United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972 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 7, 1972. California gained 5 seats as a result of the 1970 Census, three of which were won by Democrats and two by Republicans. Of California's existing House seats, none switched parties.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 4,154,984 | 51.94% | 20 | 23 | +3 | |
Republican | 3,719,898 | 46.50% | 18 | 20 | +2 | |
American Independent | 65,684 | 0.82% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 59,600 | 0.74% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 8,000,166 | 100.00% | 38 | 43 | +5 |
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) | 140,807 | 62.26 | |
Democratic | William A. Nighswonger | 77,138 | 34.11 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jonathan T. Ames | 8,470 | 3.75 | |
Total votes | 226,145 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 148,808 | 68.30 | |
Republican | Francis X. Callahan | 62,381 | 28.63 | |
American Independent | Dorothy D. Paradis | 6,688 | 3.07 | |
Total votes | 217,877 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 151,035 | 69.93 | |
Republican | John Rakus | 64,949 | 30.07 | |
Total votes | 215,984 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 114,673 | 67.44 | |
Republican | Benjamin Chang | 55,367 | 32.56 | |
Total votes | 170,040 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 120,819 | 81.75 | |
Republican | Edlo E. Powell | 26,963 | 18.25 | |
Total votes | 147,782 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William S. Mailliard (incumbent) | 118,197 | 52.04 | |
Democratic | Roger Boas | 108,934 | 47.96 | |
Total votes | 227,131 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ron Dellums (incumbent) | 126,351 | 56.00 | |
Republican | Peter Hannaford | 85,851 | 38.05 | |
American Independent | Frank V. Cortese | 13,430 | 5.95 | |
Total votes | 225,632 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Stark | 101,024 | 52.90 | |
Republican | Lew M. Warden, Jr. | 89,948 | 47.10 | |
Total votes | 190,972 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 123,837 | 72.26 | |
Republican | Herb Smith | 43,134 | 25.17 | |
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 4,403 | 2.57 | |
Total votes | 171,374 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles S. Gubser | 139,850 | 64.61 | |
Democratic | B. Frank Gillette | 76,597 | 35.39 | |
Total votes | 216,447 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Leo Ryan | 113,580 | 60.39 | ||
Republican | Charles E. Chase | 69,655 | 37.03 | ||
American Independent | Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff | 4,852 | 2.58 | ||
Total votes | 188,087 | 100.00 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 105,555 | 53.97 | |
Democratic | Julian Camacho | 84,268 | 43.09 | |
American Independent | Stanley K. Monteith | 5,753 | 2.94 | |
Total votes | 195,576 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles M. Teague (incumbent) | 153,723 | 73.92 | |
Democratic | Lester Dean Cleveland | 54,237 | 27.08 | |
Total votes | 207,960 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerome Waldie (incumbent) | 158,948 | 77.56 | |
Republican | Floyd E. Sims | 45,985 | 22.44 | |
Total votes | 204,933 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 145,273 | 100.00 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 134,079 | 79.12 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 35,384 | 20.88 | |
Total votes | 169,463 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 110,098 | 60.21 | |
Democratic | James Stewart | 72,759 | 39.79 | |
Total votes | 182,857 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 109,993 | 66.47 | |
Democratic | Vincent J. Lavery | 55,484 | 33.53 | |
Total votes | 165,477 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 103,823 | 67.22 | |
Republican | Kenneth M. Fisher | 43,034 | 27.86 | |
Peace and Freedom | Joe Harris | 7,588 | 4.91 | |
Total votes | 154,445 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead | 120,299 | 57.42 | |
Democratic | John Binkley | 89,219 | 42.58 | |
Total votes | 209,518 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 92,799 | 82.87 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 19,187 | 17.13 | |
Total votes | 111,986 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 121,352 | 67.57 | |
Republican | Bruce P. Wolfe | 52,664 | 29.32 | |
Peace and Freedom | Ralph L. Shroyer | 5,583 | 3.11 | |
Total votes | 179,599 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Del M. Clawson (incumbent) | 118,731 | 61.43 | |
Democratic | Conrad G. Tuohey | 74,561 | 38.57 | |
Total votes | 193,292 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 24
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 141,274 | 70.13 | |
Democratic | Luther Mandell | 60,170 | 29.87 | |
Total votes | 201,444 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 25
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent) | 115,908 | 67.60 | |
Democratic | Leslie W. "Les" Craven | 50,015 | 29.17 | |
American Independent | Alfred Romirez | 5,541 | 3.23 | |
Total votes | 171,464 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 26
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) | 160,932 | 68.63 | |
Republican | Philip Robert Rutta | 65,473 | 27.92 | |
Peace and Freedom | Mike Timko | 8,094 | 3.45 | |
Total votes | 234,499 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 27
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) | 117,622 | 57.40 | |
Democratic | Mark S. Novak | 87,295 | 42.60 | |
Total votes | 204,917 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 28
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent) | 142,102 | 60.71 | |
Democratic | Michael Shapiro | 87,783 | 37.50 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jack Hampton | 4,184 | 1.79 | |
Total votes | 234,069 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 29
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George E. Danielson (incumbent) | 91,553 | 62.78 | |
Republican | Richard E. Ferraro | 48,814 | 33.48 | |
Peace and Freedom | John W. Blaine | 5,455 | 3.74 | |
Total votes | 145,822 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 30
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 76,521 | 68.39 | |
Republican | Bill Brophy | 32,005 | 28.61 | |
Peace and Freedom | Lewis McCammon | 3,355 | 3.00 | |
Total votes | 111,881 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 31
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 85,954 | 52.28 | |
Republican | Ben Valentine | 69,876 | 42.50 | |
Peace and Freedom | Roberta Lynn Wood | 8,582 | 5.22 | |
Total votes | 164,412 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 32
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 147,016 | 65.86 | |
Democratic | Dennis Murray | 71,394 | 31.98 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 4,804 | 2.15 | |
Total votes | 223,214 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 33
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jerry Pettis (incumbent) | 140,304 | 75.06 | |
Democratic | Ken Thompson | 46,626 | 24.94 | |
Total votes | 186,930 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 34
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) | 113,841 | 67.22 | |
Republican | John D. Ratterree | 48,916 | 28.88 | |
American Independent | Lee R. Rayburn | 6,604 | 3.90 | |
Total votes | 169,361 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 35
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 103,912 | 74.79 | |
Republican | Vernon E. Brown | 35,018 | 25.21 | |
Total votes | 138,930 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 36
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William M. Ketchum | 87,984 | 52.75 | ||
Democratic | Timothy Lemucchi | 72,516 | 43.47 | ||
American Independent | William M. "Bill" Armour | 6,307 | 3.78 | ||
Total votes | 166,807 | 100.00 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 37
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.) | 120,392 | 73.18 | ||
Republican | Greg Tria | 40,633 | 24.70 | ||
Peace and Freedom | John Hagg | 3,485 | 2.12 | ||
Total votes | 164,510 | 100.00 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 38
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. | 77,776 | 56.30 | ||
Republican | Howard J. Snider | 60,379 | 43.70 | ||
Total votes | 138,155 | 100.00 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 39
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andrew J. Hinshaw | 146,911 | 65.70 | |
Democratic | John Woodland Black | 76,695 | 43.30 | |
Total votes | 223,606 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 40
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 153,648 | 67.77 | |
Democratic | Frank Caprio | 68,771 | 30.33 | |
American Independent | Fritjof Thygeson | 4,294 | 1.89 | |
Total votes | 226,713 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 41
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 115,634 | 74.05 | |
Republican | D. Richard "Dick" Kau | 40,514 | 25.95 | |
Total votes | 156,148 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 42
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Clair Burgener | 155,965 | 67.44 | ||
Democratic | Bob Lowe | 67,477 | 29.18 | ||
American Independent | Armin R. Moths | 7,812 | 3.38 | ||
Total votes | 231,254 | 100.00 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 43
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Victor Veysey | 117,781 | 62.68 | ||
Democratic | Ernest Z. Robles | 70,129 | 37.32 | ||
Total votes | 187,910 | 100.00 | |||
Voter turnout | % | ||||
Republican win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- 93rd United States Congress
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- Political party strength in California
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1972
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions