1980 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980 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 4, 1980. Republicans lost one seat but gained four Democratic-held seats.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	4,176,462	51.08%	17	20	+3
	Democratic	3,664,614	44.82%	26	23	-3
	Libertarian	272,728	3.34%	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	48,479	0.59%	0	0	0
	American Independent	13,335	0.16%	0	0	0
Totals		8,175,618	100.00%	43	43	—

Results

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

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene A. Chappie	145,098	53.70
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	107,682	39.85
	Libertarian	Jim McClarin	17,419	6.45
Total votes			270,199	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald H. Clausen (incumbent)	141,698	54.15
	Democratic	Norma K. Bork	109,789	41.96
	Libertarian	Daniel Mosier	6,833	2.61
	Peace and Freedom	Linda D. Wren	3,354	1.28
Total votes			261,674	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	170,670	70.56
	Republican	Joseph Murphy	64,215	26.55
	Libertarian	Bruce A. Daniel	6,980	2.89
Total votes			241,865	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vic Fazio (incumbent)	133,853	65.28
	Republican	Albert Dehr	60,935	29.72
	Libertarian	Robert J. Burnside	10,267	5.01
Total votes			205,055	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John L. Burton (incumbent)	101,105	51.11
	Republican	Dennis McQuaid	89,624	45.31
	Libertarian	Dan P. Dougherty	7,092	3.59
Total votes			197,821	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	93,400	69.37
	Republican	Tom Spinosa	34,500	25.62
	Libertarian	Roy Childs	6,750	5.01
Total votes			134,650	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	142,044	63.28
	Republican	Giles St. Clair	70,479	31.40
	Libertarian	Steve Snow	6,923	3.08
	American Independent	Thomas J. Thompson	5,023	2.24
Total votes			224,469	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Dellums (incumbent)	108,380	55.46
	Republican	Charles V. Hughes	76,580	39.19
	Libertarian	Tod Mikuriya	10,465	5.35
Total votes			195,425	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	90,504	55.32
	Republican	William J. "Bill" Kennedy	67,265	41.12
	Libertarian	Steven W. Clanin	5,823	3.56
Total votes			163,592	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	102,231	62.13
	Republican	Joseph M. Lutton	45,987	27.95
	Libertarian	Joseph Fuhrig	11,904	7.23
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	4,421	2.69
Total votes			164,543	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Lantos	85,823	46.39
	Republican	William Royer (incumbent)	80,100	43.29
	Peace and Freedom	Wilson G. Branch	13,723	7.42
	Libertarian	William S. Wade Jr.	3,816	2.06
	American Independent	Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff	1,550	0.84
Total votes			185,012	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete McCloskey (incumbent)	143,817	72.24
	Democratic	Kirsten Olsen	37,009	18.59
	Libertarian	Bill Evers	15,073	7.57
	Peace and Freedom	Adele Fumino	3,184	1.60
Total votes			199,083	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	132,246	58.88
	Republican	W. E. "Ted" Gagne	79,766	35.51
	Libertarian	Ray Strong	8,806	3.92
	Peace and Freedom	Robert Goldsborough	3,791	1.69
Total votes			224,609	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman D. Shumway (incumbent)	133,979	60.74
	Democratic	Ann Cerney	79,883	36.22
	Libertarian	Douglas G. Housley	6,717	3.05
Total votes			220,579	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	108,072	71.81
	Republican	Ron Schwartz	37,895	25.18
	Libertarian	Michael L. Pullen	4,524	3.01
Total votes			150,491	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	158,360	71.00
	Republican	W. A. "Jack" Roth	54,675	24.51
	Libertarian	Kenton H. Bowers	6,802	3.05
	Peace and Freedom	D. Jeff Mauro	3,198	1.43
Total votes			223,035	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles (Chip) Pashayan (inc.)	129,159	70.60
	Democratic	Willard H. "Bill" Johnson	53,780	29.40
Total votes			182,939	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	126,046	71.03
	Democratic	Mary Pat Timmermans	51,415	28.97
Total votes			177,461	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Lagomarsino (incumbent)	162,849	77.69
	Democratic	Carmen Lodise	36,990	17.65
	Libertarian	Jim Trotter	9,764	4.66
Total votes			209,603	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent)	199,674	78.83
	Democratic	Matt Miller	43,024	16.99
	Libertarian	Christopher R. Darwin	10,605	4.19
Total votes			253,303	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobbi Fiedler	74,674	48.68
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	73,898	48.17
	Libertarian	George J. Lehmann	2,790	1.82
	Peace and Freedom	Jan B. Tucker	2,038	1.33
Total votes			153,400	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent)	115,241	63.87
	Democratic	Pierce O'Donnell	57,477	31.86
	Libertarian	William V. Susel	7,705	4.27
Total votes			180,423	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent)	126,020	63.20
	Republican	Robert "Bob" Winckler	62,742	31.47
	Libertarian	Jeffrey P. Lieb	10,623	5.33
Total votes			199,385	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	93,569	63.77
	Republican	Roland Cayard	39,744	27.09
	Peace and Freedom	Margaret "Maggie" Feigin	5,905	4.02
	Libertarian	Robert E. Lehman	5,172	3.52
	American Independent	Jack Smilowitz	2,341	1.60
Total votes			146,731	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	49,080	66.00
	Republican	Richard E. Ferraro	21,116	28.40
	Libertarian	William D. Mitchell	4,169	5.61
Total votes			74,365	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (incumbent)	116,715	70.95
	Democratic	Joseph Louis Lisoni	40,099	24.37
	Libertarian	William "B. J." Wagener	7,700	4.68
Total votes			164,514	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Dornan (incumbent)	109,807	51.00
	Democratic	Carey Peck	100,061	46.47
	Libertarian	Jerome L. "Jerry" Sievers	5,448	2.53
Total votes			215,316	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)	108,725	79.19
	Republican	Robert Reid	23,179	16.88
	Libertarian	Ernst F. Ghermann	5,400	3.93
Total votes			137,304	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)	80,095	86.12
	Republican	Michael Arthur Hirt	10,282	11.06
	Libertarian	Earl Smith	2,622	2.82
Total votes			92,999	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George E. Danielson (incumbent)	74,119	72.15
	Republican	J. Arthur "Art" Platten	24,136	23.49
	Libertarian	Bruce M. Hobbs	4,480	4.36
Total votes			102,735	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally	69,146	64.41
	Republican	Don Grimshaw	38,203	35.59
Total votes			107,349	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)	84,057	65.91
	Republican	John R. Adler	39,260	30.79
	Libertarian	Thomas A. Cosgrove	4,209	3.30
Total votes			127,526	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne R. Grisham (incumbent)	122,439	70.85
	Democratic	Fred L. Anderson	50,365	29.15
Total votes			172,804	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren (incumbent)	138,024	71.82
	Democratic	Simone	46,351	24.12
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	7,794	4.06
Total votes			192,169	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier	100,743	51.79
	Democratic	James F. Lloyd (incumbent)	88,279	45.38
	Peace and Freedom	James Michael "Mike" Noonan	5,492	2.82
Total votes			194,514	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	88,628	52.54
	Republican	John Paul Stark	73,247	43.42
	Libertarian	Harry J. Histen	6,815	4.04
Total votes			168,690	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	165,371	71.57
	Democratic	Donald M. "Don" Rusk	58,091	25.14
	Libertarian	Larry Morris	7,615	3.30
Total votes			231,077	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent)	91,880	55.54
	Republican	Art Jacobson	66,256	40.05
	Libertarian	Charles E. "Chuck" Heiser	7,301	4.41
Total votes			165,437	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (incumbent)	175,228	76.27
	Democratic	Leonard L. Lahtinen	54,504	23.73
Total votes			229,732	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Badham (incumbent)	213,999	70.16
	Democratic	Michael F. Dow	66,512	21.81
	Libertarian	Dan Mahaffey	24,486	8.03
Total votes			304,997	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Lowery	123,187	52.66
	Democratic	Bob Wilson	101,101	43.22
	Libertarian	Joseph D. Alldredge	9,630	4.12
Total votes			233,918	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter	79,713	53.27
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)	69,936	46.73
Total votes			149,649	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clair Burgener (incumbent)	298,815	86.57
	Democratic	Tom Metzger	46,361	13.43
Total votes			345,176	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

See also

• 97th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1980 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