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1992 United States House of Representatives elections in California California legislative no 1990 United States House of Representatives elections in California 1990 1994 United States House of Representatives elections in California 1994 All 52 California seats to the United States House of Representatives 1992 11 03 Democratic Party (United States) 26 30 4 5,436,965 51.66% Republican Party (United States) 19 22 3 4,365,155 41.47% CA1992House.svg 250px Results:#92C5DE Democratic hold #0571B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1992 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 3, 1992. California gained seven seats after the 1990 census, five of which were won by Republicans and two by Democrats. Of California's already-existing seats, Democrats won three Republican-held seats while Republicans won one Democratic-held seat.
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Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1992PartyVotes%BeforeAfter+/– Democratic 5,436,965 51.66% 26 30 +4 Republican 4,365,155 41.47% 19 22 +3 Libertarian 330,834 3.14% 0 0 0 Peace and Freedom 267,827 2.54% 0 0 0 Green 77,110 0.73% 0 0 0 Independent 29,375 0.28% 0 0 0 American Independent 10,843 0.10% 0 0 0 Write-ins 7,406 0.07% 0 0 0 Invalid or blank votes 839,363 7.39% — — — Totals 11,364,878 100.00% 45 52 +7
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 14District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 __NOTOC__
District 1
California's 1st congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Dan Hamburg
119,676
47.64
Republican Party (United States)
Frank Riggs (incumbent)
113,266
45.09
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Phil Baldwin
10,764
4.28
Libertarian Party (United States)
Matthew L. Howard
7,500
2.99
12,612
4.78
263,818
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 2
California's 2nd congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Wally Herger (incumbent)
167,247
65.19
Democratic Party (United States)
Elliot Roy Freedman
71,780
27.98
Libertarian Party (United States)
Harry H. "Doc" Pendery
17,529
6.83
17,133
6.26
273,689
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 3
California's 3rd congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Vic Fazio (incumbent)
112,149
51.18
Republican Party (United States)
H. L. Richardson
96,092
40.26
Libertarian Party (United States)
Ross Crain
20,444
8.57
12,611
5.02
241,296
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 4
California's 4th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
John Doolittle (incumbent)
141,155
49.81
Democratic Party (United States)
Patricia Malberg
129,489
45.70
Libertarian Party (United States)
Patrick Lee McHargue
12,705
4.48
Don Brooksher (write-in)
16
0.00
13,004
4.39
296,269
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 5
California's 5th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Robert Matsui (incumbent)
158,250
68.64
Republican Party (United States)
Robert S. Dinsmore
58,698
25.46
American Independent Party
Gordon Mors
4,745
2.06
Libertarian Party (United States)
Chris J. Rufer
4,547
1.97
Green Party (United States)
Tian Harter
4,316
1.87
Jan L. Bergeron (write-in)
4
0.00
13,113
5.38
243,673
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 6
California's 6th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Lynn Woolsey
190,322
65.23
Republican Party (United States)
Bill Filante
98,171
33.64
Claude Heater (write-in)
3,141
1.08
Louis G. Beary (write-in)
152
0.05
17,742
5.73
309,528
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 7
California's 7th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
George Miller (incumbent)
153,320
70.34
Republican Party (United States)
Dave Scholl
54,822
25.15
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
David L. Franklin
9,840
4.51
19,243
8.11
237,225
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 8
California's 8th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Nancy Pelosi (incumbent)
191,906
82.47
Republican Party (United States)
Marc Wolin
25,693
11.04
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Cesar G. Cadabes
7,572
3.25
Libertarian Party (United States)
James R. Elwood
7,511
3.23
Michael Goldwater (write-in)
9
0.00
22,748
8.91
245,439
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 9
California's 9th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Ronald Dellums (incumbent)
164,265
71.90
Republican Party (United States)
G. William "Billy" Hunter
53,707
23.51
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Dave Linn
10,472
4.58
Omari Musa (write-in)
23
0.01
17,588
7.15
246,055
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 10
California's 10th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Bill Baker
145,702
51.96
Democratic Party (United States)
Wendell H. Williams
134,635
48.01
Dave Williams (write-in)
55
0.02
Valerie Janloia (write-in)
37
0.01
26,382
8.60
306,811
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 11
California's 11th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Richard Pombo
94,453
47.59
Democratic Party (United States)
Patti Garamendi
90,539
45.61
Libertarian Party (United States)
Christine Roberts
13,498
6.80
10,896
5.20
209,386
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 12
California's 12th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Tom Lantos (incumbent)
157,205
68.83
Republican Party (United States)
Jim R. Tomlin
53,278
23.33
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Mary Weldon
10,142
4.44
Libertarian Party (United States)
George L. O'Brien
7,782
3.41
20,818
8.35
249,225
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 13
California's 13th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Pete Stark (incumbent)
123,795
60.24
Republican Party (United States)
Verne W. Teyler
64,953
31.60
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Roslyn A. Allen
16,768
8.16
15,979
7.21
221,495
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 14
California's 14th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Anna Eshoo
146,873
56.66
Republican Party (United States)
Tom Huening
101,202
39.04
Libertarian Party (United States)
Chuck Olson
7,220
2.79
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
David Wald
3,912
1.51
Richard Sims (write-in)
12
0.00
Dave Maginnis (write-in)
3
0.00
15,584
5.67
274,816
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 15
California's 15th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Norm Mineta (incumbent)
168,617
63.54
Republican Party (United States)
Robert Wick
82,875
31.23
Libertarian Party (United States)
Duggan Dieterly
13,293
5.01
Bill Futrell (write-in)
585
0.22
15,696
5.58
281,066
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 16
California's 16th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Don Edwards (incumbent)
96,661
62.01
Republican Party (United States)
Ted Bundesen
49,843
31.97
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Amani S. Kummba
9,370
6.01
Andrew Hunt (write-in)
5
0.00
Carl Loeber (write-in)
3
0.00
Peter James (write-in)
1
0.00
13,360
7.89
169,243
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 17
California's 17th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Leon Panetta (incumbent)
151,565
72.05
Republican Party (United States)
Bill McCampbell
49,947
23.74
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Maureen Smith
4,804
2.28
Libertarian Party (United States)
John D. Wilkes
4,051
1.93
7,684
3.52
218,131
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 18
California's 18th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Gary Condit (incumbent)
139,704
84.66
Libertarian Party (United States)
Kim R. Almstrom
25,307
15.34
22,226
11.87
187,237
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 19
California's 19th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard Lehman (incumbent)
101,619
46.91
Republican Party (United States)
Tal L. Cloud
100,590
46.43
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Dorothy L. Wells
13,334
6.15
James E. Williams, Jr. (write-in)
1,097
0.51
12,964
5.65
229,604
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 20
California's 20th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Cal Dooley (incumbent)
72,679
64.85
Republican Party (United States)
Ed Hunt
39,388
35.15
12,053
9.71
124,120
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 21
California's 21st congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Bill Thomas (incumbent)
127,758
65.19
Democratic Party (United States)
Deborah A. Vollmer
68,058
34.73
Mike Hodges (write-in)
149
0.08
16,394
7.72
212,359
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 22
California's 22nd congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Michael Huffington
131,242
52.51
Democratic Party (United States)
Gloria Ochoa
87,328
34.94
Green Party (United States)
Mindy Lorenz
23,699
9.48
Libertarian Party (United States)
William Howard Dilbeck
7,553
3.02
Richard Bialosky (write-in)
104
0.04
16,163
6.07
266,089
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 23
California's 23rd congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Elton Gallegly (incumbent)
115,504
54.26
Democratic Party (United States)
Anita Perez Ferguson
88,225
41.44
Libertarian Party (United States)
Jay C. Wood
9,091
4.27
Edward L. Dunbar, Jr. (write-in)
61
0.03
10,698
4.78
223,579
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 24
California's 24th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent)
141,742
55.53
Republican Party (United States)
Tom McClintock
99,835
39.11
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
John Paul Lindblad
13,690
5.36
18,919
6.90
274,186
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 25
California's 25th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Howard McKeon
113,611
51.94
Democratic Party (United States)
James H. Gilmartin
72,233
33.03
Independent (politician)
Rick Pamplin
13,930
6.37
Libertarian Party (United States)
Peggy L. Christensen
6,932
3.17
Green Party (United States)
Charles Wilken
6,919
3.16
Peace and Freedom Party
Nancy Lawrence
5,090
2.33
18,899
7.95
237,614
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 26
California's 26th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Howard Berman (incumbent)
73,807
61.04
Republican Party (United States)
Gary E. Forsch
36,453
30.15
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Margery Hinds
7,180
5.94
Libertarian Party (United States)
Bernard Zimring
3,468
2.87
11,592
8.75
132,500
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 27
California's 27th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent)
105,521
49.67
Democratic Party (United States)
Doug Kahn
83,805
39.45
Green Party (United States)
Jesse A. Moorman
11,003
5.18
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Margaret L. Edwards
7,329
3.45
Libertarian Party (United States)
Dennis Decherd
4,790
2.25
Peter Ballantyne (write-in)
2
0.00
16,138
7.06
228,588
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 28
California's 28th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
David Dreier (incumbent)
122,353
58.44
Democratic Party (United States)
Al Wachtel
76,525
36.55
Green Party (United States)
Walt Contreras Sheasby
6,233
2.98
Libertarian Party (United States)
Thomas J. Dominy
4,271
2.04
16,946
7.49
226,328
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 29
California's 29th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Henry Waxman (incumbent)
160,312
61.31
Republican Party (United States)
Mark Robbins
67,141
25.68
Independent (politician)
David Davis
15,445
5.91
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Susan C. Davies
13,888
5.31
Libertarian Party (United States)
Felix Tsvi Rogin
4,699
1.80
Yaakov M. Vann (write-in)
1
0.00
23,198
8.15
284,684
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 30
California's 30th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Xavier Becerra
48,800
58.41
Republican Party (United States)
Morry Waksberg
20,034
23.98
Green Party (United States)
Blase Bonpane
6,315
7.56
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Elizabeth A. Nakano
6,173
7.39
Libertarian Party (United States)
Andrew "Drew" Consalvo
2,221
2.66
9,853
10.55
93,396
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 31
California's 31st congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Matthew G. Martinez (incumbent)
68,324
62.57
Republican Party (United States)
Reuben D. Franco
40,873
37.43
Alaric Arrender (write-in)
0
0.00
10,239
8.57
119,436
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 32
California's 32nd congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)
150,644
87.17
Libertarian Party (United States)
Robert G. "Bob" Weber Jr.
12,834
7.17
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
William R. Williams II
9,782
5.66
Carole Lynn Leanick-Beltran (W/I)
2
0.00
23,529
11.98
196,791
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 33
California's 33rd congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Lucille Roybal-Allard
32,010
63.04
Republican Party (United States)
Robert Guzman
15,428
30.38
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Tim Delia
2,135
4.20
Libertarian Party (United States)
Dale S. Olvera
1,206
2.37
5,397
9.61
56,176
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 34
California's 34th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Esteban Torres (incumbent)
91,738
61.27
Republican Party (United States)
J. Jay Hernandez
50,907
34.00
Libertarian Party (United States)
Carl M. "Marty" Swinney
7,072
4.72
M. V. Paul Worland (write-in)
1
0.00
11,426
7.09
161,144
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 35
California's 35th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Maxine Waters (incumbent)
102,941
82.50
Republican Party (United States)
Nate Truman
17,417
13.96
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Alice Mae Miles
2,797
2.24
Libertarian Party (United States)
Carin Rogers
1,618
1.30
Gordon Mego (write-in)
3
0.00
10,170
7.54
134,946
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 36
California's 36th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Jane Harman
125,751
48.41
Republican Party (United States)
Joan Milke Flores
109,684
42.23
Green Party (United States)
Richard Greene
13,297
5.12
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Owen Stanley
5,519
2.12
Libertarian Party (United States)
Marc F. Denny
5,504
2.12
Larry Martz (write-in)
2
0.00
17,745
6.39
277,502
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 37
California's 37th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Walter R. Tucker III (incumbent)
97,159
85.73
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
B. Kwaku Duren
16,178
14.27
15,717
12.18
129,054
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 38
California's 38th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Steve Horn
92,038
48.61
Democratic Party (United States)
Evan Anderson Braude
82,108
43.37
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Paul Burton
8,391
4.43
Libertarian Party (United States)
Blake Ashley
6,756
3.57
James P. Brown, Sr. (write-in)
14
0.01
Roy Lydell Venable, Jr. (write-in)
14
0.00
17,160
8.31
206,481
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
Democratic Party (United States)
District 39
California's 39th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Ed Royce
122,472
57.31
Democratic Party (United States)
Molly McClanahan
81,728
38.25
Libertarian Party (United States)
Jack Dean
9,484
4.44
20,449
8.73
234,133
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 40
California's 40th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Jerry Lewis (incumbent)
129,563
63.11
Democratic Party (United States)
Donald M. "Don" Rusk
63,881
31.12
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Margie Akin
11,839
5.77
17,757
7.96
223,040
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 41
California's 41st congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Jay Kim
101,753
59.62
Democratic Party (United States)
Bob Baker
58,777
34.44
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
James Michael "Mike" Noonan
10,136
5.94
18,185
9.63
188,851
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 42
California's 42nd congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)
79,780
50.67
Republican Party (United States)
Dick Rutan
69,251
43.98
Libertarian Party (United States)
Fritz R. Ward
8,424
5.35
14,913
8.65
172,368
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 43
California's 43rd congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Ken Calvert
88,987
46.68
Democratic Party (United States)
Mark A. Takano
88,468
46.41
American Independent Party
Gary Odom
6,095
3.20
Libertarian Party (United States)
Gene L. Berkman
4,989
2.62
John Schwab (write-in)
2,100
1.10
13,210
6.48
203,849
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 44
California's 44th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Al McCandless (incumbent)
110,333
54.21
Democratic Party (United States)
Georgia Smith
81,693
40.14
Libertarian Party (United States)
Phil Turner
11,515
5.66
John Yench (write-in)
0
0.00
14,731
6.75
218,272
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 45
California's 45th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Dana Rohrabacher (incumbent)
123,731
54.50
Democratic Party (United States)
Patricia "Pat" McCabe
88,508
38.99
Libertarian Party (United States)
Gary David Copeland
14,777
6.51
26,901
10.59
253,917
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 46
California's 46th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Bob Dornan (incumbent)
55,659
50.23
Democratic Party (United States)
Robert John Banuelos
45,435
41.00
Libertarian Party (United States)
Richard G. Newhouse
9,712
8.77
10,819
8.90
121,625
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 47
California's 47th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Christopher Cox (incumbent)
165,004
64.90
Democratic Party (United States)
John F. Anwiler
76,924
30.25
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Maxine Bell Quirk
12,297
4.84
Barry M. Charles (write-in)
32
0.01
27,400
9.73
271,657
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 48
California's 48th congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Ron Packard (incumbent)
140,935
61.14
Democratic Party (United States)
Michael P. "Mike" Farber
67,415
29.25
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Donna White
13,396
5.81
Libertarian Party (United States)
Ted Lowe
8,749
3.80
20,056
8.00
250,551
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 49
California's 49th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Lynn Schenk
127,280
51.14
Republican Party (United States)
Judy Jarvis
106,170
42.66
Libertarian Party (United States)
John Wallner
10,706
4.30
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Milton Zaslow
4,738
1.90
Perry T. Thompson (write-in)
4
0.00
20,191
7.50
269,089
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 50
California's 50th congressional district election, 1992
Democratic Party (United States)
Bob Filner
77,293
56.57
Republican Party (United States)
Tony Valencia
39,531
28.93
Libertarian Party (United States)
Barbara Hutchinson
15,489
11.34
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Roger Bruce Batchelder
4,250
3.11
Lincoln Pickard (write-in)
63
0.05
10,579
7.19
147,205
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 51
California's 51st congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Duke Cunningham (incumbent)
141,890
56.08
Democratic Party (United States)
Bea Herbert
85,148
33.66
Libertarian Party (United States)
Bill Holmes
10,309
4.07
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Miriam Clark
10,307
4.07
Green Party (United States)
Richard Roe
5,328
2.11
Kathleen E. Johnson (write-in)
13
0.01
21,527
7.84
284,522
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 52
California's 52nd congressional district election, 1992
Republican Party (United States)
Duncan Hunter (incumbent)
112,995
52.85
Democratic Party (United States)
Janet M. Gastil
88,076
41.20
Libertarian Party (United States)
Joe Shea
6,977
3.26
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Dennis P. Gretsinger
5,734
2.68
David Marmon (write-in)
2
0.00
13,026
5.74
226,810
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
See also
103rd United States Congress
Political party strength in California
Political party strength in U.S. states
1992 United States House of Representatives elections
References
California Elections Page
External links
California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
1992
California
United States House of Representatives