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The California United States House elections, 1976 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, 1976. Democrats picked up one district, the 16th.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976
Party Votes % Before After +/–
Democratic 4,144,324 55.80% 28 29 +1
Republican 3,204,418 43.15% 15 14 -1
American Independent 39,786 0.54% 0 0 0
Independent 37,973 0.51% 0 0 0
Totals 7,426,501 100.00% 43 43 —

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

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 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27
District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40
District 41 • District 42 • District 43

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) 160,477 73.95
Republican James E. Taylor 56,539 26.05
Total votes 217,016 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don H. Clausen (incumbent) 121,290 56.01
Democratic Oscar H. Klee 88,829 41.02
Peace and Freedom Robert B. "Bob" Allred 6,444 2.98
Total votes 216,563 100
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John E. Moss (incumbent) 139,779 72.86
Republican George R. Marsh, Jr. 52,075 27.14
Total votes 191,854 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) 75,844 50.22
Republican Rex Hime 75,193 49.78
Total votes 151,037 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John L. Burton (incumbent) 103,746 61.84
Republican Branwell Fanning 64,008 38.16
Total votes 167,754 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phillip Burton (incumbent) 86,493 66.07
Republican Tom Spinosa 35,359 27.01
Peace and Freedom Emily L. Siegel 6,570 5.02
American Independent Raymond O. "Ray" Heaps 2,494 1.91
Total votes 130,916 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Miller (incumbent) 147,064 74.72
Republican Robert L. Vickers 45,863 23.30
American Independent Melvin E. Stanley 3,889 1.98
Total votes 196,816 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ron Dellums (incumbent) 122,342 62.12
Republican Philip Stiles Breck Jr. 68,374 34.72
Peace and Freedom Robert J. Evans 6,238 3.17
Total votes 196,954 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pete Stark (incumbent) 116,398 70.81
Republican James K. Mills 44,607 27.13
Peace and Freedom Albert L. Sargis 3,386 2.06
Total votes 164,391 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Edwards (incumbent) 111,992 72.05
Republican Herb Smith 38,088 24.50
American Independent Edmon V. Kaiser 5,363 3.45
Total votes 155,443 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leo Ryan (incumbent) 107,618 61.08
Republican Bob Jones 62,435 35.44
American Independent Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff 6,141 3.49
Total votes 176,194 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete McCloskey (incumbent) 130,332 66.21
Democratic David T. Harris 61,526 31.25
American Independent Joseph David "Joss" Cooney 4,999 2.54
Total votes 196,857 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Norman Mineta (incumbent) 135,291 66.77
Republican Ernie Konnyu 63,130 31.16
American Independent William Pollock Herrell 4,190 2.07
Total votes 202,611 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John J. McFall (incumbent) 123,285 72.54
Republican Roger A. Blaine 46,674 27.46
Total votes 169,959 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) 92,735 72.20
Republican Carol Harner 35,700 27.80
Total votes 128,435 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leon Panetta 104,545 53.42
Republican Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) 91,160 46.58
Total votes 195,705 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Hans Krebs (incumbent) 103,898 65.69
Republican Henry J. Andreas 54,270 34.31
Total votes 158,168 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William M. Ketchum (incumbent) 101,658 64.20
Democratic Dean Close 56,683 35.80
Total votes 158,341 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent) 124,201 64.38
Democratic Dan Sisson 68,722 35.62
Total votes 192,923 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) 146,158 67.25
Democratic Patty Lear Corman 71,193 32.75
Total votes 217,351 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James C. Corman (incumbent) 101,837 66.51
Republican Erwin Ed Hogan 44,094 28.80
Peace and Freedom Bill Hill 7,178 4.69
Total votes 153,109 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) 114,769 62.61
Democratic Robert S. Henry 68,543 37.39
Total votes 183,312 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anthony C. Beilenson 130,619 60.18
Republican Thomas F. Bartman 86,434 39.82
Total votes 217,053 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Waxman (incumbent) 108,296 67.78
Republican David Irvins Simmons 51,478 32.22
Total votes 159,774 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) 57,966 71.90
Republican Robert K. Watson 17,737 22.00
Peace and Freedom Marilyn Seals 4,922 6.10
Total votes 80,625 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Rousselot (incumbent) 112,619 65.59
Democratic Latta Bruce 59,093 34.41
Total votes 171,712 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dornan 114,623 54.68
Democratic Gary Familian 94,988 45.32
Total votes 209,611 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.) 114,612 80.20
Republican Edward S. Skinner 28,303 19.80
Total votes 142,915 100.00
Turnout
Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) 82,515 85.42
Republican Michael D. Germonprez 10,852 11.23
Independent Sheila Leburg 3,235 3.35
Total votes 96,602 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George E. Danielson (incumbent) 82,767 74.38
Republican Harry Couch 28,503 25.62
Total votes 111,270 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) 83,155 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) 92,034 72.22
Republican Clifford O. Young 35,394 27.78
Total votes 127,428 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Del M. Clawson (incumbent) 95,398 55.08
Democratic Ted Snyder 77,807 44.92
Total votes 173,205 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent) 100,988 50.71
Republican Dan Lungren 98,147 49.29
Total votes 199,135 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Lloyd (incumbent) 87,472 53.26
Republican Louis Brutocao 76,765 46.74
Total votes 164,237 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) 90,830 61.56
Republican Grant Carner 49,368 33.46
American Independent William E. Pasley 7,358 4.99
Total votes 147,556 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shirley Neil Pettis (incumbent) 133,634 71.08
Democratic Douglas C. Nilson Jr. 49,021 26.07
American Independent Bernard Wahl 5,352 2.85
Total votes 188,007 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) 103,317 63.62
Republican James "Jim" Combs 59,092 36.38
Total votes 162,409 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent) 122,657 58.57
Democratic William E. "Bill" Farris 86,745 41.43
Total votes 209,402 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Badham 148,512 59.25
Democratic Vivian Hall 102,132 40.75
Total votes 250,644 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Wilson (incumbent) 128,784 57.65
Democratic King Golden, Jr. 94,590 42.35
Total votes 223,374 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) 103,062 75.99
Republican Wes Marden 32,565 24.01
Total votes 135,627 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clair Burgener (incumbent) 173,576 65.00
Democratic Pat Kelly 93,475 35.00
Total votes 267,051 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

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