1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 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, 1982. California gained two seats, both of which were won by Democrats, as a result of the 1980 census, and Democrats picked up three Republican-held districts.

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California

November 2, 1982 (1982-11-02)
All 45 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 23 20 Seats won 28 17 Seat change 5 3 Popular vote 3,815,205 3,603,102 Percentage 50.32% 47.52%

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	3,815,205	50.32%	23	28	+5
	Republican	3,603,102	47.52%	20	17	-3
	Libertarian	127,480	1.68%	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	31,270	0.41%	0	0	0
	American Independent	5,564	0.07%	0	0	0
Totals		7,582,621	100.00%	43	45	+2

Separate elections

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives in California

One special election was held apart from those in November. The elected winner would serve the remainder of the incumbent Congress and face re-election in November.

Date	District	Reason & Result	Candidates
July 13, 1982	California 30	George E. Danielson (D) resigned March 9, 1982. Democratic hold Winner was subsequently re-elected in November	Matthew G. Martinez (D) John H. Rousselot (R)

Results

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

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas H. Bosco	107,749	49.85
	Republican	Don H. Clausen (incumbent)	102,043	47.21
	Libertarian	David Redick	6,374	2.95
Total votes			216,166	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene A. Chappie (incumbent)	116,172	57.91
	Democratic	John Newmeyer	81,314	40.53
	Peace and Freedom	Howard Fegarsky	3,126	1.56
Total votes			200,612	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	194,680	89.63
	Libertarian	Bruce A. Daniel	16,222	7.47
	Peace and Freedom	John Newmeyer	6,294	2.90
Total votes			217,196	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vic Fazio (incumbent)	118,476	63.86
	Republican	Roger B. Canfield	67,047	36.14
Total votes			185,523	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	103,268	57.91
	Republican	Milton Marks	72,139	40.46
	Libertarian	Justin Raimondo	2,904	1.63
Total votes			178,311	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer	96,379	52.36
	Republican	Dennis McQuaid	82,128	44.62
	Libertarian	Howard C. Creighton	3,191	1.73
	Peace and Freedom	Timothy Allen Albertson	2,366	1.29
Total votes			184,064	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	126,952	67.22
	Republican	Paul E. Vallely	56,960	30.16
	Libertarian	Richard Newell	2,752	1.46
	American Independent	Terry L. Wells	2,205	1.17
Total votes			188,869	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Dellums (incumbent)	121,537	55.95
	Republican	Claude B. Hutchinson Jr.	95,694	44.05
Total votes			217,231	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	104,393	60.66
	Republican	William J. "Bill" Kennedy	67,702	39.34
Total votes			172,095	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	77,263	62.67
	Republican	Bob Herriott	41,506	33.67
	Libertarian	Dale Burrow	2,403	1.95
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	2,109	1.71
Total votes			123,281	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Lantos (incumbent)	109,812	57.08
	Republican	William Royer	76,462	39.75
	Libertarian	Chuck Olson	2,920	1.52
	Peace and Freedom	Wilson G. Branch	1,928	1.00
	American Independent	Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff	1,250	0.65
Total votes			192,372	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Zschau	115,365	62.97
	Democratic	Emmett Lynch	61,372	33.50
	Libertarian	William C. "Bill" White	6,471	3.53
Total votes			183,208	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	110,805	65.89
	Republican	Tom Kelly	52,806	31.40
	Libertarian	Al Hinkle	4,553	2.71
Total votes			168,164	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman D. Shumway (incumbent)	134,225	63.43
	Democratic	Baron Reed	77,400	36.57
Total votes			211,625	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	86,022	63.70
	Republican	Ed Bates	45,948	34.02
	Libertarian	Stephen L. Gerringer	3,073	2.28
Total votes			135,043	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	142,630	85.37
	Republican	Gary Richard Arnold	24,448	14.63
Total votes			167,078	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles (Chip) Pashayan (inc.)	80,271	54.01
	Democratic	Gene Tackett	68,364	45.99
Total votes			148,635	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Lehman	92,762	59.49
	Republican	Adrian C. Fondse	59,664	38.26
	Libertarian	Marshall William Fritz	3,501	2.25
Total votes			155,927	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Lagomarsino (incumbent)	112,486	61.05
	Democratic	Frank Frost	66,042	35.84
	Libertarian	R. C. Gordon-McCutchan	4,198	2.28
	Peace and Freedom	Charles J. Zekan	1,520	0.82
Total votes			184,246	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	123,312	68.10
	Democratic	Robert J. Bethea	57,769	31.90
Total votes			181,081	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobbi Fiedler (incumbent)	138,474	71.83
	Democratic	George Henry Margolis	46,412	24.08
	Libertarian	Daniel Wiener	7,881	4.09
Total votes			192,767	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent)	145,831	73.57
	Democratic	Harvey L. Goldhammer	46,521	23.47
	Libertarian	Robert T. Gerringer	5,870	2.96
Total votes			198,222	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent)	120,788	59.55
	Republican	David Armor	82,031	40.45
Total votes			202,819	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	88,516	65.05
	Republican	Jerry Zerg	42,133	30.96
	Libertarian	Jeff Mandel	5,420	3.98
Total votes			136,069	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	71,106	84.50
	Libertarian	Daniel John Gorham	12,060	14.50
Total votes			83,166	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman	97,383	59.58
	Republican	Hal Phillips	66,072	40.42
Total votes			163,455	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mel Levine	108,347	59.46
	Republican	Bart W. Christensen	67,479	37.03
	Libertarian	ZacK Richardson	6,391	3.51
Total votes			182,217	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)	103,469	78.89
	Republican	David Goerz	24,473	18.66
	Libertarian	David W. Meleney	3,210	2.45
Total votes			131,152	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)	97,028	79.80
	Republican	Milton R. Mackaig	24,568	20.20
Total votes			121,596	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez	60,905	53.86
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (incumbent)	52,177	46.14
Total votes			113,082	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally (incumbent)	86,718	72.41
	Republican	Henry C. Minturn	33,043	27.59
Total votes			119,761	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)	84,663	57.99
	Republican	Brian J. Lungren	57,863	39.63
	Peace and Freedom	Eugene E. Ryle	3,473	2.38
Total votes			145,999	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	112,362	65.19
	Democratic	Paul Servelle	55,514	32.21
	Libertarian	Phillips B. Franklin	2,251	1.31
	Peace and Freedom	James Michael "Mike" Noonan	2,223	1.29
Total votes			172,350	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres	68,316	57.24
	Republican	Paul R. Jackson	51,026	42.76
Total votes			119,342	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	112,786	68.30
	Democratic	Robert E. Erwin	52,349	31.70
Total votes			165,135	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	76,546	54.32
	Republican	John Paul Stark	64,361	45.68
Total votes			140,907	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al McCandless	105,065	59.07
	Democratic	Curtis R. "Sam" Cross	68,510	38.52
	Libertarian	Marc R. Wruble	4,297	2.42
Total votes			177,872	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent)	73,914	52.35
	Republican	William F. "Bill" Dohr	61,279	43.40
	Libertarian	Anita K. Barr	5,989	4.24
Total votes			141,182	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (incumbent)	129,539	72.22
	Democratic	Frank G. Verges	46,681	26.02
	Libertarian	Frank Boeheim	3,152	1.76
Total votes			179,372	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Badham (incumbent)	144,228	71.54
	Democratic	Paul Hasenman	52,546	26.06
	Peace and Freedom	Maxine Bell Quirk	4,826	2.39
Total votes			201,600	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Lowery (incumbent)	140,130	68.87
	Democratic	Tony Brandenburg	58,677	28.84
	Libertarian	Everett Hale	4,654	2.29
Total votes			203,461	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren (incumbent)	142,845	68.99
	Democratic	James P. Spellman	58,690	28.35
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	5,514	2.66
Total votes			207,049	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (write-in)	66,444	36.76
	Democratic	Roy Pat Archer	57,995	32.09
	Republican	Johnnie R. Crean	56,297	31.15
Total votes			180,736	100.00
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

District 44

California's 44th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Bates	78,474	64.95
	Republican	Shirley M. Gissendanner	38,447	31.82
	Libertarian	Jim Conole	3,904	3.23
Total votes			120,825	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 45

California's 45th congressional district election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	117,771	68.57
	Democratic	Richard Hill	50,148	29.20
	Libertarian	Jack R. Sanders	3,839	2.24
Total votes			171,758	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

See also

• 98th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1982 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