2004 California State Assembly election

2004 California State Assembly election

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All 80 seats in the California State Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Fabian Núñez Kevin McCarthy
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 46th–Los Angeles 32nd–Bakersfield
Last election 48 seats, 53.41% 32 seats, 43.74%
Seats won 48 32
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 5,995,046 5,044,449
Percentage 52.61% 44.26%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Vote share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Speaker before election

Fabian Núñez
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Fabian Núñez
Democratic

The 2004 California State Assembly elections were held on November 2, 2004. 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 two-year terms (six years). All 80 biennially elected seats in the Assembly were up for election this year. It was expected that the Democrats would retain control of the Assembly, which they did. While some seats were close races, no opposing party challenges to incumbents were successful on either side and thus, there were no changes to the party balance.