United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976
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The California United States House elections, 1976 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 2, 1976. Democrats picked up one district, the 16th.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 4,144,324 | 55.80% | 28 | 29 | +1 | |
Republican | 3,204,418 | 43.15% | 15 | 14 | -1 | |
American Independent | 39,786 | 0.54% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 37,973 | 0.51% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 7,426,501 | 100.00% | 43 | 43 | — |
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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Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 160,477 | 73.95 | |
Republican | James E. Taylor | 56,539 | 26.05 | |
Total votes | 217,016 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 121,290 | 56.01 | |
Democratic | Oscar H. Klee | 88,829 | 41.02 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert B. "Bob" Allred | 6,444 | 2.98 | |
Total votes | 216,563 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 139,779 | 72.86 | |
Republican | George R. Marsh, Jr. | 52,075 | 27.14 | |
Total votes | 191,854 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 75,844 | 50.22 | |
Republican | Rex Hime | 75,193 | 49.78 | |
Total votes | 151,037 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John L. Burton (incumbent) | 103,746 | 61.84 | |
Republican | Branwell Fanning | 64,008 | 38.16 | |
Total votes | 167,754 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 86,493 | 66.07 | |
Republican | Tom Spinosa | 35,359 | 27.01 | |
Peace and Freedom | Emily L. Siegel | 6,570 | 5.02 | |
American Independent | Raymond O. "Ray" Heaps | 2,494 | 1.91 | |
Total votes | 130,916 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Miller (incumbent) | 147,064 | 74.72 | |
Republican | Robert L. Vickers | 45,863 | 23.30 | |
American Independent | Melvin E. Stanley | 3,889 | 1.98 | |
Total votes | 196,816 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ron Dellums (incumbent) | 122,342 | 62.12 | |
Republican | Philip Stiles Breck Jr. | 68,374 | 34.72 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Evans | 6,238 | 3.17 | |
Total votes | 196,954 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Stark (incumbent) | 116,398 | 70.81 | |
Republican | James K. Mills | 44,607 | 27.13 | |
Peace and Freedom | Albert L. Sargis | 3,386 | 2.06 | |
Total votes | 164,391 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 111,992 | 72.05 | |
Republican | Herb Smith | 38,088 | 24.50 | |
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 5,363 | 3.45 | |
Total votes | 155,443 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leo Ryan (incumbent) | 107,618 | 61.08 | |
Republican | Bob Jones | 62,435 | 35.44 | |
American Independent | Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff | 6,141 | 3.49 | |
Total votes | 176,194 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 130,332 | 66.21 | |
Democratic | David T. Harris | 61,526 | 31.25 | |
American Independent | Joseph David "Joss" Cooney | 4,999 | 2.54 | |
Total votes | 196,857 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norman Mineta (incumbent) | 135,291 | 66.77 | |
Republican | Ernie Konnyu | 63,130 | 31.16 | |
American Independent | William Pollock Herrell | 4,190 | 2.07 | |
Total votes | 202,611 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 123,285 | 72.54 | |
Republican | Roger A. Blaine | 46,674 | 27.46 | |
Total votes | 169,959 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 92,735 | 72.20 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 35,700 | 27.80 | |
Total votes | 128,435 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Leon Panetta | 104,545 | 53.42 | |||
Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 91,160 | 46.58 | |||
Total votes | 195,705 | 100.00 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Hans Krebs (incumbent) | 103,898 | 65.69 | |
Republican | Henry J. Andreas | 54,270 | 34.31 | |
Total votes | 158,168 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William M. Ketchum (incumbent) | 101,658 | 64.20 | |
Democratic | Dean Close | 56,683 | 35.80 | |
Total votes | 158,341 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 124,201 | 64.38 | |
Democratic | Dan Sisson | 68,722 | 35.62 | |
Total votes | 192,923 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) | 146,158 | 67.25 | |
Democratic | Patty Lear Corman | 71,193 | 32.75 | |
Total votes | 217,351 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 101,837 | 66.51 | |
Republican | Erwin Ed Hogan | 44,094 | 28.80 | |
Peace and Freedom | Bill Hill | 7,178 | 4.69 | |
Total votes | 153,109 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 114,769 | 62.61 | |
Democratic | Robert S. Henry | 68,543 | 37.39 | |
Total votes | 183,312 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson | 130,619 | 60.18 | |
Republican | Thomas F. Bartman | 86,434 | 39.82 | |
Total votes | 217,053 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 24
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Henry Waxman (incumbent) | 108,296 | 67.78 | |
Republican | David Irvins Simmons | 51,478 | 32.22 | |
Total votes | 159,774 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 25
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 57,966 | 71.90 | |
Republican | Robert K. Watson | 17,737 | 22.00 | |
Peace and Freedom | Marilyn Seals | 4,922 | 6.10 | |
Total votes | 80,625 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 26
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 112,619 | 65.59 | |
Democratic | Latta Bruce | 59,093 | 34.41 | |
Total votes | 171,712 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 27
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dornan | 114,623 | 54.68 | |
Democratic | Gary Familian | 94,988 | 45.32 | |
Total votes | 209,611 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 28
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.) | 114,612 | 80.20 | |
Republican | Edward S. Skinner | 28,303 | 19.80 | |
Total votes | 142,915 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 29
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 82,515 | 85.42 | |
Republican | Michael D. Germonprez | 10,852 | 11.23 | |
Independent | Sheila Leburg | 3,235 | 3.35 | |
Total votes | 96,602 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 30
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George E. Danielson (incumbent) | 82,767 | 74.38 | |
Republican | Harry Couch | 28,503 | 25.62 | |
Total votes | 111,270 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 31
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 83,155 | 100.00 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 32
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 92,034 | 72.22 | |
Republican | Clifford O. Young | 35,394 | 27.78 | |
Total votes | 127,428 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 33
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Del M. Clawson | 95,398 | 55.08 | |
Democratic | Ted Snyder | 77,807 | 44.92 | |
Total votes | 173,205 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 34
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent) | 100,988 | 50.71 | |
Republican | Dan Lungren | 98,147 | 49.29 | |
Total votes | 199,135 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 35
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Lloyd (incumbent) | 87,472 | 53.26 | |
Republican | Louis Brutocao | 76,765 | 46.74 | |
Total votes | 164,237 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 36
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 90,830 | 61.56 | |
Republican | Grant Carner | 49,368 | 33.46 | |
American Independent | William E. Pasley | 7,358 | 4.99 | |
Total votes | 147,556 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 37
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shirley Neil Pettis (incumbent) | 133,634 | 71.08 | |
Democratic | Douglas C. Nilson Jr. | 49,021 | 26.07 | |
American Independent | Bernard Wahl | 5,352 | 2.85 | |
Total votes | 188,007 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 38
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 103,317 | 63.62 | |
Republican | James "Jim" Combs | 59,092 | 36.38 | |
Total votes | 162,409 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 39
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles E. Wiggins | 122,657 | 58.57 | |
Democratic | William E. "Bill" Farris | 86,745 | 41.43 | |
Total votes | 209,402 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 40
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert Badham | 148,512 | 59.25 | |
Democratic | Vivian Hall | 102,132 | 40.75 | |
Total votes | 250,644 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 41
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 128,784 | 57.65 | |
Democratic | King Golden, Jr. | 94,590 | 42.35 | |
Total votes | 223,374 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 42
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 103,062 | 75.99 | |
Republican | Wes Marden | 32,565 | 24.01 | |
Total votes | 135,627 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 43
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Clair Burgener (incumbent) | 173,576 | 65.00 | |
Democratic | Pat Kelly | 93,475 | 35.00 | |
Total votes | 267,051 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
See also
- 95th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1976
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions