1974 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 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 5, 1974. Democrats picked up five Republican-held districts.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	3,265,513	56.83%	23	28	+5
	Republican	2,334,870	40.63%	20	15	-5
	American Independent	109,751	1.91%	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	35,984	0.63%	0	0	0
Totals		5,746,118	100.00%	43	43	—

Results

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

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	137,849	85.90
	American Independent	Dorothy D. Paradis	22,628	14.10
Total votes			160,477	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don H. Clausen (incumbent)	95,508	53.01
	Democratic	Oscar H. Klee	76,951	42.71
	Peace and Freedom	Carole J. Glass	7,719	4.28
Total votes			180,178	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	121,842	72.34
	Republican	Ivaldo Lenci	46,585	27.66
Total votes			168,427	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert L. Leggett (incumbent)	100,934	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John L. Burton (incumbent)	87,323	59.32
	Republican	Thomas Caylor	55,881	37.96
	Peace and Freedom	Raymond Broshears	3,999	2.72
Total votes			147,203	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	84,585	71.37
	Republican	Tom Spinosa	25,721	21.70
	Peace and Freedom	Emily L. Siegel	4,753	4.01
	American Independent	Carl Richard Davis	3,456	2.92
Total votes			118,515	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller	82,765	55.59
	Republican	Gary Fernandez	66,115	44.41
Total votes			148,880	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Dellums (incumbent)	93,106	56.48
	Republican	Jack Redden	65,432	39.69
	American Independent	John Holland	6,324	3.84
Total votes			164,862	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	87,854	70.64
	Republican	Edson Adams	36,522	29.36
Total votes			124,376	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	86,014	77.01
	Republican	Herb Smith	25,678	22.99
Total votes			111,692	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leo Ryan (incumbent)	106,075	75.69
	Republican	Bob Jones	29,783	21.25
	American Independent	Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff	4,293	3.06
Total votes			140,151	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete McCloskey (incumbent)	103,228	69.08
	Democratic	Gary G. Gillmor	46,197	30.92
Total votes			149,425	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norman Mineta	78,649	52.57
	Republican	George W. Milias	63,381	42.36
	Peace and Freedom	Elizabeth Cervantes Barron	3,846	2.57
	American Independent	Floyd S. Stancliffe	3,738	2.50
Total votes			149,614	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	101,932	70.80
	Republican	Charles M. "Chuck" Gibson	34,679	24.09
	American Independent	Roger A. Blaine	7,367	5.12
Total votes			143,978	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	80,205	71.89
	Republican	Carol Harner	31,361	28.11
Total votes			111,566	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	76,084	49.19
	Democratic	Julian Camacho	74,018	47.85
	American Independent	D. Jeff Mauro	4,576	2.96
Total votes			154,678	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Hans Krebs	66,082	51.90
	Republican	Bob Mathias (incumbent)	61,242	48.10
Total votes			127,324	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William M. Ketchum (incumbent)	66,603	52.64
	Democratic	George A. Seielstad	59,931	47.36
Total votes			126,534	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent)	84,849	56.50
	Democratic	James D. Loebl	65,334	43.50
Total votes			150,183	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent)	96,324	61.18
	Democratic	Arline M. Mathews	61,119	38.82
Total votes			157,443	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	86,778	73.45
	Republican	Mel Nadell	31,365	26.55
Total votes			118,143	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent)	78,983	55.72
	Democratic	Richard Hallin	62,770	44.28
Total votes			141,753	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)	119,239	71.46
	Republican	Jack E. Roberts	47,615	28.54
Total votes			166,854	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman	85,343	64.17
	Republican	Elliott Stone Graham	43,680	32.84
	American Independent	David E. Daivs	3,980	2.99
Total votes			133,003	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	43,998	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (incumbent)	80,782	58.85
	Democratic	Paul A. Conforti	56,487	41.15
Total votes			137,269	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent)	99,645	63.83
	Democratic	John Dalessio	50,919	32.62
	Peace and Freedom	Jerry Rubin	5,547	3.55
Total votes			156,111	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.)	86,743	80.28
	Republican	Tom Neddy	21,308	19.72
Total votes			108,051	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)	45,977	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George E. Danielson (incumbent)	66,074	74.24
	Republican	John J. Perez	22,928	25.76
Total votes			89,002	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	60,560	70.46
	Republican	Norman A. Hodges	23,039	26.81
	Peace and Freedom	William C. Taylor	2,349	2.73
Total votes			85,948	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)	82,485	87.68
	American Independent	Virgil V. Badalich	8,710	9.26
	Peace and Freedom	Frank H. Walker	2,877	3.06
Total votes			94,072	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	71,054	53.38
	Democratic	Robert E. "Bob" White	57,423	43.14
	American Independent	James C. "Jim" Griffin	4,636	3.48
Total votes			133,113	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent)	78,345	49.74
	Republican	Bill Bond	72,967	46.32
	American Independent	Bill Bond	3,169	2.01
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	3,043	1.93
Total votes			157,524	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Lloyd	60,709	50.25
	Republican	Victor Veysey (incumbent)	60,102	49.75
Total votes			120,811	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	69,615	62.62
	Republican	Jim Osgood	35,858	32.25
	American Independent	William E. Pasley	5,701	5.13
Total votes			111,174	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Pettis (incumbent)	88,548	63.01
	Democratic	Bobby Ray Vincent	46,449	33.06
	American Independent	John H. Ortman	5,522	3.93
Total votes			140,519	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry M. Patterson	67,299	53.99
	Republican	David Rehmann	51,509	41.32
	American Independent	Lee R. Rayburn	3,991	3.20
	Peace and Freedom	Larry B. Kallenberger	1,851	1.48
Total votes			124,650	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent)	87,995	55.23
	Democratic	William E. "Bill" Farris	64,735	40.63
	American Independent	Pat P. Scalera	6,967	4.37
Total votes			159,337	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew J. Hinshaw	114,895	63.31
	Democratic	Roderick J. "Rod" Wilson	56,195	30.97
	American Independent	Grayson L. Watkins	10,381	5.72
Total votes			181,471	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Wilson (incumbent)	93,461	54.42
	Democratic	Colleen Marie O'Connor	73,954	43.06
	American Independent	Robert W. Franson	4,312	2.51
Total votes			171,727	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)	69,746	69.88
	Republican	Wes Marden	30,058	30.12
Total votes			99,804	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (incumbent)	114,102	60.37
	Democratic	Bill Bandes	74,905	39.63
Total votes			189,007	100.00
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

See also

• 94th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1974 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