1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990 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 6, 1990. Democrats won one Republican-held seat while Republicans won two Democratic-held seats.

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California

← 1988 November 6, 1990 (1990-11-06) 1992 →
All 45 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 27 18 Seats won 26 19 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 3,567,775 3,346,962 Percentage 48.96% 45.93%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	3,567,775	48.96%	27	26	-1
	Republican	3,346,962	45.93%	18	19	+1
	Libertarian	235,984	3.24%	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	127,924	1.76%	0	0	0
	American Independent	6,474	0.09%	0	0	0
	Write-ins	1,977	0.02%	0	0	0
Totals		7,287,096	100.00%	45	45	—

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 1

1990 California's 1st congressional district election

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Candidate Frank Riggs Douglas H. Bosco Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 99,782 96,468 Percentage 43.3% 41.9%

County results Riggs:      40-50%      50-60% Bosco:      40-50%

U.S. Representative before election Douglas H. Bosco Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Frank Riggs Republican

Incumbent Representative Douglas H. Bosco ran for re-election. He faced Republican candidate Frank Riggs and Peace and Freedom candidate Darlene G. Comingore. Bosco lost re-election to Rigg by 1.4%, taking 41.9% of the vote to Riggs' 43.3% and Comingore's 14.8%.

California's 1st congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Riggs	99,782	43.33
	Democratic	Douglas H. Bosco (incumbent)	96,468	41.90
	Peace and Freedom	Darlene G. Comingore	34,011	14.77
Total votes			230,261	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	133,315	63.66
	Democratic	Erwin E. "Bill" Rush	65,333	31.20
	Libertarian	Ross Crain	10,753	5.14
Total votes			209,401	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	132,143	60.32
	Republican	Lowell Patrick Landowski	76,148	34.76
	Libertarian	David M. McCann	10,797	4.93
Total votes			219,088	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vic Fazio (incumbent)	115,090	54.69
	Republican	Mark R. Baughman	82,738	39.31
	Libertarian	Bryce Bigwood	12,626	6.00
Total votes			210,454	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (incumbent)	120,633	77.18
	Republican	Alan Nichols	35,671	22.82
Total votes			156,304	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer (incumbent)	137,306	68.07
	Republican	Bill Boerum	64,402	31.93
Total votes			201,708	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	121,080	60.51
	Republican	Roger A. Payton	79,031	39.49
Total votes			200,111	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Dellums (incumbent)	119,645	61.30
	Republican	Barbara Galewski	75,544	38.70
Total votes			195,189	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	94,739	58.43
	Republican	Victor Romero	67,412	41.57
Total votes			162,151	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	81,875	62.67
	Republican	Mark Patrosso	48,747	37.31
	No party	Peter James (write-in)	15	0.01
Total votes			130,637	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Lantos (incumbent)	105,029	65.90
	Republican	Bill Quarishi	45,818	28.75
	Libertarian	June R. Genis	8,518	5.34
Total votes			159,365	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Campbell (incumbent)	125,157	60.85
	Democratic	Bob Palmer	69,270	33.68
	Libertarian	Chuck Olson	11,271	5.48
Total votes			205,698	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	97,286	58.03
	Republican	David E. Smith	59,773	35.65
	Libertarian	John H. Webster	10,587	6.32
Total votes			167,646	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Doolittle	128,309	51.52
	Democratic	Patricia Malberg	120,742	48.48
Total votes			249,051	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Condit (incumbent)	97,147	66.18
	Republican	Cliff Burris	49,634	33.82
Total votes			146,781	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	134,236	74.16
	Republican	Jerry M. Reiss	39,885	22.04
	Libertarian	Brian H. Tucker	6,881	3.80
Total votes			181,002	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cal Dooley	82,611	54.54
	Republican	Charles (Chip) Pashayan (inc.)	68,848	45.46
Total votes			151,459	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Lehman (incumbent)	98,804	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Lagomarsino (incumbent)	94,599	54.61
	Democratic	Anita Perez Ferguson	76,991	44.44
	No party	Mindy Lorenz (write-in)	1,655	0.96
Total votes			173,235	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	112,962	59.79
	Democratic	Michael A. Thomas	65,101	34.46
	Libertarian	William Howard Dilbeck	10,555	5.59
	No party	Lita Martin Reid (write-in)	307	0.16
Total votes			188,925	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	118,326	58.40
	Democratic	Richard D. Freiman	68,921	34.02
	Libertarian	Peggy L. Christensen	15,364	7.58
Total votes			202,611	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent)	108,634	60.04
	Democratic	David Bayer	61,630	34.06
	Libertarian	William H. Wilson	6,702	3.70
	Peace and Freedom	Jan B. Tucker	3,963	2.19
Total votes			180,929	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent)	103,141	61.73
	Republican	Jim Salomon	57,118	34.18
	Peace and Freedom	John Honigsfeld	6,834	4.09
Total votes			167,093	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	71,562	68.89
	Republican	John N. Cowles	26,607	25.61
	Peace and Freedom	Maggie Phair	5,706	5.49
Total votes			103,875	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	48,120	70.03
	Republican	Steven J. Renshaw	17,021	24.77
	Libertarian	Robert H. Scott	3,576	5.20
Total votes			68,717	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	78,031	61.06
	Republican	Roy Dahlson	44,492	34.82
	Libertarian	Bernard Zimring	5,268	4.12
Total votes			127,791	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	90,857	58.21
	Republican	David Barrett Cohen	58,140	37.25
	Peace and Freedom	Edward E. Ferrer	7,101	4.55
Total votes			156,098	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)	69,482	72.68
	Republican	George Zaldivar Adams	21,245	22.22
	Peace and Freedom	William R. Williams II	2,723	2.85
	Libertarian	Robert G. "Bob" Weber Jr.	2,150	2.25
Total votes			95,600	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters	51,350	79.40
	Republican	Bill DeWitt	12,054	18.64
	Libertarian	Waheed R. Boctor	1,268	1.96
Total votes			64,672	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez (incumbent)	45,456	58.21
	Republican	Reuben D. Franco	28,914	37.03
	Libertarian	George Curtis Feger	3,713	4.76
Total votes			78,083	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally (incumbent)	56,394	67.15
	Republican	Eunice N. Sato	27,593	32.85
Total votes			83,987	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)	68,268	61.52
	Republican	Sanford W. Kahn	42,692	38.48
Total votes			110,960	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	101,336	63.67
	Democratic	Georgia Houston Webb	49,981	31.40
	Libertarian	Gail Lightfoot	7,840	4.93
Total votes			159,157	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	55,646	60.70
	Republican	John Eastman	36,024	39.30
Total votes			91,670	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	121,602	60.58
	Democratic	Barry Borton	66,100	32.93
	Libertarian	Jerry Johnson	13,020	6.49
Total votes			200,722	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	72,409	52.71
	Republican	Bob Hammock	64,961	47.29
Total votes			137,370	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	115,469	49.75
	Democratic	Ralph Waite	103,961	44.79
	American Independent	Gary R. Odom	6,474	2.79
	Libertarian	Bonnie Flickinger	6,178	2.66
Total votes			232,082	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Dornan (incumbent)	60,561	58.09
	Democratic	Barbara Jackson	43,693	41.91
Total votes			104,254	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (incumbent)	113,849	65.34
	Democratic	Francis X. "Frank" Hoffman	53,670	30.80
	Peace and Freedom	Maxine Bell Quirk	6,709	3.85
Total votes			174,228	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Cox (incumbent)	142,299	67.64
	Democratic	Eugene Gratz	68,087	32.36
Total votes			210,376	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Lowery (incumbent)	105,723	49.23
	Democratic	Daniel F. "Dan" Kripke	93,586	43.58
	Peace and Freedom	Karen S.R. Works	15,428	7.18
Total votes			214,737	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dana Rohrabacher (incumbent)	109,353	59.34
	Democratic	Guy C. Kimbrough	67,189	36.46
	Libertarian	Richard Gibb Martin	7,744	4.20
Total votes			184,286	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	151,206	68.07
	Peace and Freedom	Doug Hansen	40,212	18.10
	Libertarian	Richard L. "Rick" Arnold	30,720	13.83
Total votes			222,138	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 44

California's 44th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham	50,377	46.34
	Democratic	Jim Bates (incumbent)	48,712	44.81
	Peace and Freedom	Donna White	5,237	4.82
	Libertarian	John Wallner	4,385	4.03
Total votes			108,711	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 45

California's 45th congressional district election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	123,591	72.85
	Libertarian	Joe Shea	46,068	27.15
Total votes			169,659	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

See also

• 102nd United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1990 United States House of Representatives elections

References

• California Elections Page

External links

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