1968 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1968 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 5, 1968. The delegation remained unchanged, at 21 Democrats and 17 Republicans.

Overview

United States HoR elections in California, 1968
Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Republican	3,741,454	54.38%	17
	Democratic	3,036,602	44.13%	21
	American Independent	55,920	0.81%	0
	Peace and Freedom	46,294	0.67%	0
Totals		6,880,270	100.00%	38

Results

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

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don H. Clausen (incumbent)	132,433	75.10
	Democratic	Donald W. Graham	37,650	21.35
	Peace and Freedom	Adolph N. Hofmann	3,372	1.91
	American Independent	Gladys O'Neil	2,882	1.63
Total votes			176,337	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	127,880	60.77
	Republican	Osmer E. Dunaway	78,986	37.53
	American Independent	Paul J. Huft	3,577	1.70
Total votes			210,443	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	106,694	55.98
	Republican	Elmore J. Duffy	79,717	41.82
	American Independent	James Tarleton Slaughter	4,188	2.20
Total votes			190,599	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert L. Leggett (incumbent)	88,067	55.54
	Republican	James Shumway	65,942	41.59
	American Independent	Gene Clark	4,545	2.87
Total votes			158,554	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	86,647	72.01
	Republican	Waldo Velasquez	29,123	24.20
	Peace and Freedom	Marvin Garson	4,549	3.78
Total votes			120,319	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William S. Mailliard (incumbent)	140,071	72.76
	Democratic	Phillip Drath	52,433	27.24
Total votes			192,504	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffery Cohelan (incumbent)	102,108	62.87
	Republican	Barney E. Hilburn	48,133	29.64
	Peace and Freedom	Huey Newton	12,164	7.49
Total votes			162,405	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George P. Miller (incumbent)	104,231	64.02
	Republican	Raymond P. Britton	58,584	35.98
Total votes			162,815	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	100,891	56.55
	Republican	Larry Fargher	77,521	43.45
Total votes			178,412	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles S. Gubser (incumbent)	160,204	67.31
	Democratic	Grayson S. Taketa	73,530	30.89
	Peace and Freedom	Martin L. Primach	4,276	1.80
Total votes			238,010	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete McCloskey (incumbent)	165,482	79.32
	Democratic	Urban G. Whitaker, Jr.	40,979	19.64
	Peace and Freedom	David Demorest Ransom	2,157	1.03
Total votes			208,618	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	140,713	94.88
	American Independent	Ann J. Holliday	7,593	5.12
Total votes			148,308	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles M. Teague (incumbent)	148,357	65.85
	Democratic	Stanley K. Sheinbaum	76,928	34.15
Total votes			225,285	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerome Waldie (incumbent)	152,500	71.58
	Republican	David W. Schuh	56,598	26.57
	American Independent	Luis W. Hamilton	3,945	1.85
Total votes			213,043	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	85,761	53.79
	Republican	Sam Van Dyken	73,685	46.21
Total votes			159,446	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)	97,473	62.46
	Republican	Dave Harris	55,192	35.37
	American Independent	John P. Carroll	3,390	2.17
Total votes			156,055	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson	75,070	50.75
	Republican	Joe Blatchford	71,174	48.11
	Peace and Freedom	Ben Dobbs	1,685	1.14
Total votes			147,929	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Mathias (incumbent)	100,008	65.17
	Democratic	Harlan Hagen	51,274	33.41
	American Independent	Edward Calvin Williams	2,186	1.42
Total votes			153,468	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chet Holifield (incumbent)	96,857	63.25
	Republican	Bill Jones	52,284	34.14
	American Independent	Wayne L. Cook	3,996	2.61
Total votes			153,137	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. Allen Smith (incumbent)	133,148	69.30
	Democratic	Don White	56,008	29.15
	Peace and Freedom	Robert J. Clarke	2,965	1.54
Total votes			192,121	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent)	87,205	91.60
	Republican	Rayfield Lundy	7,995	8.40
Total votes			95,200	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	102,332	56.92
	Republican	Joe Holt	74,433	41.40
	Peace and Freedom	Hugh Manes	3,024	1.68
Total votes			179,789	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson (incumbent)	95,628	64.95
	Democratic	Jim Sperrazzo	51,606	35.05
Total votes			147,234	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent)	152,180	72.85
	Democratic	Fred Warner Neal	56,723	27.15
Total votes			208,903	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent)	141,600	68.63
	Democratic	Keith F. Shirey	64,732	31.37
Total votes			206,332	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Rees (incumbent)	132,447	65.49
	Republican	Irving Teichner	63,393	31.35
	Peace and Freedom	Jack Weinberg	6,394	3.16
Total votes			202,234	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edwin Reinecke (incumbent)	158,309	72.25
	Democratic	John T. Butchko	60,808	27.75
Total votes			219,117	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent)	168,208	71.24
	Democratic	John McKee Pratt	63,414	26.86
	Peace and Freedom	Sherman Pearl	4,503	1.91
Total votes			236,125	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	74,807	52.31
	Republican	Bill Orozco	68,213	47.69
Total votes			143,020	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	75,381	67.49
	Republican	Samuel F. Cavnar	36,312	32.51
Total votes			111,693	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	94,387	58.91
	Republican	James R. Dunn	62,711	39.14
	American Independent	Stanley L. Schulte	3,134	1.96
Total votes			160,232	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Hosmer (incumbent)	138,494	73.78
	Democratic	Arthur J. Gottlieb	45,308	24.14
	American Independent	Richard B. Williams	3,898	2.08
Total votes			187,700	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Pettis (incumbent)	123,426	66.28
	Democratic	Al C. Bellard	59,619	32.02
	American Independent	Earl D. Wallen	3,171	1.70
Total votes			186,216	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard T. Hanna (incumbent)	105,880	50.85
	Republican	Bill J. Teague	102,333	49.15
Total votes			208,213	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James B. Utt (incumbent)	212,684	72.47
	Democratic	Thomas B. Lenhart	73,778	25.14
	American Independent	Annie McDonald	7,000	2.39
Total votes			293,462	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Wilson (incumbent)	147,772	71.61
	Democratic	Don Lindgren	58,578	28.39
Total votes			206,350	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 37th

California's 37th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)	95,591	64.67
	Republican	Mike Schaefer	52,212	35.33
Total votes			147,803	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 1968

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John V. Tunney (incumbent)	121,025	62.76
	Republican	Robert O. Hunter	68,196	35.36
	American Independent	James H. Griffin	2,415	1.25
	Peace and Freedom	Terese A. Karmel	1,205	0.62
Total votes			192,841	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

See also

• 91st United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1968

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