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1968 United States House of Representatives elections in California California legislative no 1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California 1966 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California 1970 All 38 California seats to the United States House of Representatives 1968 11 05 Democratic Party (United States) 22 22 3,036,602 44.13% Republican Party (United States) 16 16 3,741,454 54.38% CA1968House.svg 250px Results:#92C5DE Democratic hold3#F48882 Republican hold
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1968 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, 1968. The delegation remained unchanged, at 22 Democrats and 16 Republicans.
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Overview
United States HoR elections in California, 1968PartyVotes%Seats Republican 3,741,454 54.38% 16 Democratic 3,036,602 44.13% 22 American Independent 55,920 0.81% 0 Peace and Freedom 46,294 0.67% 0 Totals 6,880,270 100.00% 38
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
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__NOTOC__
District 1
California's 1st congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Don H. Clausen (incumbent)
132,433
75.10
Democratic Party (United States)
Donald W. Graham
37,650
21.35
Peace and Freedom Party
Adolph N. Hofmann
3,372
1.91
American Independent Party
Gladys O'Neil
2,882
1.63
176,337
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 2
California's 2nd congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)
127,880
60.77
Republican Party (United States)
Osmer E. Dunaway
78,986
37.53
American Independent Party
Paul J. Huft
3,577
1.70
210,443
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 3
California's 3rd congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
John E. Moss (incumbent)
106,694
55.98
Republican Party (United States)
Elmore J. Duffy
79,717
41.82
American Independent Party
James Tarleton Slaughter
4,188
2.20
190,599
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 4
California's 4th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Robert L. Leggett (incumbent)
88,067
55.54
Republican Party (United States)
James Shumway
65,942
41.59
American Independent Party
Gene Clark
4,545
2.87
158,554
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 5
California's 5th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Phillip Burton (incumbent)
86,647
72.01
Republican Party (United States)
Waldo Velasquez
29,123
24.20
Peace and Freedom Party
Marvin Garson
4,549
3.78
120,319
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 6
California's 6th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
William S. Mailliard (incumbent)
140,071
72.76
Democratic Party (United States)
Phillip Drath
52,433
27.24
192,504
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 7
California's 7th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Jeffery Cohelan (incumbent)
102,108
62.87
Republican Party (United States)
Barney E. Hilburn
48,133
29.64
Peace and Freedom Party
Huey Newton
12,164
7.49
162,405
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 8
California's 8th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
George P. Miller (incumbent)
104,231
64.02
Republican Party (United States)
Raymond P. Britton
58,584
35.98
162,815
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 9
California's 9th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Don Edwards (incumbent)
100,891
56.55
Republican Party (United States)
Larry Fargher
77,521
43.45
178,412
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 10
California's 10th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Charles S. Gubser (incumbent)
160,204
67.31
Democratic Party (United States)
Grayson S. Taketa
73,530
30.89
Peace and Freedom Party
Martin L. Primach
4,276
1.80
238,010
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 11
California's 11th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Pete McCloskey (incumbent)
165,482
79.32
Democratic Party (United States)
Urban G. Whitaker, Jr.
40,979
19.64
Peace and Freedom Party
David Demorest Ransom
2,157
1.03
208,618
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 12
California's 12th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)
140,713
94.88
American Independent Party
Ann J. Holliday
7,593
5.12
148,308
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 13
California's 13th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Charles M. Teague (incumbent)
148,357
65.85
Democratic Party (United States)
Stanley K. Sheinbaum
76,928
34.15
225,285
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 14
California's 14th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Jerome Waldie (incumbent)
152,500
71.58
Republican Party (United States)
David W. Schuh
56,598
26.57
American Independent Party
Luis W. Hamilton
3,945
1.85
213,043
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 15
California's 15th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
John J. McFall (incumbent)
85,761
53.79
Republican Party (United States)
Sam Van Dyken
73,685
46.21
159,446
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 16
California's 16th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)
97,473
62.46
Republican Party (United States)
Dave Harris
55,192
35.37
American Independent Party
John P. Carroll
3,390
2.17
156,055
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 17
California's 17th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Glenn M. Anderson
75,070
50.75
Republican Party (United States)
Joe Blatchford
71,174
48.11
Peace and Freedom Party
Ben Dobbs
1,685
1.14
147,929
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 18
California's 18th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Bob Mathias (incumbent)
100,008
65.17
Democratic Party (United States)
Harlan Hagen
51,274
33.41
American Independent Party
Edward Calvin Williams
2,186
1.42
153,468
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 19
California's 19th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Chet Holifield (incumbent)
96,857
63.25
Republican Party (United States)
Bill Jones
52,284
34.14
American Independent Party
Wayne L. Cook
3,996
2.61
153,137
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 20
California's 20th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
H. Allen Smith (incumbent)
133,148
69.30
Democratic Party (United States)
Don White
56,008
29.15
Peace and Freedom Party
Robert J. Clarke
2,965
1.54
192,121
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 21
California's 21st congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)
87,205
91.60
Republican Party (United States)
Rayfield Lundy
7,995
8.40
95,200
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 22
California's 22nd congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
James C. Corman (incumbent)
102,332
56.92
Republican Party (United States)
Joe Holt
74,433
41.40
Peace and Freedom Party
Hugh Manes
3,024
1.68
179,789
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 23
California's 23rd congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Del M. Clawson (incumbent)
95,628
64.95
Democratic Party (United States)
Jim Sperrazzo
51,606
35.05
147,234
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 24
California's 24th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent)
152,180
72.85
Democratic Party (United States)
Fred Warner Neal
56,723
27.15
208,903
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 25
California's 25th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent)
141,600
68.63
Democratic Party (United States)
Keith F. Shirey
64,732
31.37
206,332
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 26
California's 26th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)
132,447
65.49
Republican Party (United States)
Irving Teichner
63,393
31.35
Peace and Freedom Party
Jack Weinberg
6,394
3.16
202,234
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 27
California's 27th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Edwin Reinecke (incumbent)
158,309
72.25
Democratic Party (United States)
John T. Butchko
60,808
27.75
219,117
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 28
California's 28th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent)
168,208
71.24
Democratic Party (United States)
John McKee Pratt
63,414
26.86
Peace and Freedom Party
Sherman Pearl
4,503
1.91
236,125
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 29
California's 29th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)
74,807
52.31
Republican Party (United States)
Bill Orozco
68,213
47.69
143,020
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 30
California's 30th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)
75,381
67.49
Republican Party (United States)
Samuel F. Cavnar
36,312
32.51
111,693
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 31
California's 31st congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)
94,387
58.91
Republican Party (United States)
James R. Dunn
62,711
39.14
American Independent Party
Stanley L. Schulte
3,134
1.96
160,232
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 32
California's 32nd congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Craig Hosmer (incumbent)
138,494
73.78
Democratic Party (United States)
Arthur J. Gottlieb
45,308
24.14
American Independent Party
Richard B. Williams
3,898
2.08
187,700
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 33
California's 33rd congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Jerry Pettis (incumbent)
123,426
66.28
Democratic Party (United States)
Al C. Bellard
59,619
32.02
American Independent Party
Earl D. Wallen
3,171
1.70
186,216
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 34
California's 34th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)
105,880
50.85
Republican Party (United States)
Bill J. Teague
102,333
49.15
208,213
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 35
California's 35th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
James B. Utt (incumbent)
212,684
72.47
Democratic Party (United States)
Thomas B. Lenhart
73,778
25.14
American Independent Party
Annie McDonald
7,000
2.39
293,462
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 36
California's 36th congressional district election, 1968
Republican Party (United States)
Bob Wilson (incumbent)
147,772
71.61
Democratic Party (United States)
Don Lindgren
58,578
28.39
206,350
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 37
California's 37th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)
95,591
64.67
Republican Party (United States)
Mike Schaefer
52,212
35.33
147,803
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 38
California's 38th congressional district election, 1968
Democratic Party (United States)
John V. Tunney (incumbent)
121,025
62.76
Republican Party (United States)
Robert O. Hunter
68,196
35.36
American Independent Party
James H. Griffin
2,415
1.25
Peace and Freedom Party
Terese A. Karmel
1,205
0.62
192,841
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
See also
91st United States Congress
Political party strength in California
Political party strength in U.S. states
1968 United States House of Representatives elections
References
California Elections Page
Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
External links
California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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United States House of Representatives