United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962
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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
| 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
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, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
| California's 2nd congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
| California's 3rd congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
| California's 4th congressional district election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 5
| California's 5th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
| California's 6th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
| California's 7th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
| California's 8th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
| California's 9th congressional district election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 10
| California's 10th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 11
| California's 11th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 12
| California's 12th congressional district election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
District 13
| California's 13th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 14
| California's 14th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 15
| California's 15th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 16
| California's 16th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 17
| California's 17th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
| California's 18th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 19
| California's 19th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
| California's 20th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 21
| California's 21st congressional district election, 1962 | |||||
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| 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 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 22
| California's 22nd congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 23
| California's 23rd congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 24
| California's 24th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 25
| California's 25th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 26
| California's 26th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
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| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 27
| California's 27th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 28
| California's 28th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 29
| California's 29th congressional district election, 1962 | |||||
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| 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 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 30
| California's 30th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 31
| California's 31st congressional district election, 1962 | |||||
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| 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 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 32
| California's 32nd congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 33
| California's 33rd congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
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| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 34
| California's 34th congressional district election, 1962 | |||||
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| 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 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 35
| California's 35th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
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| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 36
| California's 36th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||
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| 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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 37
| California's 37th congressional district election, 1962 | |||||
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| 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 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
District 38
| California's 38th congressional district election, 1962 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
See also
- 88th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1962
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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