1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1964 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 3, 1964. One Republican-held district and one previously Democratic-held open seat switched parties, resulting in no net change in the balance of 23 Democrats and 15 Republicans.

1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California

← 1962 November 3, 1964 (1964-11-03) 1966 →
All 38 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 25 13 Seats won 25 13 Seat change Popular vote 3,609,314 3,213,828 Percentage 52.89% 47.10%
Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold

Overview

United States HoR elections in California, 1964
Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic	3,609,314	52.89%	25
	Republican	3,213,828	47.10%	13
	Scattering	586	0.01%	0
Totals		6,823,728	100.00%	38

Special election

On February 18, 1964, a special election was held in the 5th district. Incumbent John Shelley (D) had resigned January 7, 1964, to become Mayor of San Francisco. Phillip Burton (D) won the special election and would run again in November for the full term.

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 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 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don H. Clausen (incumbent)	141,048	59.09
	Democratic	George McCabe	97,651	40.91
	No party	Scattering	11	0.00
Total votes			238,710	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	125,774	64.63
	Republican	Chester C. Merriam	68,835	35.37
	No party	Scattering	11	0.01
Total votes			194,620	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	166,688	74.30
	Republican	Einer B. Gjelsteen	57,630	25.69
	No party	Scattering	14	0.00
Total votes			224,332	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert L. Leggett (incumbent)	84,949	71.92
	Republican	Ivan Norris	33,160	28.07
	No party	Scattering	13	0.01
Total votes			118,122	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	71,638	100.00
	No party	Scattering	1	0.00
Total votes			71,639	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (incumbent)	125,869	63.65
	Democratic	Thomas O'Toole	71,894	36.35
	No party	Scattering	0	0.00
Total votes			197,763	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffery Cohelan (incumbent)	100,901	66.12
	Republican	Lawrence E. McNutt	51,675	33.86
	No party	Scattering	16	0.01
Total votes			192,592	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George P. Miller (incumbent)	108,771	70.25
	Republican	Donald E. McKay	46,063	29.75
	No party	Scattering	8	0.01
Total votes			154,842	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	115,954	69.76
	Republican	Joseph F. Donovan	50,261	30.24
	No party	Scattering	14	0.01
Total votes			166,229	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles S. Gubser (incumbent)	151,027	63.12
	Democratic	E. Day Carman	88,240	36.88
	No party	Scattering	10	0.00
Total votes			239,277	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)	116,022	54.79
	Democratic	W. Mark Sullivan	95,747	45.21
	No party	Scattering	5	0.00
Total votes			211,774	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	93,112	61.92
	Democratic	William K. Steward	57,242	38.07
	No party	Scattering	19	0.01
Total votes			150,373	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (incumbent)	104,744	57.39
	Democratic	George E. Taylor	77,763	42.61
	No party	Scattering	4	0.00
Total votes			182,511	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John F. Baldwin, Jr. (incumbent)	117,272	64.88
	Democratic	Russell M. Koch	63,469	35.11
	No party	Scattering	18	0.01
Total votes			180,759	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	109,560	70.89
	Republican	Kenneth Gibson	44,977	29.10
	No party	Scattering	15	0.01
Total votes			154,552	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	117,727	66.76
	Republican	David T. Harris	58,604	33.23
	No party	Scattering	9	0.01
Total votes			176,340	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil R. King (incumbent)	95,640	67.66
	Republican	Robert Muncaster	45,688	32.32
	No party	Scattering	20	0.01
Total votes			141,348	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harlan Hagen (incumbent)	121,304	66.71
	Republican	James E. Williams, Jr.	60,523	33.28
	No party	Scattering	12	0.01
Total votes			181,839	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chet Holifield (incumbent)	97,934	65.42
	Republican	C. Everett Hunt	51,747	34.57
	No party	Scattering	12	0.01
Total votes			149,693	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. Allen Smith (incumbent)	132,402	67.88
	Democratic	C. Bernard Kaufman	62,645	32.12
	No party	Scattering	7	0.00
Total votes			195,054	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)	106,231	90.27
	Republican	Rayfield Lundy	11,374	9.67
	No party	Scattering	72	0.06
Total votes			117,677	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	94,141	50.53
	Republican	Robert C. Cline	92,133	49.46
	No party	Scattering	20	0.01
Total votes			186,294	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	90,721	55.43
	Democratic	H. O. Van Pettin	72,903	44.54
	No party	Scattering	40	0.02
Total votes			163,664	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent)	139,784	67.94
	Democratic	Bryan W. Stevens	65,967	32.06
	No party	Scattering	7	0.00
Total votes			205,758	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald B. Cameron (incumbent)	81,320	55.44
	Republican	Frank J. Walton	65,344	44.55
	No party	Scattering	8	0.01
Total votes			146,672	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Roosevelt (incumbent)	136,025	70.39
	Republican	Gil Seton	57,209	29.60
	No party	Scattering	13	0.01
Total votes			193,247	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edwin Reinecke	83,141	51.72
	Democratic	Tom Bane	77,587	48.27
	No party	Scattering	15	0.01
Total votes			160,743	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent)	205,473	65.57
	Democratic	Gerald A. Gottlieb	107,852	34.42
	No party	Scattering	41	0.01
Total votes			313,366	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	90,208	58.56
	Republican	Charles J. Farrington, Jr.	63,836	41.44
	No party	Scattering	5	0.00
Total votes			154,049	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	90,329	66.30
	Republican	Alfred J. Feder	45,912	33.70
	No party	Scattering	7	0.01
Total votes			136,248	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	114,246	63.99
	Republican	Norman G. Shanahan	64,256	35.99
	No party	Scattering	27	0.02
Total votes			178,529	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Hosmer (incumbent)	132,603	68.93
	Democratic	Michael Cullen	59,765	31.07
	No party	Scattering	17	0.01
Total votes			192,385	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth W. Dyal	109,047	51.72
	Republican	Jerry Pettis	101,742	48.26
	No party	Scattering	41	0.02
Total votes			210,830	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)	137,588	58.25
	Republican	Robert A. Geier	98,606	41.75
	No party	Scattering	12	0.01
Total votes			236,206	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James B. Utt (incumbent)	167,791	65.01
	Democratic	Paul B. Carpenter	90,295	34.98
	No party	Scattering	15	0.01
Total votes			258,101	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Wilson (incumbent)	105,346	59.05
	Democratic	Quintin Whelan	73,034	40.94
	No party	Scattering	15	0.01
Total votes			178,395	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)	85,624	58.24
	Republican	Dick Wilson	61,373	41.75
	No party	Scattering	11	0.01
Total votes			147,008	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John V. Tunney	85,661	52.82
	Republican	Patrick M. Martin (incumbent)	76,525	47.18
	No party	Scattering	1	0.00
Total votes			162,187	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

• 89th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1964 United States House of Representatives elections

References

• California Elections Page
• Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

External links

• California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions