United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1970. Republicans won one open seat when John V. Tunney retired to run for Senate.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 3,124,147 | 49.44% | 21 | 20 | -1 | |
Republican | 3,093,405 | 48.95% | 17 | 18 | +1 | |
American Independent | 60,620 | 0.96% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 38,436 | 0.61% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scattering | 2,786 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6,319,394 | 100.00% | 38 | 38 | — |
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 |
District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 108,358 | 63.35 | |
Democratic | William Kortum | 62,688 | 36.65 | |
Total votes | 171,046 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 151,070 | 77.88 | |
Republican | Lloyd E. Gilbert | 37,223 | 19.19 | |
American Independent | Jack R. Carrigg | 5,681 | 2.93 | |
Total votes | 193,974 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 117,496 | 61.56 | |
Republican | Elmore J. Duffy | 69,811 | 36.58 | |
American Independent | Allen E. Priest | 3,554 | 1.86 | |
Total votes | 190,861 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 103,485 | 67.96 | |
Republican | Andrew Gyorke | 48,783 | 32.04 | |
Total votes | 152,268 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 76,567 | 70.81 | |
Republican | John E. Parks | 31,570 | 29.19 | |
Total votes | 108,137 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William S. Mailliard (incumbent) | 96,393 | 53.36 | |
Democratic | Russell R. Miller | 84,255 | 46.64 | |
Total votes | 180,648 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ron Dellums | 89,784 | 57.32 | |
Republican | John E. Healy | 64,691 | 41.30 | |
Peace and Freedom | Sarah Scahill | 2,156 | 1.38 | |
Total votes | 156,631 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 104,311 | 69.00 | |
Republican | Michael A. Crane | 46,872 | 31.00 | |
Total votes | 151,183 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 120,041 | 69.15 | |
Republican | Mark Guerra | 49,556 | 28.55 | |
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 4,009 | 2.31 | |
Total votes | 173,606 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles S. Gubser (incumbent) | 135,864 | 62.03 | |
Democratic | Stuart. D. McLean | 80,530 | 36.76 | |
American Independent | Joyce W. Stancliffe | 2,651 | 1.21 | |
Total votes | 219,045 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 144,500 | 77.49 | |
Democratic | Robert E. Gomperts | 39,188 | 21.02 | |
No party | Scattering | 2,786 | 1.49% | |
Total votes | 186,474 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 95,549 | 63.63 | |
Democratic | O'Brien Riordan | 50,942 | 33.92 | |
Peace and Freedom | Herbert H. Foster, Jr. | 3,682 | 2.45 | |
Total votes | 150,173 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles M. Teague (incumbent) | 125,507 | 58.15 | |
Democratic | Gary K. Hart | 87,980 | 40.76 | |
American Independent | Maude I. Jordet | 2,339 | 1.08 | |
Total votes | 215,826 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerome Waldie (incumbent) | 148,655 | 74.55 | |
Republican | Byron D. Athan | 50,750 | 25.45 | |
Total votes | 199,405 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 98,442 | 63.11 | |
Republican | Sam Van Dyken | 55,546 | 35.61 | |
American Independent | Francis E. "Gill" Gillings | 1,994 | 1.28 | |
Total votes | 155,982 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 95,118 | 66.42 | |
Republican | Phillip V. Sanchez | 43,843 | 30.62 | |
American Independent | James W. Scott | 4,237 | 2.96 | |
Total votes | 143,198 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 83,739 | 62.24 | |
Republican | Vernon E. Brown | 47,778 | 35.51 | |
American Independent | Robert W. Copeland | 1,724 | 1.28 | |
Peace and Freedom | Thomas E. Mathews | 1,292 | 0.96 | |
Total votes | 134,533 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 86,071 | 63.20 | |
Democratic | Milton Spartacus Miller | 48,415 | 35.55 | |
American Independent | Nora E. Hensley | 1,709 | 1.25 | |
Total votes | 136,195 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 98,578 | 70.39 | |
Republican | Bill Jones | 41,462 | 29.61 | |
Total votes | 140,040 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 116,437 | 69.07 | |
Democratic | Michael M. Stolzberg | 50,033 | 29.68 | |
American Independent | Earl C. Harper | 2,100 | 1.25 | |
Total votes | 168,570 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 75,127 | 94.53 | |
Republican | Southy M. Johnson | 4,349 | 5.47 | |
Total votes | 79,476 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 95,256 | 59.37 | |
Republican | Tom Hayden | 63,297 | 39.45 | |
American Independent | Callis R. Johnson | 1,880 | 1.17 | |
Total votes | 160,433 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Del M. Clawson (incumbent) | 77,346 | 63.34 | |
Democratic | G. L. "Jerry" Chapman | 44,767 | 36.66 | |
Total votes | 122,113 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 24
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 124,071 | 65.05 | |
Democratic | Myrlie B. Evers | 61,777 | 32.39 | |
American Independent | Brian Scanlon | 3,018 | 1.58 | |
Peace and Freedom | Harold Kaplan | 1,858 | 0.97 | |
Total votes | 190,724 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 25
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent) | 116,169 | 63.29 | |
Democratic | Leslie W. "Les" Craven | 64,386 | 35.08 | |
American Independent | Kevin Scanlon | 2,994 | 1.63 | |
Total votes | 183,549 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 26
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) | 130,499 | 71.28 | |
Republican | Nathaniel Jay Friedman | 47,260 | 25.81 | |
Peace and Freedom | Lewis B. McCammon | 3,677 | 2.01 | |
American Independent | Howard E. Hallinan | 1,639 | 0.90 | |
Total votes | 183,075 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 27
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. | 139,326 | 66.69 | |
Democratic | N. "Toni" Kimmel | 63,652 | 30.47 | |
Peace and Freedom | Edward Richer | 3,306 | 1.58 | |
American Independent | John H. Hind | 2,642 | 1.26 | |
Total votes | 208,926 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 28
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent) | 154,691 | 69.27 | |
Democratic | Don McLaughlin | 57,882 | 25.92 | |
American Independent | Derek A. Gordon | 5,759 | 2.58 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jane E. Gordon | 4,971 | 2.23 | |
Total votes | 223,303 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 29
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George E. Danielson | 71,308 | 62.59 | |
Republican | Tom McMann | 42,620 | 37.41 | |
Total votes | 113,928 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 30
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 63,903 | 68.26 | |
Republican | Samuel F. Cavnar | 28,038 | 29.95 | |
American Independent | Boris Belousov | 1,681 | 1.80 | |
Total votes | 93,622 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 31
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 102,071 | 73.18 | |
Republican | Fred L. Casmir | 37,416 | 26.82 | |
Total votes | 139,487 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 32
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 119,340 | 71.53 | |
Democratic | Walter L. Mallonee | 44,278 | 26.54 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 3,227 | 1.93 | |
Total votes | 166,845 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 33
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jerry Pettis (incumbent) | 116,093 | 72.17 | |
Democratic | Chester M. Wright | 44,764 | 27.83 | |
Total votes | 160,857 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 34
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) | 101,664 | 54.46 | |
Republican | Bill J. Teague | 82,167 | 44.02 | |
American Independent | Lee R. Rayburn | 2,843 | 1.52 | |
Total votes | 186,674 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 35
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John G. Schmitz (incumbent) | 192,765 | 67.04 | |
Democratic | Thomas B. Lenhart | 87,019 | 30.26 | |
Peace and Freedom | Francis R. Halpern | 7,742 | 2.69 | |
Total votes | 287,526 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 36
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 132,446 | 71.53 | |
Democratic | Daniel K. Hostetter | 44,841 | 24.22 | |
Peace and Freedom | Walter H. Koppelman | 5,139 | 2.78 | |
American Independent | Orville J. Davis | 2,723 | 1.47 | |
Total votes | 185,149 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 37
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 93,952 | 72.12 | |
Republican | James B. Kuhn | 31,968 | 24.54 | |
American Independent | Faye B. Brice | 2,962 | 2.27 | |
Peace and Freedom | Fritjof Thygeson | 1,386 | 1.06 | |
Total votes | 130,268 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 38
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Victor Veysey | 87,479 | 49.80 | |||
Democratic | David A. Tunno | 85,684 | 48.78 | |||
American Independent | William E. Pasley | 2,481 | 1.41 | |||
Total votes | 175,644 | 100.00 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
See also
- 92nd United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1970
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions