United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976

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

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf]

District 1

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)
votes = 160,477
percentage = 73.95Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James E. Taylor
votes = 56,539
percentage = 26.05Election box total no change
votes = 217,016
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 = 121,290
percentage = 56.01Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Oscar H. Klee
votes = 88,829
percentage = 41.02Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Robert B. "Bob" Allred
votes = 6,444
percentage = 2.98Election box total no change
votes = 216,563
percentage = 100Election 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 = John E. Moss (incumbent)
votes = 139,779
percentage = 72.86Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = George R. Marsh, Jr.
votes = 52,075
percentage = 27.14Election box total no change
votes = 191,854
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 = Robert L. Leggett (incumbent)
votes = 75,844
percentage = 50.22Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Rex Hime
votes = 75,193
percentage = 49.78Election box total no change
votes = 151,037
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 = 103,746
percentage = 61.84Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Branwell Fanning
votes = 64,008
percentage = 38.16Election box total no change
votes = 167,754
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 = 86,493
percentage = 66.07Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Tom Spinosa
votes = 35,359
percentage = 27.01Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Emily L. Siegel
votes = 6,570
percentage = 5.02Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Raymond O. "Ray" Heaps
votes = 2,494
percentage = 1.91Election box total no change
votes = 130,916
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 = 147,064
percentage = 74.72Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Robert L. Vickers
votes = 45,863
percentage = 23.30Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Melvin E. Stanley
votes = 3,889
percentage = 1.98Election box total no change
votes = 196,816
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 = 122,342
percentage = 62.12Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Philip Stiles Breck Jr.
votes = 68,374
percentage = 34.72Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Robert J. Evans
votes = 6,238
percentage = 3.17Election box total no change
votes = 196,954
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 = 116,398
percentage = 70.81Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James K. Mills
votes = 44,607
percentage = 27.13Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Albert L. Sargis
votes = 3,386
percentage = 2.06Election box total no change
votes = 164,391
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 = 111,992
percentage = 72.05Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Herb Smith
votes = 38,088
percentage = 24.50Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Edmon V. Kaiser
votes = 5,363
percentage = 3.45Election box total no change
votes = 155,443
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 = 107,618
percentage = 61.08Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Jones
votes = 62,435
percentage = 35.44Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff
votes = 6,141
percentage = 3.49Election box total no change
votes = 176,194
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 = 130,332
percentage = 66.21Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = David T. Harris
votes = 61,526
percentage = 31.25Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Joseph David "Joss" Cooney
votes = 4,999
percentage = 2.54Election box total no change
votes = 196,857
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 = 135,291
percentage = 66.77Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Ernie Konnyu
votes = 63,130
percentage = 31.16Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = William Pollock Herrell
votes = 4,190
percentage = 2.07Election box total no change
votes = 202,611
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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John J. McFall (incumbent)
votes = 123,285
percentage = 72.54Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Roger A. Blaine
votes = 46,674
percentage = 27.46Election box total no change
votes = 169,959
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 15

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)
votes = 92,735
percentage = 72.20Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Carol Harner
votes = 35,700
percentage = 27.80Election box total no change
votes = 128,435
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
votes = 104,545
percentage = 53.42Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)
votes = 91,160
percentage = 46.58Election box total no change
votes = 195,705
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican Party (United States)

District 17

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John Hans Krebs (incumbent)
votes = 103,898
percentage = 65.69Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Henry J. Andreas
votes = 54,270
percentage = 34.31Election box total no change
votes = 158,168
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 18

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William M. Ketchum (incumbent)
votes = 101,658
percentage = 64.20Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Dean Close
votes = 56,683
percentage = 35.80Election box total no change
votes = 158,341
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 = 124,201
percentage = 64.38Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Dan Sisson
votes = 68,722
percentage = 35.62Election box total no change
votes = 192,923
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 = 146,158
percentage = 67.25Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Patty Lear Corman
votes = 71,193
percentage = 32.75Election box total no change
votes = 217,351
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 = 101,837
percentage = 66.51Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Erwin Ed Hogan
votes = 44,094
percentage = 28.80Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Bill Hill
votes = 7,178
percentage = 4.69Election box total no change
votes = 153,109
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 = 114,769
percentage = 62.61Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Robert S. Henry
votes = 68,543
percentage = 37.39Election box total no change
votes = 183,312
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
votes = 130,619
percentage = 60.18Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas F. Bartman
votes = 86,434
percentage = 39.82Election box total no change
votes = 217,053
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 = 108,296
percentage = 67.78Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = David Irvins Simmons
votes = 51,478
percentage = 32.22Election box total no change
votes = 159,774
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 = 57,966
percentage = 71.90Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Robert K. Watson
votes = 17,737
percentage = 22.00Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Marilyn Seals
votes = 4,922
percentage = 6.10Election box total no change
votes = 80,625
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 = 112,619
percentage = 65.59Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Latta Bruce
votes = 59,093
percentage = 34.41Election box total no change
votes = 171,712
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
votes = 114,623
percentage = 54.68Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Gary Familian
votes = 94,988
percentage = 45.32Election box total no change
votes = 209,611
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 = Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.)
votes = 114,612
percentage = 80.20Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Edward S. Skinner
votes = 28,303
percentage = 19.80Election box total no change
votes = 142,915
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
votes =
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 = 82,515
percentage = 85.42Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Michael D. Germonprez
votes = 10,852
percentage = 11.23Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sheila Leburg
votes = 3,235
percentage = 3.35Election box total no change
votes = 96,602
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 = 82,767
percentage = 74.38Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Harry Couch
votes = 28,503
percentage = 25.62Election box total no change
votes = 111,270
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 = 83,155
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 = 92,034
percentage = 72.22Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Clifford O. Young
votes = 35,394
percentage = 27.78Election box total no change
votes = 127,428
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 = Del M. Clawson
votes = 95,398
percentage = 55.08Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Ted Snyder
votes = 77,807
percentage = 44.92Election box total no change
votes = 173,205
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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent)
votes = 100,988
percentage = 50.71Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Dan Lungren
votes = 98,147
percentage = 49.29Election box total no change
votes = 199,135
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = 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 = 87,472
percentage = 53.26Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Louis Brutocao
votes = 76,765
percentage = 46.74Election box total no change
votes = 164,237
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 = 90,830
percentage = 61.56Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Grant Carner
votes = 49,368
percentage = 33.46Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = William E. Pasley
votes = 7,358
percentage = 4.99Election box total no change
votes = 147,556
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 = Shirley Neil Pettis (incumbent)
votes = 133,634
percentage = 71.08Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Douglas C. Nilson Jr.
votes = 49,021
percentage = 26.07Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Bernard Wahl
votes = 5,352
percentage = 2.85Election box total no change
votes = 188,007
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 = 103,317
percentage = 63.62Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James "Jim" Combs
votes = 59,092
percentage= 36.38Election box total no change
votes = 162,409
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 = Charles E. Wiggins
votes = 122,657
percentage = 58.57Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = William E. "Bill" Farris
votes = 86,745
percentage = 41.43Election box total no change
votes = 209,402
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
votes = 148,512
percentage = 59.25Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Vivian Hall
votes = 102,132
percentage = 40.75Election box total no change
votes = 250,644
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 = 128,784
percentage = 57.65Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = King Golden, Jr.
votes = 94,590
percentage = 42.35Election box total no change
votes = 223,374
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 = 103,062
percentage = 75.99Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Wes Marden
votes = 32,565
percentage = 24.01Election box total no change
votes = 135,627
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 = 173,576
percentage = 65.00Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Pat Kelly
votes = 93,475
percentage = 35.00Election box total no change
votes = 267,051
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

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

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1976-11-02 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]