United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 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, 1978. Republicans knocked off three Democratic incumbents.

Overview

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf]

District 1

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)
votes = 125,122
percentage = 59.35Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James E. Taylor
votes = 85,690
percentage = 40.65Election box total no change
votes = 210,812
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 2

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Don H. Clausen (incumbent)
votes = 114,451
percentage = 51.96Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Norma Bork
votes = 99,712
percentage = 45.27Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Irv Sutley
votes = 6,097
percentage = 2.77Election box total no change
votes = 220,260
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 3

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Matsui
votes = 105,537
percentage = 53.44Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Sandy Smoley
votes = 91,966
percentage = 46.56Election box total no change
votes = 197,503
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 4

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Vic Fazio
votes = 87,764
percentage = 55.37Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Rex Hime
votes = 70,733
percentage = 44.63Election box total no change
votes = 158,497
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 5

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John L. Burton (incumbent)
votes = 106,046
percentage = 66.84Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Dolores Skore
votes = 52,603
percentage = 33.16Election box total no change
votes = 158,649
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 6

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Phillip Burton (incumbent)
votes = 81,801
percentage = 68.30Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Tom Spinosa
votes = 33,515
percentage = 27.98Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Raymond O. Heaps
votes = 4,452
percentage = 3.72Election box total no change
votes = 119,768
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 7

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George Miller (incumbent)
votes = 109,676
percentage = 63.45Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Paula Gordon
votes = 58,332
percentage = 33.74Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Melvin E. Stanley
votes = 4,857
percentage = 2.81Election box total no change
votes = 172,865
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 8

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Ron Dellums (incumbent)
votes = 94,824
percentage = 57.36Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles V. Hughes
votes = 70,481
percentage = 42.64Election box total no change
votes = 165,305
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 9

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Pete Stark (incumbent)
votes = 88,179
percentage = 65.38Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Robert S. Allen
votes = 41,138
percentage = 30.50Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Lawrance J. Phillips
votes = 5,562
percentage = 4.12Election box total no change
votes = 134,879
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 10

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Don Edwards (incumbent)
votes = 84,488
percentage = 67.13Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Rudy Hansen
votes = 41,374
percentage = 32.87Election box total no change
votes = 125,862
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 11

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Leo Ryan (incumbent)
votes = 92,882
percentage = 60.52Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Dave Welch
votes = 54,621
percentage = 35.59Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff
votes = 5,961
percentage = 3.88Election box total no change
votes = 153,464
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 12

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Pete McCloskey (incumbent)
votes = 116,982
percentage = 73.07Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Kirsten Olsen
votes = 34,472
percentage = 21.53Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Harold R. Boylan
votes = 5,609
percentage = 3.50Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Adele Fumino
votes = 3,022
percentage = 1.89Election box total no change
votes = 160,085
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 13

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Norman Mineta (incumbent)
votes = 100,809
percentage = 57.49Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Dan O'Keefe
votes = 69,306
percentage = 39.52Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Robert Goldsborough III
votes = 5,246
percentage = 2.99Election box total no change
votes = 175,361
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 14

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Norman D. Shumway
votes = 95,962
percentage = 53.39Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John J. McFall (incumbent)
votes = 76,602
percentage = 42.62Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = George Darold Waldron
votes = 7,163
percentage = 3.99Election box total no change
votes = 179,727
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
votes =
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)
loser = Democratic Party (United States)

District 15

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Tony Coelho
votes = 75,212
percentage = 60.11Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Chris Patterakis
votes = 49,914
percentage = 39.89Election box total no change
votes = 125,126
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 16

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Leon E. Panetta (incumbent)
votes = 104,550
percentage = 61.37Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Eric Seastrand
votes = 65,808
percentage = 38.63Election box total no change
votes = 170,358
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 17

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles (Chip) Pashayan
votes = 81,296
percentage = 54.49Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John Hans Krebs (incumbent)
votes = 67,885
percentage = 45.51Election box total no change
votes = 149,181
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)
loser = Democratic Party (United States)

District 18

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bill Thomas
votes = 85,663
percentage = 59.26Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Sogge
votes = 58,900
percentage = 40.74Election box total no change
votes = 144,563
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 19

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent)
votes = 123,192
percentage = 71.73Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jerry Zamos
votes = 41,672
percentage = 24.26Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Milton Shiro Takei
votes = 6,887
percentage = 4.01Election box total no change
votes = 171,751
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 20

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 129,714
percentage = 66.38Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Pat Lear
votes = 65,695
percentage = 33.62Election box total no change
votes = 195,409
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 21

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = James C. Corman (incumbent)
votes = 73,869
percentage = 59.51Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Rod Walsh
votes = 44,519
percentage = 35.86Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Bill Hill
votes = 5,750
percentage = 4.63Election box total no change
votes = 124,138
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 22

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent)
votes = 99,502
percentage = 64.64Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Robert S. Henry
votes = 54,442
percentage = 35.36Election box total no change
votes = 153,944
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 23

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent)
votes = 117,498
percentage = 65.64Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Joseph Barbara
votes = 61,496
percentage = 34.36Election box total no change
votes = 178,994
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 24

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Henry Waxman (incumbent)
votes = 85,075
percentage = 62.66Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Howard G. Schaefer
votes = 44,243
percentage = 32.59Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Kevin Casey Peters
votes = 6,453
percentage = 4.75Election box total no change
votes = 135,771
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 25

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)
votes = 45,881
percentage = 67.39Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Robert K. Watson
votes = 22,205
percentage = 32.61Election box total no change
votes = 68,086
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 26

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John H. Rousselot (incumbent)
votes = 113,059
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 27

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Dornan (incumbent)
votes = 89,392
percentage = 51.00Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Carey Peck
votes = 85,880
percentage = 49.00Election box total no change
votes = 175,272
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 28

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Julian C. Dixon
votes = 97,592
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 29

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)
votes = 65,214
percentage = 85.00Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Uriah J. Fields
votes = 11,512
percentage = 15.00Election box total no change
votes = 76,726
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 30

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George E. Danielson (incumbent)
votes = 66,241
percentage = 71.42Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Henry Ares
votes = 26,511
percentage = 28.58Election box total no change
votes = 92,752
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 31

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)
votes = 55,667
percentage = 67.76Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Don Grimshaw
votes = 26,490
percentage = 32.24Election box total no change
votes = 82,157
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 32

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)
votes = 74,004
percentage = 71.43Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Sonya Mathison
votes = 23,242
percentage = 22.43Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Ida Bader
votes = 6,363
percentage = 6.14Election box total no change
votes = 103,609
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 33

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Wayne Grisham
votes = 79,533
percentage = 55.98Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Dennis S. Kazarian
votes = 62,540
percentage = 44.02Election box total no change
votes = 142,073
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 34

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Dan Lungren
votes = 90,554
percentage = 53.72Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Mark Hannaford (incumbent)
votes = 73,608
percentage = 43.67Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Lawrence John Stafford
votes = 4,410
percentage = 2.62Election box total no change
votes = 168,572
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)
loser = Democratic Party (United States)

District 35

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jim Lloyd (incumbent)
votes = 80,388
percentage = 54.01Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = David Dreier
votes = 68,442
percentage = 45.99Election box total no change
votes = 148,830
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 36

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 80,448
percentage = 62.92Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Dana Warren Carmody
votes = 47,417
percentage = 37.08Election box total no change
votes = 127,865
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 37

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Jerry Lewis
votes = 106,581
percentage = 61.40Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Dan Corcoran
votes = 60,463
percentage = 34.83Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Bernard Wahl
votes = 6,544
percentage = 3.77Election box total no change
votes = 173,588
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 38

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent)
votes = 75,471
percentage = 58.61Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Dan Goedeke
votes = 53,298
percentage = 41.39Election box total no change
votes = 128,769
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 39

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William E. Dannemeyer
votes = 112,160
percentage = 63.71Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = William E. Farris
votes = 63,891
percentage = 36.29Election box total no change
votes = 176,051
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 40

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Robert Badham (incumbent)
votes = 147,882
percentage = 65.95Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jim McGuy
votes = 76,358
percentage = 34.05Election box total no change
votes = 224,240
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 41

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Wilson (incumbent)
votes = 107,685
percentage = 58.14Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = King Golden, Jr.
votes = 77,540
percentage = 41.86Election box total no change
votes = 185,225
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 42

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)
votes = 85,126
percentage = 73.74Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Lawrence C. Mattera
votes = 30,319
percentage = 26.26Election box total no change
votes = 115,445
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 43

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Clair Burgener (incumbent)
votes = 167,150
percentage = 68.66Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Reuben B. Brooks
votes = 76,308
percentage = 31.34Election box total no change
votes = 243,458
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

See also

*96th United States Congress
*Political party strength in California
*Political party strength in U.S. states
*United States House of Representatives elections, 1978

References

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1978-11-07 California Elections Page]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives]

External links

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/page/8 California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)]
* [http://ca.rand.org/stats/politics/sov/elect.defs.html RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions]