The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1946 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 5, 1946. Republicans captured control of Congress for the first time since 1928 due to the extreme unpopularity of President Harry Truman. California was indicative of the results as Republicans gained seven seats, one of which was won by a recently returned WWII veteran named Richard Nixon. Democrats would not regain a majority of the delegation until after the 1958 election.
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1946 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Republican | 1,203,346 | 51.6% | 7 | 14 | +7 | |
Democratic | 1,126,591 | 48.3% | 16 | 9 | -7 | |
Prohibition | 1,476 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Write-ins | 1,248 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2,332,661 | 100.0% | 23 | 23 | — |
Results edit
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 77,653 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 57,895 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 116,792 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 60,655 | 52.9 | |
Republican | Truman R. Young | 54,113 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 114,768 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 94,293 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 118,548 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. | 61,508 | 56.2 | |||
Democratic | Patrick W. McDonough | 47,988 | 43.8 | |||
Total votes | 109,496 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 113,325 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 50,171 | 53.7 | |
Democratic | Hubert Phillips | 43,244 | 46.3 | |
Total votes | 93,415 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 51,843 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Ernest K. Bramblett | 41,902 | 53.1 | |||
Democratic | George E. Outland (incumbent) | 36,996 | 46.9 | |||
Total votes | 78,898 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard Nixon | 65,586 | 56.0 | |||
Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 49,994 | 42.7 | |||
Prohibition | John Henry Hoeppel | 1,476 | 1.3 | |||
Total votes | 117,069 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Norris Poulson | 48,071 | 51.8 | |||
Democratic | Ned R. Healy (incumbent) | 44,712 | 48.2 | |||
Total votes | 92,783 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas (incumbent) | 53,536 | 54.4 | |
Republican | Frederick M. Roberts | 44,914 | 45.6 | |
Total votes | 98,450 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 106,020 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Donald L. Jackson | 78,264 | 53.9 | |||
Democratic | Harold Harby | 45,951 | 31.7 | |||
Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson (write-in) | 20,945 | 14.4 | |||
Total votes | 145,160 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 110,654 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Willis W. Bradley | 67,363 | 55.7 | |||
Democratic | Clyde Doyle (incumbent) | 60,218 | 44.3 | |||
Total votes | 127,581 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 50,666 | 97.6 | |
No party | Marshall J. Morrill (write-in) | 1,248 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 51,914 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 98,283 | 63.2 | |
Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 67,317 | 36.8 | |
Total votes | 165,600 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 37,229 | 52.7 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 33,395 | 47.3 | |
Total votes | 70,624 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 59,935 | 62.1 | |
Democratic | Ray Adkinson | 36,649 | 37.9 | |
Total votes | 96,584 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 23 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles K. Fletcher | 69,411 | 56.3 | |||
Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 53,898 | 43.7 | |||
Total votes | 123,309 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |