1944 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 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 7, 1944. Democrats picked up four districts.
Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 1,519,190 | 50.6% | 7 | -4 | |
Democratic | 1,479,443 | 49.2% | 16 | +4 | |
Prohibition | 6,309 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3,004,942 | 100.0% | 23 | — |
Delegation composition edit
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 12 | |
Republican-Held | 11 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 16 | |
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) | 92,706 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 48,201 | 63.8 | |
Republican | Jesse M. Mayo | 27,312 | 36.2 | |
Total votes | 75,513 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 131,705 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner | 73,582 | 50.1 | |||
Republican | Thomas Rolph (incumbent) | 73,367 | 49.9 | |||
Total votes | 146,949 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 112,151 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George P. Miller | 104,441 | 52 | |||
Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 96,395 | 48 | |||
Total votes | 200,836 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 81,762 | 57.9 | |
Republican | Chelsey M. Walter | 59,360 | 42.1 | |
Total votes | 141,122 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 94,218 | 56.5 | |
Democratic | Arthur L. Johnson | 72,420 | 43.5 | |
Total votes | 166,638 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,845 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 60,001 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George E. Outland (incumbent) | 52,218 | 56 | |
Republican | A. J. Dingeman | 41,005 | 44 | |
Total votes | 93,223 | 100 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 77,385 | 55.3 | |
Republican | Roy P. McLaughlin | 62,524 | 44.7 | |
Total votes | 139,909 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ned R. Healy | 66,854 | 55 | |||
Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 54,792 | 45 | |||
Total votes | 121,646 | 100 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas | 65,729 | 51.6 | |
Republican | William D. Campbell | 61,767 | 48.4 | |
Total votes | 127,496 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough | 100,305 | 56.8 | |
Democratic | Hal Styles | 73,655 | 41.7 | |
Prohibition | Johannes Nielson-Lange | 2,694 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 176,654 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson | 105,835 | 54.1 | |
Republican | Jesse Randolph Kellems | 89,700 | 45.9 | |
Total votes | 195,535 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 147,217 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 95,090 | 55.7 | |||
Republican | William Ward Johnson (incumbent) | 75,749 | 44.3 | |||
Total votes | 170,839 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 65,758 | 71.8 | |
Republican | Carlton H. Casjens | 25,852 | 28.2 | |
Total votes | 91,610 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 112,663 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Archibald B. Young | 101,090 | 46.5 | |
Prohibition | Charles Hiram Randall | 3,615 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 217,368 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 48,539 | 58.5 | |
Republican | Earl S. Webb | 34,409 | 41.5 | |
Total votes | 82,948 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 88,537 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 23 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 86,707 | 55.1 | |||
Republican | James B. Abbey | 70,787 | 44.9 | |||
Total votes | 157,494 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |