United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1958

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1958 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 4, 1958. Democrats picked up three seats, taking a majority of the delegation, which they would keep ever since except for a brief tie with the Republicans in the 104th Congress.

Overview

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1958election.pdf]

District 1

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Clement Woodnutt Miller
votes = 102,096
percentage = 54.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Frederick G. Dupuis
votes = 84,807
percentage = 45.1Election box total no change
votes = 185,903
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican Party (United States)

District 2

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harold T. Johnson
votes = 90,850
percentage = 61Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Curtis W. Tarr
votes = 58,199
percentage = 39Election box total no change
votes = 149,049
percentage = 100Election 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 = 169,727
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William S. Mailliard (incumbent)
votes = 98,574
percentage = 63.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George D. Collins, Jr.
votes = 65,798
percentage = 36.1Election box total no change
votes = 164,372
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 5

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John Shelley (incumbent)
votes = 99,171
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = John F. Baldwin, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 92,669
percentage = 51Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Howard H. Jewel
votes = 89,192
percentage = 49Election box total no change
votes = 181,861
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 7

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jeffery Cohelan
votes = 65,699
percentage = 50.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 63,270
percentage = 49.1Election box total no change
votes = 128,969
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican 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 = 181,437
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)
votes = 90,735
percentage = 58.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Elma D. Oddstad
votes = 63,597
percentage = 41.2Election box total no change
votes = 154,332
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican 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 = 118,715
percentage = 54.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Russell B. Bryan
votes = 98,894
percentage = 45.4Election box total no change
votes = 217,609
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John J. McFall (incumbent)
votes = 86,924
percentage = 69.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Frederick S. Van Dyke
votes = 38,427
percentage = 30.7Election box total no change
votes = 125,351
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)
votes = 112,702
percentage = 81.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Daniel K. Halpin
votes = 26,228
percentage = 18.9Election box total no change
votes = 138,930
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic 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 = 98,381
percentage = 57Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = William Kirk Stewart
votes = 74,160
percentage = 43Election box total no change
votes = 172,541
percentage = 100Election 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 = Harlan Hagen (incumbent)
votes = 120,347
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent)
votes = 77,267
percentage = 52Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Emery S. Petty
votes = 71,192
percentage = 48Election box total no change
votes = 148,459
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 16

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Donald L. Jackson (incumbent)
votes = 70,724
percentage = 57.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Melvin Lennard
votes = 51,616
percentage = 42.2Election box total no change
votes = 122,340
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 17

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Cecil R. King (incumbent)
votes = 182,965
percentage = 75.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles A. Franklin
votes = 59,973
percentage = 24.7Election box total no change
votes = 242,938
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Craig Hosmer (incumbent)
votes = 95,682
percentage = 60Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harry S. May
votes = 63,684
percentage = 40Election box total no change
votes = 159,366
percentage = 100Election 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 = 131,421
percentage = 75.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Roy E. Reynolds
votes = 26,092
percentage = 24.7Election box total no change
votes = 157,513
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = 72,311
percentage = 66Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Eugene Radding
votes = 37,331
percentage = 34Election box total no change
votes = 109,642
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Edgar W. Hiestand (incumbent)
votes = 127,238
percentage = 51.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Mrs. Rudd Brown
votes = 118,141
percentage = 48.1Election box total no change
votes = 245,379
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Joseph F. Holt (incumbent)
votes = 87,785
percentage = 55.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Irving Glasband
votes = 70,777
percentage = 44.6Election box total no change
votes = 158,562
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Clyde Doyle (incumbent)
votes = 140,817
percentage = 100.0

Election 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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent)
votes = 68,184
percentage = 56.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = William H. Ware, Jr.
votes = 52,804
percentage = 43.6Election box total no change
votes = 120,988
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George A. Kasem
votes = 135,009
percentage = 50.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Prescott O. Lieberg
votes = 134,406
percentage = 49.9Election box total no change
votes = 269,415
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican Party (United States)

District 26

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = James Roosevelt (incumbent)
votes = 125,495
percentage = 72.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Crispus Wright
votes = 48,248
percentage = 27.8Election box total no change
votes = 173,743
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent)
votes = 105,062
percentage = 72.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Robert M. Castle
votes = 40,317
percentage = 27.7Election box total no change
votes = 145,379
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 28

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James B. Utt (incumbent)
votes = 152,855
percentage = 58.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = T. R. Boyett
votes = 109,794
percentage = 41.8Election box total no change
votes = 162,649
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent)
votes = 64,518
percentage = 62.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John Babbage
votes = 38,899
percentage = 37.6Election box total no change
votes = 103,417
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Wilson (incumbent)
votes = 112,290
percentage = 52.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Lionel Van Deerlin
votes = 90,641
percentage = 47.3Election box total no change
votes = 202,931
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

See also

*86th United States Congress
*Political party strength in California
*Political party strength in U.S. states
*United States House of Representatives elections, 1958

References

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1958-11-04 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]