1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994 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, 1994. As in much of the country during the Republican Revolution, Republicans made gains in California's House delegation, gaining three seats. In a December 12, 1995, special election former Rep. Tom Campbell won Rep. Norman Mineta's old seat and tied the delegation at 26 seats a piece. This would be the last time that Republicans defeated an incumbent Democrat in a general election in California until 2020. As of 2022 this is the last time Republicans won the house popular vote in California.

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California

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All 52 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 30 22 Seats won 27 25 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 3,969,864 4,071,280 Percentage 47.57% 48.78%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	Special	+/–
	Republican	4,071,280	48.78%	22	25	26	+4
	Democratic	3,969,864	47.57%	30	27	26	-4
	Libertarian	187,987	2.25%	0	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	54,907	0.66%	0	0	0	0
	American Independent	39,291	0.47%	0	0	0	0
	Green	12,002	0.14%	0	0	0	0
	Reform	8,543	0.10%	0	0	0	0
	Write-ins	1,826	0.02%	0	0	0	0
Invalid or blank votes		565,838	6.35%	—	—	—	—
Totals		8,911,538	100.00%	52	52	52	—

Results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California:

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 39 • District 40 District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Riggs	106,870	53.26
	Democratic	Dan Hamburg (incumbent)	93,717	46.70
	No party	Russel J. Chase (write-in)	86	0.04
Invalid or blank votes			10,997	5.20
Total votes			211,570	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	137,864	64.16
	Democratic	Mary Jacobs	55,959	26.04
	American Independent	Devvy Kidd	15,619	7.27
	Libertarian	Harry H. "Doc" Pendery	5,418	2.52
Invalid or blank votes			8,355	3.74
Total votes			223,215	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vic Fazio (incumbent)	97,093	49.75
	Republican	Tim Lefever	89,964	46.10
	Libertarian	Ross Crain	8,100	4.15
Invalid or blank votes			8,698	4.27
Total votes			203,855	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Doolittle (incumbent)	144,936	61.33
	Democratic	Katie Hirning	82,505	34.91
	Libertarian	Damon C. Falconi	8,882	3.76
Invalid or blank votes			11,055	4.47
Total votes			247,378	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	125,042	68.48
	Republican	Robert S. Dinsmore	52,905	28.97
	American Independent	Gordon Mors	4,649	2.55
Invalid or blank votes			9,762	5.07
Total votes			192,358	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	137,642	58.12
	Republican	Michael J. Nugent	88,940	37.55
	Libertarian	Louis Beary	6,203	2.62
	Peace and Freedom	Ernest K. Jones, Jr.	4,055	1.71
Invalid or blank votes			13,092	5.24
Total votes			249,932	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	116,015	69.69
	Republican	Charles V. Hughes	45,698	27.43
	Peace and Freedom	William A. "Bill" Callison	4,798	2.88
Invalid or blank votes			9,219	5.24
Total votes			175,820	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (incumbent)	137,642	81.85
	Republican	Elsa C. Cheung	30,528	18.15
	No party	Robert Bowman (write-in)	1	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			22,040	11.59
Total votes			190,211	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Dellums (incumbent)	129,233	72.25
	Republican	Deborah Wright	40,448	22.61
	Peace and Freedom	Emma Wong Mar	9,194	5.14
Invalid or blank votes			13,337	6.94
Total votes			192,212	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Baker (incumbent)	138,916	59.30
	Democratic	Ellen Schwartz	90,523	38.65
	Peace and Freedom	Craig W. Cooper	4,802	2.05
Invalid or blank votes			12,637	5.12
Total votes			246,878	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Pombo (incumbent)	99,302	62.14
	Democratic	Randy A. Perry	55,794	34.91
	Libertarian	Joseph B. Miller	4,718	2.95
Invalid or blank votes			7,372	4.41
Total votes			167,186	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Lantos (incumbent)	118,408	67.42
	Republican	Deborah Wilder	57,228	32.58
Invalid or blank votes			18,689	9.62
Total votes			194,325	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	97,344	64.62
	Republican	Larry Molton	45,555	30.24
	Libertarian	Robert "Bob" Gough	7,743	5.14
Invalid or blank votes			12,735	7.79
Total votes			163,377	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo (incumbent)	130,713	60.60
	Republican	Ben Brink	78,475	39.40
Invalid or blank votes			14,865	6.94
Total votes			214,053	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	119,921	59.90
	Republican	Robert Wick	80,266	40.09
	No party	Doris F. Liu (write-in)	17	0.01
Invalid or blank votes			14,129	6.59
Total votes			214,333	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren	74,935	64.96
	Republican	Lyle J. Smith	40,409	35.03
	No party	Fred Luke Barraza (write-in)	8	0.01
Invalid or blank votes			11,673	9.19
Total votes			127,025	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Farr (incumbent)	87,222	52.17
	Republican	Bill McCampbell	74,830	44.49
	Green	E. Craig Coffin	5,591	3.34
Invalid or blank votes			7,816	4.47
Total votes			175,009	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	91,106	65.52
	Republican	Tom Carter	44,046	31.68
	Libertarian	James B. Morzella	3,902	2.81
Invalid or blank votes			8,494	5.76
Total votes			147,548	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Radanovich	104,435	56.78
	Democratic	Richard Lehman (incumbent)	72,912	39.64
	Libertarian	Dolores Comstock	6,579	3.58
Invalid or blank votes			8,081	4.21
Total votes			192,007	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cal Dooley (incumbent)	57,394	56.70
	Republican	Paul Young	43,836	43.30
Invalid or blank votes			7,127	6.58
Total votes			108,357	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	116,874	68.10
	Democratic	John L. Evans	47,517	27.69
	Libertarian	Mike Hodges	6,899	4.02
	No party	Deborah A. Vollmer (write-in)	339	0.20
Invalid or blank votes			6,167	3.47
Total votes			177,796	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrea Seastrand	102,987	49.27
	Democratic	Walter Capps	101,424	48.53
	Libertarian	David L. Bersohn	4,597	2.20
Invalid or blank votes			8,509	3.91
Total votes			217,517	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	114,043	66.17
	Democratic	Kevin Ready	47,345	27.47
	Libertarian	Bill Brown	6,481	3.76
	Green	Robert T. Marston	4,457	2.59
	No party	Mark Nagode (write-in)	14	0.01
Invalid or blank votes			7,894	4.38
Total votes			180,234	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent)	95,342	49.35
	Republican	Rich Sybert	91,806	47.52
	Libertarian	John C. Koehler	6,031	3.12
Invalid or blank votes			13,331	6.46
Total votes			206,510	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard McKeon (incumbent)	110,301	64.89
	Democratic	James H. Gilmartin	53,445	31.44
	Libertarian	Devin Cutler	6,205	3.65
	No party	Sandra F. Tulley (write-in)	20	0.01
Invalid or blank votes			13,105	7.16
Total votes			183,076	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	55,145	62.57
	Republican	Gary E. Forsch	28,423	32.25
	Libertarian	Erich D. Miller	4,570	5.19
Invalid or blank votes			8,963	9.23
Total votes			97,101	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent)	88,341	52.97
	Democratic	Doug Kahn	70,267	42.13
	American Independent	Bill Gibbs	4,328	2.60
	Libertarian	Dennis Decherd	3,838	2.30
Invalid or blank votes			13,123	7.29
Total votes			179,897	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	110,179	67.07
	Democratic	Tommy Randle	50,022	30.45
	Libertarian	Jorj Clayton Baker	4,069	2.48
	No party	Barry L. Hatch (write-in)	7	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			12,928	7.30
Total votes			177,205	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	129,413	66.15
	Republican	Paul Stepanek	53,801	28.26
	Libertarian	Mike Binkley	7,162	3.76
Invalid or blank votes			17,339	8.35
Total votes			207,715	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (incumbent)	43,943	66.15
	Republican	David A. Ramirez	18,741	28.21
	Libertarian	R. William Weilberg	3,741	5.63
Invalid or blank votes			7,499	10.14
Total votes			73,924	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez (incumbent)	50,541	59.14
	Republican	John V. Flores	34,926	40.86
Invalid or blank votes			8,886	9.42
Total votes			94,353	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)	98,017	77.60
	Republican	Ernie A. Farhat	22,190	17.57
	Peace and Freedom	John Honigsfeld	6,099	4.83
Invalid or blank votes			15,594	10.99
Total votes			141,900	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (incumbent)	33,814	81.46
	Peace and Freedom	Kermit Booker	7,694	18.54
Invalid or blank votes			6,130	12.87
Total votes			47,638	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	72,439	61.67
	Republican	Albert J. Nunez	40,068	34.11
	Libertarian	Carl M. "Marty" Swinney	4,921	4.19
	No party	James W. Scott (write-in)	27	0.02
Invalid or blank votes			10,670	8.33
Total votes			128,125	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)	65,688	78.12
	Republican	Nate Truman	18,930	21.87
	No party	Gordon Michael Mego (write-in)	3	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			9,589	10.24
Total votes			94,210	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Harman (incumbent)	93,939	47.98
	Republican	Susan Brooks	93,127	47.56
	Libertarian	Jack Tyler	4,932	2.52
	American Independent	Joseph J. "Joe" Fields	3,810	1.95
Invalid or blank votes			14,355	6.83
Total votes			210,163	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter Tucker (incumbent)	64,166	77.37
	Libertarian	Guy Wilson	18,502	22.31
	No party	Lewis B. Prulitsky (write-in)	263	0.32
Invalid or blank votes			11,353	12.04
Total votes			94,284	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Horn (incumbent)	85,225	58.47
	Democratic	Peter Mathews	53,681	36.83
	Libertarian	Lester W. Mueller	3,795	2.60
	Peace and Freedom	Richard K. Green	2,995	2.05
	No party	John Duke (write-in)	73	0.05
Invalid or blank votes			12,186	7.71
Total votes			157,955	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Royce (incumbent)	113,641	66.36
	Democratic	R. O. "Bob" Davis	49,696	29.02
	Libertarian	Jack Dean	7,907	4.62
Invalid or blank votes			11,771	6.43
Total votes			183,015	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	115,728	70.68
	Democratic	Donald M. "Don" Rusk	48,003	29.32
Invalid or blank votes			10,775	6.17
Total votes			174,506	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Kim (incumbent)	82,100	62.13
	Democratic	Ed Tessier	50,043	37.87
Invalid or blank votes			11,627	8.09
Total votes			143,770	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	58,888	51.12
	Republican	Rob Guzman	56,259	48.83
	No party	Denis LaBine (write-in)	44	0.04
	No party	Manuel M. Sanchez (write-in)	14	0.01
Invalid or blank votes			8,866	7.15
Total votes			124,071	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)	84,500	54.73
	Democratic	Mark A. Takano	59,342	38.44
	Libertarian	Gene L. Berkman	9,636	6.24
	No party	John Schwab (write-in)	767	0.50
	No party	Velma Hickey (write-in)	141	0.09
Invalid or blank votes			6,421	3.99
Total votes			160,807	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 44

California's 44th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sonny Bono	95,521	55.61
	Democratic	Steve Clute	65,370	38.06
	American Independent	Donald Cochran	10,885	6.34
Invalid or blank votes			4,803	2.72
Total votes			176,579	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 45

California's 45th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dana Rohrabacher (incumbent)	124,875	69.10
	Democratic	Brett Williamson	55,849	30.90
Invalid or blank votes			13,071	6.74
Total votes			193,795	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 46

California's 46th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Dornan (incumbent)	50,616	57.07
	Democratic	Michael P. "Mike" Farber	33,004	37.21
	Libertarian	Richard G. Newhouse	5,077	5.72
Invalid or blank votes			4,112	4.43
Total votes			92,809	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 47

California's 47th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Cox (incumbent)	154,071	71.66
	Democratic	Gary Kingsbury	53,669	24.96
	Libertarian	Victor A. Wagner, Jr.	7,257	3.38
Invalid or blank votes			12,687	5.57
Total votes			227,684	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 48

California's 48th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	143,570	73.39
	Democratic	Andrei Leschick	43,523	22.25
	Reform	Donna White	8,543	4.37
Invalid or blank votes			12,658	6.08
Total votes			208,294	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 49

California's 49th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Bilbray	90,283	48.51
	Democratic	Lynn Schenk (incumbent)	85,597	45.99
	Libertarian	Chris Hoogenboom	5,288	2.84
	Peace and Freedom	Renate M. Kline	4,948	2.66
	No party	Perry T. Thompson (write-in)	2	0
Invalid or blank votes			10,186	5.19
Total votes			196,304	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 50

California's 50th congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Filner (incumbent)	59,214	58.90
	Republican	Mary Alice Acevedo	36,955	32.50
	Libertarian	Richardo Duenez	3,326	3.18
	Peace and Freedom	Guillermo Ramirez	3,002	2.87
	Green	Kip Krueger	1,954	1.87
Invalid or blank votes			7,108	6.37
Total votes			125,448	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 51

California's 51st congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham (incumbent)	138,547	66.93
	Democratic	Rita K. Tamerius	57,374	27.72
	Libertarian	Bill Holmes	6,968	3.37
	Peace and Freedom	Miriam Clark	4,099	1.98
Invalid or blank votes			14,522	6.56
Total votes			221,490	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 52

California's 52nd congressional district election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	109,201	63.98
	Democratic	Janet M. Gastil	53,024	31.07
	Libertarian	Joe Shea	5,240	3.07
	Peace and Freedom	Art Edelman	3,221	1.89
Invalid or blank votes			9,437	5.24
Total votes			180,123	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

See also

• 104th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1994 United States House of Representatives elections

References

• California Elections Page

External links

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