United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948 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, 1948. Democrats picked up three districts while losing two for a net gain of one seat.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Republican | 1,974,748 | 55.5% | 14 | 13 | -1 | |
Democratic | 1,400,487 | 39.4% | 9 | 10 | +1 | |
Progressive | 182,252 | 5.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 1,013 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3,558,500 | 100.0% | 23 | 23 | — |
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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Republican | Hubert B. Scudder | 82,947 | 54.5 | |||
Democratic | Sterling J. Norgard | 68,951 | 45.3 | |||
Progressive | Roger Kent (write-in) | 304 | 0.2 | |||
Total votes | 152,302 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 78,555 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 166,571 | 84.4 | |
Progressive | James B. "Bert" Willard | 30,878 | 15.6 | |
Total votes | 197,449 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 73,704 | 51.0 | |
Republican | William S. Mailliard | 68,875 | 47.7 | |
Progressive | Francis J. McTernan, Jr. | 1,949 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 144,528 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 116,347 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 194,985 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent) | 78,534 | 51.4 | |
Democratic | Buel G. Gallagher | 74,318 | 48.6 | |
Total votes | 152,852 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 161,743 | 79.9 | |
Progressive | Paul Taylor | 40,670 | 20.1 | |
Total votes | 202,413 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Cecil F. White | 72,826 | 51.3 | |||
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,563 | 46.9 | |||
Progressive | Josephine F. Daniels | 2,573 | 1.8 | |||
Total votes | 141,962 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Thomas H. Werdel | 67,448 | 71.3 | |||
Progressive | Sam James Miller | 27,168 | 28.7 | |||
Total votes | 94,616 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ernest K. Bramblett (incumbent) | 87,143 | 80.8 | |
Progressive | Cole Weston | 14,582 | 13.5 | |
Democratic | George E. Outland (write-in) | 6,157 | 5.7 | |
Total votes | 107,882 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 141,509 | 87.8 | |
Progressive | Una W. Rice | 19,631 | 12.2 | |
Total votes | 161,140 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 62,951 | 52.6 | |
Democratic | Ned R. Healy | 56,624 | 47.4 | |
Total votes | 119,575 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas (incumbent) | 89,581 | 65.3 | |
Republican | W. Wallace Braden | 44,611 | 32.5 | |
Progressive | Sidney Moore | 2,904 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 137,096 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 131,933 | 83 | |
Progressive | Maynard J. Omerberg | 27,007 | 17 | |
Total votes | 158,940 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Donald L. Jackson (incumbent) | 121,198 | 57 | |
Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson | 91,268 | 43 | |
Total votes | 212,466 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 194,782 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 105,687 | 51.1 | |||
Republican | Willis W. Bradley (incumbent) | 92,721 | 44.9 | |||
Progressive | Stanley Moffatt | 8,232 | 4.0 | |||
Total votes | 206,640 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 72,900 | 69.7 | |
Republican | Joseph Francis Quigley | 28,698 | 27.5 | |
Progressive | Jacob Berman | 1,915 | 1.8 | |
Independent | Myra Tanner Weiss | 1,013 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 104,526 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 204,710 | 81.6 | |
Democratic | William B. Esterman | 46,232 | 18.4 | |
Total votes | 250,942 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 61,383 | 55.2 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 47,411 | 42.6 | |
Progressive | Howard J. Louks | 2,422 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 111,216 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 115,697 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clinton D. McKinnon | 112,534 | 55.8 | |||
Republican | Charles K. Fletcher (incumbent) | 87,138 | 43.2 | |||
Progressive | Harry C. Steinmetz | 2,017 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 201,689 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
See also
- 81st United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1948
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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