United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1954
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1954 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 6, 1954. Democrats gained two seats and lost one seat.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1954 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Republican | 1,907,407 | 49.2% | 20 | 19 | -1 | |
Democratic | 1,902,384 | 49.1% | 10 | 11 | +1 | |
Progressive | 63,284 | 1.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3,873,075 | 100.0% | 30 | 30 | — |
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 (incumbent) | 83,762 | 59.1 | |
Progressive | Max Kortum | 58,004 | 40.9 | |
Total votes | 141,766 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 113,104 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 96,238 | 65.3 | |
Republican | James H. Phillips | 51,111 | 34.7 | |
Total votes | 147,349 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William S. Mailliard (incumbent) | 88,439 | 61.2 | |
Democratic | Philip A. O'Rourke | 52,980 | 36.7 | |
Progressive | George R. Andersen | 2,987 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 144,406 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John F. Shelley (incumbent) | 86,428 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | John F. Baldwin, Jr. | 72,336 | 50.9 | |||
Democratic | Robert Condon (incumbent) | 69,776 | 49.1 | |||
Total votes | 142,112 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent) | 64,083 | 53 | |
Democratic | Stanley K. Crook | 56,807 | 47 | |
Total votes | 120,890 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 101,803 | 65.4 | |
Republican | Jessie M. Ritchie | 53,869 | 34.6 | |
Total votes | 155,672 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | J. Arthur Younger (incumbent) | 60,648 | 54.5 | |
Democratic | Harold F. Taggart | 50,619 | 45.5 | |
Total votes | 111,267 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles S. Gubser (incumbent) | 94,418 | 61.2 | |
Democratic | Paul V. Birmingham | 59,843 | 38.8 | |
Total votes | 154,261 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 54,716 | 52.6 | |
Democratic | Carl Sugar | 49,388 | 47.4 | |
Total votes | 104,104 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk | 63,911 | 53.8 | |||
Republican | Allan O. Hunter (incumbent) | 54,903 | 46.2 | |||
Total votes | 118,814 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles M. Teague | 69,287 | 52.5 | |
Democratic | Timothy I. O'Reilly | 62,786 | 47.5 | |
Total votes | 132,073 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Harlan Hagen | 75,194 | 65 | |||
Republican | Al Blain | 40,270 | 35 | |||
Total votes | 115,464 | 100 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 77,651 | 56.9 | |
Democratic | Frank P. O'Sullivan | 58,785 | 43.1 | |
Total votes | 136,436 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Donald L. Jackson (incumbent) | 63,124 | 60.8 | |
Democratic | S. Mark Hogue | 40,659 | 39.2 | |
Total votes | 103,783 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 97,828 | 60.1 | |
Republican | Robert H. Finch | 64,967 | 39.9 | |
Total votes | 162,795 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 71,731 | 55 | |
Democratic | Joseph M. Kennick | 58,647 | 45 | |
Total votes | 130,378 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 90,269 | 74.8 | |
Republican | Raymond R. Pritchard | 30,404 | 25.2 | |
Total votes | 120,673 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 71,213 | 71.2 | |
Democratic | Eugene Radding | 28,838 | 28.8 | |
Total votes | 100,051 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edgar W. Hiestand (incumbent) | 100,258 | 58.7 | |
Democratic | William E. "Bill" Roskam | 70,486 | 41.3 | |
Total votes | 170,744 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph F. Holt (incumbent) | 65,165 | 58.2 | |
Democratic | William M. "Bill" Costley | 46,875 | 41.8 | |
Total votes | 112,040 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clyde Doyle (incumbent) | 90,729 | 70.9 | |
Republican | Frank G. Bussing | 34,911 | 27.3 | |
Progressive | Olive T. Thompson | 2,293 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 127,933 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 24
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent) | 65,431 | 56.9 | |
Democratic | George Arnold | 49,592 | 43.1 | |
Total votes | 115,023 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 25
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Patrick J. Hillings (incumbent) | 113,027 | 65.2 | |
Democratic | John S. Sobieski | 60,370 | 34.8 | |
Total votes | 173,397 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 26
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Roosevelt | 94,261 | 60.1 | |
Republican | Theodore R. "Ted" Owings | 62,585 | 39.9 | |
Total votes | 156,856 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 27
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 65,389 | 64.8 | |
Republican | Martin K. Barrett | 35,594 | 35.2 | |
Total votes | 100,983 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 28
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 95,680 | 66.2 | |
Democratic | Harriet Enderle | 48,785 | 33.8 | |
Total votes | 144,465 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 29
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 42,420 | 58 | |
Republican | Bruce Shangle | 30,781 | 42 | |
Total votes | 73,201 | 100 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 30
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 94,623 | 60.4 | |
Democratic | Ross T. McIntire | 61,994 | 39.6 | |
Total votes | 156,617 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
See also
- 84th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1954
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions