1948 California's 12th congressional district election

February 2026 August 2025 1948 California's 12th congressional district election California presidential no 1946 California's 12th congressional district election 1946 1950 United States House of Representatives elections in California#District 12 1950 November 2, 1948 Richard Nixon congressional portrait.jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) 141,509 86.92% Una W. Rice 1948.jpg Una W. Rice Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) 19,631 12.06% U.S. Representative Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) An election for a seat in the United States House of Representatives took place in California's 12th congressional district on November 2, 1948, the date set by law for the elections for the 81st United States Congress. In the 12th district election, the candidates were one-term incumbent Republican Richard Nixon, and Progressive challenger Una W. Rice. Nixon was reelected with 87% of the vote. Election thumb|left|upright=1.2|Nixon at a dinner hosted by the South Pasadena Republican Club, October 15, 1948 In June, Nixon won the Republican primary uncontested, as well as the Democratic primary, defeating attorney Stephen I. Zetterberg and Margaret B. Porter.Jordan Frank M. State of California, Statement of Vote, Consolidated Primary Election, June 1, 1948 1948 California Secretary of State Sacramento 8 https://archive.org/details/stateofcaliforn194050cali/page/n381/mode/1up 21 August 2025 Nixon would have gone on to the general election without an opponent, but because no members of the Independent Progressive Party ran in the primary, the party was later able to select Rosemead housewife Una W. Rice as its candidate.IPP NAMES UNA RICE TO OPPOSE NIXON https://www.newspapers.com/image/684169000/?match=1&terms=%22Una%20Rice%22 21 August 2025 The Whittier News 20 September 1948 Whittier Rice boasted endorsements from the Pomona AFL Central labor Council, the Los Angeles CIO-PAC, and the California State Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.Housewife To Oppose Nixon https://www.newspapers.com/image/693654802/?terms=%22Una%20Rice%22&match=1 21 August 2025 The California Eagle 21 October 1948 Los Angeles In a statement published in the Daily Worker, she declared: I have held no public office, but neither had Mr. Nixon before he was elected two years ago. And if I can't do a better job for my district than my present congressman, then I don't know how I've been able to solve the problems of managing my household and raising a family."HOUSE UN-AMERICAN FACES OPPOSITION FROM WOMAN https://archive.org/details/per_daily-worker_daily-worker_1948-10-07_25_201/page/5/mode/1up 21 August 2025 Daily Worker 7 October 1948 New York For his part, Nixon was so sure of his victory that he took time out of his own campaign to go on a nationwide speaking tour for Republican Presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey. Nixon spent election night with his family at the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove, where he was invited onstage by singer Hildegarde.Swift Will Pat and Dick: The Nixons, an Intimate Portrait of a Marriage 2014 Threshold Editions New York 94 https://archive.org/details/patdicknixonsint0000swif_g5q4/page/94/mode/1up 21 August 2025 He was ultimately reelected in a landslide. Results California's 12th congressional district election, 1946Jordan Frank M. State of California, Statement of Vote, General Election, November 2, 1948 1948 California Secretary of State Sacramento 8 https://archive.org/details/stateofcaliforn194050cali/page/n413/mode/1up 21 August 2025 California Republican Party Richard Nixon (incumbent) 141,509 86.92 Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) Una W. Rice 19,631 12.06 Scattering 1,667 1.02 162,807 100.0 California Republican Party California Democratic Party References 1948 12 Category:Richard Nixon United States House of Representatives 12 California 12 California California 1948 12