1948 United States House of Representatives 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.
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Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948 | ||||||
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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 | — |
Results
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
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 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 78,555 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 4
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 116,347 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 194,985 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 8
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 9
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 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 10
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 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 11
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 12
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 13
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 14
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 16
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 194,782 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
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 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 19
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 21
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 115,697 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
District 23
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 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
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