1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California

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The California United States House elections, 1976 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, 1976. Democrats picked up one district, the 16th.

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Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976
PartyVotes%BeforeAfter+/–
Democratic 4,144,32455.80%2829+1
Republican 3,204,41843.15%1514-1
American Independent 39,7860.54%000
Independent 37,9730.51%000
Totals7,426,501100.00%4343

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14
District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27
District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39District 40
District 41District 42District 43

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) 160,477 73.95
Republican James E. Taylor56,53926.05
Total votes217,016 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Don H. Clausen (incumbent) 121,290 56.01
Democratic Oscar H. Klee88,82941.02
Peace and Freedom Robert B. "Bob" Allred6,4442.98
Total votes216,563 100
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John E. Moss (incumbent) 139,779 72.86
Republican George R. Marsh, Jr.52,07527.14
Total votes191,854 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) 75,844 50.22
Republican Rex Hime75,19349.78
Total votes151,037 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John L. Burton (incumbent) 103,746 61.84
Republican Branwell Fanning64,00838.16
Total votes167,754 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Phillip Burton (incumbent) 86,493 66.07
Republican Tom Spinosa35,35927.01
Peace and Freedom Emily L. Siegel6,5705.02
American Independent Raymond O. "Ray" Heaps2,4941.91
Total votes130,916 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George Miller (incumbent) 147,064 74.72
Republican Robert L. Vickers45,86323.30
American Independent Melvin E. Stanley3,8891.98
Total votes196,816 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ron Dellums (incumbent) 122,342 62.12
Republican Philip Stiles Breck Jr.68,37434.72
Peace and Freedom Robert J. Evans6,2383.17
Total votes196,954 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Pete Stark (incumbent) 116,398 70.81
Republican James K. Mills44,60727.13
Peace and Freedom Albert L. Sargis3,3862.06
Total votes164,391 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Don Edwards (incumbent) 111,992 72.05
Republican Herb Smith38,08824.50
American Independent Edmon V. Kaiser5,3633.45
Total votes155,443 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Leo Ryan (incumbent) 107,618 61.08
Republican Bob Jones62,43535.44
American Independent Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff6,1413.49
Total votes176,194 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete McCloskey (incumbent) 130,332 66.21
Democratic David T. Harris61,52631.25
American Independent Joseph David "Joss" Cooney4,9992.54
Total votes196,857 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Norman Mineta (incumbent) 135,291 66.77
Republican Ernie Konnyu 63,13031.16
American Independent William Pollock Herrell4,1902.07
Total votes202,611 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John J. McFall (incumbent) 123,285 72.54
Republican Roger A. Blaine46,67427.46
Total votes169,959 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) 92,735 72.20
Republican Carol Harner35,70027.80
Total votes128,435 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Leon Panetta 104,545 53.42
Republican Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)91,16046.58
Total votes195,705 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Hans Krebs (incumbent) 103,898 65.69
Republican Henry J. Andreas54,27034.31
Total votes158,168 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William M. Ketchum (incumbent) 101,658 64.20
Democratic Dean Close56,68335.80
Total votes158,341 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent) 124,201 64.38
Democratic Dan Sisson68,72235.62
Total votes192,923 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) 146,158 67.25
Democratic Patty Lear Corman71,19332.75
Total votes217,351 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James C. Corman (incumbent) 101,837 66.51
Republican Erwin Ed Hogan44,09428.80
Peace and Freedom Bill Hill7,1784.69
Total votes153,109 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) 114,769 62.61
Democratic Robert S. Henry68,54337.39
Total votes183,312 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anthony C. Beilenson 130,619 60.18
Republican Thomas F. Bartman86,43439.82
Total votes217,053 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Henry Waxman (incumbent) 108,296 67.78
Republican David Irvins Simmons51,47832.22
Total votes159,774 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) 57,966 71.90
Republican Robert K. Watson17,73722.00
Peace and Freedom Marilyn Seals4,9226.10
Total votes80,625 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John H. Rousselot (incumbent) 112,619 65.59
Democratic Latta Bruce59,09334.41
Total votes171,712 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Dornan 114,623 54.68
Democratic Gary Familian94,98845.32
Total votes209,611 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.) 114,612 80.20
Republican Edward S. Skinner28,30319.80
Total votes142,915 100.00
Turnout
Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) 82,515 85.42
Republican Michael D. Germonprez10,85211.23
Independent Sheila Leburg3,2353.35
Total votes96,602 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George E. Danielson (incumbent) 82,767 74.38
Republican Harry Couch28,50325.62
Total votes111,270 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) 83,155 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) 92,034 72.22
Republican Clifford O. Young35,39427.78
Total votes127,428 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Del M. Clawson (incumbent) 95,398 55.08
Democratic Ted Snyder77,80744.92
Total votes173,205 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent) 100,988 50.71
Republican Dan Lungren 98,14749.29
Total votes199,135 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Lloyd (incumbent) 87,472 53.26
Republican Louis Brutocao76,76546.74
Total votes164,237 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) 90,830 61.56
Republican Grant Carner49,36833.46
American Independent William E. Pasley7,3584.99
Total votes147,556 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shirley Neil Pettis (incumbent) 133,634 71.08
Democratic Douglas C. Nilson Jr.49,02126.07
American Independent Bernard Wahl5,3522.85
Total votes188,007 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) 103,317 63.62
Republican James "Jim" Combs59,09236.38
Total votes162,409 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent) 122,657 58.57
Democratic William E. "Bill" Farris86,74541.43
Total votes209,402 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Badham 148,512 59.25
Democratic Vivian Hall102,13240.75
Total votes250,644 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Wilson (incumbent) 128,784 57.65
Democratic King Golden, Jr.94,59042.35
Total votes223,374 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) 103,062 75.99
Republican Wes Marden32,56524.01
Total votes135,627 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Clair Burgener (incumbent) 173,576 65.00
Democratic Pat Kelly93,47535.00
Total votes267,051 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

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