59TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT RACE AT A GLANCE / Los Angeles Times
Party Registration:
Total: 122,377.
Democrats: 76,971 (62.9%).
Republicans: 34,333 (28.1%).
Other: 2,254 (1.8%).
Decline to state: 8,819 (7.2%). Communities:
Alhambra, Los Nietos, Montebello, Monterey Park, Pico Rivera, South El Monte, part of Whittier. Incumbent:
Charles M. Calderon, Democrat, 36, four years in Assembly. Challenger:
Ronald Martinez, Republican, photographer, South El Monte.
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