The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 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, 1974. Democrats picked up five Republican-held districts.
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 3,265,513 | 56.83% | 23 | 28 | +5 | |
Republican | 2,334,870 | 40.63% | 20 | 15 | -5 | |
American Independent | 109,751 | 1.91% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 35,984 | 0.63% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 5,746,118 | 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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 137,849 | 85.90 | |
American Independent | Dorothy D. Paradis | 22,628 | 14.10 | |
Total votes | 160,477 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 95,508 | 53.01 | |
Democratic | Oscar H. Klee | 76,951 | 42.71 | |
Peace and Freedom | Carole J. Glass | 7,719 | 4.28 | |
Total votes | 180,178 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 121,842 | 72.34 | |
Republican | Ivaldo Lenci | 46,585 | 27.66 | |
Total votes | 168,427 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 100,934 | 100.00 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John L. Burton (incumbent) | 87,323 | 59.32 | |
Republican | Thomas Caylor | 55,881 | 37.96 | |
Peace and Freedom | Raymond Broshears | 3,999 | 2.72 | |
Total votes | 147,203 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 84,585 | 71.37 | |
Republican | Tom Spinosa | 25,721 | 21.70 | |
Peace and Freedom | Emily L. Siegel | 4,753 | 4.01 | |
American Independent | Carl Richard Davis | 3,456 | 2.92 | |
Total votes | 118,515 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George Miller | 82,765 | 55.59 | |
Republican | Gary Fernandez | 66,115 | 44.41 | |
Total votes | 148,880 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ron Dellums (incumbent) | 93,106 | 56.48 | |
Republican | Jack Redden | 65,432 | 39.69 | |
American Independent | John Holland | 6,324 | 3.84 | |
Total votes | 164,862 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Pete Stark (incumbent) | 87,854 | 70.64 | |
Republican | Edson Adams | 36,522 | 29.36 | |
Total votes | 124,376 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 86,014 | 77.01 | |
Republican | Herb Smith | 25,678 | 22.99 | |
Total votes | 111,692 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Leo Ryan (incumbent) | 106,075 | 75.69 | |
Republican | Bob Jones | 29,783 | 21.25 | |
American Independent | Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff | 4,293 | 3.06 | |
Total votes | 140,151 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 103,228 | 69.08 | |
Democratic | Gary G. Gillmor | 46,197 | 30.92 | |
Total votes | 149,425 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Norman Mineta | 78,649 | 52.57 | |||
Republican | George W. Milias | 63,381 | 42.36 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Elizabeth Cervantes Barron | 3,846 | 2.57 | |||
American Independent | Floyd S. Stancliffe | 3,738 | 2.50 | |||
Total votes | 149,614 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 101,932 | 70.80 | |
Republican | Charles M. "Chuck" Gibson | 34,679 | 24.09 | |
American Independent | Roger A. Blaine | 7,367 | 5.12 | |
Total votes | 143,978 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 80,205 | 71.89 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 31,361 | 28.11 | |
Total votes | 111,566 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 76,084 | 49.19 | |||
Democratic | Julian Camacho | 74,018 | 47.85 | |||
American Independent | D. Jeff Mauro | 4,576 | 2.96 | |||
Total votes | 154,678 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Hans Krebs | 66,082 | 51.90 | |||
Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 61,242 | 48.10 | |||
Total votes | 127,324 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William M. Ketchum (incumbent) | 66,603 | 52.64 | |
Democratic | George A. Seielstad | 59,931 | 47.36 | |
Total votes | 126,534 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 84,849 | 56.50 | |
Democratic | James D. Loebl | 65,334 | 43.50 | |
Total votes | 150,183 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) | 96,324 | 61.18 | |
Democratic | Arline M. Mathews | 61,119 | 38.82 | |
Total votes | 157,443 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 86,778 | 73.45 | |
Republican | Mel Nadell | 31,365 | 26.55 | |
Total votes | 118,143 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 78,983 | 55.72 | |
Democratic | Richard Hallin | 62,770 | 44.28 | |
Total votes | 141,753 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 23 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) | 119,239 | 71.46 | |
Republican | Jack E. Roberts | 47,615 | 28.54 | |
Total votes | 166,854 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 24 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Henry Waxman | 85,343 | 64.17 | |
Republican | Elliott Stone Graham | 43,680 | 32.84 | |
American Independent | David E. Daivs | 3,980 | 2.99 | |
Total votes | 133,003 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 25 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 43,998 | 100.00 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 26 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 80,782 | 58.85 | |
Democratic | Paul A. Conforti | 56,487 | 41.15 | |
Total votes | 137,269 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 27 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent) | 99,645 | 63.83 | |
Democratic | John Dalessio | 50,919 | 32.62 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jerry Rubin | 5,547 | 3.55 | |
Total votes | 156,111 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 28 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.) | 86,743 | 80.28 | |
Republican | Tom Neddy | 21,308 | 19.72 | |
Total votes | 108,051 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 45,977 | 100.00 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 30 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George E. Danielson (incumbent) | 66,074 | 74.24 | |
Republican | John J. Perez | 22,928 | 25.76 | |
Total votes | 89,002 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 31 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 60,560 | 70.46 | |
Republican | Norman A. Hodges | 23,039 | 26.81 | |
Peace and Freedom | William C. Taylor | 2,349 | 2.73 | |
Total votes | 85,948 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 82,485 | 87.68 | |
American Independent | Virgil V. Badalich | 8,710 | 9.26 | |
Peace and Freedom | Frank H. Walker | 2,877 | 3.06 | |
Total votes | 94,072 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 33 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Del M. Clawson (incumbent) | 71,054 | 53.38 | |
Democratic | Robert E. "Bob" White | 57,423 | 43.14 | |
American Independent | James C. "Jim" Griffin | 4,636 | 3.48 | |
Total votes | 133,113 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent) | 78,345 | 49.74 | |
Republican | Bill Bond | 72,967 | 46.32 | |
American Independent | Bill Bond | 3,169 | 2.01 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 3,043 | 1.93 | |
Total votes | 157,524 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Lloyd | 60,709 | 50.25 | |||
Republican | Victor Veysey (incumbent) | 60,102 | 49.75 | |||
Total votes | 120,811 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 36 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 69,615 | 62.62 | |
Republican | Jim Osgood | 35,858 | 32.25 | |
American Independent | William E. Pasley | 5,701 | 5.13 | |
Total votes | 111,174 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jerry Pettis (incumbent) | 88,548 | 63.01 | |
Democratic | Bobby Ray Vincent | 46,449 | 33.06 | |
American Independent | John H. Ortman | 5,522 | 3.93 | |
Total votes | 140,519 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson | 67,299 | 53.99 | |||
Republican | David Rehmann | 51,509 | 41.32 | |||
American Independent | Lee R. Rayburn | 3,991 | 3.20 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Larry B. Kallenberger | 1,851 | 1.48 | |||
Total votes | 124,650 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 39 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent) | 87,995 | 55.23 | |
Democratic | William E. "Bill" Farris | 64,735 | 40.63 | |
American Independent | Pat P. Scalera | 6,967 | 4.37 | |
Total votes | 159,337 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 40 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Andrew J. Hinshaw | 114,895 | 63.31 | |
Democratic | Roderick J. "Rod" Wilson | 56,195 | 30.97 | |
American Independent | Grayson L. Watkins | 10,381 | 5.72 | |
Total votes | 181,471 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 41 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 93,461 | 54.42 | |
Democratic | Colleen Marie O'Connor | 73,954 | 43.06 | |
American Independent | Robert W. Franson | 4,312 | 2.51 | |
Total votes | 171,727 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 42 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 69,746 | 69.88 | |
Republican | Wes Marden | 30,058 | 30.12 | |
Total votes | 99,804 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 43 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Clair Burgener (incumbent) | 114,102 | 60.37 | ||
Democratic | Bill Bandes | 74,905 | 39.63 | ||
Total votes | 189,007 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |