United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970 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 3, 1970. Republicans won one open seat when John V. Tunney retired to run for Senate.
Overview
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970 | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
| Democratic | 3,124,147 | 49.44% | 21 | 20 | -1 | |
| Republican | 3,093,405 | 48.95% | 17 | 18 | +1 | |
| American Independent | 60,620 | 0.96% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peace and Freedom | 38,436 | 0.61% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scattering | 2,786 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 6,319,394 | 100.00% | 38 | 38 | — | |
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, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 108,358 | 63.35 | |
| Democratic | William Kortum | 62,688 | 36.65 | |
| Total votes | 171,046 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 2
| California's 2nd congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 151,070 | 77.88 | |
| Republican | Lloyd E. Gilbert | 37,223 | 19.19 | |
| American Independent | Jack R. Carrigg | 5,681 | 2.93 | |
| Total votes | 193,974 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
| California's 3rd congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 117,496 | 61.56 | |
| Republican | Elmore J. Duffy | 69,811 | 36.58 | |
| American Independent | Allen E. Priest | 3,554 | 1.86 | |
| Total votes | 190,861 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
| California's 4th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 103,485 | 67.96 | |
| Republican | Andrew Gyorke | 48,783 | 32.04 | |
| Total votes | 152,268 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
| California's 5th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 76,567 | 70.81 | |
| Republican | John E. Parks | 31,570 | 29.19 | |
| Total votes | 108,137 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
| California's 6th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | William S. Mailliard (incumbent) | 96,393 | 53.36 | |
| Democratic | Russell R. Miller | 84,255 | 46.64 | |
| Total votes | 180,648 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
| California's 7th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Ron Dellums | 89,784 | 57.32 | |
| Republican | John E. Healy | 64,691 | 41.30 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Sarah Scahill | 2,156 | 1.38 | |
| Total votes | 156,631 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
| California's 8th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 104,311 | 69.00 | |
| Republican | Michael A. Crane | 46,872 | 31.00 | |
| Total votes | 151,183 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
| California's 9th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 120,041 | 69.15 | |
| Republican | Mark Guerra | 49,556 | 28.55 | |
| American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 4,009 | 2.31 | |
| Total votes | 173,606 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 10
| California's 10th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Charles S. Gubser (incumbent) | 135,864 | 62.03 | |
| Democratic | Stuart. D. McLean | 80,530 | 36.76 | |
| American Independent | Joyce W. Stancliffe | 2,651 | 1.21 | |
| Total votes | 219,045 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 11
| California's 11th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 144,500 | 77.49 | |
| Democratic | Robert E. Gomperts | 39,188 | 21.02 | |
| No party | Scattering | 2,786 | 1.49% | |
| Total votes | 186,474 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 12
| California's 12th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 95,549 | 63.63 | |
| Democratic | O'Brien Riordan | 50,942 | 33.92 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Herbert H. Foster, Jr. | 3,682 | 2.45 | |
| Total votes | 150,173 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 13
| California's 13th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Charles M. Teague (incumbent) | 125,507 | 58.15 | |
| Democratic | Gary K. Hart | 87,980 | 40.76 | |
| American Independent | Maude I. Jordet | 2,339 | 1.08 | |
| Total votes | 215,826 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 14
| California's 14th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Jerome Waldie (incumbent) | 148,655 | 74.55 | |
| Republican | Byron D. Athan | 50,750 | 25.45 | |
| Total votes | 199,405 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
| California's 15th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 98,442 | 63.11 | |
| Republican | Sam Van Dyken | 55,546 | 35.61 | |
| American Independent | Francis E. "Gill" Gillings | 1,994 | 1.28 | |
| Total votes | 155,982 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 16
| California's 16th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 95,118 | 66.42 | |
| Republican | Phillip V. Sanchez | 43,843 | 30.62 | |
| American Independent | James W. Scott | 4,237 | 2.96 | |
| Total votes | 143,198 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 17
| California's 17th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 83,739 | 62.24 | |
| Republican | Vernon E. Brown | 47,778 | 35.51 | |
| American Independent | Robert W. Copeland | 1,724 | 1.28 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Thomas E. Mathews | 1,292 | 0.96 | |
| Total votes | 134,533 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
| California's 18th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 86,071 | 63.20 | |
| Democratic | Milton Spartacus Miller | 48,415 | 35.55 | |
| American Independent | Nora E. Hensley | 1,709 | 1.25 | |
| Total votes | 136,195 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 19
| California's 19th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 98,578 | 70.39 | |
| Republican | Bill Jones | 41,462 | 29.61 | |
| Total votes | 140,040 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
| California's 20th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 116,437 | 69.07 | |
| Democratic | Michael M. Stolzberg | 50,033 | 29.68 | |
| American Independent | Earl C. Harper | 2,100 | 1.25 | |
| Total votes | 168,570 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 21
| California's 21st congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 75,127 | 94.53 | |
| Republican | Southy M. Johnson | 4,349 | 5.47 | |
| Total votes | 79,476 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
| California's 22nd congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 95,256 | 59.37 | |
| Republican | Tom Hayden | 63,297 | 39.45 | |
| American Independent | Callis R. Johnson | 1,880 | 1.17 | |
| Total votes | 160,433 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 23
| California's 23rd congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Del M. Clawson (incumbent) | 77,346 | 63.34 | |
| Democratic | G. L. "Jerry" Chapman | 44,767 | 36.66 | |
| Total votes | 122,113 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 24
| California's 24th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 124,071 | 65.05 | |
| Democratic | Myrlie B. Evers | 61,777 | 32.39 | |
| American Independent | Brian Scanlon | 3,018 | 1.58 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Harold Kaplan | 1,858 | 0.97 | |
| Total votes | 190,724 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 25
| California's 25th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent) | 116,169 | 63.29 | |
| Democratic | Leslie W. "Les" Craven | 64,386 | 35.08 | |
| American Independent | Kevin Scanlon | 2,994 | 1.63 | |
| Total votes | 183,549 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 26
| California's 26th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) | 130,499 | 71.28 | |
| Republican | Nathaniel Jay Friedman | 47,260 | 25.81 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Lewis B. McCammon | 3,677 | 2.01 | |
| American Independent | Howard E. Hallinan | 1,639 | 0.90 | |
| Total votes | 183,075 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 27
| California's 27th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. | 139,326 | 66.69 | |
| Democratic | N. "Toni" Kimmel | 63,652 | 30.47 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Edward Richer | 3,306 | 1.58 | |
| American Independent | John H. Hind | 2,642 | 1.26 | |
| Total votes | 208,926 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 28
| California's 28th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent) | 154,691 | 69.27 | |
| Democratic | Don McLaughlin | 57,882 | 25.92 | |
| American Independent | Derek A. Gordon | 5,759 | 2.58 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Jane E. Gordon | 4,971 | 2.23 | |
| Total votes | 223,303 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 29
| California's 29th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | George E. Danielson | 71,308 | 62.59 | |
| Republican | Tom McMann | 42,620 | 37.41 | |
| Total votes | 113,928 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 30
| California's 30th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 63,903 | 68.26 | |
| Republican | Samuel F. Cavnar | 28,038 | 29.95 | |
| American Independent | Boris Belousov | 1,681 | 1.80 | |
| Total votes | 93,622 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 31
| California's 31st congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 102,071 | 73.18 | |
| Republican | Fred L. Casmir | 37,416 | 26.82 | |
| Total votes | 139,487 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 32
| California's 32nd congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 119,340 | 71.53 | |
| Democratic | Walter L. Mallonee | 44,278 | 26.54 | |
| Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 3,227 | 1.93 | |
| Total votes | 166,845 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 33
| California's 33rd congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jerry Pettis (incumbent) | 116,093 | 72.17 | |
| Democratic | Chester M. Wright | 44,764 | 27.83 | |
| Total votes | 160,857 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 34
| California's 34th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) | 101,664 | 54.46 | |
| Republican | Bill J. Teague | 82,167 | 44.02 | |
| American Independent | Lee R. Rayburn | 2,843 | 1.52 | |
| Total votes | 186,674 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 35
| California's 35th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | John G. Schmitz (incumbent) | 192,765 | 67.04 | |
| Democratic | Thomas B. Lenhart | 87,019 | 30.26 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Francis R. Halpern | 7,742 | 2.69 | |
| Total votes | 287,526 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 36
| California's 36th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 132,446 | 71.53 | |
| Democratic | Daniel K. Hostetter | 44,841 | 24.22 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Walter H. Koppelman | 5,139 | 2.78 | |
| American Independent | Orville J. Davis | 2,723 | 1.47 | |
| Total votes | 185,149 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 37
| California's 37th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 93,952 | 72.12 | |
| Republican | James B. Kuhn | 31,968 | 24.54 | |
| American Independent | Faye B. Brice | 2,962 | 2.27 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Fritjof Thygeson | 1,386 | 1.06 | |
| Total votes | 130,268 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 38
| California's 38th congressional district election, 1970 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Republican | Victor Veysey | 87,479 | 49.80 | |||
| Democratic | David A. Tunno | 85,684 | 48.78 | |||
| American Independent | William E. Pasley | 2,481 | 1.41 | |||
| Total votes | 175,644 | 100.00 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
See also
- 92nd United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1970
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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