1946 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Elections in California |
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1946 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 5, 1946. Republicans captured control of Congress for the first time since 1928 due to the extreme unpopularity of President Harry Truman. California was indicative of the results as Republicans gained seven seats, one of which was won by a recently returned WWII veteran named Richard Nixon. Democrats would not regain a majority of the delegation until after the 1958 election.
Overview
[edit]United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1946 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Republican | 1,203,346 | 51.6% | 7 | 14 | +7 | |
Democratic | 1,126,591 | 48.3% | 16 | 9 | -7 | |
Prohibition | 1,476 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Write-ins | 1,248 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2,332,661 | 100.0% | 23 | 23 | — |
Results
[edit]Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 77,653 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 57,895 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 116,792 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 4
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 60,655 | 52.9 | |
Republican | Truman R. Young | 54,113 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 114,768 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 5
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 94,293 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 6
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 118,548 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 7
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. | 61,508 | 56.2 | |||
Democratic | Patrick W. McDonough | 47,988 | 43.8 | |||
Total votes | 109,496 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 8
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 113,325 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 9
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 50,171 | 53.7 | |
Democratic | Hubert Phillips | 43,244 | 46.3 | |
Total votes | 93,415 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 10
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 51,843 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 11
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Ernest K. Bramblett | 41,902 | 53.1 | |||
Democratic | George E. Outland (incumbent) | 36,996 | 46.9 | |||
Total votes | 78,898 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 12
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Richard Nixon | 65,586 | 56.0 | |||
Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 49,994 | 42.7 | |||
Prohibition | John Henry Hoeppel | 1,476 | 1.3 | |||
Total votes | 117,069 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 13
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Norris Poulson | 48,071 | 51.8 | |||
Democratic | Ned R. Healy (incumbent) | 44,712 | 48.2 | |||
Total votes | 92,783 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 14
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas (incumbent) | 53,536 | 54.4 | |
Republican | Frederick M. Roberts | 44,914 | 45.6 | |
Total votes | 98,450 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 15
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 106,020 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 16
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Donald L. Jackson | 78,264 | 53.9 | |||
Democratic | Harold Harby | 45,951 | 31.7 | |||
Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson (write-in) | 20,945 | 14.4 | |||
Total votes | 145,160 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 17
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 110,654 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 18
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Willis W. Bradley | 67,363 | 55.7 | |||
Democratic | Clyde Doyle (incumbent) | 60,218 | 44.3 | |||
Total votes | 127,581 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 19
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 50,666 | 97.6 | |
No party | Marshall J. Morrill (write-in) | 1,248 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 51,914 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 20
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 98,283 | 63.2 | |
Democratic | Everett G. Burkhalter | 67,317 | 36.8 | |
Total votes | 165,600 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 21
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 37,229 | 52.7 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 33,395 | 47.3 | |
Total votes | 70,624 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 22
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 59,935 | 62.1 | |
Democratic | Ray Adkinson | 36,649 | 37.9 | |
Total votes | 96,584 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 23
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Charles K. Fletcher | 69,411 | 56.3 | |||
Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 53,898 | 43.7 | |||
Total votes | 123,309 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
See also
[edit]- 80th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- 1946 United States House of Representatives elections