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:
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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, 1976 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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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