1976 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The California United States House elections, 1976 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, 1976. Democrats picked up one district, the 16th.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	4,144,324	55.80%	28	29	+1
	Republican	3,204,418	43.15%	15	14	-1
	American Independent	39,786	0.54%	0	0	0
	Independent	37,973	0.51%	0	0	0
Totals		7,426,501	100.00%	43	43	—

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	160,477	73.95
	Republican	James E. Taylor	56,539	26.05
Total votes			217,016	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don H. Clausen (incumbent)	121,290	56.01
	Democratic	Oscar H. Klee	88,829	41.02
	Peace and Freedom	Robert B. "Bob" Allred	6,444	2.98
Total votes			216,563	100
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	139,779	72.86
	Republican	George R. Marsh, Jr.	52,075	27.14
Total votes			191,854	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert L. Leggett (incumbent)	75,844	50.22
	Republican	Rex Hime	75,193	49.78
Total votes			151,037	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John L. Burton (incumbent)	103,746	61.84
	Republican	Branwell Fanning	64,008	38.16
Total votes			167,754	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	86,493	66.07
	Republican	Tom Spinosa	35,359	27.01
	Peace and Freedom	Emily L. Siegel	6,570	5.02
	American Independent	Raymond O. "Ray" Heaps	2,494	1.91
Total votes			130,916	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	147,064	74.72
	Republican	Robert L. Vickers	45,863	23.30
	American Independent	Melvin E. Stanley	3,889	1.98
Total votes			196,816	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Dellums (incumbent)	122,342	62.12
	Republican	Philip Stiles Breck Jr.	68,374	34.72
	Peace and Freedom	Robert J. Evans	6,238	3.17
Total votes			196,954	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	116,398	70.81
	Republican	James K. Mills	44,607	27.13
	Peace and Freedom	Albert L. Sargis	3,386	2.06
Total votes			164,391	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	111,992	72.05
	Republican	Herb Smith	38,088	24.50
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	5,363	3.45
Total votes			155,443	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leo Ryan (incumbent)	107,618	61.08
	Republican	Bob Jones	62,435	35.44
	American Independent	Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff	6,141	3.49
Total votes			176,194	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete McCloskey (incumbent)	130,332	66.21
	Democratic	David T. Harris	61,526	31.25
	American Independent	Joseph David "Joss" Cooney	4,999	2.54
Total votes			196,857	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norman Mineta (incumbent)	135,291	66.77
	Republican	Ernie Konnyu	63,130	31.16
	American Independent	William Pollock Herrell	4,190	2.07
Total votes			202,611	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	123,285	72.54
	Republican	Roger A. Blaine	46,674	27.46
Total votes			169,959	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	92,735	72.20
	Republican	Carol Harner	35,700	27.80
Total votes			128,435	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta	104,545	53.42
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	91,160	46.58
Total votes			195,705	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Hans Krebs (incumbent)	103,898	65.69
	Republican	Henry J. Andreas	54,270	34.31
Total votes			158,168	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William M. Ketchum (incumbent)	101,658	64.20
	Democratic	Dean Close	56,683	35.80
Total votes			158,341	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent)	124,201	64.38
	Democratic	Dan Sisson	68,722	35.62
Total votes			192,923	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent)	146,158	67.25
	Democratic	Patty Lear Corman	71,193	32.75
Total votes			217,351	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	101,837	66.51
	Republican	Erwin Ed Hogan	44,094	28.80
	Peace and Freedom	Bill Hill	7,178	4.69
Total votes			153,109	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent)	114,769	62.61
	Democratic	Robert S. Henry	68,543	37.39
Total votes			183,312	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson	130,619	60.18
	Republican	Thomas F. Bartman	86,434	39.82
Total votes			217,053	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	108,296	67.78
	Republican	David Irvins Simmons	51,478	32.22
Total votes			159,774	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	57,966	71.90
	Republican	Robert K. Watson	17,737	22.00
	Peace and Freedom	Marilyn Seals	4,922	6.10
Total votes			80,625	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (incumbent)	112,619	65.59
	Democratic	Latta Bruce	59,093	34.41
Total votes			171,712	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Dornan	114,623	54.68
	Democratic	Gary Familian	94,988	45.32
Total votes			209,611	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.)	114,612	80.20
	Republican	Edward S. Skinner	28,303	19.80
Total votes			142,915	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)	82,515	85.42
	Republican	Michael D. Germonprez	10,852	11.23
	Independent	Sheila Leburg	3,235	3.35
Total votes			96,602	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George E. Danielson (incumbent)	82,767	74.38
	Republican	Harry Couch	28,503	25.62
Total votes			111,270	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	83,155	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)	92,034	72.22
	Republican	Clifford O. Young	35,394	27.78
Total votes			127,428	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	95,398	55.08
	Democratic	Ted Snyder	77,807	44.92
Total votes			173,205	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark W. Hannaford (incumbent)	100,988	50.71
	Republican	Dan Lungren	98,147	49.29
Total votes			199,135	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Lloyd (incumbent)	87,472	53.26
	Republican	Louis Brutocao	76,765	46.74
Total votes			164,237	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	90,830	61.56
	Republican	Grant Carner	49,368	33.46
	American Independent	William E. Pasley	7,358	4.99
Total votes			147,556	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shirley Neil Pettis (incumbent)	133,634	71.08
	Democratic	Douglas C. Nilson Jr.	49,021	26.07
	American Independent	Bernard Wahl	5,352	2.85
Total votes			188,007	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent)	103,317	63.62
	Republican	James "Jim" Combs	59,092	36.38
Total votes			162,409	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent)	122,657	58.57
	Democratic	William E. "Bill" Farris	86,745	41.43
Total votes			209,402	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Badham	148,512	59.25
	Democratic	Vivian Hall	102,132	40.75
Total votes			250,644	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Wilson (incumbent)	128,784	57.65
	Democratic	King Golden, Jr.	94,590	42.35
Total votes			223,374	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)	103,062	75.99
	Republican	Wes Marden	32,565	24.01
Total votes			135,627	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (incumbent)	173,576	65.00
	Democratic	Pat Kelly	93,475	35.00
Total votes			267,051	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

See also

• 95th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1976 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