California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
February 13, 2024
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California 1978 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 7 1978 Republicans knocked off three Democratic incumbents 11th district Congressman Leo Ryan was re elected but was murdered while investigating the Peoples Temple in Guyana following the election Contents 1 Overview 2 Results 2 1 District 1 2 2 District 2 2 3 District 3 2 4 District 4 2 5 District 5 2 6 District 6 2 7 District 7 2 8 District 8 2 9 District 9 2 10 District 10 2 11 District 11 2 12 District 12 2 13 District 13 2 14 District 14 2 15 District 15 2 16 District 16 2 17 District 17 2 18 District 18 2 19 District 19 2 20 District 20 2 21 District 21 2 22 District 22 2 23 District 23 2 24 District 24 2 25 District 25 2 26 District 26 2 27 District 27 2 28 District 28 2 29 District 29 2 30 District 30 2 31 District 31 2 32 District 32 2 33 District 33 2 34 District 34 2 35 District 35 2 36 District 36 2 37 District 37 2 38 District 38 2 39 District 39 2 40 District 40 2 41 District 41 2 42 District 42 2 43 District 43 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksOverview editUnited States House of Representatives elections in California 1978Party Votes Before After Democratic 3 335 332 51 11 29 26 3Republican 3 105 933 47 60 14 17 3American Independent 45 359 0 70 0 0 0Peace and Freedom 39 017 0 60 0 0 0Totals 6 525 641 100 00 43 43 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 14District 15 District 16 District 17 District 18 District 19 District 20 District 21 District 22 District 23 District 24 District 25 District 26 District 27District 28 District 29 District 30 District 31 District 32 District 33 District 34 District 35 District 36 District 37 District 38 District 39 District 40District 41 District 42 District 43District 1 edit California s 1st congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Harold T Johnson incumbent 125 122 59 35Republican James E Taylor 85 690 40 65Total votes 210 812 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 2 edit California s 2nd congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Don H Clausen incumbent 114 451 51 96Democratic Norma Bork 99 712 45 27Peace and Freedom Irv Sutley 6 097 2 77Total votes 220 260 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 3 edit California s 3rd congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bob Matsui 105 537 53 44Republican Sandy Smoley 91 966 46 56Total votes 197 503 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 4 edit California s 4th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Vic Fazio 87 764 55 37Republican Rex Hime 70 733 44 63Total votes 158 497 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 5 edit California s 5th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic John L Burton incumbent 106 046 66 84Republican Dolores Skore 52 603 33 16Total votes 158 649 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 6 edit California s 6th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Phillip Burton incumbent 81 801 68 30Republican Tom Spinosa 33 515 27 98American Independent Raymond O Heaps 4 452 3 72Total votes 119 768 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 7 edit California s 7th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic George Miller incumbent 109 676 63 45Republican Paula Gordon 58 332 33 74American Independent Melvin E Stanley 4 857 2 81Total votes 172 865 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 8 edit California s 8th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ron Dellums incumbent 94 824 57 36Republican Charles V Hughes 70 481 42 64Total votes 165 305 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 9 edit California s 9th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Pete Stark incumbent 88 179 65 38Republican Robert S Allen 41 138 30 50Peace and Freedom Lawrance J Phillips 5 562 4 12Total votes 134 879 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 10 edit California s 10th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Don Edwards incumbent 84 488 67 13Republican Rudy Hansen 41 374 32 87Total votes 125 862 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 11 edit California s 11th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Leo Ryan incumbent 92 882 60 52Republican Dave Welch 54 621 35 59American Independent Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff 5 961 3 88Total votes 153 464 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 12 edit California s 12th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Pete McCloskey incumbent 116 982 73 07Democratic Kirsten Olsen 34 472 21 53American Independent Harold R Boylan 5 609 3 50Peace and Freedom Adele Fumino 3 022 1 89Total votes 160 085 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 13 edit California s 13th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Norman Mineta incumbent 100 809 57 49Republican Dan O Keefe 69 306 39 52Peace and Freedom Robert Goldsborough III 5 246 2 99Total votes 175 361 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 14 edit California s 14th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Norman D Shumway 95 962 53 39Democratic John J McFall incumbent 76 602 42 62American Independent George Darold Waldron 7 163 3 99Total votes 179 727 100 00TurnoutRepublican gain from DemocraticDistrict 15 edit California s 15th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tony Coelho 75 212 60 11Republican Chris Patterakis 49 914 39 89Total votes 125 126 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 16 edit California s 16th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Leon Panetta incumbent 104 550 61 37Republican Eric Seastrand 65 808 38 63Total votes 170 358 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 17 edit California s 17th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Charles Chip Pashayan 81 296 54 49Democratic John Hans Krebs incumbent 67 885 45 51Total votes 149 181 100 00Turnout Republican gain from DemocraticDistrict 18 edit California s 18th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bill Thomas 85 663 59 26Democratic Bob Sogge 58 900 40 74Total votes 144 563 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 19 edit California s 19th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Robert J Lagomarsino incumbent 123 192 71 73Democratic Jerry Zamos 41 672 24 26Peace and Freedom Milton Shiro Takei 6 887 4 01Total votes 171 751 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 20 edit California s 20th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Barry Goldwater Jr incumbent 129 714 66 38Democratic Pat Lear 65 695 33 62Total votes 195 409 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 21 edit California s 21st congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James C Corman incumbent 73 869 59 51Republican Rod Walsh 44 519 35 86Peace and Freedom Bill Hill 5 750 4 63Total votes 124 138 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 22 edit California s 22nd congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Carlos J Moorhead incumbent 99 502 64 64Democratic Robert S Henry 54 442 35 36Total votes 153 944 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 23 edit California s 23rd congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Anthony C Beilenson incumbent 117 498 65 64Republican Joseph Barbara 61 496 34 36Total votes 178 994 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 24 edit California s 24th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Henry Waxman incumbent 85 075 62 66Republican Howard G Schaefer 44 243 32 59Peace and Freedom Kevin Casey Peters 6 453 4 75Total votes 135 771 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 25 edit California s 25th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Edward R Roybal incumbent 45 881 67 39Republican Robert K Watson 22 205 32 61Total votes 68 086 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 26 edit California s 26th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican John H Rousselot incumbent 113 059 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 27 edit California s 27th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Dornan incumbent 89 392 51 00Democratic Carey Peck 85 880 49 00Total votes 175 272 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 28 edit California s 28th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Julian C Dixon 97 592 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 29 edit California s 29th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Augustus F Hawkins incumbent 65 214 85 00Republican Uriah J Fields 11 512 15 00Total votes 76 726 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 30 edit California s 30th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic George E Danielson incumbent 66 241 71 42Republican Henry Ares 26 511 28 58Total votes 92 752 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 31 edit California s 31st congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Charles H Wilson incumbent 55 667 67 76Republican Don Grimshaw 26 490 32 24Total votes 82 157 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 32 edit California s 32nd congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Glenn M Anderson incumbent 74 004 71 43Republican Sonya Mathison 23 242 22 43American Independent Ida Bader 6 363 6 14Total votes 103 609 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 33 edit California s 33rd congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Wayne Grisham 79 533 55 98Democratic Dennis S Kazarian 62 540 44 02Total votes 142 073 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 34 edit California s 34th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Dan Lungren 90 554 53 72Democratic Mark Hannaford incumbent 73 608 43 67American Independent Lawrence John Stafford 4 410 2 62Total votes 168 572 100 00Turnout Republican gain from DemocraticDistrict 35 edit California s 35th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jim Lloyd incumbent 80 388 54 01Republican David Dreier 68 442 45 99Total votes 148 830 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 36 edit California s 36th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic George Brown Jr incumbent 80 448 62 92Republican Dana Warren Carmody 47 417 37 08Total votes 127 865 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 37 edit California s 37th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Jerry Lewis 106 581 61 40Democratic Dan Corcoran 60 463 34 83American Independent Bernard Wahl 6 544 3 77Total votes 173 588 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 38 edit California s 38th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jerry M Patterson incumbent 75 471 58 61Republican Dan Goedeke 53 298 41 39Total votes 128 769 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 39 edit California s 39th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican William E Dannemeyer 112 160 63 71Democratic William E Farris 63 891 36 29Total votes 176 051 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 40 edit California s 40th congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Robert Badham incumbent 147 882 65 95Democratic Jim McGuy 76 358 34 05Total votes 224 240 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 41 edit California s 41st congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Bob Wilson incumbent 107 685 58 14Democratic King Golden Jr 77 540 41 86Total votes 185 225 100 00Turnout Republican holdDistrict 42 edit California s 42nd congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Lionel Van Deerlin incumbent 85 126 73 74Republican Lawrence C Mattera 30 319 26 26Total votes 115 445 100 00Turnout Democratic holdDistrict 43 edit California s 43rd congressional district election 1978 Party Candidate Votes Republican Clair Burgener incumbent 167 150 68 66Democratic Reuben B Brooks 76 308 31 34Total votes 243 458 100 00Turnout Republican holdSee also edit96th United States Congress Political party strength in California Political party strength in U S states 1978 United States House of Representatives electionsReferences editCalifornia Elections Page Office of the Clerk of the House of RepresentativesExternal links editCalifornia Legislative District Maps 1911 Present RAND California Election Returns District Definitions Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in California amp oldid 1174190847, wikipedia, wiki, 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