1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970 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 3, 1970. Republicans won one open seat when John V. Tunney retired to run for Senate.
Overview
editUnited States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 3,124,147 | 49.44% | 21 | 20 | -1 | |
Republican | 3,093,405 | 48.95% | 17 | 18 | +1 | |
American Independent | 60,620 | 0.96% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 38,436 | 0.61% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scattering | 2,786 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6,319,394 | 100.00% | 38 | 38 | — |
Results
editFinal 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 108,358 | 63.35 | |
Democratic | William Kortum | 62,688 | 36.65 | |
Total votes | 171,046 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 151,070 | 77.88 | |
Republican | Lloyd E. Gilbert | 37,223 | 19.19 | |
American Independent | Jack R. Carrigg | 5,681 | 2.93 | |
Total votes | 193,974 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 3
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 117,496 | 61.56 | |
Republican | Elmore J. Duffy | 69,811 | 36.58 | |
American Independent | Allen E. Priest | 3,554 | 1.86 | |
Total votes | 190,861 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 4
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 103,485 | 67.96 | |
Republican | Andrew Gyorke | 48,783 | 32.04 | |
Total votes | 152,268 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 5
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 76,567 | 70.81 | |
Republican | John E. Parks | 31,570 | 29.19 | |
Total votes | 108,137 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 6
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William S. Mailliard (incumbent) | 96,393 | 53.36 | |
Democratic | Russell R. Miller | 84,255 | 46.64 | |
Total votes | 180,648 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 7
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ron Dellums | 89,784 | 57.32 | |
Republican | John E. Healy | 64,691 | 41.30 | |
Peace and Freedom | Sarah Scahill | 2,156 | 1.38 | |
Total votes | 156,631 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 8
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 104,311 | 69.00 | |
Republican | Michael A. Crane | 46,872 | 31.00 | |
Total votes | 151,183 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 9
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 120,041 | 69.15 | |
Republican | Mark Guerra | 49,556 | 28.55 | |
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 4,009 | 2.31 | |
Total votes | 173,606 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 10
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles S. Gubser (incumbent) | 135,864 | 62.03 | |
Democratic | Stuart. D. McLean | 80,530 | 36.76 | |
American Independent | Joyce W. Stancliffe | 2,651 | 1.21 | |
Total votes | 219,045 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 11
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 144,500 | 77.49 | |
Democratic | Robert E. Gomperts | 39,188 | 21.02 | |
No party | Scattering | 2,786 | 1.49 | |
Total votes | 186,474 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 12
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 95,549 | 63.63 | |
Democratic | O'Brien Riordan | 50,942 | 33.92 | |
Peace and Freedom | Herbert H. Foster, Jr. | 3,682 | 2.45 | |
Total votes | 150,173 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 13
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles M. Teague (incumbent) | 125,507 | 58.15 | |
Democratic | Gary K. Hart | 87,980 | 40.76 | |
American Independent | Maude I. Jordet | 2,339 | 1.08 | |
Total votes | 215,826 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 14
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerome Waldie (incumbent) | 148,655 | 74.55 | |
Republican | Byron D. Athan | 50,750 | 25.45 | |
Total votes | 199,405 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 15
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 98,442 | 63.11 | |
Republican | Sam Van Dyken | 55,546 | 35.61 | |
American Independent | Francis E. "Gill" Gillings | 1,994 | 1.28 | |
Total votes | 155,982 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 16
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 95,118 | 66.42 | |
Republican | Phillip V. Sanchez | 43,843 | 30.62 | |
American Independent | James W. Scott | 4,237 | 2.96 | |
Total votes | 143,198 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 17
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 83,739 | 62.24 | |
Republican | Vernon E. Brown | 47,778 | 35.51 | |
American Independent | Robert W. Copeland | 1,724 | 1.28 | |
Peace and Freedom | Thomas E. Mathews | 1,292 | 0.96 | |
Total votes | 134,533 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 18
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 86,071 | 63.20 | |
Democratic | Milton Spartacus Miller | 48,415 | 35.55 | |
American Independent | Nora E. Hensley | 1,709 | 1.25 | |
Total votes | 136,195 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 19
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 98,578 | 70.39 | |
Republican | Bill Jones | 41,462 | 29.61 | |
Total votes | 140,040 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 20
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 116,437 | 69.07 | |
Democratic | Michael M. Stolzberg | 50,033 | 29.68 | |
American Independent | Earl C. Harper | 2,100 | 1.25 | |
Total votes | 168,570 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 21
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 75,127 | 94.53 | |
Republican | Southy M. Johnson | 4,349 | 5.47 | |
Total votes | 79,476 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 22
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 95,256 | 59.37 | |
Republican | Tom Hayden | 63,297 | 39.45 | |
American Independent | Callis R. Johnson | 1,880 | 1.17 | |
Total votes | 160,433 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 23
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Del M. Clawson (incumbent) | 77,346 | 63.34 | |
Democratic | G. L. "Jerry" Chapman | 44,767 | 36.66 | |
Total votes | 122,113 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 24
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 124,071 | 65.05 | |
Democratic | Myrlie B. Evers | 61,777 | 32.39 | |
American Independent | Brian Scanlon | 3,018 | 1.58 | |
Peace and Freedom | Harold Kaplan | 1,858 | 0.97 | |
Total votes | 190,724 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 25
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent) | 116,169 | 63.29 | |
Democratic | Leslie W. "Les" Craven | 64,386 | 35.08 | |
American Independent | Kevin Scanlon | 2,994 | 1.63 | |
Total votes | 183,549 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 26
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) | 130,499 | 71.28 | |
Republican | Nathaniel Jay Friedman | 47,260 | 25.81 | |
Peace and Freedom | Lewis B. McCammon | 3,677 | 2.01 | |
American Independent | Howard E. Hallinan | 1,639 | 0.90 | |
Total votes | 183,075 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 27
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. | 139,326 | 66.69 | |
Democratic | N. "Toni" Kimmel | 63,652 | 30.47 | |
Peace and Freedom | Edward Richer | 3,306 | 1.58 | |
American Independent | John H. Hind | 2,642 | 1.26 | |
Total votes | 208,926 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 28
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent) | 154,691 | 69.27 | |
Democratic | Don McLaughlin | 57,882 | 25.92 | |
American Independent | Derek A. Gordon | 5,759 | 2.58 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jane E. Gordon | 4,971 | 2.23 | |
Total votes | 223,303 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 29
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George E. Danielson | 71,308 | 62.59 | |
Republican | Tom McMann | 42,620 | 37.41 | |
Total votes | 113,928 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 30
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 63,903 | 68.26 | |
Republican | Samuel F. Cavnar | 28,038 | 29.95 | |
American Independent | Boris Belousov | 1,681 | 1.80 | |
Total votes | 93,622 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 31
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 102,071 | 73.18 | |
Republican | Fred L. Casmir | 37,416 | 26.82 | |
Total votes | 139,487 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 32
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 119,340 | 71.53 | |
Democratic | Walter L. Mallonee | 44,278 | 26.54 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 3,227 | 1.93 | |
Total votes | 166,845 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 33
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jerry Pettis (incumbent) | 116,093 | 72.17 | |
Democratic | Chester M. Wright | 44,764 | 27.83 | |
Total votes | 160,857 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 34
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) | 101,664 | 54.46 | |
Republican | Bill J. Teague | 82,167 | 44.02 | |
American Independent | Lee R. Rayburn | 2,843 | 1.52 | |
Total votes | 186,674 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 35
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John G. Schmitz (incumbent) | 192,765 | 67.04 | |
Democratic | Thomas B. Lenhart | 87,019 | 30.26 | |
Peace and Freedom | Francis R. Halpern | 7,742 | 2.69 | |
Total votes | 287,526 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 36
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 132,446 | 71.53 | |
Democratic | Daniel K. Hostetter | 44,841 | 24.22 | |
Peace and Freedom | Walter H. Koppelman | 5,139 | 2.78 | |
American Independent | Orville J. Davis | 2,723 | 1.47 | |
Total votes | 185,149 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 37
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 93,952 | 72.12 | |
Republican | James B. Kuhn | 31,968 | 24.54 | |
American Independent | Faye B. Brice | 2,962 | 2.27 | |
Peace and Freedom | Fritjof Thygeson | 1,386 | 1.06 | |
Total votes | 130,268 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 38
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Victor Veysey | 87,479 | 49.80 | |||
Democratic | David A. Tunno | 85,684 | 48.78 | |||
American Independent | William E. Pasley | 2,481 | 1.41 | |||
Total votes | 175,644 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |