United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976
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The California United States House elections, 1976 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 2, 1976. Democrats picked up one district, the 16th.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 4,144,324 | 55.80% | 28 | 29 | +1 | |
Republican | 3,204,418 | 43.15% | 15 | 14 | -1 | |
American Independent | 39,786 | 0.54% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 37,973 | 0.51% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 7,426,501 | 100.00% | 43 | 43 | — |
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 1
California's 1st congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 160,477 | 73.95 | |
Republican | James E. Taylor | 56,539 | 26.05 | |
Total votes | 217,016 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
California's 2nd congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 121,290 | 56.01 | |
Democratic | Oscar H. Klee | 88,829 | 41.02 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert B. "Bob" Allred | 6,444 | 2.98 | |
Total votes | 216,563 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 3
California's 3rd congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 139,779 | 72.86 | |
Republican | George R. Marsh, Jr. | 52,075 | 27.14 | |
Total votes | 191,854 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
California's 4th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 75,844 | 50.22 | |
Republican | Rex Hime | 75,193 | 49.78 | |
Total votes | 151,037 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
California's 5th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | John L. Burton (incumbent) | 103,746 | 61.84 | |
Republican | Branwell Fanning | 64,008 | 38.16 | |
Total votes | 167,754 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
California's 6th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 86,493 | 66.07 | |
Republican | Tom Spinosa | 35,359 | 27.01 | |
Peace and Freedom | Emily L. Siegel | 6,570 | 5.02 | |
American Independent | Raymond O. "Ray" Heaps | 2,494 | 1.91 | |
Total votes | 130,916 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
California's 7th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | George Miller (incumbent) | 147,064 | 74.72 | |
Republican | Robert L. Vickers | 45,863 | 23.30 | |
American Independent | Melvin E. Stanley | 3,889 | 1.98 | |
Total votes | 196,816 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
California's 8th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Ron Dellums (incumbent) | 122,342 | 62.12 | |
Republican | Philip Stiles Breck Jr. | 68,374 | 34.72 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert J. Evans | 6,238 | 3.17 | |
Total votes | 196,954 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
California's 9th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Pete Stark (incumbent) | 116,398 | 70.81 | |
Republican | James K. Mills | 44,607 | 27.13 | |
Peace and Freedom | Albert L. Sargis | 3,386 | 2.06 | |
Total votes | 164,391 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 10
California's 10th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 111,992 | 72.05 | |
Republican | Herb Smith | 38,088 | 24.50 | |
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 5,363 | 3.45 | |
Total votes | 155,443 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 11
California's 11th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Leo Ryan (incumbent) | 107,618 | 61.08 | |
Republican | Bob Jones | 62,435 | 35.44 | |
American Independent | Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff | 6,141 | 3.49 | |
Total votes | 176,194 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 12
California's 12th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 130,332 | 66.21 | |
Democratic | David T. Harris | 61,526 | 31.25 | |
American Independent | Joseph David "Joss" Cooney | 4,999 | 2.54 | |
Total votes | 196,857 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 13
California's 13th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Norman Mineta (incumbent) | 135,291 | 66.77 | |
Republican | Ernie Konnyu | 63,130 | 31.16 | |
American Independent | William Pollock Herrell | 4,190 | 2.07 | |
Total votes | 202,611 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 14
California's 14th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 123,285 | 72.54 | |
Republican | Roger A. Blaine | 46,674 | 27.46 | |
Total votes | 169,959 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
California's 15th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 92,735 | 72.20 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 35,700 | 27.80 | |
Total votes | 128,435 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 16
California's 16th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Democratic | Leon Panetta | 104,545 | 53.42 | |||
Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 91,160 | 46.58 | |||
Total votes | 195,705 | 100.00 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 17
California's 17th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | John Hans Krebs (incumbent) | 103,898 | 65.69 | |
Republican | Henry J. Andreas | 54,270 | 34.31 | |
Total votes | 158,168 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
California's 18th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | William M. Ketchum (incumbent) | 101,658 | 64.20 | |
Democratic | Dean Close | 56,683 | 35.80 | |
Total votes | 158,341 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 19
California's 19th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 124,201 | 64.38 | |
Democratic | Dan Sisson | 68,722 | 35.62 | |
Total votes | 192,923 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 20
California's 20th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) | 146,158 | 67.25 | |
Democratic | Patty Lear Corman | 71,193 | 32.75 | |
Total votes | 217,351 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 21
California's 21st congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 101,837 | 66.51 | |
Republican | Erwin Ed Hogan | 44,094 | 28.80 | |
Peace and Freedom | Bill Hill | 7,178 | 4.69 | |
Total votes | 153,109 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
California's 22nd congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 114,769 | 62.61 | |
Democratic | Robert S. Henry | 68,543 | 37.39 | |
Total votes | 183,312 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 23
California's 23rd congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson | 130,619 | 60.18 | |
Republican | Thomas F. Bartman | 86,434 | 39.82 | |
Total votes | 217,053 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 24
California's 24th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Henry Waxman (incumbent) | 108,296 | 67.78 | |
Republican | David Irvins Simmons | 51,478 | 32.22 | |
Total votes | 159,774 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 25
California's 25th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 57,966 | 71.90 | |
Republican | Robert K. Watson | 17,737 | 22.00 | |
Peace and Freedom | Marilyn Seals | 4,922 | 6.10 | |
Total votes | 80,625 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 26
California's 26th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 112,619 | 65.59 | |
Democratic | Latta Bruce | 59,093 | 34.41 | |
Total votes | 171,712 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 27
California's 27th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Bob Dornan | 114,623 | 54.68 | |
Democratic | Gary Familian | 94,988 | 45.32 | |
Total votes | 209,611 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 28
California's 28th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.) | 114,612 | 80.20 | |
Republican | Edward S. Skinner | 28,303 | 19.80 | |
Total votes | 142,915 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 29
California's 29th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 82,515 | 85.42 | |
Republican | Michael D. Germonprez | 10,852 | 11.23 | |
Independent | Sheila Leburg | 3,235 | 3.35 | |
Total votes | 96,602 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 30
California's 30th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | George E. Danielson (incumbent) | 82,767 | 74.38 | |
Republican | Harry Couch | 28,503 | 25.62 | |
Total votes | 111,270 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 31
California's 31st congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 83,155 | 100.00 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 32
California's 32nd congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 92,034 | 72.22 | |
Republican | Clifford O. Young | 35,394 | 27.78 | |
Total votes | 127,428 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 33
California's 33rd congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Del M. Clawson | 95,398 | 55.08 | |
Democratic | Ted Snyder | 77,807 | 44.92 | |
Total votes | 173,205 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 34
California's 34th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent) | 100,988 | 50.71 | |
Republican | Dan Lungren | 98,147 | 49.29 | |
Total votes | 199,135 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 35
California's 35th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jim Lloyd (incumbent) | 87,472 | 53.26 | |
Republican | Louis Brutocao | 76,765 | 46.74 | |
Total votes | 164,237 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 36
California's 36th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 90,830 | 61.56 | |
Republican | Grant Carner | 49,368 | 33.46 | |
American Independent | William E. Pasley | 7,358 | 4.99 | |
Total votes | 147,556 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 37
California's 37th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Shirley Neil Pettis (incumbent) | 133,634 | 71.08 | |
Democratic | Douglas C. Nilson Jr. | 49,021 | 26.07 | |
American Independent | Bernard Wahl | 5,352 | 2.85 | |
Total votes | 188,007 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 38
California's 38th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 103,317 | 63.62 | |
Republican | James "Jim" Combs | 59,092 | 36.38 | |
Total votes | 162,409 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 39
California's 39th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Charles E. Wiggins | 122,657 | 58.57 | |
Democratic | William E. "Bill" Farris | 86,745 | 41.43 | |
Total votes | 209,402 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 40
California's 40th congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Robert Badham | 148,512 | 59.25 | |
Democratic | Vivian Hall | 102,132 | 40.75 | |
Total votes | 250,644 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 41
California's 41st congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 128,784 | 57.65 | |
Democratic | King Golden, Jr. | 94,590 | 42.35 | |
Total votes | 223,374 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 42
California's 42nd congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 103,062 | 75.99 | |
Republican | Wes Marden | 32,565 | 24.01 | |
Total votes | 135,627 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 43
California's 43rd congressional district election, 1976 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Clair Burgener (incumbent) | 173,576 | 65.00 | |
Democratic | Pat Kelly | 93,475 | 35.00 | |
Total votes | 267,051 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
See also
- 95th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1976
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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