1934 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934 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 6, 1934. Democrats gained three districts while losing one.
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Democratic | 1,041,557 | 50.2% | 13 | +2 | |
Republican | 963,821 | 46.5% | 7 | -2 | |
Socialist | 18,890 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | |
Prohibition | 18,760 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 12,301 | 0.6% | 0 | 0 | |
Communist | 11,771 | 0.6% | 0 | 0 | |
Progressive | 6,123 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2,073,223 | 100.0% | 20 | — |
Delegation composition edit
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 11 | |
Republican-Held | 9 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 13 | |
Republican-Held | 7 |
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) | 98,661 | 93.6 | |
Socialist | Allen K. Gifford | 6,698 | 6.4 | |
Total votes | 105,359 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 66,370 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank H. Buck (incumbent) | 66,566 | 53.3 | |
Republican | J. M. Inman | 56,222 | 45.7 | |
Communist | Albert Hougardy | 1,167 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 122,955 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (incumbent) | 50,491 | 48.0 | |
Democratic | Chauncey Tramutolo | 46,871 | 44.5 | |
Progressive | Raymond A. Burr | 3,636 | 3.5 | |
Socialist | Samuel S. White | 2,414 | 2.3 | |
Communist | Minnie Carson | 1,810 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 105,222 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 89,751 | 93.8 | |
Communist | Alexander Noral | 5,933 | 6.2 | |
Total votes | 95,684 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 93,213 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Tolan | 51,962 | 52.3 | |||
Republican | Ralph R. Eltse (incumbent) | 47,414 | 47.7 | |||
Total votes | 99,376 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McGrath (incumbent) | 107,325 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart | 77,650 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Henry E. Stubbs (incumbent) | 68,475 | 64.4 | |
Republican | George R. Bliss | 37,860 | 35.6 | |
Total votes | 106,335 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John S. McGroarty | 66,999 | 53.5 | |||
Republican | William E. Evans (incumbent) | 56,350 | 45.0 | |||
Socialist | William E. Stephenson | 1,814 | 1.5 | |||
Total votes | 125,163 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Hoeppel (incumbent) | 52,595 | 50.7 | |
Republican | Frederick F. Houser | 51,216 | 49.3 | |
Total votes | 103,811 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 83,384 | 62.5 | |
Republican | Thomas K. Case | 27,993 | 21.0 | |
Prohibition | Charles H. Randall | 18,760 | 14.1 | |
Socialist | Michael S. Kerrigan | 2,113 | 1.6 | |
Communist | John J. Graham | 1,268 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 133,518 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 52,761 | 61.0 | |
Republican | William D. Campbell | 33,945 | 37.1 | |
Progressive | Lyndon R. Foster | 2,487 | 2.7 | |
Socialist | Harry Sherr | 1,130 | 1.2 | |
Communist | Lawrence Ross | 1,086 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 91,409 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello | 67,247 | 50.6 | |||
Republican | William I. Traeger (incumbent) | 65,858 | 49.4 | |||
Total votes | 133,105 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Dockweiler (incumbent) | 119,332 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles J. Colden (incumbent) | 60,045 | 70.4 | |
Republican | C. P. "Cap" Wright | 20,508 | 24.0 | |
Socialist | Richard Pomeroy | 4,721 | 5.6 | |
Total votes | 85,274 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Byron N. Scott | 52,377 | 56.3 | |
Republican | William Brayton | 40,179 | 43.2 | |
Communist | Clyde Champion | 507 | 0.5 | |
Total votes | 93,063 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sam L. Collins (incumbent) | 97,119 | 88.8 | |
Independent | A. B. Hillabold (write-in) | 12,301 | 11.2 | |
Total votes | 109,420 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | George Burnham (incumbent) | 51,682 | 52.4 | |
Democratic | Edouard Izac | 46,957 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 98,639 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |