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:
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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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