United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1966
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1966 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 8, 1966. Republicans gained three seats from the Democrats. There was a mid-decade redistricting of the California districts in 1966.
Overview
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1966 | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
| Republican | 3,336,943 | 53.15% | 13 | 16 | +3 | |
| Democratic | 2,937,862 | 46.79% | 25 | 22 | -3 | |
| Scattering | 3,796 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 6,278,601 | 100.00% | 38 | 38 | — | |
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
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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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 143,755 | 64.86 | |
| Democratic | Thomas T. Storer | 77,000 | 34.74 | |
| No party | Scattering | 888 | 0.40% | |
| Total votes | 221,643 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 2
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 131,145 | 70.91 | |
| Republican | William H. Romack, Jr. | 53,753 | 29.06 | |
| No party | Scattering | 54 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 184,952 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 143,177 | 67.46 | |
| Republican | Terry G. Feil | 69,057 | 32.54 | |
| No party | Scattering | 17 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 212,251 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 67,942 | 59.45 | |
| Republican | Tom McHatton | 46,337 | 40.54 | |
| No party | Scattering | 7 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 114,286 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 56,476 | 71.26 | |
| Republican | Terry R. Macken | 22,778 | 28.74 | |
| No party | Scattering | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 79,254 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William S. Mailliard (incumbent) | 132,506 | 76.58 | |
| Democratic | Le Rue Grim | 40,514 | 23.42 | |
| No party | Scattering | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 173,020 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeffery Cohelan (incumbent) | 84,644 | 63.89 | |
| Republican | Malcolm M. Champlin | 46,763 | 35.30 | |
| No party | Scattering | 1,077 | 0.81% | |
| Total votes | 132,484 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 92,263 | 65.43 | |
| Republican | Raymond P. Britton | 48,727 | 34.55 | |
| No party | Scattering | 24 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 141,014 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 97,311 | 63.14 | |
| Republican | Wilbur G. Durkee | 56,784 | 36.85 | |
| No party | Scattering | 15 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 154,110 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 10
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles S. Gubser (incumbent) | 156,549 | 69.09 | |
| Democratic | George Leppert | 70,013 | 30.90 | |
| No party | Scattering | 10 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 226,572 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 11
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | J. Arthur Younger (incumbent) | 113,679 | 59.40 | |
| Democratic | W. Mark Sullivan | 77,605 | 40.55 | |
| No party | Scattering | 88 | 0.05% | |
| Total votes | 191,372 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 12
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 108,070 | 77.24 | |
| Democratic | Gerald V. Barron | 31,787 | 22.72 | |
| No party | Scattering | 52 | 0.04% | |
| Total votes | 139,909 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 13
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles M. Teague (incumbent) | 116,701 | 67.45 | |
| Democratic | Charles A. Storke | 56,240 | 32.51 | |
| No party | Scattering | 69 | 0.04% | |
| Total votes | 173,010 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 14
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerome Waldie (incumbent) | 108,668 | 56.38 | |
| Republican | Frank J. Newman | 83,878 | 43.52 | |
| No party | Scattering | 206 | 0.11% | |
| Total votes | 192,752 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 81,733 | 57.04 | |
| Republican | Sam Van Dyken | 61,550 | 42.96 | |
| No party | Scattering | 5 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 143,288 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 16
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 118,063 | 71.30 | |
| Republican | Cecil F. White | 47,329 | 28.58 | |
| No party | Scattering | 187 | 0.11% | |
| Total votes | 165,579 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 17
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 76,962 | 60.80 | |
| Republican | Don Cortum | 49,615 | 39.20 | |
| No party | Scattering | 7 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 126,584 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Mathias | 96,699 | 55.88 | |||
| Democratic | Harlan Hagen (incumbent) | 76,346 | 44.12 | |||
| No party | Scattering | 13 | 0.01% | |||
| Total votes | 173,058 | 100.00 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 19
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 82,592 | 62.24 | |
| Republican | William R. Sutton | 50,068 | 37.73 | |
| No party | Scattering | 46 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 132,706 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | H. Allen Smith (incumbent) | 128,896 | 73.37 | |
| Democratic | Raymond Freschi | 46,730 | 26.60 | |
| No party | Scattering | 63 | 0.04% | |
| Total votes | 175,689 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 21
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 74,216 | 84.80 | |
| Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 13,294 | 15.19 | |
| No party | Scattering | 12 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 87,522 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 94,420 | 53.45 | |
| Republican | Robert C. Cline | 82,207 | 46.54 | |
| No party | Scattering | 29 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 176,656 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 23
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Del M. Clawson (incumbent) | 93,320 | 67.39 | |
| Democratic | Ed O'Connor | 45,141 | 32.60 | |
| No party | Scattering | 13 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 138,474 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 24
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent) | 148,190 | 76.21 | |
| Democratic | Fred Warner Neal | 46,115 | 23.72 | |
| No party | Scattering | 141 | 0.07% | |
| Total votes | 194,446 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 25
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles E. Wiggins | 70,154 | 52.55 | |||
| Democratic | Ronald B. Cameron (incumbent) | 63,345 | 47.45 | |||
| No party | Scattering | 13 | 0.01% | |||
| Total votes | 133,512 | 100.00 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 26
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) | 103,289 | 62.32 | |
| Republican | Irving Teichner | 62,441 | 37.67 | |
| No party | Scattering | 20 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 165,750 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 27
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Edwin Reinecke (incumbent) | 93,890 | 65.33 | |
| Democratic | John A. "Jack" Howard | 49,785 | 34.64 | |
| No party | Scattering | 42 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 143,717 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 28
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent) | 211,404 | 72.28 | |
| Democratic | Lawrence "Lorry" Sherman | 81,007 | 27.70 | |
| No party | Scattering | 80 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 292,491 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 29
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 69,115 | 51.12 | |
| Republican | Bill Orozco | 66,079 | 48.87 | |
| No party | Scattering | 8 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 135,202 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 30
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 72,173 | 66.40 | |
| Republican | Henri O'Bryant, Jr. | 36,506 | 33.58 | |
| No party | Scattering | 20 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 108,699 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 31
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 92,875 | 63.35 | |
| Republican | Norman G. Shanahan | 53,708 | 36.63 | |
| No party | Scattering | 22 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 146,605 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 32
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 139,328 | 80.09 | |
| Democratic | Tracy Odell | 34,609 | 19.90 | |
| No party | Scattering | 17 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 173,954 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 33
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jerry Pettis | 102,401 | 53.48 | |||
| Democratic | Kenneth W. Dyal (incumbent) | 89,071 | 46.52 | |||
| No party | Scattering | 8 | 0.00% | |||
| Total votes | 191,480 | 100.00 | ||||
| Voter turnout | % | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 34
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) | 127,976 | 55.79 | |
| Republican | Frank LaMagna | 101,410 | 44.21 | |
| No party | Scattering | 5 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 129,391 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 35
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James B. Utt (incumbent) | 189,582 | 73.06 | |
| Democratic | Thomas B. Lenhart | 69,873 | 26.93 | |
| No party | Scattering | 21 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 259,476 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 36
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 119,274 | 72.74 | |
| Democratic | Don Lindgren | 44,365 | 27.06 | |
| No party | Scattering | 340 | 0.21% | |
| Total votes | 163,979 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 37
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 80,060 | 61.14 | |
| Republican | Mike Schaefer | 50,817 | 38.81 | |
| No party | Scattering | 63 | 0.05% | |
| Total votes | 130,940 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 38
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John V. Tunney (incumbent) | 83,216 | 54.47 | |
| Republican | Robert O. Hunter | 69,444 | 45.46 | |
| No party | Scattering | 114 | 0.07% | |
| Total votes | 152,774 | 100.00 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
See also
- 90th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1966
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
