1948 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948 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, 1948. Democrats picked up three districts while losing two for a net gain of one seat.
Overview[]
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Republican | 1,974,748 | 55.5% | 14 | 13 | -1 | |
Democratic | 1,400,487 | 39.4% | 9 | 10 | +1 | |
Progressive | 182,252 | 5.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 1,013 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3,558,500 | 100.0% | 23 | 23 | — |
Results[]
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 |
District 1[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Hubert B. Scudder | 82,947 | 54.5 | |||
Democratic | Sterling J. Norgard | 68,951 | 45.3 | |||
Progressive | Roger Kent (write-in) | 304 | 0.2 | |||
Total votes | 152,302 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 2[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 78,555 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 3[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 166,571 | 84.4 | |
Progressive | James B. "Bert" Willard | 30,878 | 15.6 | |
Total votes | 197,449 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 4[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 73,704 | 51.0 | |
Republican | William S. Mailliard | 68,875 | 47.7 | |
Progressive | Francis J. McTernan, Jr. | 1,949 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 144,528 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 5[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 116,347 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 6[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 194,985 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 7[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent) | 78,534 | 51.4 | |
Democratic | Buell G. Gallagher | 74,318 | 48.6 | |
Total votes | 152,852 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 8[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 161,743 | 79.9 | |
Progressive | Paul Taylor | 40,670 | 20.1 | |
Total votes | 202,413 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 9[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Cecil F. White | 72,826 | 51.3 | |||
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,563 | 46.9 | |||
Progressive | Josephine F. Daniels | 2,573 | 1.8 | |||
Total votes | 141,962 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 10[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Thomas H. Werdel | 67,448 | 71.3 | |||
Progressive | Sam James Miller | 27,168 | 28.7 | |||
Total votes | 94,616 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 11[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ernest K. Bramblett (incumbent) | 87,143 | 80.8 | |
Progressive | Cole Weston | 14,582 | 13.5 | |
Democratic | George E. Outland (write-in) | 6,157 | 5.7 | |
Total votes | 107,882 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 12[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 141,509 | 87.8 | |
Progressive | Una W. Rice | 19,631 | 12.2 | |
Total votes | 161,140 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 13[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 62,951 | 52.6 | |
Democratic | Ned R. Healy | 56,624 | 47.4 | |
Total votes | 119,575 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 14[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas (incumbent) | 89,581 | 65.3 | |
Republican | W. Wallace Braden | 44,611 | 32.5 | |
Progressive | Sidney Moore | 2,904 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 137,096 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 15[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 131,933 | 83 | |
Progressive | Maynard J. Omerberg | 27,007 | 17 | |
Total votes | 158,940 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 16[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Donald L. Jackson (incumbent) | 121,198 | 57 | |
Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson | 91,268 | 43 | |
Total votes | 212,466 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 17[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 194,782 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 18[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 105,687 | 51.1 | |||
Republican | Willis W. Bradley (incumbent) | 92,721 | 44.9 | |||
Progressive | Stanley Moffatt | 8,232 | 4.0 | |||
Total votes | 206,640 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 19[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 72,900 | 69.7 | |
Republican | Joseph Francis Quigley | 28,698 | 27.5 | |
Progressive | Jacob Berman | 1,915 | 1.8 | |
Independent | Myra Tanner Weiss | 1,013 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 104,526 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 20[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 204,710 | 81.6 | |
Democratic | William B. Esterman | 46,232 | 18.4 | |
Total votes | 250,942 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 21[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 61,383 | 55.2 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 47,411 | 42.6 | |
Progressive | Howard J. Louks | 2,422 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 111,216 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 22[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 115,697 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 23[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clinton D. McKinnon | 112,534 | 55.8 | |||
Republican | Charles K. Fletcher (incumbent) | 87,138 | 43.2 | |||
Progressive | Harry C. Steinmetz | 2,017 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 201,689 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
See also[]
- 81st United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- 1948 United States House of Representatives elections
References[]
External links[]
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