United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986

1984 ← November 4, 1986 (1986-11-04) → 1988

All 45 California seats to the United States House of Representatives   Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 27 18 Seats won 27 18 Seat change Popular vote 3,793,542 3,328,109 Percentage 52.32% 45.90%

Election results by district

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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986 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, 1986. No districts switched parties, so the delegation remained at 27 Democrats and 18 Republicans.

Overview

United States HoR elections in California, 1986
Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic	3,793,542	52.32%	27
	Republican	3,328,109	45.90%	18
	Libertarian	71,448	0.99%	0
	Peace and Freedom	57,003	0.79%	0
Totals		7,250,102	100.00%	45

Results

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

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Douglas H. Bosco (incumbent)	138,174	67.48%
	Republican	Floyd G. Sampson	54,436	26.59%
	Peace and Freedom	Elden McFarland	12,149	5.93%
Totals			204,759	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Wally Herger	109,758	58.25%
	Democratic	Stephen C. Swendiman	74,602	39.59%
	Libertarian	Harry Hugh "Doc" Pendery	4,054	2.15%
Totals			188,414	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	158,709	75.95%
	Republican	Lowell Patrick Landowski	50,265	24.05%
Totals			208,974	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Vic Fazio (incumbent)	128,364	70.16%
	Republican	Jack D. Hite	54,596	29.84%
Totals			182,960	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Sala Burton (incumbent)	122,688	75.17%
	Republican	Mike Garza	36,039	22.08%
	Libertarian	Samuel K. "Sam" Grove	2,409	1.48%
	Peace and Freedom	Theodore Adrian "Ted" Zuur	2,078	1.27%
Totals			163,214	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer (incumbent)	142,946	73.85%
	Republican	Franklin "Harry" Ernst III	50,606	26.15%
Totals			193,552	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	124,174	66.56%
	Republican	Rosemary Thaker	62,379	33.44%
Totals			186,553	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Ronald Dellums (incumbent)	121,790	60.01%
	Republican	Steven Eigenberg	76,850	37.87%
	Peace and Freedom	Lawrence R. Manuel	4,295	2.12%
Totals			202,935	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	113,490	69.72%
	Republican	David M. "Dave" Williams	49,300	30.28%
Totals			162,790	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	84,240	70.46%
	Republican	Michael R. La Crone	31,826	26.62%
	Libertarian	Perr Cardestam	1,797	1.50%
	Peace and Freedom	Bradley L. Mayer	1,701	1.42%
Totals			119,564	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Tom Lantos (incumbent)	112,380	74.08%
	Republican	Bill Quarishi	39,315	25.92%
Totals			151,695	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Ernie Konnyu	111,252	59.48%
	Democratic	Lance T. Weil	69,564	37.19%
	Libertarian	William C. "Bill" White	6,227	3.33%
Totals			187,043	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	107,696	69.73%
	Republican	Bob Nash	46,754	30.27%
Totals			154,450	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Norman D. Shumway (incumbent)	146,906	71.61%
	Democratic	Bill Steele	53,597	26.12%
	Libertarian	Bruce A. Daniel	4,658	2.27%
Totals			205,161	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	93,600	71.03%
	Republican	Carol Harner	35,793	27.16%
	Libertarian	Richard M. Harris	2,382	1.81%
Totals			131,775	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	128,151	78.38%
	Republican	Louis Darrigo	31,386	19.20%
	Peace and Freedom	Ron Wright	2,017	1.23%
	Libertarian	Bill Anderson	1,944	1.19%
Totals			163,498	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Charles (Chip) Pashayan (inc.)	88,787	60.21%
	Democratic	John Hartnett	58,682	39.79%
Totals			147,469	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Richard Lehman (incumbent)	101,480	71.27%
	Republican	David C. Crevelt	40,907	28.73%
Totals			142,387	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Lagomarsino (incumbent)	122,578	71.88%
	Democratic	Wayne B. Norris	45,619	26.75%
	Libertarian	George Hasara	2,341	1.37%
Totals			170,538	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	129,989	72.61%
	Democratic	Jules H. Moquin	49,027	27.39%
Totals			179,016	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Elton Gallegly	132,090	68.41%
	Democratic	Gilbert R. Saldana	54,497	28.22%
	Libertarian	Daniel Wiener	6,504	3.37%
Totals			193,091	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent)	141,096	73.80%
	Democratic	John G. Simmons	44,036	23.03%
	Libertarian	Jona Joy Bergland	3,114	1.63%
	Peace and Freedom	Joel Lorimer	2,930	1.53%
Totals			191,176	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent)	121,468	65.75%
	Republican	George Woolverton	58,746	31.80%
	Peace and Freedom	Tom Hopke	2,521	1.36%
	Libertarian	Taylor Rhodes	2,019	1.09%
Totals			184,754	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	103,914	87.93%
	Libertarian	George Abrahams	8,871	7.51%
	Peace and Freedom	James Green	5,388	4.56%
Totals			118,173	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	62,692	76.07%
	Republican	Gregory L. Hardy	17,558	21.30%
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	2,163	2.62%
Totals			82,413	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	98,091	65.07%
	Republican	Robert M. Kerns	52,662	34.93%
Totals			150,753	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mel Levine (incumbent)	110,403	63.70%
	Republican	Rob Scribner	59,410	34.28%
	Peace and Freedom	Thomas L. O'Connor, Jr.	2,078	1.20%
	Libertarian	Larry Leathers	1,429	0.82%
Totals			173,320	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)	92,635	76.35%
	Republican	George Zaldivar Adams	25,858	21.31%
	Libertarian	Howard Johnson	2,837	2.34%
Totals			121,330	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)	78,132	84.54%
	Republican	John Van de Brooke	13,432	14.53%
	Libertarian	Waheed R. Boctor	851	0.92%
Totals			92,415	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez (incumbent)	59,369	62.50%
	Republican	John W. Almquist	33,705	35.48%
	Libertarian	Kim J. Goldsworthy	1,911	2.01%
Totals			94,985	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally (incumbent)	77,126	70.25%
	Republican	Jack McMurray	30,322	27.62%
	Peace and Freedom	B. Kwaku Duren	2,333	2.13%
Totals			109,781	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent)	90,739	68.46%
	Republican	Joyce M. Robertson	39,003	29.43%
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	2,799	2.11%
Totals			132,541	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	118,541	71.69%
	Democratic	Monty Hempel	44,312	26.80%
	Peace and Freedom	James Michael "Mike" Noonan	2,500	1.51%
Totals			165,353	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Esteban Torres (incumbent)	66,404	60.33%
	Republican	Charles M. House	43,659	39.67%
Totals			110,063	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	127,235	76.85%
	Democratic	Robert J. "Sarge" Hall	38,322	23.15%
Totals			165,557	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	78,118	57.11%
	Republican	Robert L. "Bob" Henley	58,660	42.89%
Totals			136,778	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Al McCandless (incumbent)	122,416	63.68%
	Democratic	David E. "Dave" Skinner	69,808	36.32%
Totals			192,224	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob Dornan (incumbent)	66,032	55.27%
	Democratic	Richard H. Robinson	50,625	42.38%
	Libertarian	Lee Connelly	2,807	2.35%
Totals			119,464	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (incumbent)	131,603	74.46%
	Democratic	David D. Vest	42,377	23.98%
	Peace and Freedom	Frank Boeheim	2,752	1.56%
Totals			176,732	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Robert Badham (incumbent)	119,829	59.76%
	Democratic	Bruce W. Sumner	75,664	37.73%
	Peace and Freedom	Steve Sears	5,025	2.51%
Totals			200,518	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Lowery (incumbent)	133,566	67.83%
	Democratic	Daniel F. "Dan" Kripke	59,816	30.38%
	Libertarian	Richard "Dick" Rider	3,541	1.80%
Totals			196,923	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Dan Lungren (incumbent)	140,364	72.84%
	Democratic	Michael P. Blackburn	47,586	24.69%
	Peace and Freedom	Kate McClatchy	4,761	2.47%
Totals			192,711	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Ron Packard (incumbent)	137,341	73.14%
	Democratic	Joseph Chirra	45,078	24.00%
	Libertarian	Phyllis Avery	5,370	2.86%
Totals			187,789	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 44

California's 44th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Jim Bates (incumbent)	70,557	64.24%
	Republican	Bill Mitchell	36,359	33.10%
	Peace and Freedom	Shirley Rachel Issacson	1,676	1.53%
	Libertarian	Dennis Thompson	1,244	1.13%
Totals			109,836	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 45

California's 45th congressional district election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	118,900	58.09%
	Democratic	Hewitt Fitts Ryan	82,800	40.45%
	Libertarian	Lee Schwartz	2,975	1.45%
Totals			204,675	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

See also

• 100th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1986

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