1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California of 1984 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 6, 1984. Only one incumbent, Democrat Jerry M. Patterson, lost reelection.

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California

November 6, 1984 (1984-11-06)
All 45 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 28 17 Seats won 27 18 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 4,327,237 4,423,734 Percentage 48.33% 49.41%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain

Resulting congressional representation mapped by district in January 1985 as part of the Western Area Power Administration congressional districts map.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	4,423,734	49.41%	17	18	+1
	Democratic	4,327,237	48.33%	28	27	-1
	Libertarian	128,219	1.43%	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	61,543	0.69%	0	0	0
	American Independent	12,601	0.14%	0	0	0
Totals		8,953,334	100.00%	45	45	—

Results

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

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas H. Bosco (incumbent)	157,037	62.26
	Republican	Floyd G. Sampson	95,186	37.74
Total votes			252,223	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene A. Chappie (incumbent)	158,679	69.45
	Democratic	Harry Cozad	69,793	30.55
Total votes			228,472	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	131,369	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vic Fazio (incumbent)	130,109	61.40
	Republican	Roger B. Canfield	77,773	29.70
	Libertarian	Roger Conant Pope	4,039	1.91
Total votes			211,921	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sala Burton (incumbent)	139,692	72.30
	Republican	Tom Spinosa	45,930	23.77
	Libertarian	Joseph Fuhrig	4,008	2.07
	Peace and Freedom	Henry Clark	3,574	1.85
Total votes			193,204	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer (incumbent)	162,511	67.97
	Republican	Douglas Binderup	71,011	29.70
	Libertarian	Howard C. Creighton	5,574	2.33
Total votes			239,096	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	158,306	66.71
	Republican	Rosemary Thaker	78,985	33.29
Total votes			237,291	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Dellums (incumbent)	144,316	60.33
	Republican	Charles Connor	94,907	39.67
Total votes			239,223	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	136,511	69.90
	Republican	J. T. "Eager" Beaver	51,399	26.32
	Libertarian	Martha Fuhrig	7,398	3.79
Total votes			195,308	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	102,469	62.41
	Republican	Bob Herriott	56,256	34.27
	Libertarian	Perr Cardestam	2,789	1.70
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	2,663	1.62
Total votes			164,177	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Lantos (incumbent)	147,607	69.92
	Republican	John J. "Jack" Hickey	59,625	28.24
	American Independent	Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff	3,883	1.84
Total votes			211,115	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Zschau (incumbent)	155,795	61.59
	Democratic	Martin Carnoy	91,026	35.98
	Libertarian	William C. "Bill" White	5,872	2.32
Total votes			252,963	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	139,851	65.24
	Republican	John D. "Jack" Williams	70,666	32.97
	Libertarian	John R. Redding	3,836	1.79
Total votes			214,353	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman D. Shumway (incumbent)	179,238	73.32
	Democratic	Ruth Paula Carlson	58,384	23.88
	Libertarian	Fred W. Colburn	6,850	2.80
Total votes			244,472	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	109,590	65.46
	Republican	Carol Harner	54,730	32.69
	Libertarian	Richard M. Harris	3,086	1.84
Total votes			167,406	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	153,377	70.78
	Republican	Patricia Smith Ramsey	60,065	27.72
	Libertarian	Bill Anderson	3,245	1.50
Total votes			216,687	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles (Chip) Pashayan (inc.)	128,802	72.49
	Democratic	Simon Lakritz	48,888	27.51
Total votes			177,690	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Lehman (incumbent)	128,186	67.28
	Republican	Dale L. Ewen	62,339	32.72
Total votes			190,525	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Lagomarsino (incumbent)	153,187	67.30
	Democratic	James C. Carey, Jr.	70,278	30.87
	Peace and Freedom	Charles J. Zekan	4,161	1.83
Total votes			227,626	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	151,732	70.89
	Democratic	Michael T. LeSage	62,307	29.11
Total votes			214,039	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobbi Fiedler (incumbent)	173,504	72.30
	Democratic	Charles "Charlie" Davis	62,085	25.87
	Libertarian	Robert Townsend Leet	4,379	1.82
Total votes			239,968	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent)	184,981	85.24
	Libertarian	Michael B. Yauch	32,036	14.76
Total votes			217,017	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent)	140,461	61.57
	Republican	Claude W. Parrish	84,093	36.86
	Libertarian	Larry Leathers	3,580	1.57
Total votes			228,134	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	97,340	63.37
	Republican	Jerry Zerg	51,010	33.21
	Peace and Freedom	James Green	2,780	1.81
	Libertarian	Tim Custer	2,477	1.61
Total votes			153,607	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	74,261	71.68
	Republican	Roy D. "Bill" Bloxom	24,968	24.10
	Libertarian	Anthony G. Bajada	4,370	4.22
Total votes			103,599	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	117,080	62.79
	Republican	Miriam Ojeda	69,372	37.21
Total votes			186,452	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	116,933	54.95
	Republican	Robert B. Scribner	88,896	41.78
	Peace and Freedom	Thomas L. O'Connor, Jr.	3,815	1.79
	Libertarian	Jeff Avrech	3,137	1.47
Total votes			212,781	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)	113,076	75.63
	Republican	Beatrice M. Jett	33,511	22.41
	Libertarian	Don Swemgimurti Federick	2,930	1.96
Total votes			149,517	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)	108,777	86.63
	Republican	Echo Y. Goto	16,781	13.37
Total votes			125,558	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez (incumbent)	64,378	51.78
	Republican	Richard Gomez	53,900	43.35
	American Independent	Houston A. Meyers	6,055	4.87
Total votes			124,333	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally (incumbent)	100,658	70.71
	Republican	Henry C. Minturn	41,691	29.29
Total votes			142,349	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)	102,961	60.67
	Republican	Roger E. Fiola	62,176	36.64
	Libertarian	Mark F. Denny	2,517	1.48
	Peace and Freedom	Patrick John McCoy	2,051	1.21
Total votes			169,705	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	147,363	70.64
	Democratic	Claire K. McDonald	54,147	25.95
	Libertarian	Gail Lightfoot	4,738	2.27
	Peace and Freedom	James Michael "Mike" Noonan	2,371	1.14
Total votes			208,619	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	87,060	59.82
	Republican	Paul R. Jackson	58,467	40.18
Total votes			145,527	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	176,477	85.47
	Peace and Freedom	Kevin Akin	29,990	14.53
Total votes			206,467	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	104,438	56.60
	Republican	John Paul Stark	80,212	43.40
Total votes			184,650	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	149,955	60.99
	Democratic	David E. "Dave" Skinner	85,908	34.94
Total votes			245,863	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Dornan	86,545	53.16
	Democratic	Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent)	73,231	44.98
	Peace and Freedom	Michael Schuyles Bright	3,021	1.86
Total votes			162,797	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (incumbent)	175,788	76.21
	Democratic	Robert E. Ward	54,889	23.79
Total votes			230,677	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Badham (incumbent)	164,257	64.42
	Democratic	Carol Ann Bradford	86,748	34.02
	Peace and Freedom	Maxine Bell Quirk	3,969	1.56
Total votes			254,974	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Lowery (incumbent)	161,068	63.45
	Democratic	Bob Simmons	85,475	33.67
	Libertarian	Sara Baase	7,303	2.88
Total votes			253,846	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lungren (incumbent)	177,783	72.98
	Democratic	Mary Lou Brophy	60,025	24.64
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	5,811	2.39
Total votes			243,619	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	165,643	74.11
	Democratic	Lois E. Humphreys	50,996	22.82
	Libertarian	Phyllis Avery	6,878	3.08
Total votes			223,517	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 44

California's 44th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Bates (incumbent)	99,378	69.71
	Republican	Neill Campbell	39,977	28.04
	Libertarian	Jim Conole	3,206	2.25
Total votes			142,561	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 45

California's 45th congressional district election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	149,011	75.14
	Democratic	David W. Guthrie	45,325	22.86
	Libertarian	Patrick "Pat" Wright	3,971	2.00
Total votes			198,307	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

See also

• 99th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• 1984 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