1948_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California
1948 United States House of Representatives elections in California
1948 House elections in California
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948 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, 1948. Democrats picked up three districts while losing two for a net gain of one seat.
Quick Facts All 23 California seats to the United States House of Representatives, Majority party ...
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More information United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948, Party ...
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Republican | 1,974,748 | 55.5% | 14 | 13 | -1 | |
Democratic | 1,400,487 | 39.4% | 9 | 10 | +1 | |
Progressive | 182,252 | 5.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 1,013 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3,558,500 | 100.0% | 23 | 23 | — |
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Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
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 14 |
District 1
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Hubert B. Scudder | 82,947 | 54.5 | |||
Democratic | Sterling J. Norgard | 68,951 | 45.3 | |||
Progressive | Roger Kent (write-in) | 304 | 0.2 | |||
Total votes | 152,302 | 100.0 | ||||
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District 2
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 78,555 | 100.0 | |
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District 3
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 166,571 | 84.4 | |
Progressive | James B. "Bert" Willard | 30,878 | 15.6 | |
Total votes | 197,449 | 100.0 | ||
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District 4
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 73,704 | 51.0 | |
Republican | William S. Mailliard | 68,875 | 47.7 | |
Progressive | Francis J. McTernan, Jr. | 1,949 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 144,528 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold | ||||
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District 5
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 116,347 | 100.0 | |
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District 6
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 194,985 | 100.0 | |
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District 7
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent) | 78,534 | 51.4 | |
Democratic | Buell G. Gallagher | 74,318 | 48.6 | |
Total votes | 152,852 | 100.0 | ||
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District 8
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 161,743 | 79.9 | |
Progressive | Paul Taylor | 40,670 | 20.1 | |
Total votes | 202,413 | 100.0 | ||
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District 9
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Cecil F. White | 72,826 | 51.3 | |||
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,563 | 46.9 | |||
Progressive | Josephine F. Daniels | 2,573 | 1.8 | |||
Total votes | 141,962 | 100.0 | ||||
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District 10
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Thomas H. Werdel | 67,448 | 71.3 | |||
Progressive | Sam James Miller | 27,168 | 28.7 | |||
Total votes | 94,616 | 100.0 | ||||
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District 11
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ernest K. Bramblett (incumbent) | 87,143 | 80.8 | |
Progressive | Cole Weston | 14,582 | 13.5 | |
Democratic | George E. Outland (write-in) | 6,157 | 5.7 | |
Total votes | 107,882 | 100.0 | ||
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District 12
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 141,509 | 87.8 | |
Progressive | Una W. Rice | 19,631 | 12.2 | |
Total votes | 161,140 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold | ||||
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District 13
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 62,951 | 52.6 | |
Democratic | Ned R. Healy | 56,624 | 47.4 | |
Total votes | 119,575 | 100.0 | ||
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District 14
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas (incumbent) | 89,581 | 65.3 | |
Republican | W. Wallace Braden | 44,611 | 32.5 | |
Progressive | Sidney Moore | 2,904 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 137,096 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold | ||||
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District 15
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 131,933 | 83 | |
Progressive | Maynard J. Omerberg | 27,007 | 17 | |
Total votes | 158,940 | 100 | ||
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Republican hold | ||||
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District 16
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Donald L. Jackson (incumbent) | 121,198 | 57 | |
Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson | 91,268 | 43 | |
Total votes | 212,466 | 100 | ||
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Republican hold | ||||
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District 17
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 194,782 | 100.0 | |
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District 18
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 105,687 | 51.1 | |||
Republican | Willis W. Bradley (incumbent) | 92,721 | 44.9 | |||
Progressive | Stanley Moffatt | 8,232 | 4.0 | |||
Total votes | 206,640 | 100.0 | ||||
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District 19
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 72,900 | 69.7 | |
Republican | Joseph Francis Quigley | 28,698 | 27.5 | |
Progressive | Jacob Berman | 1,915 | 1.8 | |
Independent | Myra Tanner Weiss | 1,013 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 104,526 | 100.0 | ||
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District 20
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 204,710 | 81.6 | |
Democratic | William B. Esterman | 46,232 | 18.4 | |
Total votes | 250,942 | 100.0 | ||
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District 21
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 61,383 | 55.2 | |
Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 47,411 | 42.6 | |
Progressive | Howard J. Louks | 2,422 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 111,216 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold | ||||
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District 22
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 115,697 | 100.0 | |
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District 23
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clinton D. McKinnon | 112,534 | 55.8 | |||
Republican | Charles K. Fletcher (incumbent) | 87,138 | 43.2 | |||
Progressive | Harry C. Steinmetz | 2,017 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 201,689 | 100.0 | ||||
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