The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962 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, 1962. California gained eight districts as a result of the 1960 census, seven of which were won by Democrats and one by a Republican. Of California's existing districts, Democrats picked up three and lost one.
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 2,891,618 | 51.88% | 16 | 25 | +9 | |
Republican | 2,679,662 | 48.08% | 14 | 13 | -1 | |
Scattering | 2,166 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 5,573,446 | 100.00% | 30 | 38 | +8 |
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clement Woodnutt Miller (inc.) | 100,962 | 50.75 | |
Republican | Don H. Clausen | 97,949 | 49.23 | |
No party | Scattering | 31 | 0.02 | |
Total votes | 198,942 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 106,239 | 64.62 | |
Republican | Frederic H. Nagel | 58,150 | 35.37 | |
No party | Scattering | 8 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 164,397 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 138,257 | 74.82 | |
Republican | George W. G. Smith | 46,510 | 25.17 | |
No party | Scattering | 24 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 184,791 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett | 55,563 | 56.50 | ||
Republican | L. V. Honsinger | 42,762 | 43.48 | ||
No party | Scattering | 20 | 0.02 | ||
Total votes | 98,345 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Shelley (incumbent) | 64,493 | 80.44 | |
Republican | Roland S. Charles | 15,670 | 19.54 | |
No party | Scattering | 16 | 0.02 | |
Total votes | 80,179 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William S. Mailliard (incumbent) | 105,762 | 58.69 | |
Democratic | John A. O'Connell | 74,429 | 41.30 | |
No party | Scattering | 3 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 180,194 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jeffery Cohelan (incumbent) | 86,215 | 64.48 | |
Republican | Leonard L. Cantando | 47,409 | 35.46 | |
No party | Scattering | 76 | 0.06 | |
Total votes | 133,700 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 97,014 | 72.49 | |
Republican | Harold Petersen | 36,810 | 27.51 | |
No party | Scattering | 3 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 133,827 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Don Edwards | 79,616 | 65.94 | ||
Republican | Joseph F. Donovan | 41,104 | 34.04 | ||
No party | Scattering | 24 | 0.02 | ||
Total votes | 120,744 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles S. Gubser (incumbent) | 106,419 | 60.70 | |
Democratic | James P. Thurber, Jr. | 68,885 | 39.29 | |
No party | Scattering | 21 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 175,325 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. Arthur Younger (incumbent) | 101,963 | 62.33 | |
Democratic | John D. Kaster | 61,623 | 37.67 | |
No party | Scattering | 5 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 163,591 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Burt L. Talcott | 75,424 | 61.31 | ||
Democratic | William K. Steward | 47,576 | 38.67 | ||
No party | Scattering | 26 | 0.02 | ||
Total votes | 123,026 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles M. Teague (incumbent) | 84,743 | 64.94 | |
Democratic | George J. Holgate | 45,746 | 35.05 | |
No party | Scattering | 12 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 130,501 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John F. Baldwin, Jr. (incumbent) | 99,040 | 62.88 | |
Democratic | Charles R. Weidner | 58,469 | 37.12 | |
No party | Scattering | 9 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 157,518 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 97,322 | 69.99 | |
Republican | Clifford B. Bull | 41,726 | 30.01 | |
No party | Scattering | 5 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 139,053 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 108,339 | 71.87 | |
Republican | Arthur L. Selland | 42,401 | 28.13 | |
No party | Scattering | 11 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 150,751 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 74,964 | 67.15 | |
Republican | Ted Bruinsma | 36,663 | 32.84 | |
No party | Scattering | 5 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 111,632 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harlan Hagen (incumbent) | 91,684 | 58.88 | |
Republican | G. Ray Arnett | 64,037 | 41.12 | |
No party | Scattering | 4 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 155,725 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 78,436 | 61.55 | |
Republican | Robert T. Ramsay | 48,976 | 38.43 | |
No party | Scattering | 21 | 0.02 | |
Total votes | 127,433 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 119,938 | 70.63 | |
Democratic | Leon Mayer | 49,850 | 29.36 | |
No party | Scattering | 16 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 169,804 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins | 73,465 | 84.54 | ||
Republican | Herman Smith | 13,371 | 15.39 | ||
No party | Scattering | 68 | 0.08 | ||
Total votes | 86,904 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 75,294 | 53.62 | |
Republican | Charles S. Foote | 65,087 | 46.35 | |
No party | Scattering | 33 | 0.02 | |
Total votes | 140,414 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 23 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clyde Doyle (incumbent) | 83,269 | 64.17 | |
Republican | Emmett A. Schwartz | 46,488 | 35.82 | |
No party | Scattering | 12 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 129,769 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 24 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent) | 120,884 | 70.33 | |
Democratic | Knox Mellon | 50,970 | 29.66 | |
No party | Scattering | 19 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 171,873 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 25 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ronald B. Cameron | 62,371 | 53.07 | |||
Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 53,961 | 45.91 | |||
No party | Scattering | 1,192 | 1.01 | |||
Total votes | 117,524 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 26 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James Roosevelt (incumbent) | 112,162 | 68.29 | |
Republican | Daniel Beltz | 52,063 | 31.70 | |
No party | Scattering | 21 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 164,246 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 27 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 66,979 | 52.10 | |||
Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (incumbent) | 61,538 | 47.86 | |||
No party | Scattering | 49 | 0.04 | |||
Total votes | 128,566 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 28 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent) | 162,233 | 63.97 | |
Democratic | Jerry Pacht | 91,305 | 36.00 | |
No party | Scattering | 64 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 253,602 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George Brown, Jr. | 73,740 | 55.64 | ||
Republican | H. L. Richardson, Jr. | 58,760 | 44.34 | ||
No party | Scattering | 27 | 0.02 | ||
Total votes | 132,527 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 30 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edward R. Roybal | 69,008 | 56.50 | |||
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 53,104 | 43.48 | |||
No party | Scattering | 16 | 0.01 | |||
Total votes | 122,128 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 31 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles H. Wilson | 76,631 | 52.19 | ||
Republican | Gordon Hahn | 70,154 | 47.78 | ||
No party | Scattering | 35 | 0.02 | ||
Total votes | 146,820 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 115,915 | 70.74 | |
Democratic | J. J. Johovich | 47,917 | 29.24 | |
No party | Scattering | 33 | 0.02 | |
Total votes | 163,865 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 33 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 96,192 | 59.02 | |
Republican | William R. Thomas | 66,764 | 40.97 | |
No party | Scattering | 18 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 162,974 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard T. Hanna | 90,758 | 55.94 | ||
Republican | Robert A. Geier | 71,478 | 44.05 | ||
No party | Scattering | 16 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 162,252 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 133,737 | 68.52 | |
Democratic | Burton Shamsky | 61,395 | 31.45 | |
No party | Scattering | 54 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 195,186 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 36 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 91,626 | 61.77 | |
Democratic | William C. Godfrey | 56,637 | 38.18 | |
No party | Scattering | 69 | 0.05 | |
Total votes | 148,332 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin | 63,821 | 51.32 | ||
Republican | Dick Wilson | 60,460 | 48.62 | ||
No party | Scattering | 70 | 0.06 | ||
Total votes | 124,351 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Patrick M. Martin | 68,583 | 55.92 | |||
Democratic | Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent) | 54,022 | 44.05 | |||
No party | Scattering | 30 | 0.02 | |||
Total votes | 122,605 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |