United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970 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 3, 1970. Republicans won one open seat when John V. Tunney retired to run for Senate.

Overview

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1970election.pdf]

District 1

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Don H. Clausen (incumbent)
votes = 108,358
percentage = 63.35Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = William Kortum
votes = 62,688
percentage = 36.65Election box total no change
votes = 171,046
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 2

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)
votes = 151,070
percentage = 77.88Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Lloyd E. Gilbert
votes = 37,223
percentage = 19.19Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Jack R. Carrigg
votes = 5,681
percentage = 2.93Election box total no change
votes = 193,974
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic 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 = 117,496
percentage = 61.56Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Elmore J. Duffy
votes = 69,811
percentage = 36.58Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Allen E. Priest
votes = 3,554
percentage = 1.86Election box total no change
votes = 190,861
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 = 103,485
percentage = 67.96Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Andrew Gyorke
votes = 48,783
percentage = 32.04Election box total no change
votes = 152,268
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 = Phillip Burton (incumbent)
votes = 76,567
percentage = 70.81Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John E. Parks
votes = 31,570
percentage = 29.19Election box total no change
votes = 108,137
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William S. Mailliard (incumbent)
votes = 96,393
percentage = 53.36Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Russell R. Miller
votes = 84,255
percentage = 46.64Election box total no change
votes = 180,648
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 = Ron Dellums
votes = 89,784
percentage = 57.32Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John E. Healy
votes = 64,691
percentage = 41.30Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Sarah Scahill
votes = 2,156
percentage = 1.38Election box total no change
votes = 156,631
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 = George P. Miller (incumbent)
votes = 104,311
percentage = 69.00Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Michael A. Crane
votes = 46,872
percentage = 31.00Election box total no change
votes = 151,183
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 = Don Edwards (incumbent)
votes = 120,041
percentage = 69.15Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Mark Guerra
votes = 49,556
percentage = 28.55Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Edmon V. Kaiser
votes = 4,009
percentage = 2.31Election box total no change
votes = 173,606
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles S. Gubser (incumbent)
votes = 135,864
percentage = 62.03Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Stuart. D. McLean
votes = 80,530
percentage = 36.76Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Joyce W. Stancliffe
votes = 2,651
percentage = 1.21Election box total no change
votes = 219,045
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 11

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Pete McCloskey (incumbent)
votes = 144,500
percentage = 77.49Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Robert E. Gomperts
votes = 39,188
percentage = 21.02Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
candidate = Scattering
votes = 2,786
percentage = 1.49Election box total no change
votes = 186,474
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 12

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)
votes = 95,549
percentage = 63.63Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = O'Brien Riordan
votes = 50,942
percentage = 33.92Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Herbert H. Foster, Jr.
votes = 3,682
percentage = 2.45Election box total no change
votes = 150,173
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles M. Teague (incumbent)
votes = 125,507
percentage = 58.15Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Gary K. Hart
votes = 87,980
percentage = 40.76Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Maude I. Jordet
votes = 2,339
percentage = 1.08Election box total no change
votes = 215,826
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 14

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jerome Waldie (incumbent)
votes = 148,655
percentage = 74.55Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Byron D. Athan
votes = 50,750
percentage = 25.45Election box total no change
votes = 199,405
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 = John J. McFall (incumbent)
votes = 98,442
percentage = 63.11Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Sam Van Dyken
votes = 55,546
percentage = 35.61Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Francis E. "Gill" Gillings
votes = 1,994
percentage = 1.28Election box total no change
votes = 155,982
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 = Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)
votes = 95,118
percentage = 66.42Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Phillip V. Sanchez
votes = 43,843
percentage = 30.62Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = James W. Scott
votes = 4,237
percentage = 2.96Election box total no change
votes = 143,198
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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)
votes = 83,739
percentage = 62.24Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Vernon E. Brown
votes = 47,778
percentage = 35.51Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Robert W. Copeland
votes = 1,724
percentage = 1.28Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Thomas E. Mathews
votes = 1,292
percentage = 0.96Election box total no change
votes = 134,533
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 = Bob Mathias (incumbent)
votes = 86,071
percentage = 63.20Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Milton Spartacus Miller
votes = 48,415
percentage = 35.55Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Nora E. Hensley
votes = 1,709
percentage = 1.25Election box total no change
votes = 136,195
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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Chet Holifield (incumbent)
votes = 98,578
percentage = 70.39Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bill Jones
votes = 41,462
percentage = 29.61Election box total no change
votes = 140,040
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 20

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = H. Allen Smith (incumbent)
votes = 116,437
percentage = 69.07Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Michael M. Stolzberg
votes = 50,033
percentage = 29.68Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Earl C. Harper
votes = 2,100
percentage = 1.25Election box total no change
votes = 168,570
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 = Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)
votes = 75,127
percentage = 94.53Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Southy M. Johnson
votes = 4,349
percentage = 5.47Election box total no change
votes = 79,476
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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = James C. Corman (incumbent)
votes = 95,256
percentage = 59.37Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Tom Hayden
votes = 63,297
percentage = 39.45Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Callis R. Johnson
votes = 1,880
percentage = 1.17Election box total no change
votes = 160,433
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 23

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Del M. Clawson (incumbent)
votes = 77,346
percentage = 63.34Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = G. L. "Jerry" Chapman
votes = 44,767
percentage = 36.66Election box total no change
votes = 122,113
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 24

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John H. Rousselot (incumbent)
votes = 124,071
percentage = 65.05Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Myrlie B. Evers
votes = 61,777
percentage = 32.39Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Brian Scanlon
votes = 3,018
percentage = 1.58Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Harold Kaplan
votes = 1,858
percentage = 0.97Election box total no change
votes = 190,724
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 25

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent)
votes = 116,169
percentage = 63.29Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Leslie W. "Les" Craven
votes = 64,386
percentage = 35.08Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Kevin Scanlon
votes = 2,994
percentage = 1.63Election box total no change
votes = 183,549
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 26

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)
votes = 130,499
percentage = 71.28Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Nathaniel Jay Friedman
votes = 47,260
percentage = 25.81Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Lewis B. McCammon
votes = 3,677
percentage = 2.01Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Howard E. Hallinan
votes = 1,639
percentage = 0.90Election box total no change
votes = 183,075
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 27

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Barry Goldwater, Jr.
votes = 139,326
percentage = 66.69Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = N. "Toni" Kimmel
votes = 63,652
percentage = 30.47Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Edward Richer
votes = 3,306
percentage = 1.58Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = John H. Hind
votes = 2,642
percentage = 1.26Election box total no change
votes = 208,926
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 154,691
percentage = 69.27Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Don McLaughlin
votes = 57,882
percentage = 25.92Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Derek A. Gordon
votes = 5,759
percentage = 2.58Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Jane E. Gordon
votes = 4,971
percentage = 2.23Election box total no change
votes = 223,303
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 29

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George E. Danielson
votes = 71,308
percentage = 62.59Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Tom McMann
votes = 42,620
percentage = 37.41Election box total no change
votes = 113,928
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 = Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)
votes = 63,903
percentage = 68.26Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Samuel F. Cavnar
votes = 28,038
percentage = 29.95Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Boris Belousov
votes = 1,681
percentage = 1.80Election box total no change
votes = 93,622
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 = 102,071
percentage = 73.18Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Fred L. Casmir
votes = 37,416
percentage = 26.82Election box total no change
votes = 139,487
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Craig Hosmer (incumbent)
votes = 119,340
percentage = 71.53Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Walter L. Mallonee
votes = 44,278
percentage = 26.54Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = John S. Donohue
votes = 3,227
percentage = 1.93Election box total no change
votes = 166,845
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
votes =
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 33

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Jerry Pettis (incumbent)
votes = 116,093
percentage = 72.17Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Chester M. Wright
votes = 44,764
percentage = 27.83Election box total no change
votes = 160,857
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 = Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)
votes = 101,664
percentage = 54.46Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bill J. Teague
votes = 82,167
percentage = 44.02Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Lee R. Rayburn
votes = 2,843
percentage = 1.52Election box total no change
votes = 186,674
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John G. Schmitz (incumbent)
votes = 192,765
percentage = 67.04Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Thomas B. Lenhart
votes = 87,019
percentage = 30.26Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Francis R. Halpern
votes = 7,742
percentage = 2.69Election box total no change
votes = 287,526
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 36

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Wilson (incumbent)
votes = 132,446
percentage = 71.53Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Daniel K. Hostetter
votes = 44,841
percentage = 24.22Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Walter H. Koppelman
votes = 5,139
percentage = 2.78Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Orville J. Davis
votes = 2,723
percentage = 1.47Election box total no change
votes = 185,149
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 37

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)
votes = 93,952
percentage = 72.12Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James B. Kuhn
votes = 31,968
percentage = 24.54Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Faye B. Brice
votes = 2,962
percentage = 2.27Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Peace and Freedom Party
candidate = Fritjof Thygeson
votes = 1,386
percentage = 1.06Election box total no change
votes = 130,268
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 38

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Victor Veysey
votes = 87,479
percentage = 49.80Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = David A. Tunno
votes = 85,684
percentage = 48.78Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = William E. Pasley
votes = 2,481
percentage = 1.41Election box total no change
votes = 175,644
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)

See also

*92nd United States Congress
*Political party strength in California
*Political party strength in U.S. states
*United States House of Representatives elections, 1970

References

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1970-11-03 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]