United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1928

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1928 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, 1928. California's House delegation remained unchanged at 10 Republicans and 1 Democrat.

Overview

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1928election.pdf]

District 1

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)
votes = 56,381
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)
votes = 32,455
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles F. Curry (incumbent)
votes = 77,750
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 4

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Florence Prag Kahn (incumbent)
votes = 50,206
percentage = 76Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Harry W. Hutton
votes = 16,838
percentage = 24Election box total no change
votes = 67,044
percentage = 100Election 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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Richard J. Welch (incumbent)
votes = 51,708
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 6

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Albert E. Carter (incumbent)
votes = 113,579
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Henry E. Barbour
votes = 71,195
percentage = 100.0Election 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 = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Arthur M. Free (incumbent)
votes = 80,613
percentage = 68Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Cecelia M. Casserly
votes = 37,947
percentage = 32Election box total no change
votes = 118,560
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 9

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William E. Evans (incumbent)
votes = 222,261
percentage = 77.0Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = James B. Ogg
votes = 58,263
percentage = 20.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Socialist Party USA
candidate = Christian Sorenson
votes = 8,090
percentage = 2.8Election box total no change
votes = 288,614
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 = Joe Crail (incumbent)
votes = 301,028
percentage = 93.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harry Sherr
votes = 19,659
percentage = 6.1Election box total no change
votes = 320,687
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 = Philip D. Swing (incumbent)
votes = 127,115
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage =Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

See also

*71st United States Congress
*Political party strength in California
*Political party strength in U.S. states
*United States House of Representatives elections, 1928

References

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1928-11-06 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]