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Republicans Gain Control of California Senate Seat
Republican Milton Marks won a special election to fill the seat left by the death of Eugene McAteer, giving the Senate 20 Republicans and 20 Democrats with Lt. Gov. Robert Finch as tiebreaker. Marks defeated Democrat John Burton as Reagan campaigned nationwide for party gains.
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San Francisco
California
Senate
Milton Marks
Ronald Reagan
Marks
John Burton
Eugene McAteer
Burton
Robert Finch
Reagan
Edmund Brown
Los Angeles
Humphrey
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
D.N.Y
Brown
Sacramento
State Assembly