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1980 California U.S. House District 27 Election

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Who won the 1980 California U.S. House District 27 Election?

Robert Kenneth 'Bob' Dornan won the 1980 California U.S. House District 27 Election. Robert Kenneth 'Bob' Dornan received 109,807 popular votes (51%). The main challenger was Carey Peck (46.47%).

See the full head-to-head between Dornan and Peck

Dornan +4.5 pts · won by 9,746 votes
Robert Kenneth 'Bob' DornanRepublicanWINNER51%
109,807 votes
Carey PeckDemocratic46.47%
100,061 votes
Jerome L. Jerry SieversLibertarian2.53%
5,448 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.