1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 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, 1982. California gained two seats, both of which were won by Democrats, as a result of the 1980 census, and Democrats picked up three Republican-held districts.
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Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 3,815,205 | 50.32% | 23 | 28 | +5 | |
Republican | 3,603,102 | 47.52% | 20 | 17 | -3 | |
Libertarian | 127,480 | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 31,270 | 0.41% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
American Independent | 5,564 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 7,582,621 | 100.00% | 43 | 45 | +2 |
Separate elections edit
One special election was held apart from those in November. The elected winner would serve the remainder of the incumbent Congress and face re-election in November.
Date | District | Reason & Result | Candidates |
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July 13, 1982 | California 30 | George E. Danielson (D) resigned March 9, 1982. Democratic hold Winner was subsequently re-elected in November |
Matthew G. Martinez (D) John H. Rousselot (R) |
Results edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Douglas H. Bosco | 107,749 | 49.85 | |||
Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 102,043 | 47.21 | |||
Libertarian | David Redick | 6,374 | 2.95 | |||
Total votes | 216,166 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Eugene A. Chappie (incumbent) | 116,172 | 57.91 | |
Democratic | John Newmeyer | 81,314 | 40.53 | |
Peace and Freedom | Howard Fegarsky | 3,126 | 1.56 | |
Total votes | 200,612 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Matsui (incumbent) | 194,680 | 89.63 | |
Libertarian | Bruce A. Daniel | 16,222 | 7.47 | |
Peace and Freedom | John Newmeyer | 6,294 | 2.90 | |
Total votes | 217,196 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Vic Fazio (incumbent) | 118,476 | 63.86 | |
Republican | Roger B. Canfield | 67,047 | 36.14 | |
Total votes | 185,523 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 103,268 | 57.91 | |
Republican | Milton Marks | 72,139 | 40.46 | |
Libertarian | Justin Raimondo | 2,904 | 1.63 | |
Total votes | 178,311 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barbara Boxer | 96,379 | 52.36 | |
Republican | Dennis McQuaid | 82,128 | 44.62 | |
Libertarian | Howard C. Creighton | 3,191 | 1.73 | |
Peace and Freedom | Timothy Allen Albertson | 2,366 | 1.29 | |
Total votes | 184,064 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Miller (incumbent) | 126,952 | 67.22 | |
Republican | Paul E. Vallely | 56,960 | 30.16 | |
Libertarian | Richard Newell | 2,752 | 1.46 | |
American Independent | Terry L. Wells | 2,205 | 1.17 | |
Total votes | 188,869 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ronald Dellums (incumbent) | 121,537 | 55.95 | |
Republican | Claude B. Hutchinson Jr. | 95,694 | 44.05 | |
Total votes | 217,231 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Stark (incumbent) | 104,393 | 60.66 | |
Republican | William J. "Bill" Kennedy | 67,702 | 39.34 | |
Total votes | 172,095 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 77,263 | 62.67 | |
Republican | Bob Herriott | 41,506 | 33.67 | |
Libertarian | Dale Burrow | 2,403 | 1.95 | |
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 2,109 | 1.71 | |
Total votes | 123,281 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Lantos (incumbent) | 109,812 | 57.08 | |
Republican | William Royer | 76,462 | 39.75 | |
Libertarian | Chuck Olson | 2,920 | 1.52 | |
Peace and Freedom | Wilson G. Branch | 1,928 | 1.00 | |
American Independent | Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff | 1,250 | 0.65 | |
Total votes | 192,372 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Zschau | 115,365 | 62.97 | |
Democratic | Emmett Lynch | 61,372 | 33.50 | |
Libertarian | William C. "Bill" White | 6,471 | 3.53 | |
Total votes | 183,208 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norm Mineta (incumbent) | 110,805 | 65.89 | |
Republican | Tom Kelly | 52,806 | 31.40 | |
Libertarian | Al Hinkle | 4,553 | 2.71 | |
Total votes | 168,164 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norman D. Shumway (incumbent) | 134,225 | 63.43 | |
Democratic | Baron Reed | 77,400 | 36.57 | |
Total votes | 211,625 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho (incumbent) | 86,022 | 63.70 | |
Republican | Ed Bates | 45,948 | 34.02 | |
Libertarian | Stephen L. Gerringer | 3,073 | 2.28 | |
Total votes | 135,043 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leon Panetta (incumbent) | 142,630 | 85.37 | |
Republican | Gary Richard Arnold | 24,448 | 14.63 | |
Total votes | 167,078 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles (Chip) Pashayan (inc.) | 80,271 | 54.01 | |
Democratic | Gene Tackett | 68,364 | 45.99 | |
Total votes | 148,635 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Richard Lehman | 92,762 | 59.49 | ||
Republican | Adrian C. Fondse | 59,664 | 38.26 | ||
Libertarian | Marshall William Fritz | 3,501 | 2.25 | ||
Total votes | 155,927 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 112,486 | 61.05 | |
Democratic | Frank Frost | 66,042 | 35.84 | |
Libertarian | R. C. Gordon-McCutchan | 4,198 | 2.28 | |
Peace and Freedom | Charles J. Zekan | 1,520 | 0.82 | |
Total votes | 184,246 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (incumbent) | 123,312 | 68.10 | |
Democratic | Robert J. Bethea | 57,769 | 31.90 | |
Total votes | 181,081 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bobbi Fiedler (incumbent) | 138,474 | 71.83 | |
Democratic | George Henry Margolis | 46,412 | 24.08 | |
Libertarian | Daniel Wiener | 7,881 | 4.09 | |
Total votes | 192,767 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 145,831 | 73.57 | |
Democratic | Harvey L. Goldhammer | 46,521 | 23.47 | |
Libertarian | Robert T. Gerringer | 5,870 | 2.96 | |
Total votes | 198,222 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 23 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent) | 120,788 | 59.55 | |
Republican | David Armor | 82,031 | 40.45 | |
Total votes | 202,819 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 24 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Henry Waxman (incumbent) | 88,516 | 65.05 | |
Republican | Jerry Zerg | 42,133 | 30.96 | |
Libertarian | Jeff Mandel | 5,420 | 3.98 | |
Total votes | 136,069 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 25 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 71,106 | 84.50 | |
Libertarian | Daniel John Gorham | 12,060 | 14.50 | |
Total votes | 83,166 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 26 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Howard Berman | 97,383 | 59.58 | |||
Republican | Hal Phillips | 66,072 | 40.42 | |||
Total votes | 163,455 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 27 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Mel Levine | 108,347 | 59.46 | |||
Republican | Bart W. Christensen | 67,479 | 37.03 | |||
Libertarian | ZacK Richardson | 6,391 | 3.51 | |||
Total votes | 182,217 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 28 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Julian C. Dixon (incumbent) | 103,469 | 78.89 | |
Republican | David Goerz | 24,473 | 18.66 | |
Libertarian | David W. Meleney | 3,210 | 2.45 | |
Total votes | 131,152 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 97,028 | 79.80 | |
Republican | Milton R. Mackaig | 24,568 | 20.20 | |
Total votes | 121,596 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 30 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Matthew G. Martinez | 60,905 | 53.86 | |||
Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 52,177 | 46.14 | |||
Total votes | 113,082 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 31 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mervyn M. Dymally (incumbent) | 86,718 | 72.41 | |
Republican | Henry C. Minturn | 33,043 | 27.59 | |
Total votes | 119,761 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 84,663 | 57.99 | |
Republican | Brian J. Lungren | 57,863 | 39.63 | |
Peace and Freedom | Eugene E. Ryle | 3,473 | 2.38 | |
Total votes | 145,999 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 33 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Dreier (incumbent) | 112,362 | 65.19 | |
Democratic | Paul Servelle | 55,514 | 32.21 | |
Libertarian | Phillips B. Franklin | 2,251 | 1.31 | |
Peace and Freedom | James Michael "Mike" Noonan | 2,223 | 1.29 | |
Total votes | 172,350 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Esteban Torres | 68,316 | 57.24 | |
Republican | Paul R. Jackson | 51,026 | 42.76 | |
Total votes | 119,342 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 112,786 | 68.30 | |
Democratic | Robert E. Erwin | 52,349 | 31.70 | |
Total votes | 165,135 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 36 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 76,546 | 54.32 | |
Republican | John Paul Stark | 64,361 | 45.68 | |
Total votes | 140,907 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Al McCandless | 105,065 | 59.07 | |
Democratic | Curtis R. "Sam" Cross | 68,510 | 38.52 | |
Libertarian | Marc R. Wruble | 4,297 | 2.42 | |
Total votes | 177,872 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 73,914 | 52.35 | |
Republican | William F. "Bill" Dohr | 61,279 | 43.40 | |
Libertarian | Anita K. Barr | 5,989 | 4.24 | |
Total votes | 141,182 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 39 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William E. Dannemeyer (incumbent) | 129,539 | 72.22 | |
Democratic | Frank G. Verges | 46,681 | 26.02 | |
Libertarian | Frank Boeheim | 3,152 | 1.76 | |
Total votes | 179,372 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 40 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert Badham (incumbent) | 144,228 | 71.54 | |
Democratic | Paul Hasenman | 52,546 | 26.06 | |
Peace and Freedom | Maxine Bell Quirk | 4,826 | 2.39 | |
Total votes | 201,600 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 41 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Lowery (incumbent) | 140,130 | 68.87 | |
Democratic | Tony Brandenburg | 58,677 | 28.84 | |
Libertarian | Everett Hale | 4,654 | 2.29 | |
Total votes | 203,461 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 42 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 142,845 | 68.99 | |
Democratic | James P. Spellman | 58,690 | 28.35 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 5,514 | 2.66 | |
Total votes | 207,049 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 43 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Ron Packard (write-in) | 66,444 | 36.76 | ||
Democratic | Roy Pat Archer | 57,995 | 32.09 | ||
Republican | Johnnie R. Crean | 56,297 | 31.15 | ||
Total votes | 180,736 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 44 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Jim Bates | 78,474 | 64.95 | ||
Republican | Shirley M. Gissendanner | 38,447 | 31.82 | ||
Libertarian | Jim Conole | 3,904 | 3.23 | ||
Total votes | 120,825 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 45 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Duncan Hunter (incumbent) | 117,771 | 68.57 | |
Democratic | Richard Hill | 50,148 | 29.20 | |
Libertarian | Jack R. Sanders | 3,839 | 2.24 | |
Total votes | 171,758 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |