United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1954

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1954 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 6, 1954. Democrats gained two seats and lost one seat.

Overview

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1954election.pdf]

District 1

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Hubert B. Scudder (incumbent)
votes = 83,762
percentage = 59.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Progressive Party (United States, 1948)
candidate = Max Kortum
votes = 58,004
percentage = 40.9Election box total no change
votes = 141,766
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Clair Engle (incumbent)
votes = 113,104
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = 96,238
percentage = 65.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James H. Phillips
votes = 51,111
percentage = 34.7Election box total no change
votes = 147,349
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 = 88,439
percentage = 61.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Philip A. O'Rourke
votes = 52,980
percentage = 36.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Progressive Party (United States, 1948)
candidate = George R. Andersen
votes = 2,987
percentage = 2.1Election box total no change
votes = 144,406
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 = 86,428
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.
votes = 72,336
percentage = 50.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Robert Condon (incumbent)
votes = 69,776
percentage = 49.1Election box total no change
votes = 142,112
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)
loser = Democratic Party (United States)

District 7

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 64,083
percentage = 53Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Stanley K. Crook
votes = 56,807
percentage = 47Election box total no change
votes = 120,890
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = 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 = 101,803
percentage = 65.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Jessie M. Ritchie
votes = 53,869
percentage = 34.6Election box total no change
votes = 155,672
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 = 60,648
percentage = 54.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harold F. Taggart
votes = 50,619
percentage = 45.5Election box total no change
votes = 111,267
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 = 94,418
percentage = 61.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Paul V. Birmingham
votes = 59,843
percentage = 38.8Election box total no change
votes = 154,261
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Justin L. Johnson (incumbent)
votes = 54,716
percentage = 52.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Carl Sugar
votes = 49,388
percentage = 47.4Election box total no change
votes = 104,104
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bernice F. Sisk
votes = 63,911
percentage = 53.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Allan O. Hunter (incumbent)
votes = 54,903
percentage = 46.2Election box total no change
votes = 118,814
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 13

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles M. Teague
votes = 69,287
percentage = 52.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Timothy I. O'Reilly
votes = 62,786
percentage = 47.5Election box total no change
votes = 132,073
percentage = 100.0Election 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
votes = 75,194
percentage = 65Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Al Blain
votes = 40,270
percentage = 35Election box total no change
votes = 115,464
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican 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 = 77,651
percentage = 56.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Frank P. O'Sullivan
votes = 58,785
percentage = 43.1Election box total no change
votes = 136,436
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = 63,124
percentage = 60.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = S. Mark Hogue
votes = 40,659
percentage = 39.2Election box total no change
votes = 103,783
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 = 97,828
percentage = 60.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Robert H. Finch
votes = 64,967
percentage = 39.9Election box total no change
votes = 162,795
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 = 71,731
percentage = 55Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Joseph M. Kennick
votes = 58,647
percentage = 45Election box total no change
votes = 130,378
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 = 90,269
percentage = 74.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Raymond R. Pritchard
votes = 30,404
percentage = 25.2Election box total no change
votes = 120,673
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 = John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent)
votes = 71,213
percentage = 71.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Eugene Radding
votes = 28,838
percentage = 28.8Election box total no change
votes = 100,051
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 = 100,258
percentage = 58.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = William E. "Bill" Roskam
votes = 70,486
percentage = 41.3Election box total no change
votes = 170,744
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 = 65,165
percentage = 58.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = William M. "Bill" Costley
votes = 46,875
percentage = 41.8Election box total no change
votes = 112,040
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 = 90,729
percentage = 70.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Frank G. Bussing
votes = 34,911
percentage = 27.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Progressive Party (United States, 1948)
candidate = Olive T. Thompson
votes = 2,293
percentage = 1.8Election box total no change
votes = 127,933
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = 65,431
percentage = 56.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George Arnold
votes = 49,592
percentage = 43.1Election box total no change
votes = 115,023
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Patrick J. Hillings (incumbent)
votes = 113,027
percentage = 65.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John S. Sobieski
votes = 60,370
percentage = 34.8Election box total no change
votes = 173,397
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = James Roosevelt
votes = 94,261
percentage = 60.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Theodore R. "Ted" Owings
votes = 62,585
percentage = 39.9Election box total no change
votes = 156,856
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 = 65,389
percentage = 64.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Martin K. Barrett
votes = 35,594
percentage = 35.2Election box total no change
votes = 100,983
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 = 95,680
percentage = 66.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harriet Enderle
votes = 48,785
percentage = 33.8Election box total no change
votes = 144,465
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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John J. Phillips (incumbent)
votes = 42,420
percentage = 58Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bruce Shangle
votes = 30,781
percentage = 42Election box total no change
votes = 73,201
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 30

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Wilson (incumbent)
votes = 94,623
percentage = 60.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Ross T. McIntire
votes = 61,994
percentage = 39.6Election box total no change
votes = 156,617
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

See also

*84th United States Congress
*Political party strength in California
*Political party strength in U.S. states
*United States House of Representatives elections, 1954

References

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1954-11-06 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]