2016 California State Assembly Election

The 2016 California State Assembly election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election held on June 7, 2016. Voters in the 80 districts of the

California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The A ...

elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for

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and the

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. Benefiting from the large Democratic turnout due to the general election, the

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made gains by ousting three Republican incumbents in the 60th, 65th, and 66th districts, thus regaining the two-thirds

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that they had lost in the previous elections. State Assembly California State Assembly elections

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