United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978

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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 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 7, 1978. Republicans knocked off three Democratic incumbents.

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Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
Party Votes % Before After +/–
Democratic 3,335,332 51.11% 29 26 -3
Republican 3,105,933 47.60% 14 17 +3
American Independent 45,359 0.70% 0 0 0
Peace and Freedom 39,017 0.60% 0 0 0
Totals 6,525,641 100.00% 43 43 —

Results

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 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, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) 125,122 59.35
Republican James E. Taylor 85,690 40.65
Total votes 210,812 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don H. Clausen (incumbent) 114,451 51.96
Democratic Norma Bork 99,712 45.27
Peace and Freedom Irv Sutley 6,097 2.77
Total votes 220,260 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Matsui 105,537 53.44
Republican Sandy Smoley 91,966 46.56
Total votes 197,503 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vic Fazio 87,764 55.37
Republican Rex Hime 70,733 44.63
Total votes 158,497 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John L. Burton (incumbent) 106,046 66.84
Republican Dolores Skore 52,603 33.16
Total votes 158,649 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phillip Burton (incumbent) 81,801 68.30
Republican Tom Spinosa 33,515 27.98
American Independent Raymond O. Heaps 4,452 3.72
Total votes 119,768 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Miller (incumbent) 109,676 63.45
Republican Paula Gordon 58,332 33.74
American Independent Melvin E. Stanley 4,857 2.81
Total votes 172,865 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ron Dellums (incumbent) 94,824 57.36
Republican Charles V. Hughes 70,481 42.64
Total votes 165,305 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pete Stark (incumbent) 88,179 65.38
Republican Robert S. Allen 41,138 30.50
Peace and Freedom Lawrance J. Phillips 5,562 4.12
Total votes 134,879 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Edwards (incumbent) 84,488 67.13
Republican Rudy Hansen 41,374 32.87
Total votes 125,862 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leo Ryan (incumbent) 92,882 60.52
Republican Dave Welch 54,621 35.59
American Independent Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff 5,961 3.88
Total votes 153,464 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete McCloskey (incumbent) 116,982 73.07
Democratic Kirsten Olsen 34,472 21.53
American Independent Harold R. Boylan 5,609 3.50
Peace and Freedom Adele Fumino 3,022 1.89
Total votes 160,085 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Norman Mineta (incumbent) 100,809 57.49
Republican Dan O'Keefe 69,306 39.52
Peace and Freedom Robert Goldsborough III 5,246 2.99
Total votes 175,361 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Norman D. Shumway 95,962 53.39
Democratic John J. McFall (incumbent) 76,602 42.62
American Independent George Darold Waldron 7,163 3.99
Total votes 179,727 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican gain from Democratic

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Coelho 75,212 60.11
Republican Chris Patterakis 49,914 39.89
Total votes 125,126 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leon Panetta (incumbent) 104,550 61.37
Republican Eric Seastrand 65,808 38.63
Total votes 170,358 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles (Chip) Pashayan 81,296 54.49
Democratic John Hans Krebs (incumbent) 67,885 45.51
Total votes 149,181 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican gain from Democratic

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Thomas 85,663 59.26
Democratic Bob Sogge 58,900 40.74
Total votes 144,563 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent) 123,192 71.73
Democratic Jerry Zamos 41,672 24.26
Peace and Freedom Milton Shiro Takei 6,887 4.01
Total votes 171,751 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) 129,714 66.38
Democratic Pat Lear 65,695 33.62
Total votes 195,409 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James C. Corman (incumbent) 73,869 59.51
Republican Rod Walsh 44,519 35.86
Peace and Freedom Bill Hill 5,750 4.63
Total votes 124,138 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) 99,502 64.64
Democratic Robert S. Henry 54,442 35.36
Total votes 153,944 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent) 117,498 65.64
Republican Joseph Barbara 61,496 34.36
Total votes 178,994 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Waxman (incumbent) 85,075 62.66
Republican Howard G. Schaefer 44,243 32.59
Peace and Freedom Kevin Casey Peters 6,453 4.75
Total votes 135,771 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) 45,881 67.39
Republican Robert K. Watson 22,205 32.61
Total votes 68,086 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John H. Rousselot (incumbent) 113,059 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dornan (incumbent) 89,392 51.00
Democratic Carey Peck 85,880 49.00
Total votes 175,272 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julian C. Dixon 97,592 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) 65,214 85.00
Republican Uriah J. Fields 11,512 15.00
Total votes 76,726 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George E. Danielson (incumbent) 66,241 71.42
Republican Henry Ares 26,511 28.58
Total votes 92,752 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) 55,667 67.76
Republican Don Grimshaw 26,490 32.24
Total votes 82,157 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) 74,004 71.43
Republican Sonya Mathison 23,242 22.43
American Independent Ida Bader 6,363 6.14
Total votes 103,609 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wayne Grisham 79,533 55.98
Democratic Dennis S. Kazarian 62,540 44.02
Total votes 142,073 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Lungren 90,554 53.72
Democratic Mark Hannaford (incumbent) 73,608 43.67
American Independent Lawrence John Stafford 4,410 2.62
Total votes 168,572 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican gain from Democratic

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Lloyd (incumbent) 80,388 54.01
Republican David Dreier 68,442 45.99
Total votes 148,830 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) 80,448 62.92
Republican Dana Warren Carmody 47,417 37.08
Total votes 127,865 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jerry Lewis 106,581 61.40
Democratic Dan Corcoran 60,463 34.83
American Independent Bernard Wahl 6,544 3.77
Total votes 173,588 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) 75,471 58.61
Republican Dan Goedeke 53,298 41.39
Total votes 128,769 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William E. Dannemeyer 112,160 63.71
Democratic William E. Farris 63,891 36.29
Total votes 176,051 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Badham (incumbent) 147,882 65.95
Democratic Jim McGuy 76,358 34.05
Total votes 224,240 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Wilson (incumbent) 107,685 58.14
Democratic King Golden, Jr. 77,540 41.86
Total votes 185,225 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) 85,126 73.74
Republican Lawrence C. Mattera 30,319 26.26
Total votes 115,445 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clair Burgener (incumbent) 167,150 68.66
Democratic Reuben B. Brooks 76,308 31.34
Total votes 243,458 100.00
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

See also

References

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