United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982

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The California United States House elections, 1982 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, 1982. California gained two seats, both of which were won by Democrats, as a result of the 1980 Census, and Democrats picked up three Republican-held districts.

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

[edit] Delegation Composition

1982 pre-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	23
	Republican-Held	20

1982 post-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	28
	Republican-Held	17

[edit] Results

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

1982 California U.S. House District 1 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Douglas H. Bosco	107,749	49.8
	Republican	Don H. Clausen (incumbent)	102,043	47.2
	Libertarian	David Redick	6,374	2.9
Total votes			216,166	100.0
Majority			5,706	2.6
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 2 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Eugene A. Chappie (inc.)	116,172	57.9
	Democratic	John Newmeyer	81,314	40.5
	Peace and Freedom	Howard Fegarsky	3,126	1.6
Total votes			200,612	100.0
Majority			35,858	17.4
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 3 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	194,680	89.6
	Libertarian	Bruce A. Daniel	16,222	7.5
	Peace and Freedom	John Newmeyer	6,294	2.9
Total votes			217,196	100.0
Majority			178,458	82.1
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 4 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vic Fazio (incumbent)	118,476	63.9
	Republican	Roger B. Canfield	67,047	36.1
Total votes			185,523	100.0
Majority			51,429	27.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 5 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Phillip Burton (incumbent)	103,268	50.5
	Republican	Milton Marks	72,139	35.3
	Libertarian	Justin Raimondo	2,904	14.2
Total votes			178,311	100.0
Majority			31,129	15.2
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 6 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer	96,379	52.4
	Republican	Dennis McQuaid	82,128	44.6
	Libertarian	Howard C. Creighton	3,191	1.7
	Peace and Freedom	Timothy Allen Albertson	2,366	1.3
Total votes			184,064	100.0
Majority			14,251	7.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 7 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	126,952	67.2
	Republican	Paul E. Vallely	56,960	30.2
	Libertarian	Richard Newell	2,752	1.5
	American Independent	Terry L. Wells	2,205	1.2
Total votes			188,869	100.0
Majority			69,992	37.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 8 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ronald Dellums (incumbent)	121,537	55.9
	Republican	Claude B. Hutchinson Jr.	95,694	44.1
Total votes			217,231	100.0
Majority			25,843	11.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 9 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	104,393	60.7
	Republican	William J. "Bill" Kennedy	67,702	39.3
Total votes			172,095	100.0
Majority			36,691	21.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 10 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Don Edwards (incumbent)	77,263	62.7
	Republican	Bob Herriott	41,506	33.7
	Libertarian	Dale Burrow	2,403	1.9
	American Independent	Edmon V. Kaiser	2,109	1.7
Total votes			123,281	100.0
Majority			35,757	29.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 11 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tom Lantos (incumbent)	109,812	57.1
	Republican	Bill Royer	76,462	39.7
	Libertarian	Chuck Olson	2,920	1.5
	Peace and Freedom	Wilson G. Branch	1,928	1.0
	American Independent	Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff	1,250	0.6
Total votes			192,372	100.0
Majority			33,350	17.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 12 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ed Zschau	115,365	63.0
	Democratic	Emmett Lynch	61,372	33.5
	Libertarian	William C. "Bill" White	6,471	3.5
Total votes			183,208	100.0
Majority			53,993	29.5
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 13 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Norm Mineta (incumbent)	110,805	65.9
	Republican	Tom Kelly	52,806	31.4
	Libertarian	Al Hinkle	4,553	2.7
Total votes			168,164	100.0
Majority			57,999	34.5
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 14 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Norman D. Shumway (inc.)	134,225	63.4
	Democratic	Baron Reed	77,400	36.6
Total votes			211,625	100.0
Majority			56,825	26.8
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 15 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tony Coelho (incumbent)	86,022	63.7
	Republican	Ed Bates	45,948	34.0
	Libertarian	Stephen L. Gerringer	3,073	2.3
Total votes			135,043	100.0
Majority			30,074	29.7
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 16 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Leon Panetta (incumbent)	142,630	85.4
	Republican	Gary Richard Arnold	24,448	14.6
Total votes			167,078	100.0
Majority			118,182	70.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 17 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles (Chip) Pashayan (inc.)	80,271	54
	Democratic	Gene Tackett	68,364	46
Total votes			148,635	100
Majority			11,907	8
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 18 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Richard Lehman	92,762	59.5
	Republican	Adrian C. Fondse	59,664	38.3
	Libertarian	Marshall William Fritz	3,501	2.2
Total votes			155,927	100.0
Majority			33,098	21.2
Turnout
	Democratic win		(new constituency)

1982 California U.S. House District 19 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Lagomarsino (incumbent)	112,486	61.1
	Democratic	Frank Frost	66,042	35.8
	Libertarian	R. C. Gordon-McCutchan	4,198	2.3
	Peace and Freedom	Charles J. Zekan	1,520	0.8
Total votes			184,246	100.0
Majority			46,444	25.3
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 20 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	123,312	68.1
	Democratic	Robert J. Bethea	57,769	31.9
Total votes			181,081	100.0
Majority			65,543	36.2
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 21 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bobbi Fiedler (incumbent)	138,474	71.8
	Democratic	George Henry Margolis	46,412	24.1
	Libertarian	Daniel Wiener	7,881	4.1
Total votes			192,767	100.0
Majority			92,062	47.7
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 22 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Carlos J. Moorhead (inc.)	145,831	73.6
	Democratic	Harvey L. Goldhammer	46,521	23.5
	Libertarian	Robert T. Gerringer	5,870	3.0
Total votes			198,222	100.0
Majority			99,310	50.1
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 23 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Anthony C. Beilenson (inc.)	120,788	59.6
	Republican	Daid Armor	82,031	40.4
Total votes			202,819	100.0
Majority			38,757	19.2
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 24 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	88,516	65.1
	Republican	Jerry Zerg	42,133	31.0
	Libertarian	Jeff Mandel	5,420	1.8
Total votes			136,069	100.0
Majority			46,383	34.1
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 25 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward R. Roybal (incumbent)	71,106	84.5
	Libertarian	Daniel John Gorham	12,060	14.5
Total votes			83,166	100.0
Majority			59,046	70.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 26 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Howard Berman	97,383	59.6
	Republican	Hal Phillips	66,072	40.4
Total votes			163,455	100.0
Majority			31,311	19.2
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 27 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mel Levine	108,347	59.5
	Republican	Bart W. Christensen	67,479	37.0
	Libertarian	ZacK Richardson	6,391	3.5
Total votes			182,217	100.0
Majority			40,868	22.5
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 28 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Julian C. Dixon (incumbent)	103,469	78.9
	Republican	David Goerz	24,473	18.7
	Libertarian	David W. Meleney	3,210	2.4
Total votes			131,152	100.0
Majority			78,996	60.2
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 29 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Augustus F. Hawkins (inc.)	97,028	79.8
	Republican	Milton R. Mackaig	24,568	20.2
Total votes			121,596	100.0
Majority			72,460	59.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 30 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Martinez (inc.)	60,905	53.9
	Republican	John H. Rousselot	52,177	46.1
Total votes			113,082	100.0
Majority			8,728	7.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 31 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally (inc.)	86,718	72.4
	Republican	Henry C. Minturn	33,043	27.6
Total votes			119,761	100.0
Majority			53,675	44.8
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 32 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Glenn M. Anderson (inc.)	84,663	58.0
	Republican	Brian J. Lungren	57,863	39.6
	Peace and Freedom	Eugene E. Ryle	3,473	2.4
Total votes			145,999	100.0
Majority			26,800	19.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 33 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	112,362	65.2
	Democratic	Paul Servelle	55,514	32.2
	Libertarian	Phillips B. Franklin	2,251	1.3
	Peace and Freedom	James Michael "Mike" Noonan	2,223	1.3
Total votes			172,350	100.0
Majority			56,848	33.0
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 34 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Esteban Torres	68,316	57.2
	Republican	Paul R. Jackson	51,026	42.8
Total votes			119,342	100.0
Majority			17,290	14.4
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 35 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	112,786	68.3
	Democratic	Robert E. Erwin	52,349	31.7
Total votes			165,135	100.0
Majority			60,437	36.6
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 36 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	George Brown, Jr. (incumbent)	76,546	54.3
	Republican	John Paul Stark	64,361	45.7
Total votes			140,907	100.0
Majority			12,185	8.6
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 37 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Al McCandless	105,065	59.1
	Democratic	Curtis R. "Sam" Cross	68,510	38.5
	Libertarian	Marc R. Wruble	4,297	2.4
Total votes			177,872	100.0
Majority			36,555	20.6
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 38 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent)	73,914	52.4
	Republican	William F. "Bill" Dohr	61,279	43.4
	Libertarian	Anita K. Barr	5,989	4.2
Total votes			141,182	100.0
Majority			12,635	9.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 39 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William E. Dannemeyer (inc.)	129,539	72.2
	Democratic	Frank G. Verges	46,681	26.0
	Libertarian	Frank Boeheim	3,152	1.8
Total votes			179,372	100.0
Majority			82,858	46.2
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 40 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Badham (incumbent)	144,228	71.5
	Democratic	Paul Hasenman	52,546	26.1
	Peace and Freedom	Maxine Bell Quirk	4,826	2.4
Total votes			201,600	100.0
Majority			91,682	45.4
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 41 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Lowery (incumbent)	140,130	68.9
	Democratic	Tony Brandenburg	58,677	28.8
	Libertarian	Everett Hale	4,654	2.3
Total votes			203,461	100.0
Majority			81,453	40.1
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 42 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Lungren (incumbent)	142,845	69.0
	Democratic	James P. Spellman	58,690	28.3
	Peace and Freedom	John S. Donohue	5,514	2.7
Total votes			207,049	100.0
Majority			84,155	40.7
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 43 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ron Packard (write-in)	66,444	36.8
	Democratic	Roy Pat Archer	57,995	32.1
	Republican	Johnnie R. Crean	56,297	31.1
Total votes			180,736	100.0
Majority			8,449	4.7
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

1982 California U.S. House District 44 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Bates	78,474	64.9
	Republican	Shirley M. Gissendanner	38,447	31.8
	Libertarian	Jim Conole	3,904	3.2
Total votes			120,825	100.0
Majority			40,027	33.1
Turnout
	Democratic win		(new constituency)

1982 California U.S. House District 45 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	117,771	68.6
	Democratic	Richard Hill	50,148	29.2
	Libertarian	Jack R. Sanders	3,839	2.2
Total votes			171,758	100.0
Majority			67,623	39.4
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• 98th United States Congress
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• United States House elections, 1982

[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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