1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962 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, 1962. California gained eight districts as a result of the 1960 census, seven of which were won by Democrats and one by a Republican. Of California's existing districts, Democrats picked up three and lost one.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	2,891,618	51.88%	16	25	+9
	Republican	2,679,662	48.08%	14	13	-1
	Scattering	2,166	0.04%	0	0	0
Totals		5,573,446	100.00%	30	38	+8

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clement Woodnutt Miller (inc.)	100,962	50.75
	Republican	Don H. Clausen	97,949	49.23
	No party	Scattering	31	0.02
Total votes			198,942	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	106,239	64.62
	Republican	Frederic H. Nagel	58,150	35.37
	No party	Scattering	8	0.00
Total votes			164,397	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	138,257	74.82
	Republican	George W. G. Smith	46,510	25.17
	No party	Scattering	24	0.01
Total votes			184,791	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert L. Leggett	55,563	56.50
	Republican	L. V. Honsinger	42,762	43.48
	No party	Scattering	20	0.02
Total votes			98,345	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Shelley (incumbent)	64,493	80.44
	Republican	Roland S. Charles	15,670	19.54
	No party	Scattering	16	0.02
Total votes			80,179	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (incumbent)	105,762	58.69
	Democratic	John A. O'Connell	74,429	41.30
	No party	Scattering	3	0.00
Total votes			180,194	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffery Cohelan (incumbent)	86,215	64.48
	Republican	Leonard L. Cantando	47,409	35.46
	No party	Scattering	76	0.06
Total votes			133,700	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George P. Miller (incumbent)	97,014	72.49
	Republican	Harold Petersen	36,810	27.51
	No party	Scattering	3	0.00
Total votes			133,827	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards	79,616	65.94
	Republican	Joseph F. Donovan	41,104	34.04
	No party	Scattering	24	0.02
Total votes			120,744	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles S. Gubser (incumbent)	106,419	60.70
	Democratic	James P. Thurber, Jr.	68,885	39.29
	No party	Scattering	21	0.01
Total votes			175,325	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)	101,963	62.33
	Democratic	John D. Kaster	61,623	37.67
	No party	Scattering	5	0.00
Total votes			163,591	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott	75,424	61.31
	Democratic	William K. Steward	47,576	38.67
	No party	Scattering	26	0.02
Total votes			123,026	100.00
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (incumbent)	84,743	64.94
	Democratic	George J. Holgate	45,746	35.05
	No party	Scattering	12	0.01
Total votes			130,501	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John F. Baldwin, Jr. (incumbent)	99,040	62.88
	Democratic	Charles R. Weidner	58,469	37.12
	No party	Scattering	9	0.01
Total votes			157,518	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	97,322	69.99
	Republican	Clifford B. Bull	41,726	30.01
	No party	Scattering	5	0.00
Total votes			139,053	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	108,339	71.87
	Republican	Arthur L. Selland	42,401	28.13
	No party	Scattering	11	0.01
Total votes			150,751	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil R. King (incumbent)	74,964	67.15
	Republican	Ted Bruinsma	36,663	32.84
	No party	Scattering	5	0.00
Total votes			111,632	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harlan Hagen (incumbent)	91,684	58.88
	Republican	G. Ray Arnett	64,037	41.12
	No party	Scattering	4	0.00
Total votes			155,725	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chet Holifield (incumbent)	78,436	61.55
	Republican	Robert T. Ramsay	48,976	38.43
	No party	Scattering	21	0.02
Total votes			127,433	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. Allen Smith (incumbent)	119,938	70.63
	Democratic	Leon Mayer	49,850	29.36
	No party	Scattering	16	0.01
Total votes			169,804	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins	73,465	84.54
	Republican	Herman Smith	13,371	15.39
	No party	Scattering	68	0.08
Total votes			86,904	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	75,294	53.62
	Republican	Charles S. Foote	65,087	46.35
	No party	Scattering	33	0.02
Total votes			140,414	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde Doyle (incumbent)	83,269	64.17
	Republican	Emmett A. Schwartz	46,488	35.82
	No party	Scattering	12	0.01
Total votes			129,769	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent)	120,884	70.33
	Democratic	Knox Mellon	50,970	29.66
	No party	Scattering	19	0.01
Total votes			171,873	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald B. Cameron	62,371	53.07
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (incumbent)	53,961	45.91
	No party	Scattering	1,192	1.01
Total votes			117,524	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Roosevelt (incumbent)	112,162	68.29
	Republican	Daniel Beltz	52,063	31.70
	No party	Scattering	21	0.01
Total votes			164,246	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Everett G. Burkhalter	66,979	52.10
	Republican	Edgar W. Hiestand (incumbent)	61,538	47.86
	No party	Scattering	49	0.04
Total votes			128,566	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent)	162,233	63.97
	Democratic	Jerry Pacht	91,305	36.00
	No party	Scattering	64	0.03
Total votes			253,602	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr.	73,740	55.64
	Republican	H. L. Richardson, Jr.	58,760	44.34
	No party	Scattering	27	0.02
Total votes			132,527	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal	69,008	56.50
	Republican	Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent)	53,104	43.48
	No party	Scattering	16	0.01
Total votes			122,128	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson	76,631	52.19
	Republican	Gordon Hahn	70,154	47.78
	No party	Scattering	35	0.02
Total votes			146,820	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Hosmer (incumbent)	115,915	70.74
	Democratic	J. J. Johovich	47,917	29.24
	No party	Scattering	33	0.02
Total votes			163,865	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent)	96,192	59.02
	Republican	William R. Thomas	66,764	40.97
	No party	Scattering	18	0.01
Total votes			162,974	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna	90,758	55.94
	Republican	Robert A. Geier	71,478	44.05
	No party	Scattering	16	0.01
Total votes			162,252	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James B. Utt (incumbent)	133,737	68.52
	Democratic	Burton Shamsky	61,395	31.45
	No party	Scattering	54	0.03
Total votes			195,186	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Wilson (incumbent)	91,626	61.77
	Democratic	William C. Godfrey	56,637	38.18
	No party	Scattering	69	0.05
Total votes			148,332	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin	63,821	51.32
	Republican	Dick Wilson	60,460	48.62
	No party	Scattering	70	0.06
Total votes			124,351	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick M. Martin	68,583	55.92
	Democratic	Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent)	54,022	44.05
	No party	Scattering	30	0.02
Total votes			122,605	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 88th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1962 United States House of Representatives elections

References

• California Elections Page
• Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

External links

• California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions