United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976

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The California United States House elections, 1976 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, 1976. Democrats picked up one district, the 16th.

Contents 1 Delegation Composition 2 Results 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Delegation Composition

1976 pre-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	28
	Republican-Held	15

1976 post-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	29
	Republican-Held	14

[edit] Results

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

1976 California U.S. House District 1 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)	160,477	73.9
	Republican	James E. Taylor	56,539	26.1
Total votes			217,016	100.0
Majority			103,938	47.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 2 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Don H. Clausen (incumbent)	121,290	56
	Democratic	Oscar H. Klee	88,829	41
	Peace and Freedom	Robert B. "Bob" Allred	6,444	3
Total votes			216,563	100
Majority			32,461	15
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 3 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John E. Moss (incumbent)	139,779	72.9
	Republican	George R. Marsh, Jr.	52,075	27.1
Total votes			191,854	100.0
Majority			87,704	45.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 4 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert L. Leggett (incumbent)	75,844	50.2
	Republican	Rex Hime	75,193	49.8
Total votes			151,037	100.0
Majority			651	0.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 5 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John L. Burton (incumbent)	103,746	61.8
	Republican	Branwell Fanning	64,008	38.2
Total votes			167,754	100.0
Majority			39,738	23.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 6 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	86,493	66.1
	Republican	Tom Spinosa	35,359	27.0
	Peace and Freedom	Emily L. Siegel	6,570	5.0
	American Independent	Raymond O. "Ray" Heaps	2,494	1.9
Total votes			130,916	100.0
Majority			51,134	39.1
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 7 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	147,064	74.7
	Republican	Robert L. Vickers	45,863	23.3
	American Independent	Melvin E. Stanley	3,889	2.0
Total votes			196,816	100.0
Majority			101,201	51.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 8 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ron Dellums (incumbent)	122,342	62.1
	Republican	Philip Stiles Breck Jr.	68,374	34.7
	Peace and Freedom	Robert J. Evans	6,238	3.2
Total votes			196,954	100.0
Majority			53,968	27.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 9 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	116,398	70.8
	Republican	James K. Mills	44,607	27.1
	Peace and Freedom	Albert L. Sargis	3,386	2.1
Total votes			164,391	100.0
Majority			71,791	43.7
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 10 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	111,992	72.0
	Republican	Herb Smith	38,088	24.5
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	5,363	3.5
Total votes			155,443	100.0
Majority			73,904	47.5
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 11 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Leo Ryan (incumbent)	107,618	61.1
	Republican	Bob Jones	62,435	35.4
	American Independent	Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff	6,141	3.5
Total votes			176,194	100.0
Majority			45,183	25.7
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 12 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Pete McCloskey (incumbent)	130,332	66.2
	Democratic	David T. Harris	61,526	31.3
	American Independent	Joseph David "Joss" Cooney	4,999	2.5
Total votes			196,857	100.0
Majority			78,806	34.9
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 13 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Norman Mineta (incumbent)	135,291	66.8
	Republican	Ernie Konnyu	63,130	31.2
	American Independent	William Pollock Herrell	4,190	2.1
Total votes			72,161	100.0
Majority				35.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 14 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John J. McFall (incumbent)	123,285	72.5
	Republican	Roger A. Blaine	46,674	27.5
Total votes			169,959	100.0
Majority			76,611	45.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 15 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bernice F. Sisk	92,735	72.2
	Republican	Carol Harner	35,700	27.8
Total votes			128,435	100.0
Majority			57,035	44.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 16 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Leon E. Panetta	104,545	53.4
	Republican	Burt L. Talcott (incumbent)	91,160	46.6
Total votes			195,705	100.0
Majority			13,385	6.8
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 17 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Hans Krebs (incumbent)	103,898	65.7
	Republican	Henry J. Andreas	54,270	34.3
Total votes			158,168	100.0
Majority			49,628	31.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 18 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William M. Ketchum (inc.)	101,658	64.2
	Democratic	Dean Close	56,683	35.8
Total votes			158,341	100.0
Majority			44,975	28.4
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 19 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert J. Lagomarsino (inc.)	124,201	64.4
	Democratic	Dan Sisson	68,722	35.6
Total votes			192,923	100.0
Majority			55,479	28.8
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 20 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (inc.)	146,158	67.2
	Democratic	Patty Lear Corman	71,193	32.8
Total votes			217,351	100.0
Majority			74,965	34.4
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 21 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James C. Corman (incumbent)	101,837	66.5
	Republican	Erwin Ed Hogan	44,094	28.8
	Peace and Freedom	Bill Hill	7,178	4.7
Total votes			153,109	100.0
Majority			57,743	37.7
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 22 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (inc.)	114,769	62.6
	Democratic	Robert S. Henry	68,543	37.4
Total votes			183,312	100.0
Majority			46,226	25.2
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 23 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson	130,619	60.2
	Republican	Thomas F. Bartman	86,434	39.8
Total votes			217,053	100.0
Majority			44,185	20.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 24 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	108,296	67.8
	Republican	David Irvins Simmons	51,478	32.2
Total votes			159,774	100.0
Majority			56,818	35.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 25 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	57,966	71.9
	Republican	Robert K. Watson	17,737	22.0
	Peace and Freedom	Marilyn Seals	4,922	6.1
Total votes			80,625	100.0
Majority			60,229	49.9
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 26 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John H. Rousselot (inc.)	112,619	65.6
	Democratic	Latta Bruce	59,093	34.4
Total votes			171,712	100.0
Majority			53,526	31.2
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 27 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Dornan	114,623	54.7
	Democratic	Gary Familian	94,988	45.3
Total votes			209,611	100.0
Majority			19,635	9.4
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 28 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (inc.)	114,612	80.2
	Republican	Edward S. Skinner	28,303	19.8
Total votes			142,915	100.0
Majority			86,309	60.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 29 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (inc.)	82,515	85.4
	Republican	Michael D. Germonprez	10,852	11.2
	Independent	Sheila Leburg	3,235	3.3
Total votes			96,602	100.0
Majority			71,663	74.2
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 30 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	George E. Danielson (inc.)	82,767	74.4
	Republican	Harry Couch	28,503	25.6
Total votes			111,270	100.0
Majority			54,264	48.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 31 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles H. Wilson (incumbent)	83,155	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 32 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (inc.)	92,034	72.2
	Republican	Clifford O. Young	35,394	27.8
Total votes			127,428	100.0
Majority			56,640	44.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 33 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Del M. Clawson	95,398	55.1
	Democratic	Ted Snyder	77,807	44.9
Total votes			173,205	100.0
Majority			17,591	10.2
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 34 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mark W. Hannaford (inc.)	100,988	50.7
	Republican	Dan Lungren	98,147	49.3
Total votes			199,135	100.0
Majority			2,841	0.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 35 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Lloyd (incumbent)	87,472	53.3
	Republican	Louis Brutocao	76,765	46.7
Total votes			164,237	100.0
Majority			10,707	6.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 36 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	90,830	61.6
	Republican	Grant Carner	49,368	33.5
	American Independent	William E. Pasley	7,358	5.0
Total votes			147,556	100.0
Majority			41,462	28.1
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 37 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Shirley Neil Pettis (incumbent)	133,634	71.1
	Democratic	Douglas C. Nilson Jr.	49,021	26.1
	American Independent	Bernard Wahl	5,352	2.8
Total votes			188,007	100.0
Majority			84,613	45.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 38 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent)	103,317	63.6
	Republican	James "Jim" Combs	59,092	36.4
Total votes			162,409	100.0
Majority			44,225	27.2
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 39 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles E. Wiggins	122,657	58.6
	Democratic	William E. "Bill" Farris	86,745	41.4
Total votes			209,402	100.0
Majority			35,912	17.2
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 40 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Badham	148,512	59.3
	Democratic	Vivian Hall	102,132	40.7
Total votes			250,644	100.0
Majority			46,380	18.6
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 41 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Wilson (incumbent)	128,784	57.7
	Democratic	King Golden, Jr.	94,590	42.3
Total votes			223,374	100.0
Majority			34,194	15.4
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 42 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent)	103,062	76
	Republican	Wes Marden	32,565	24
Total votes			135,627	100
Majority			130,497	52
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1976 California U.S. House District 43 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Clair W. Burgener (incumbent)	173,576	65
	Democratic	Pat Kelly	93,475	35
Total votes			267,051	100
Majority			80,101	30
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• 95th United States Congress
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• United States House elections, 1976

[edit] References

• California Elections Page
• Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

[edit] External links

• California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions

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