1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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 edit
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 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 | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 160,477 | 73.95 | |
Republican | James E. Taylor | 56,539 | 26.05 | |
Total votes | 217,016 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 139,779 | 72.86 | |
Republican | George R. Marsh, Jr. | 52,075 | 27.14 | |
Total votes | 191,854 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 75,844 | 50.22 | |
Republican | Rex Hime | 75,193 | 49.78 | |
Total votes | 151,037 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John L. Burton (incumbent) | 103,746 | 61.84 | |
Republican | Branwell Fanning | 64,008 | 38.16 | |
Total votes | 167,754 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 123,285 | 72.54 | |
Republican | Roger A. Blaine | 46,674 | 27.46 | |
Total votes | 169,959 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 92,735 | 72.20 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 35,700 | 27.80 | |
Total votes | 128,435 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Leon Panetta | 104,545 | 53.42 | |||
Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 91,160 | 46.58 | |||
Total votes | 195,705 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Hans Krebs (incumbent) | 103,898 | 65.69 | |
Republican | Henry J. Andreas | 54,270 | 34.31 | |
Total votes | 158,168 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William M. Ketchum (incumbent) | 101,658 | 64.20 | |
Democratic | Dean Close | 56,683 | 35.80 | |
Total votes | 158,341 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 124,201 | 64.38 | |
Democratic | Dan Sisson | 68,722 | 35.62 | |
Total votes | 192,923 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) | 146,158 | 67.25 | |
Democratic | Patty Lear Corman | 71,193 | 32.75 | |
Total votes | 217,351 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 114,769 | 62.61 | |
Democratic | Robert S. Henry | 68,543 | 37.39 | |
Total votes | 183,312 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 23 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 24 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Henry Waxman (incumbent) | 108,296 | 67.78 | |
Republican | David Irvins Simmons | 51,478 | 32.22 | |
Total votes | 159,774 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 25 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 26 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 112,619 | 65.59 | |
Democratic | Latta Bruce | 59,093 | 34.41 | |
Total votes | 171,712 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 27 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Dornan | 114,623 | 54.68 | |
Democratic | Gary Familian | 94,988 | 45.32 | |
Total votes | 209,611 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 28 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 29 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 30 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 31 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 83,155 | 100.00 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 92,034 | 72.22 | |
Republican | Clifford O. Young | 35,394 | 27.78 | |
Total votes | 127,428 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 33 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Del M. Clawson (incumbent) | 95,398 | 55.08 | |
Democratic | Ted Snyder | 77,807 | 44.92 | |
Total votes | 173,205 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent) | 100,988 | 50.71 | |
Republican | Dan Lungren | 98,147 | 49.29 | |
Total votes | 199,135 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Lloyd (incumbent) | 87,472 | 53.26 | |
Republican | Louis Brutocao | 76,765 | 46.74 | |
Total votes | 164,237 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 36 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 103,317 | 63.62 | |
Republican | James "Jim" Combs | 59,092 | 36.38 | |
Total votes | 162,409 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 39 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent) | 122,657 | 58.57 | |
Democratic | William E. "Bill" Farris | 86,745 | 41.43 | |
Total votes | 209,402 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 40 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Robert Badham | 148,512 | 59.25 | |
Democratic | Vivian Hall | 102,132 | 40.75 | |
Total votes | 250,644 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 41 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 128,784 | 57.65 | |
Democratic | King Golden, Jr. | 94,590 | 42.35 | |
Total votes | 223,374 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 42 edit
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 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 43 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Clair Burgener (incumbent) | 173,576 | 65.00 | |
Democratic | Pat Kelly | 93,475 | 35.00 | |
Total votes | 267,051 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |