1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California

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.

1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California

← 1964 November 8, 1966 (1966-11-08) 1968 →
All 38 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 25 13 Seats won 22 16 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 2,937,862 3,336,943 Percentage 46.79% 53.15%
Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1966
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:

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, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent)	148,190	76.21
	Democratic	Earl G. McNall	46,115	23.72
	No party	Scattering	141	0.07
Total votes			194,446	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	92,875	63.35
	Republican	Theodore Smith	53,708	36.63
	No party	Scattering	22	0.02
Total votes			146,605	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1966

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
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)	80,060	61.14
	Republican	Samuel S. Vener	50,817	38.81
	No party	Scattering	63	0.05
Total votes			130,940	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1966

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John V. Tunney (incumbent)	83,216	54.47
	Republican	Robert R. Barry	69,444	45.46
	No party	Scattering	114	0.07
Total votes			152,774	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

See also

• 90th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1966 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