United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1958
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1958 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 4, 1958. Democrats picked up three seats, taking a majority of the delegation, which they would keep ever since except for a brief tie with the Republicans in the 104th Congress.
Overview
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1958 | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
| Democratic | 2,971,861 | 60.0% | 13 | 16 | +3 | |
| Republican | 1,982,276 | 40.0% | 17 | 14 | -3 | |
| Totals | 4,954,137 | 100.0% | 30 | 30 | — | |
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
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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
| California's 1st congressional district election, 1958 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Clement Woodnutt Miller | 102,096 | 54.9 | |||
| Republican | Frederick G. Dupuis | 84,807 | 45.1 | |||
| Total votes | 185,903 | 100.0 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 2
| California's 2nd congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Harold T. Johnson | 90,850 | 61 | |
| Republican | Curtis W. Tarr | 58,199 | 39 | |
| Total votes | 149,049 | 100 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
| California's 3rd congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 169,727 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
| California's 4th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | William S. Mailliard (incumbent) | 98,574 | 63.9 | |
| Democratic | George D. Collins, Jr. | 65,798 | 36.1 | |
| Total votes | 164,372 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 5
| California's 5th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John Shelley (incumbent) | 99,171 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
| California's 6th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | John F. Baldwin, Jr. (incumbent) | 92,669 | 51 | |
| Democratic | Howard H. Jewel | 89,192 | 49 | |
| Total votes | 181,861 | 100 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 7
| California's 7th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Jeffery Cohelan | 65,699 | 50.9 | |||
| Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent) | 63,270 | 49.1 | |||
| Total votes | 128,969 | 100.0 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 8
| California's 8th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 181,437 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
| California's 9th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | J. Arthur Younger (incumbent) | 90,735 | 58.8 | |
| Democratic | Elma D. Oddstad | 63,597 | 41.2 | |
| Total votes | 154,332 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 10
| California's 10th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Charles S. Gubser (incumbent) | 118,715 | 54.6 | |
| Democratic | Russell B. Bryan | 98,894 | 45.4 | |
| Total votes | 217,609 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 11
| California's 11th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 86,924 | 69.3 | |
| Republican | Frederick S. Van Dyke | 38,427 | 30.7 | |
| Total votes | 125,351 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 12
| California's 12th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 112,702 | 81.1 | |
| Republican | Daniel K. Halpin | 26,228 | 18.9 | |
| Total votes | 138,930 | 100 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 13
| California's 13th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Charles M. Teague (incumbent) | 98,381 | 57 | |
| Democratic | William Kirk Stewart | 74,160 | 43 | |
| Total votes | 172,541 | 100 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 14
| California's 14th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Harlan Hagen (incumbent) | 120,347 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
| California's 15th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 77,267 | 52 | |
| Democratic | Emery S. Petty | 71,192 | 48 | |
| Total votes | 148,459 | 100 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 16
| California's 16th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Donald L. Jackson (incumbent) | 70,724 | 57.8 | |
| Democratic | Melvin Lennard | 51,616 | 42.2 | |
| Total votes | 122,340 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 17
| California's 17th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 182,965 | 75.3 | |
| Republican | Charles A. Franklin | 59,973 | 24.7 | |
| Total votes | 242,938 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
| California's 18th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 95,682 | 60 | |
| Democratic | Harry S. May | 63,684 | 40 | |
| Total votes | 159,366 | 100 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 19
| California's 19th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 131,421 | 75.3 | |
| Republican | Roy E. Reynolds | 26,092 | 24.7 | |
| Total votes | 157,513 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
| California's 20th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 72,311 | 66 | |
| Democratic | Eugene Radding | 37,331 | 34 | |
| Total votes | 109,642 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 21
| California's 21st congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (incumbent) | 127,238 | 51.9 | |
| Democratic | Mrs. Rudd Brown | 118,141 | 48.1 | |
| Total votes | 245,379 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
| California's 22nd congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Joseph F. Holt (incumbent) | 87,785 | 55.4 | |
| Democratic | Irving Glasband | 70,777 | 44.6 | |
| Total votes | 158,562 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 23
| California's 23rd congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Clyde Doyle (incumbent) | 140,817 | 100.0 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 24
| California's 24th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent) | 68,184 | 56.4 | |
| Democratic | William H. Ware, Jr. | 52,804 | 43.6 | |
| Total votes | 120,988 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 25
| California's 25th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | George A. Kasem | 135,009 | 50.1 | |||
| Republican | Prescott O. Lieberg | 134,406 | 49.9 | |||
| Total votes | 269,415 | 100.0 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 26
| California's 26th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | James Roosevelt (incumbent) | 125,495 | 72.2 | |
| Republican | Crispus Wright | 48,248 | 27.8 | |
| Total votes | 173,743 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 27
| California's 27th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 105,062 | 72.3 | |
| Republican | Robert M. Castle | 40,317 | 27.7 | |
| Total votes | 145,379 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 28
| California's 28th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 152,855 | 58.2 | |
| Democratic | T. R. Boyett | 109,794 | 41.8 | |
| Total votes | 162,649 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 29
| California's 29th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent) | 64,518 | 62.4 | |
| Republican | John Babbage | 38,899 | 37.6 | |
| Total votes | 103,417 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 30
| California's 30th congressional district election, 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 112,290 | 52.7 | |
| Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin | 90,641 | 47.3 | |
| Total votes | 202,931 | 100.0 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
See also
- 86th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1958
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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