United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 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, 1944. Democrats picked up four districts.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 1,519,190 | 50.6% | 16 | +4 | |
Democratic | 1,479,443 | 49.2% | 7 | -4 | |
Prohibition | 6,309 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3,004,942 | 100.0% | 23 | — |
Delegation composition
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 12 | |
Republican-Held | 11 | |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 16 | |
Republican-Held | 7 | |
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 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 92,706 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 48,201 | 63.8 | |
Republican | Jesse M. Mayo | 27,312 | 36.2 | |
Total votes | 75,513 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 131,705 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Franck R. Havenner | 73,582 | 50.1 | |||
Republican | Thomas Rolph (incumbent) | 73,367 | 49.9 | |||
Total votes | 146,949 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 112,151 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | George P. Miller | 104,441 | 52 | |||
Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 96,395 | 48 | |||
Total votes | 200,836 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 81,762 | 57.9 | |
Republican | Chelsey M. Walter | 59,360 | 42.1 | |
Total votes | 141,122 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 94,218 | 56.5 | |
Democratic | Arthur L. Johnson | 72,420 | 43.5 | |
Total votes | 166,638 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,845 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 60,001 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George E. Outland (incumbent) | 52,218 | 56 | |
Republican | A. J. Dingeman | 41,005 | 44 | |
Total votes | 93,223 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 77,385 | 55.3 | |
Republican | Roy P. McLaughlin | 62,524 | 44.7 | |
Total votes | 139,909 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Ned R. Healy | 66,854 | 55 | |||
Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 54,792 | 45 | |||
Total votes | 121,646 | 100 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas | 65,729 | 51.6 | |
Republican | William D. Campbell | 61,767 | 48.4 | |
Total votes | 127,496 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough | 100,305 | 56.8 | |
Democratic | Hal Styles | 73,655 | 41.7 | |
Prohibition | Johannes Nielson-Lange | 2,694 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 176,654 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson (incumbent) | 105,835 | 54.1 | |
Republican | Jesse Randolph kellems | 89,700 | 45.9 | |
Total votes | 195,535 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 147,217 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 95,090 | 55.7 | |||
Republican | William Ward Johnson (incumbent) | 75,749 | 44.3 | |||
Total votes | 170,839 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 65,758 | 71.8 | |
Republican | Carlton H. Casjens | 25,852 | 28.2 | |
Total votes | 91,610 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 112,663 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Archibald B. Young | 101,090 | 46.5 | |
Prohibition | Charles Hiram Randall | 3,615 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 217,368 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 48,539 | 58.5 | |
Republican | Earl S. Webb | 34,409 | 41.5 | |
Total votes | 82,948 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 88,537 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 86,707 | 55.1 | |||
Republican | James B. Abbey | 70,787 | 44.9 | |||
Total votes | 157,494 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
See also
- 79th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1944
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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