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1982 California U.S. House District 43 Election

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Who won the 1982 California U.S. House District 43 Election?

Ron Packard won the 1982 California U.S. House District 43 Election. Ron Packard received 66,444 popular votes (36.76%). The main challenger was Roy Pat Archer (32.09%).

See the full head-to-head between Packard and Archer

Packard +4.7 pts · won by 8,449 votes
Ron PackardRepublicanWINNER36.76%
66,444 votes
Roy Pat ArcherDemocratic32.09%
57,995 votes
Johnnie R. CreanRepublican31.15%
56,297 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.