1940 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1940 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, 1940. Republicans gained two districts.
Overview
editUnited States House of Representatives elections in California, 1940 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 1,473,115 | 53.2% | 10 | +2 | |
Democratic | 1,183,980 | 42.8% | 10 | -2 | |
Communist | 57,718 | 2.1% | 0 | 0 | |
Prohibition | 46,945 | 1.7% | 0 | 0 | |
Progressive | 5,649 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 1,950 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2,769,357 | 100.0% | 20 | — |
Delegation composition
editPre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 12 | |
Republican-Held | 8 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 10 | |
Republican-Held | 10 |
Results
editFinal 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 103,547 | 93.3 | |
Communist | Albert J. Lima | 5,647 | 5.1 | |
Independent | Ernest S. Mitchell (write-in) | 1,828 | 1.6 | |
Total votes | 111,022 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 71,033 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 3
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank H. Buck (incumbent) | 135,461 | 91.0 | |
Prohibition | C. H. Farman | 10,539 | 7.1 | |
Communist | Charles Gricus | 2,751 | 1.8 | |
Independent | George Kimber (write-in) | 122 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 148,873 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 4
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Thomas Rolph | 75,369 | 54.6 | |||
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 61,341 | 44.4 | |||
Communist | Archie Brown | 1,322 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 138,032 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 5
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 119,122 | 95.8 | |
Communist | Walter R. Lambert | 5,232 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 124,354 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 6
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 131,584 | 96 | |
Communist | Clarence Paton | 5,426 | 4 | |
Total votes | 137,010 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 7
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 72,838 | 55.5 | |
Republican | Ralph R. Eltse | 56,808 | 43.2 | |
Communist | Alfred N. Johnson | 1,707 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 131,353 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 8
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 148,180 | 96.7 | |
Communist | Elizabeth Nichols | 5,186 | 3.3 | |
Democratic | J. J. McGrath (write-in) | 37 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 153,403 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 9
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 99,708 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 10
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 125,845 | 97 | |
Communist | Louretta Adams | 3,826 | 3 | |
Total votes | 129,671 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 11
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 170,504 | 96.6 | |
Communist | Orla E. Lair | 6,003 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 176,507 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 12
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 99,494 | 64.0 | |
Republican | Eugene W. Nixon | 54,731 | 35.2 | |
Communist | Albert Lewis | 1,152 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 155,377 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 13
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 127,167 | 75.7 | |
Prohibition | Charles H. Randall | 36,406 | 21.7 | |
Communist | Celeste Strack | 4,434 | 2.6 | |
Total votes | 168,007 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 14
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 73,137 | 64.3 | |
Republican | Herbert L. Herberts | 37,939 | 33.3 | |
Communist | Pettis Perry | 2,732 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 113,808 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 15
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello (incumbent) | 94,435 | 56.2 | |
Republican | Norris J. Nelson | 71,667 | 42.6 | |
Communist | Emil Freed | 2,004 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 168,106 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 16
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Leland M. Ford (incumbent) | 188,049 | 96.4 | |||
Communist | George C. Sandy | 7,017 | 3.6 | |||
Total votes | 195,066 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 17
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lee E. Geyer (incumbent) | 75,109 | 65.5 | |
Republican | Clifton A. Hix | 32,862 | 28.6 | |
Progressive | Samuel C. Converse | 5,649 | 4.9 | |
Communist | Harry L. Gray | 1,118 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 114,738 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 18
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William Ward Johnson (incumbent) | 73,932 | 54.4 | |
Democratic | Byron N. Scott | 60,764 | 44.7 | |
Communist | George R. Ashby | 1,355 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 136,051 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 19
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 84,931 | 52.9 | |
Republican | Lotus H. Loudon | 75,495 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 160,426 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 20
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 69,874 | 51.1 | |
Republican | Ed Fletcher | 66,132 | 48.3 | |
Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 806 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 136,812 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |