1948 United States House of Representatives elections in California
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948 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 2, 1948. Democrats picked up three districts while losing two for a net gain of one seat.
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Overview
editUnited States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Republican | 1,974,748 | 55.5% | 14 | 13 | -1 | |
Democratic | 1,400,487 | 39.4% | 9 | 10 | +1 | |
Progressive | 182,252 | 5.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 1,013 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3,558,500 | 100.0% | 23 | 23 | — |
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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Republican | Hubert B. Scudder | 82,947 | 54.5 | |||
Democratic | Sterling J. Norgard | 68,951 | 45.3 | |||
Progressive | Roger Kent (write-in) | 304 | 0.2 | |||
Total votes | 152,302 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 78,555 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 3
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 166,571 | 84.4 | |
Progressive | James B. "Bert" Willard | 30,878 | 15.6 | |
Total votes | 197,449 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 4
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 73,704 | 51.0 | |
Republican | William S. Mailliard | 68,875 | 47.7 | |
Progressive | Francis J. McTernan, Jr. | 1,949 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 144,528 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 5
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 116,347 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 6
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 194,985 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 7
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent) | 78,534 | 51.4 | |
Democratic | Buell G. Gallagher | 74,318 | 48.6 | |
Total votes | 152,852 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 8
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 161,743 | 79.9 | |
Progressive | Paul Taylor | 40,670 | 20.1 | |
Total votes | 202,413 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 9
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Cecil F. White | 72,826 | 51.3 | |||
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,563 | 46.9 | |||
Progressive | Josephine F. Daniels | 2,573 | 1.8 | |||
Total votes | 141,962 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 10
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Thomas H. Werdel | 67,448 | 71.3 | |||
Progressive | Sam James Miller | 27,168 | 28.7 | |||
Total votes | 94,616 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 11
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ernest K. Bramblett (incumbent) | 87,143 | 80.8 | |
Progressive | Cole Weston | 14,582 | 13.5 | |
Democratic | George E. Outland (write-in) | 6,157 | 5.7 | |
Total votes | 107,882 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 12
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 141,509 | 87.8 | |
Progressive | Una W. Rice | 19,631 | 12.2 | |
Total votes | 161,140 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 13
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 62,951 | 52.6 | |
Democratic | Ned R. Healy | 56,624 | 47.4 | |
Total votes | 119,575 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 14
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas (incumbent) | 89,581 | 65.3 | |
Republican | W. Wallace Braden | 44,611 | 32.5 | |
Progressive | Sidney Moore | 2,904 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 137,096 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 15
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 131,933 | 83 | |
Progressive | Maynard J. Omerberg | 27,007 | 17 | |
Total votes | 158,940 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 16
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Donald L. Jackson (incumbent) | 121,198 | 57 | |
Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson | 91,268 | 43 | |
Total votes | 212,466 | 100 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 17
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 194,782 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 18
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 105,687 | 51.1 | |||
Republican | Willis W. Bradley (incumbent) | 92,721 | 44.9 | |||
Progressive | Stanley Moffatt | 8,232 | 4.0 | |||
Total votes | 206,640 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 19
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 72,900 | 69.7 | |
Republican | Joseph Francis Quigley | 28,698 | 27.5 | |
Progressive | Jacob Berman | 1,915 | 1.8 | |
Independent | Myra Tanner Weiss | 1,013 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 104,526 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 20
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 204,710 | 81.6 | |
Democratic | William B. Esterman | 46,232 | 18.4 | |
Total votes | 250,942 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 21
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 61,383 | 55.2 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 47,411 | 42.6 | |
Progressive | Howard J. Louks | 2,422 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 111,216 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 22
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 115,697 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 23
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clinton D. McKinnon | 112,534 | 55.8 | |||
Republican | Charles K. Fletcher (incumbent) | 87,138 | 43.2 | |||
Progressive | Harry C. Steinmetz | 2,017 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 201,689 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |