Loss
Paul V. Priolo	Republican	67.1%	Win

AD-39
Rene Herz Engel	Peace and Freedom	4.1%	Loss
J. Robert Hayes	Republican	48.9%	Win
Jim Keysor	Democratic	47%	Loss

AD-40
Tom Bane	Democratic	65.9%	Win
Dolores LeFevre	Republican	34.1%	Loss

AD-41
Pat Nolan	Republican	67.7%	Win
John G. Triphon	Democratic	32.3%	Loss

AD-42
Earl C. Harper	American Independent	1.4%	Loss
William H. "Bill" Ivers	Republican	54.7%	Win
Ed Ogawa	Independent	2.7%	Loss
Judy Binch Tejeda	Democratic	41.2%	Loss

AD-43
Howard L. Berman	Democratic	100%	Win

AD-44
David McKay Barlow	Republican	31.3%	Loss
Mel Levine	Democratic	68.7%	Win

AD-45
Mark Hupf	Peace and Freedom	3.5%	Loss
Herschel Rosenthal	Democratic	67.8%	Win
Gary E. Wheelock	Republican	28.7%	Loss

AD-46
William "Bill" Lovett	Republican	30%	Loss
Mike Roos	Democratic	70%	Win

AD-47
Teresa P. Hughes	Democratic	85.2%	Win
Armando Soto Mayor	Republican	14.8%	Loss

AD-48
Timothy F. Faulkner	Republican	19.2%	Loss
Maxine Waters	Democratic	80.8%	Win

AD-49
Gary R. Gottlieb	Republican	29.5%	Loss
Gwen Moore	Democratic	70.5%	Win

AD-50
Nancy E. Allen	Republican	29%	Loss
Curtis R. Tucker	Democratic	71%	Win

AD-51
Dave Helgevold	Democratic	31.9%	Loss
Marilyn G. Ryan	Republican	68.1%	Win

AD-52
Gerald N. Felando	Republican	55.1%	Win
Vincent Thomas	Democratic	44.9%	Loss

AD-53
Paul T. Bannai	Republican	56.8%	Win
Cindy Wear	Democratic	43.2%	Loss

AD-54
Richard G. Coxson	Republican	21.8%	Loss
Frank Vicencia	Democratic	78.2%	Win

AD-55
Richard Alatorre	Democratic	59.4%	Win
John Miguel Feliz	Republican	40.6%	Loss

AD-56
J. Raul Blacksten	Republican	19.3%	Loss
Art Torres	Democratic	80.7%	Win

AD-57
David Elder	Democratic	67.1%	Win
W. L. "Bill" Patrick	Republican	32.9%	Loss

AD-58
Dennis L. Brown	Republican	54%	Win
Fred W. Chel	Democratic	46%	Loss

AD-59
Jackie L. Clair	Republican	15.1%	Loss
Jack R. Fenton	Democratic	67.4%	Win
Armando "The Man" Muniz	Independent	17.6%	Loss

AD-60
Murray Happy Cluff	Republican	33.4%	Loss
Myron L. Guarnett	American Independent	4.1%	Loss
Sally Tanner	Democratic	62.5%	Win

AD-61
Dick Mountjoy	Republican	83.4%	Win
Pearl M. Scanlon	American Independent	16.6%	Loss

AD-62
Sally Baldonado	Democratic	46.9%	Loss
William H. "Bill" Lancaster	Republican	53.1%	Win

AD-63
Bruce E. Young	Democratic	100%	Win

AD-64
George M. Juric	Democratic	35.2%	Loss
Dave Stirling	Republican	64.8%	Win

AD-65
Don Donnelly	Republican	40.9%	Loss
Bill McVittie	Democratic	59.1%	Win

AD-66
Terry Goggin	Democratic	65.3%	Win
Tamara J. "Tammy" Wolfinbarger	Republican	34.7%	Loss

AD-67
Steve Hauser	Democratic	45.7%	Loss
Bill Leonard	Republican	54.3%	Win

AD-68
William E. "Bill" Engel	Republican	43.7%	Loss
Walter M. "Walt" Ingalls	Democratic	56.3%	Win

AD-69
Paul Bell	Democratic	45.1%	Loss
Ross Johnson	Republican	54.9%	Win

AD-70
Robert B. Music	Democratic	29%	Loss
Bruce Nestande	Republican	71%	Win

AD-71
Doris Allen	Republican	44%	Loss
Chester B. "Chet" Wray	Democratic	56%	Win

AD-72
David L. Brandt	Republican	37.8%	Loss
Richard H. Robinson	Democratic	62.2%	Win

AD-73
Jim Gallagher	Libertarian	4.4%	Loss
Charles M. "Chuck" Gibson	Republican	43.4%	Loss
Dennis Mangers	Democratic	52.1%	Win

AD-74
Marian C. Bergeson	Republican	74.1%	Win
John C. Harrison	Democratic	25.9%	Loss

AD-75
David G. Kelley	Republican	57.7%	Win
Tom Suitt	Democratic	42.3%	Loss

AD-76
Austin Childs	Democratic	32.9%	Loss
Robert Frazee	Republican	67.1%	Win

AD-77
Wiley Davis	Democratic	33.1%	Loss
Jim Ellis	Republican	66.9%	Win

AD-78
Lawrence Kapiloff	Democratic	55%	Win
Terry Knoepp	Republican	45%	Loss

AD-79
Virginia Bridge	Republican	35.5%	Loss
Peter R. "Pete" Chacon	Democratic	64.5%	Win

AD-80
Wadie P. Deddeh	Democratic	70.6%	Win
Lorraine Green	Republican	29.4%	Loss

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November 7, 1978

General Election