United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 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, 1974. Democrats picked up five Republican-held districts.
Overview
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
| Democratic | 3,265,513 | 56.83% | 23 | 28 | +5 | |
| Republican | 2,334,870 | 40.63% | 20 | 15 | -5 | |
| American Independent | 109,751 | 1.91% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peace and Freedom | 35,984 | 0.63% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 5,746,118 | 100.00% | 43 | 43 | — | |
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, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 137,849 | 85.90 | |
| American Independent | Dorothy D. Paradis | 22,628 | 14.10 | |
| Total votes | 160,477 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
| California's 2nd congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 95,508 | 53.01 | |
| Democratic | Oscar H. Klee | 76,951 | 42.71 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Carole J. Glass | 7,719 | 4.28 | |
| Total votes | 180,178 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 3
| California's 3rd congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 121,842 | 72.34 | |
| Republican | Ivaldo Lenci | 46,585 | 27.66 | |
| Total votes | 168,427 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
| California's 4th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 100,934 | 100.00 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
| California's 5th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John L. Burton (incumbent) | 87,323 | 59.32 | |
| Republican | Thomas Caylor | 55,881 | 37.96 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Raymond Broshears | 3,999 | 2.72 | |
| Total votes | 147,203 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
| California's 6th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 84,585 | 71.37 | |
| Republican | Tom Spinosa | 25,721 | 21.70 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Emily L. Siegel | 4,753 | 4.01 | |
| American Independent | Carl Richard Davis | 3,456 | 2.92 | |
| Total votes | 118,515 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
| California's 7th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | George Miller | 82,765 | 55.59 | |
| Republican | Gary Fernandez | 66,115 | 44.41 | |
| Total votes | 148,880 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
| California's 8th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Ron Dellums (incumbent) | 93,106 | 56.48 | |
| Republican | Jack Redden | 65,432 | 39.69 | |
| American Independent | John Holland | 6,324 | 3.84 | |
| Total votes | 164,862 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
| California's 9th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Pete Stark (incumbent) | 87,854 | 70.64 | |
| Republican | Edson Adams | 36,522 | 29.36 | |
| Total votes | 124,376 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 10
| California's 10th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 86,014 | 77.01 | |
| Republican | Herb Smith | 25,678 | 22.99 | |
| Total votes | 111,692 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 11
| California's 11th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Leo Ryan (incumbent) | 106,075 | 75.69 | |
| Republican | Bob Jones | 29,783 | 21.25 | |
| American Independent | Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff | 4,293 | 3.06 | |
| Total votes | 140,151 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 12
| California's 12th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 103,228 | 69.08 | |
| Democratic | Gary G. Gillmor | 46,197 | 30.92 | |
| Total votes | 149,425 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 13
| California's 13th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Norman Mineta | 78,649 | 52.57 | |||
| Republican | George W. Milias | 63,381 | 42.36 | |||
| Peace and Freedom | Elizabeth Cervantes Barron | 3,846 | 2.57 | |||
| American Independent | Floyd S. Stancliffe | 3,738 | 2.50 | |||
| Total votes | 149,614 | 100.00 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 14
| California's 14th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 101,932 | 70.80 | |
| Republican | Charles M. "Chuck" Gibson | 34,679 | 24.09 | |
| American Independent | Roger A. Blaine | 7,367 | 5.12 | |
| Total votes | 143,978 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
| California's 15th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 80,205 | 71.89 | |
| Republican | Carol Harner | 31,361 | 28.11 | |
| Total votes | 111,566 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 16
| California's 16th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 76,084 | 49.19 | |||
| Democratic | Julian Camacho | 74,018 | 47.85 | |||
| American Independent | D. Jeff Mauro | 4,576 | 2.96 | |||
| Total votes | 154,678 | 100.00 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 17
| California's 17th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | John Hans Krebs | 66,082 | 51.90 | |||
| Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 61,242 | 48.10 | |||
| Total votes | 127,324 | 100.00 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 18
| California's 18th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | William M. Ketchum (incumbent) | 66,603 | 52.64 | |
| Democratic | George A. Seielstad | 59,931 | 47.36 | |
| Total votes | 126,534 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 19
| California's 19th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 84,849 | 56.50 | |
| Democratic | James D. Loebl | 65,334 | 43.50 | |
| Total votes | 150,183 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 20
| California's 20th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) | 96,324 | 61.18 | |
| Democratic | Arline M. Mathews | 61,119 | 38.82 | |
| Total votes | 157,443 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 21
| California's 21st congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 86,778 | 73.45 | |
| Republican | Mel Nadell | 31,365 | 26.55 | |
| Total votes | 118,143 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
| California's 22nd congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 78,983 | 55.72 | |
| Democratic | Richard Hallin | 62,770 | 44.28 | |
| Total votes | 141,753 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 23
| California's 23rd congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) | 119,239 | 71.46 | |
| Republican | Jack E. Roberts | 47,615 | 28.54 | |
| Total votes | 166,854 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 24
| California's 24th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Henry Waxman | 85,343 | 64.17 | |
| Republican | Elliott Stone Graham | 43,680 | 32.84 | |
| American Independent | David E. Daivs | 3,980 | 2.99 | |
| Total votes | 133,003 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 25
| California's 25th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 43,998 | 100.00 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 26
| California's 26th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 80,782 | 58.85 | |
| Democratic | Paul A. Conforti | 56,487 | 41.15 | |
| Total votes | 137,269 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 27
| California's 27th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent) | 99,645 | 63.83 | |
| Democratic | John Dalessio | 50,919 | 32.62 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Jerry Rubin | 5,547 | 3.55 | |
| Total votes | 156,111 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 28
| California's 28th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.) | 86,743 | 80.28 | |
| Republican | Tom Neddy | 21,308 | 19.72 | |
| Total votes | 108,051 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 29
| California's 29th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 45,977 | 100.00 | |
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 30
| California's 30th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | George E. Danielson (incumbent) | 66,074 | 74.24 | |
| Republican | John J. Perez | 22,928 | 25.76 | |
| Total votes | 89,002 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 31
| California's 31st congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 60,560 | 70.46 | |
| Republican | Norman A. Hodges | 23,039 | 26.81 | |
| Peace and Freedom | William C. Taylor | 2,349 | 2.73 | |
| Total votes | 85,948 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 32
| California's 32nd congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 82,485 | 87.68 | |
| American Independent | Virgil V. Badalich | 8,710 | 9.26 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Frank H. Walker | 2,877 | 3.06 | |
| Total votes | 94,072 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 33
| California's 33rd congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Del M. Clawson (incumbent) | 71,054 | 53.38 | |
| Democratic | Robert E. "Bob" White | 57,423 | 43.14 | |
| American Independent | James C. "Jim" Griffin | 4,636 | 3.48 | |
| Total votes | 133,113 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 34
| California's 34th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent) | 78,345 | 49.74 | |
| Republican | Bill Bond | 72,967 | 46.32 | |
| American Independent | Bill Bond | 3,169 | 2.01 | |
| Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 3,043 | 1.93 | |
| Total votes | 157,524 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 35
| California's 35th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Jim Lloyd | 60,709 | 50.25 | |||
| Republican | Victor Veysey (incumbent) | 60,102 | 49.75 | |||
| Total votes | 120,811 | 100.00 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 36
| California's 36th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 69,615 | 62.62 | |
| Republican | Jim Osgood | 35,858 | 32.25 | |
| American Independent | William E. Pasley | 5,701 | 5.13 | |
| Total votes | 111,174 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 37
| California's 37th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jerry Pettis (incumbent) | 88,548 | 63.01 | |
| Democratic | Bobby Ray Vincent | 46,449 | 33.06 | |
| American Independent | John H. Ortman | 5,522 | 3.93 | |
| Total votes | 140,519 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 38
| California's 38th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson | 67,299 | 53.99 | |||
| Republican | David Rehmann | 51,509 | 41.32 | |||
| American Independent | Lee R. Rayburn | 3,991 | 3.20 | |||
| Peace and Freedom | Larry B. Kallenberger | 1,851 | 1.48 | |||
| Total votes | 124,650 | 100.00 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 39
| California's 39th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent) | 87,995 | 55.23 | |
| Democratic | William E. "Bill" Farris | 64,735 | 40.63 | |
| American Independent | Pat P. Scalera | 6,967 | 4.37 | |
| Total votes | 159,337 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 40
| California's 40th congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Andrew J. Hinshaw | 114,895 | 63.31 | |
| Democratic | Roderick J. "Rod" Wilson | 56,195 | 30.97 | |
| American Independent | Grayson L. Watkins | 10,381 | 5.72 | |
| Total votes | 181,471 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 41
| California's 41st congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 93,461 | 54.42 | |
| Democratic | Colleen Marie O'Connor | 73,954 | 43.06 | |
| American Independent | Robert W. Franson | 4,312 | 2.51 | |
| Total votes | 171,727 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 42
| California's 42nd congressional district election, 1974 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 69,746 | 69.88 | |
| Republican | Wes Marden | 30,058 | 30.12 | |
| Total votes | 99,804 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 43
| California's 43rd congressional district election, 1974 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
| Republican | Clair Burgener | 114,102 | 60.37 | ||
| Democratic | Bill Bandes | 74,905 | 39.63 | ||
| Total votes | 189,007 | 100.00 | |||
| Voter turnout | % | ||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- 94th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1974
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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