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1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 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, 1982. California gained two seats, both of which were won by Democrats, as a result of the 1980 census, and Democrats picked up three Republican-held districts.
Quick facts All 45 California seats to the United States House of Representatives, Majority party ...
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Overview
More information United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982, Party ...
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 3,815,205 | 50.32% | 23 | 28 | +5 | |
Republican | 3,603,102 | 47.52% | 20 | 17 | -3 | |
Libertarian | 127,480 | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 31,270 | 0.41% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
American Independent | 5,564 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 7,582,621 | 100.00% | 43 | 45 | +2 |
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Separate elections
One special election was held apart from those in November. The elected winner would serve the remainder of the incumbent Congress and face re-election in November.
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Date | District | Reason & Result | Candidates |
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July 13, 1982 | California 30 | George E. Danielson (D) resigned March 9, 1982. Democratic hold Winner was subsequently re-elected in November |
Matthew G. Martinez (D) John H. Rousselot (R) |
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Results
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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
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Douglas H. Bosco | 107,749 | 49.85 | |||
Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 102,043 | 47.21 | |||
Libertarian | David Redick | 6,374 | 2.95 | |||
Total votes | 216,166 | 100.00 | ||||
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Democratic gain from Republican |
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District 2
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Eugene A. Chappie (incumbent) | 116,172 | 57.91 | |
Democratic | John Newmeyer | 81,314 | 40.53 | |
Peace and Freedom | Howard Fegarsky | 3,126 | 1.56 | |
Total votes | 200,612 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 3
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Matsui (incumbent) | 194,680 | 89.63 | |
Libertarian | Bruce A. Daniel | 16,222 | 7.47 | |
Peace and Freedom | John Newmeyer | 6,294 | 2.90 | |
Total votes | 217,196 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 4
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Vic Fazio (incumbent) | 118,476 | 63.86 | |
Republican | Roger B. Canfield | 67,047 | 36.14 | |
Total votes | 185,523 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 5
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 103,268 | 57.91 | |
Republican | Milton Marks | 72,139 | 40.46 | |
Libertarian | Justin Raimondo | 2,904 | 1.63 | |
Total votes | 178,311 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 6
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barbara Boxer | 96,379 | 52.36 | |
Republican | Dennis McQuaid | 82,128 | 44.62 | |
Libertarian | Howard C. Creighton | 3,191 | 1.73 | |
Peace and Freedom | Timothy Allen Albertson | 2,366 | 1.29 | |
Total votes | 184,064 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 7
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Miller (incumbent) | 126,952 | 67.22 | |
Republican | Paul E. Vallely | 56,960 | 30.16 | |
Libertarian | Richard Newell | 2,752 | 1.46 | |
American Independent | Terry L. Wells | 2,205 | 1.17 | |
Total votes | 188,869 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 8
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ronald Dellums (incumbent) | 121,537 | 55.95 | |
Republican | Claude B. Hutchinson Jr. | 95,694 | 44.05 | |
Total votes | 217,231 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 9
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Stark (incumbent) | 104,393 | 60.66 | |
Republican | William J. "Bill" Kennedy | 67,702 | 39.34 | |
Total votes | 172,095 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 10
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 77,263 | 62.67 | |
Republican | Bob Herriott | 41,506 | 33.67 | |
Libertarian | Dale Burrow | 2,403 | 1.95 | |
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 2,109 | 1.71 | |
Total votes | 123,281 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 11
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Lantos (incumbent) | 109,812 | 57.08 | |
Republican | William Royer | 76,462 | 39.75 | |
Libertarian | Chuck Olson | 2,920 | 1.52 | |
Peace and Freedom | Wilson G. Branch | 1,928 | 1.00 | |
American Independent | Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff | 1,250 | 0.65 | |
Total votes | 192,372 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 12
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Zschau | 115,365 | 62.97 | |
Democratic | Emmett Lynch | 61,372 | 33.50 | |
Libertarian | William C. "Bill" White | 6,471 | 3.53 | |
Total votes | 183,208 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 13
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norm Mineta (incumbent) | 110,805 | 65.89 | |
Republican | Tom Kelly | 52,806 | 31.40 | |
Libertarian | Al Hinkle | 4,553 | 2.71 | |
Total votes | 168,164 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 14
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norman D. Shumway (incumbent) | 134,225 | 63.43 | |
Democratic | Baron Reed | 77,400 | 36.57 | |
Total votes | 211,625 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 15
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho (incumbent) | 86,022 | 63.70 | |
Republican | Ed Bates | 45,948 | 34.02 | |
Libertarian | Stephen L. Gerringer | 3,073 | 2.28 | |
Total votes | 135,043 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 16
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leon Panetta (incumbent) | 142,630 | 85.37 | |
Republican | Gary Richard Arnold | 24,448 | 14.63 | |
Total votes | 167,078 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 17
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles (Chip) Pashayan (inc.) | 80,271 | 54.01 | |
Democratic | Gene Tackett | 68,364 | 45.99 | |
Total votes | 148,635 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 18
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Richard Lehman | 92,762 | 59.49 | ||
Republican | Adrian C. Fondse | 59,664 | 38.26 | ||
Libertarian | Marshall William Fritz | 3,501 | 2.25 | ||
Total votes | 155,927 | 100.00 | |||
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Democratic win (new seat) |
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District 19
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 112,486 | 61.05 | |
Democratic | Frank Frost | 66,042 | 35.84 | |
Libertarian | R. C. Gordon-McCutchan | 4,198 | 2.28 | |
Peace and Freedom | Charles J. Zekan | 1,520 | 0.82 | |
Total votes | 184,246 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 20
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (incumbent) | 123,312 | 68.10 | |
Democratic | Robert J. Bethea | 57,769 | 31.90 | |
Total votes | 181,081 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 21
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bobbi Fiedler (incumbent) | 138,474 | 71.83 | |
Democratic | George Henry Margolis | 46,412 | 24.08 | |
Libertarian | Daniel Wiener | 7,881 | 4.09 | |
Total votes | 192,767 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 22
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 145,831 | 73.57 | |
Democratic | Harvey L. Goldhammer | 46,521 | 23.47 | |
Libertarian | Robert T. Gerringer | 5,870 | 2.96 | |
Total votes | 198,222 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 23
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent) | 120,788 | 59.55 | |
Republican | David Armor | 82,031 | 40.45 | |
Total votes | 202,819 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 24
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Henry Waxman (incumbent) | 88,516 | 65.05 | |
Republican | Jerry Zerg | 42,133 | 30.96 | |
Libertarian | Jeff Mandel | 5,420 | 3.98 | |
Total votes | 136,069 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 25
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 71,106 | 84.50 | |
Libertarian | Daniel John Gorham | 12,060 | 14.50 | |
Total votes | 83,166 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 26
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Howard Berman | 97,383 | 59.58 | |||
Republican | Hal Phillips | 66,072 | 40.42 | |||
Total votes | 163,455 | 100.00 | ||||
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Democratic gain from Republican |
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District 27
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Mel Levine | 108,347 | 59.46 | |||
Republican | Bart W. Christensen | 67,479 | 37.03 | |||
Libertarian | ZacK Richardson | 6,391 | 3.51 | |||
Total votes | 182,217 | 100.00 | ||||
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Democratic gain from Republican |
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District 28
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Julian C. Dixon (incumbent) | 103,469 | 78.89 | |
Republican | David Goerz | 24,473 | 18.66 | |
Libertarian | David W. Meleney | 3,210 | 2.45 | |
Total votes | 131,152 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 29
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 97,028 | 79.80 | |
Republican | Milton R. Mackaig | 24,568 | 20.20 | |
Total votes | 121,596 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 30
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Matthew G. Martinez | 60,905 | 53.86 | |||
Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 52,177 | 46.14 | |||
Total votes | 113,082 | 100.00 | ||||
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Democratic gain from Republican |
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District 31
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mervyn M. Dymally (incumbent) | 86,718 | 72.41 | |
Republican | Henry C. Minturn | 33,043 | 27.59 | |
Total votes | 119,761 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 32
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 84,663 | 57.99 | |
Republican | Brian J. Lungren | 57,863 | 39.63 | |
Peace and Freedom | Eugene E. Ryle | 3,473 | 2.38 | |
Total votes | 145,999 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 33
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Dreier (incumbent) | 112,362 | 65.19 | |
Democratic | Paul Servelle | 55,514 | 32.21 | |
Libertarian | Phillips B. Franklin | 2,251 | 1.31 | |
Peace and Freedom | James Michael "Mike" Noonan | 2,223 | 1.29 | |
Total votes | 172,350 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 34
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Esteban Torres | 68,316 | 57.24 | |
Republican | Paul R. Jackson | 51,026 | 42.76 | |
Total votes | 119,342 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 35
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 112,786 | 68.30 | |
Democratic | Robert E. Erwin | 52,349 | 31.70 | |
Total votes | 165,135 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 36
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 76,546 | 54.32 | |
Republican | John Paul Stark | 64,361 | 45.68 | |
Total votes | 140,907 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 37
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Al McCandless | 105,065 | 59.07 | |
Democratic | Curtis R. "Sam" Cross | 68,510 | 38.52 | |
Libertarian | Marc R. Wruble | 4,297 | 2.42 | |
Total votes | 177,872 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 38
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 73,914 | 52.35 | |
Republican | William F. "Bill" Dohr | 61,279 | 43.40 | |
Libertarian | Anita K. Barr | 5,989 | 4.24 | |
Total votes | 141,182 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
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District 39
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William E. Dannemeyer (incumbent) | 129,539 | 72.22 | |
Democratic | Frank G. Verges | 46,681 | 26.02 | |
Libertarian | Frank Boeheim | 3,152 | 1.76 | |
Total votes | 179,372 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 40
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert Badham (incumbent) | 144,228 | 71.54 | |
Democratic | Paul Hasenman | 52,546 | 26.06 | |
Peace and Freedom | Maxine Bell Quirk | 4,826 | 2.39 | |
Total votes | 201,600 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 41
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Lowery (incumbent) | 140,130 | 68.87 | |
Democratic | Tony Brandenburg | 58,677 | 28.84 | |
Libertarian | Everett Hale | 4,654 | 2.29 | |
Total votes | 203,461 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 42
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 142,845 | 68.99 | |
Democratic | James P. Spellman | 58,690 | 28.35 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 5,514 | 2.66 | |
Total votes | 207,049 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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District 43
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Ron Packard (write-in) | 66,444 | 36.76 | ||
Democratic | Roy Pat Archer | 57,995 | 32.09 | ||
Republican | Johnnie R. Crean | 56,297 | 31.15 | ||
Total votes | 180,736 | 100.00 | |||
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Republican win (new seat) |
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District 44
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Jim Bates | 78,474 | 64.95 | ||
Republican | Shirley M. Gissendanner | 38,447 | 31.82 | ||
Libertarian | Jim Conole | 3,904 | 3.23 | ||
Total votes | 120,825 | 100.00 | |||
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Democratic win (new seat) |
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District 45
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Duncan Hunter (incumbent) | 117,771 | 68.57 | |
Democratic | Richard Hill | 50,148 | 29.20 | |
Libertarian | Jack R. Sanders | 3,839 | 2.24 | |
Total votes | 171,758 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
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