1940 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1940 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, 1940. Republicans gained two districts.
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1940 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 1,473,115 | 53.2% | 10 | +2 | |
Democratic | 1,183,980 | 42.8% | 10 | -2 | |
Communist | 57,718 | 2.1% | 0 | 0 | |
Prohibition | 46,945 | 1.7% | 0 | 0 | |
Progressive | 5,649 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 1,950 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2,769,357 | 100.0% | 20 | — |
Delegation composition edit
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 12 | |
Republican-Held | 8 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 10 | |
Republican-Held | 10 |
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) | 103,547 | 93.3 | |
Communist | Albert J. Lima | 5,647 | 5.1 | |
Independent | Ernest S. Mitchell (write-in) | 1,828 | 1.6 | |
Total votes | 111,022 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 71,033 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank H. Buck (incumbent) | 135,461 | 91.0 | |
Prohibition | C. H. Farman | 10,539 | 7.1 | |
Communist | Charles Gricus | 2,751 | 1.8 | |
Independent | George Kimber (write-in) | 122 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 148,873 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Thomas Rolph | 75,369 | 54.6 | |||
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 61,341 | 44.4 | |||
Communist | Archie Brown | 1,322 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 138,032 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 119,122 | 95.8 | |
Communist | Walter R. Lambert | 5,232 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 124,354 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 131,584 | 96 | |
Communist | Clarence Paton | 5,426 | 4 | |
Total votes | 137,010 | 100 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 72,838 | 55.5 | |
Republican | Ralph R. Eltse | 56,808 | 43.2 | |
Communist | Alfred N. Johnson | 1,707 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 131,353 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 148,180 | 96.7 | |
Communist | Elizabeth Nichols | 5,186 | 3.3 | |
Democratic | J. J. McGrath (write-in) | 37 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 153,403 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 99,708 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 125,845 | 97 | |
Communist | Louretta Adams | 3,826 | 3 | |
Total votes | 129,671 | 100 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 170,504 | 96.6 | |
Communist | Orla E. Lair | 6,003 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 176,507 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 99,494 | 64.0 | |
Republican | Eugene W. Nixon | 54,731 | 35.2 | |
Communist | Albert Lewis | 1,152 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 155,377 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 127,167 | 75.7 | |
Prohibition | Charles H. Randall | 36,406 | 21.7 | |
Communist | Celeste Strack | 4,434 | 2.6 | |
Total votes | 168,007 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 73,137 | 64.3 | |
Republican | Herbert L. Herberts | 37,939 | 33.3 | |
Communist | Pettis Perry | 2,732 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 113,808 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello (incumbent) | 94,435 | 56.2 | |
Republican | Norris J. Nelson | 71,667 | 42.6 | |
Communist | Emil Freed | 2,004 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 168,106 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Leland M. Ford (incumbent) | 188,049 | 96.4 | |||
Communist | George C. Sandy | 7,017 | 3.6 | |||
Total votes | 195,066 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lee E. Geyer (incumbent) | 75,109 | 65.5 | |
Republican | Clifton A. Hix | 32,862 | 28.6 | |
Progressive | Samuel C. Converse | 5,649 | 4.9 | |
Communist | Harry L. Gray | 1,118 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 114,738 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William Ward Johnson (incumbent) | 73,932 | 54.4 | |
Democratic | Byron N. Scott | 60,764 | 44.7 | |
Communist | George R. Ashby | 1,355 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 136,051 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 84,931 | 52.9 | |
Republican | Lotus H. Loudon | 75,495 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 160,426 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 69,874 | 51.1 | |
Republican | Ed Fletcher | 66,132 | 48.3 | |
Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 806 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 136,812 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |