Do you know the count? How wide is the gap? Is it even close?
Interestingly, no where in the Roseville News article does it state the margin of victory. Actually, the bi-line is about the cost of the election. Yea, right.
From the Lodi News Sentinel the numbers are...
With all 514 precincts reporting as of 11 p.m. Tuesday, unofficial results show Gaines received 81,945 votes (63.2 percent) and Cooley received 47,743 votes (36.8 percent).
Yes, a conservative blowout!!
From Wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Legislature
The California State Legislature currently has a Democratic majority, with the Senate consisting of 24 Democrats, 13 Republicans, and 3 vacancies; and the Assembly having 52 Democrats and 28 Republicans. Except for the period from 1995 to 1996, the Assembly has been in Democratic hands since the 1970 election (even while the governor’s office has gone back and forth between Republicans and Democrats). The Senate has been in Democratic hands continuously since 1970.