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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972 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, 1972. California gained 5 seats as a result of the 1970 Census, three of which were won by Democrats and two by Republicans. Of California's existing House seats, none switched parties.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	4,154,984	51.94%	20	23	+3
	Republican	3,719,898	46.50%	18	20	+2
	American Independent	65,684	0.82%	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	59,600	0.74%	0	0	0
Totals		8,000,166	100.00%	38	43	+5

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

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 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27
District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40
District 41 • District 42 • District 43

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don H. Clausen (incumbent)	140,807	62.26
	Democratic	William A. Nighswonger	77,138	34.11
	Peace and Freedom	Jonathan T. Ames	8,470	3.75
Total votes			226,145	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	148,808	68.30
	Republican	Francis X. Callahan	62,381	28.63
	American Independent	Dorothy D. Paradis	6,688	3.07
Total votes			217,877	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	151,035	69.93
	Republican	John Rakus	64,949	30.07
Total votes			215,984	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert L. Leggett (incumbent)	114,673	67.44
	Republican	Benjamin Chang	55,367	32.56
Total votes			170,040	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	120,819	81.75
	Republican	Edlo E. Powell	26,963	18.25
Total votes			147,782	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (incumbent)	118,197	52.04
	Democratic	Roger Boas	108,934	47.96
Total votes			227,131	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Dellums (incumbent)	126,351	56.00
	Republican	Peter Hannaford	85,851	38.05
	American Independent	Frank V. Cortese	13,430	5.95
Total votes			225,632	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark	101,024	52.90
	Republican	Lew M. Warden, Jr.	89,948	47.10
Total votes			190,972	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	123,837	72.26
	Republican	Herb Smith	43,134	25.17
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	4,403	2.57
Total votes			171,374	100
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles S. Gubser	139,850	64.61
	Democratic	B. Frank Gillette	76,597	35.39
Total votes			216,447	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leo Ryan	113,580	60.39
	Republican	Charles E. Chase	69,655	37.03
	American Independent	Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff	4,852	2.58
Total votes			188,087	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	105,555	53.97
	Democratic	Julian Camacho	84,268	43.09
	American Independent	Stanley K. Monteith	5,753	2.94
Total votes			195,576	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (incumbent)	153,723	73.92
	Democratic	Lester Dean Cleveland	54,237	27.08
Total votes			207,960	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerome Waldie (incumbent)	158,948	77.56
	Republican	Floyd E. Sims	45,985	22.44
Total votes			204,933	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	145,273	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	134,079	79.12
	Republican	Carol Harner	35,384	20.88
Total votes			169,463	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete McCloskey (incumbent)	110,098	60.21
	Democratic	James Stewart	72,759	39.79
Total votes			182,857	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Mathias (incumbent)	109,993	66.47
	Democratic	Vincent J. Lavery	55,484	33.53
Total votes			165,477	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chet Holifield (incumbent)	103,823	67.22
	Republican	Kenneth M. Fisher	43,034	27.86
	Peace and Freedom	Joe Harris	7,588	4.91
Total votes			154,445	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead	120,299	57.42
	Democratic	John Binkley	89,219	42.58
Total votes			209,518	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)	92,799	82.87
	Republican	Rayfield Lundy	19,187	17.13
Total votes			111,986	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	121,352	67.57
	Republican	Bruce P. Wolfe	52,664	29.32
	Peace and Freedom	Ralph L. Shroyer	5,583	3.11
Total votes			179,599	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	118,731	61.43
	Democratic	Conrad G. Tuohey	74,561	38.57
Total votes			193,292	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (incumbent)	141,274	70.13
	Democratic	Luther Mandell	60,170	29.87
Total votes			201,444	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent)	115,908	67.60
	Democratic	Leslie W. "Les" Craven	50,015	29.17
	American Independent	Alfred Romirez	5,541	3.23
Total votes			171,464	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)	160,932	68.63
	Republican	Philip Robert Rutta	65,473	27.92
	Peace and Freedom	Mike Timko	8,094	3.45
Total votes			234,499	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent)	117,622	57.40
	Democratic	Mark S. Novak	87,295	42.60
Total votes			204,917	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent)	142,102	60.71
	Democratic	Michael Shapiro	87,783	37.50
	Peace and Freedom	Jack Hampton	4,184	1.79
Total votes			234,069	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George E. Danielson (incumbent)	91,553	62.78
	Republican	Richard E. Ferraro	48,814	33.48
	Peace and Freedom	John W. Blaine	5,455	3.74
Total votes			145,822	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	76,521	68.39
	Republican	Bill Brophy	32,005	28.61
	Peace and Freedom	Lewis McCammon	3,355	3.00
Total votes			111,881	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	85,954	52.28
	Republican	Ben Valentine	69,876	42.50
	Peace and Freedom	Roberta Lynn Wood	8,582	5.22
Total votes			164,412	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Hosmer (incumbent)	147,016	65.86
	Democratic	Dennis Murray	71,394	31.98
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	4,804	2.15
Total votes			223,214	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Pettis (incumbent)	140,304	75.06
	Democratic	Ken Thompson	46,626	24.94
Total votes			186,930	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)	113,841	67.22
	Republican	John D. Ratterree	48,916	28.88
	American Independent	Lee R. Rayburn	6,604	3.90
Total votes			169,361	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)	103,912	74.79
	Republican	Vernon E. Brown	35,018	25.21
Total votes			138,930	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William M. Ketchum	87,984	52.75
	Democratic	Timothy Lemucchi	72,516	43.47
	American Independent	William M. "Bill" Armour	6,307	3.78
Total votes			166,807	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new seat)

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.)	120,392	73.18
	Republican	Greg Tria	40,633	24.70
	Peace and Freedom	John Hagg	3,485	2.12
Total votes			164,510	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr.	77,776	56.30
	Republican	Howard J. Snider	60,379	43.70
Total votes			138,155	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew J. Hinshaw	146,911	65.70
	Democratic	John Woodland Black	76,695	43.30
Total votes			223,606	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Wilson (incumbent)	153,648	67.77
	Democratic	Frank Caprio	68,771	30.33
	American Independent	Fritjof Thygeson	4,294	1.89
Total votes			226,713	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)	115,634	74.05
	Republican	D. Richard "Dick" Kau	40,514	25.95
Total votes			156,148	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener	155,965	67.44
	Democratic	Bob Lowe	67,477	29.18
	American Independent	Armin R. Moths	7,812	3.38
Total votes			231,254	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new seat)

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Victor Veysey	117,781	62.68
	Democratic	Ernest Z. Robles	70,129	37.32
Total votes			187,910	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican win (new seat)

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