California State Assembly elections, 1998

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November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)

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All 80 seats of the California State Assembly

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Antonio Villaraigosa	Bill Leonard
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	45th-Los Angeles	63rd-San Bernardino
Last election	43	37
Seats won	48	32
Seat change	5	5
Popular vote	4,106,175	3,494,503
Percentage	52.65%	44.81%

Election results by district

Speaker before election

Antonio Villaraigosa
Democratic

Speaker-designate

Antonio Villaraigosa
Democratic

The 1998 California State Assembly elections were held November 3, 1998. California's State Assembly in its entirety comes up for election in even numbered years. Each seat has a two-year term and members are limited to three 2-year terms (six years). All 80 biennially elected seats in the Assembly were up for election this year. Democrats retained control of the Assembly, gaining five Republican-held seats in the process.

Final results from the California Secretary of State:

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