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1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California California legislative no 1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California 1962 1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California 1966 All 38 California seats to the United States House of Representatives 1964 11 03 Democratic Party (United States) 25 25 3,609,314 52.89% Republican Party (United States) 13 13 3,213,828 47.10% 1964 United States House elections in California.svg #0671B0 Democratic gain #CA0120 Republican gain#92C5DE Democratic hold #F48882 Republican hold
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1964 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, 1964. One Republican-held district and one previously Democratic-held open seat switched parties, resulting in no net change in the balance of 23 Democrats and 15 Republicans.
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Overview
United States HoR elections in California, 1964PartyVotes%Seats Democratic 3,609,314 52.89% 25 Republican 3,213,828 47.10% 13 Scattering 586 0.01% 0 Totals 6,823,728 100.00% 38
Special election
On February 18, 1964, a special election was held in the California 5 5th district. Incumbent John Shelley (D) had resigned January 7, 1964, to become Mayor of San Francisco. Phillip Burton (D) won the special election and would run again in November for the full term.
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, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
Don H. Clausen (incumbent)
141,048
59.09
Democratic Party (United States)
George McCabe
97,651
40.91
Scattering
11
0.00
238,710
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 2
California's 2nd congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)
125,774
64.63
Republican Party (United States)
Chester C. Merriam
68,835
35.37
Scattering
11
0.01
194,620
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 3
California's 3rd congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
John E. Moss (incumbent)
166,688
74.30
Republican Party (United States)
Einer B. Gjelsteen
57,630
25.69
Scattering
14
0.00
224,332
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 4
California's 4th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Robert L. Leggett (incumbent)
84,949
71.92
Republican Party (United States)
Ivan Norris
33,160
28.07
Scattering
13
0.01
118,122
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 5
California's 5th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Phillip Burton (incumbent)
71,638
100.00
Scattering
1
0.00
71,639
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 6
California's 6th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
William S. Mailliard (incumbent)
125,869
63.65
Democratic Party (United States)
Thomas O'Toole
71,894
36.35
Scattering
0
0.00
197,763
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 7
California's 7th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Jeffery Cohelan (incumbent)
100,901
66.12
Republican Party (United States)
Lawrence E. McNutt
51,675
33.86
Scattering
16
0.01
192,592
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 8
California's 8th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
George P. Miller (incumbent)
108,771
70.25
Republican Party (United States)
Donald E. McKay
46,063
29.75
Scattering
8
0.01
154,842
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 9
California's 9th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Don Edwards (incumbent)
115,954
69.76
Republican Party (United States)
Joseph F. Donovan
50,261
30.24
Scattering
14
0.01
166,229
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 10
California's 10th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
Charles S. Gubser (incumbent)
151,027
63.12
Democratic Party (United States)
E. Day Carman
88,240
36.88
Scattering
10
0.00
239,277
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 11
California's 11th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)
116,022
54.79
Democratic Party (United States)
W. Mark Sullivan
95,747
45.21
Scattering
5
0.00
211,774
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 12
California's 12th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)
93,112
61.92
Democratic Party (United States)
William K. Steward
57,242
38.07
Scattering
19
0.01
150,373
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 13
California's 13th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
Charles M. Teague (incumbent)
104,744
57.39
Democratic Party (United States)
George E. Taylor
77,763
42.61
Scattering
4
0.00
182,511
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 14
California's 14th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
John F. Baldwin, Jr. (incumbent)
117,272
64.88
Democratic Party (United States)
Russell M. Koch
63,469
35.11
Scattering
18
0.01
180,759
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 15
California's 15th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
John J. McFall (incumbent)
109,560
70.89
Republican Party (United States)
Kenneth Gibson
44,977
29.10
Scattering
15
0.01
154,552
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 16
California's 16th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)
117,727
66.76
Republican Party (United States)
David T. Harris
58,604
33.23
Scattering
9
0.01
176,340
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 17
California's 17th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Cecil R. King (incumbent)
95,640
67.66
Republican Party (United States)
Robert Muncaster
45,688
32.32
Scattering
20
0.01
141,348
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 18
California's 18th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Harlan Hagen (incumbent)
121,304
66.71
Republican Party (United States)
James E. Williams, Jr.
60,523
33.28
Scattering
12
0.01
181,839
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 19
California's 19th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Chet Holifield (incumbent)
97,934
65.42
Republican Party (United States)
C. Everett Hunt
51,747
34.57
Scattering
12
0.01
149,693
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 20
California's 20th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
H. Allen Smith (incumbent)
132,402
67.88
Democratic Party (United States)
C. Bernard Kaufman
62,645
32.12
Scattering
7
0.00
195,054
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 21
California's 21st congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)
106,231
90.27
Republican Party (United States)
Rayfield Lundy
11,374
9.67
Scattering
72
0.06
117,677
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 22
California's 22nd congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
James C. Corman (incumbent)
94,141
50.53
Republican Party (United States)
Robert C. Cline
92,133
49.46
Scattering
20
0.01
186,294
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 23
California's 23rd congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
Del M. Clawson (incumbent)
90,721
55.43
Democratic Party (United States)
H. O. Van Pettin
72,903
44.54
Scattering
40
0.02
163,664
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 24
California's 24th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent)
139,784
67.94
Democratic Party (United States)
Bryan W. Stevens
65,967
32.06
Scattering
7
0.00
205,758
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 25
California's 25th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Ronald B. Cameron (incumbent)
81,320
55.44
Republican Party (United States)
Frank J. Walton
65,344
44.55
Scattering
8
0.01
146,672
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 26
California's 26th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
James Roosevelt (incumbent)
136,025
70.39
Republican Party (United States)
Gil Seton
57,209
29.60
Scattering
13
0.01
193,247
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 27
California's 27th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
Edwin Reinecke
83,141
51.72
Democratic Party (United States)
Tom Bane
77,587
48.27
Scattering
15
0.01
160,743
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
Democratic Party (United States)
District 28
California's 28th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent)
205,473
65.57
Democratic Party (United States)
Gerald A. Gottlieb
107,852
34.42
Scattering
41
0.01
313,366
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 29
California's 29th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)
90,208
58.56
Republican Party (United States)
Charles J. Farrington, Jr.
63,836
41.44
Scattering
5
0.00
154,049
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 30
California's 30th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)
90,329
66.30
Republican Party (United States)
Alfred J. Feder
45,912
33.70
Scattering
7
0.01
136,248
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 31
California's 31st congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)
114,246
63.99
Republican Party (United States)
Norman G. Shanahan
64,256
35.99
Scattering
27
0.02
178,529
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 32
California's 32nd congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
Craig Hosmer (incumbent)
132,603
68.93
Democratic Party (United States)
Michael Cullen
59,765
31.07
Scattering
17
0.01
192,385
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 33
California's 33rd congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Kenneth W. Dyal
109,047
51.72
Republican Party (United States)
Jerry Pettis
101,742
48.26
Scattering
41
0.02
210,830
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 34
California's 34th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)
137,588
58.25
Republican Party (United States)
Robert A. Geier
98,606
41.75
Scattering
12
0.01
236,206
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 35
California's 35th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
James B. Utt (incumbent)
167,791
65.01
Democratic Party (United States)
Paul B. Carpenter
90,295
34.98
Scattering
15
0.01
258,101
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 36
California's 36th congressional district election, 1964
Republican Party (United States)
Bob Wilson (incumbent)
105,346
59.05
Democratic Party (United States)
Quintin Whelan
73,034
40.94
Scattering
15
0.01
178,395
100.00
Republican Party (United States)
District 37
California's 37th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)
85,624
58.24
Republican Party (United States)
Dick Wilson
61,373
41.75
Scattering
11
0.01
147,008
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
District 38
California's 38th congressional district election, 1964
Democratic Party (United States)
John V. Tunney
85,661
52.82
Republican Party (United States)
Patrick M. Martin (incumbent)
76,525
47.18
Scattering
1
0.00
162,187
100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
See also
89th United States Congress
Political party strength in California
Political party strength in U.S. states
1964 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
1964
California
United States House of Representatives