Democrats favored in Senate while Assembly lines stay tight
In California politics, Democrats held 56.2 percent of voters and 49 of 80 Assembly seats, but only 20 of 40 Senate seats. Five Senate races are in doubt, with districts in San Mateo Santa Clara Kern Santa Barbara Ventura and Riverside Orange contested. Dems believe several seats could flip, but Republicans expect gains in Orange County and eastern Los Angeles, keeping the Assembly race close.
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Sacramento
Senate
Assembly
California
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Kern County
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Riverside
Orange Counties
Omer L. Rains
Don MacGillivray
Robert Lagomarsino
Congress
Lagomarsino
MacGillivray
Arlen Gregorio
James R. Tormey
Clark L. Bradley
Jerome A. Smith
Saratope
Bradley
Walter Stiern
LeRoy M. Jackson
Stiern
Craig Biddle
Riverside County
Robert Presley
Biddle
Bay Area
John Dunlap
Napa
Long Beach
Fred Chel
Sumner Offill
GOP
Orange County
Ken Cory
Bob Bark
Anaheim
Paul Carpenter
Cypress
Carpenter
Chel
Bruce Nestande
Cory
Donald Endresen
Fullerton
Marlin McKeever
Richard Robinson
San Diego County
Robert Wilson
Lawrence Kaniloff
Wilson
Mike Hallman
San Diego
Kapiloff
Rod Smith
Los Angeles County
Kern
Inyo
San Bernardino
Ken Hall
Larry Chimbole
Palmdale
Ray Gonzales
Gonzales
Bill Thomas
Bakersfield
Bill Campbell
Charles Raver
Hacienda Heights
Chino
Pete Vander Poel
Bill McVittie
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Glendale
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Tom McQuaid
Bob McLennan
Downey
Ray Johnson
Chico
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el Jay
Broadway
Carson
Carson Mall
Wettier
Whiwnediene
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