State Assembly, 78th District

Incumbent

Chris Ward

Democrat

	Candidate	Last Report	Total Raised	Total Spent	Debt	Cash-on-Hand	Net COH
	Chris Ward* (D) Assemblymember, California State Legislature	02-17-24	$503,126.51	$306,955.02	$15,661.79	$471,698.89	$456,037.10

* = Incumbent(s)

Current Registration Data (As of January 2024)

Total Voters	DEM	REP	OTHER	MARGIN
305,478	47.91%	21.36%	30.73%	D +26.55%

Candidate Performance

Election	DEM	REP	Margin	Turnout
2022 Gubernatorial	Newsom - 66.15%	Dahle - 33.85%	D +32.3%	N/A
2020 Presidential	Biden - 68.2%	Trump - 29.4%	D +38.80%	N/A
2018 Gubernatorial	Newsom - 65.8%	Cox - 34.2%	D +31.60%	N/A
2016 Presidential	Clinton - 64.1%	Trump - 29.5%	D +34.60%	N/A

Census Data (Voting Age Population)

Total Population	Total	White	Hispanic	Black	Asian	Native	Pacific
511,710	49.5%	22.1%	7.0%	20.5%	2.7%	1.2%

2024 Primary Election Results (March 5, 2024)

	Name	Votes	Vote %	Vote Share
✔	Chris Ward (D)	79,090	100.0%

2022 General Election Results (November 8, 2022)

	Name	Votes	Vote %	Vote Share
✔	Chris Ward (D)	118,215	68.55%
	Eric Gonzales (R)	54,234	31.45%

2022 Primary Election Results (June 7, 2022)

	Name	Votes	Vote %	Vote Share
✔	Chris Ward (D)	76,917	68.2%
✔	Eric Gonzales (R)	35,857	31.8%

2020 General Election Results (November 3, 2020)

	Name	Votes	Vote %	Vote Share
✔	Chris Ward (D)	123,755	56.19%
	Sarah Davis (D)	96,486	43.81%

2020 Primary Election Results (March 3, 2020)

	Name	Votes	Vote %
✔	Chris Ward (D)	69,125	55.62%
✔	Sarah Davis (D)	34,410	27.69%
	Micah Perlin (D)	20,741	16.69%

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