United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1960

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1960 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 8, 1960. Democrats and Republicans each swapped a seat, leaving the balance at 16 Democrats and 14 Republicans.

Overview

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1960election.pdf]

District 1

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Clement Woodnutt Miller (inc.)
votes = 115,829
percentage = 51.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Frederick G. Dupuis
votes = 108,505
percentage = 48.4Election box total no change
votes = 224,334
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 2

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harold T. Johnson (incumbent)
votes = 109,565
percentage = 62.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Curtis W. Tarr
votes = 65,198
percentage = 37.3Election box total no change
votes = 174,763
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 3

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John E. Moss (incumbent)
votes = 200,439
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 4

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William S. Mailliard (incumbent)
votes = 118,249
percentage = 65.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Phillips S. Davies
votes = 62,814
percentage = 34.7Election box total no change
votes = 181,063
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 5

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John Shelley (incumbent)
votes = 104,507
percentage = 83.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Vick Verreos
votes = 20,305
percentage = 16.3Election box total no change
votes = 124,812
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
votes =
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 6

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John F. Baldwin, Jr. (incumbent)
votes = 128,418
percentage = 58.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Douglas R. Page
votes = 90,260
percentage = 41.3Election box total no change
votes = 218,678
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 7

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jeffery Cohelan (incumbent)
votes = 79,776
percentage = 57.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Lewis F. Sherman
votes = 60,065
percentage = 42.9Election box total no change
votes = 139,841
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 8

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George P. Miller (incumbent)
votes = 152,476
percentage = 62Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Robert E. Hannon
votes = 93,403
percentage = 38Election box total no change
votes = 245,879
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 9

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = J. Arthur Younger (incumbent)
votes = 116,589
percentage = 59.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John D. Kaster
votes = 80,227
percentage = 40.8Election box total no change
votes = 196,816
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 10

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles S. Gubser (incumbent)
votes = 170,063
percentage = 58.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Russell B. Bryan
votes = 118,520
percentage = 41.1Election box total no change
votes = 288,583
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 11

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John J. McFall (incumbent)
votes = 97,368
percentage = 65.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Clifford B. Bull
votes = 51,473
percentage = 34.6Election box total no change
votes = 148,841
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 12

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent)
votes = 141,974
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 13

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles M. Teague (incumbent)
votes = 146,072
percentage = 65Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George J. Holgate
votes = 78,597
percentage = 35Election box total no change
votes = 224,669
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 14

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harlan Hagen (incumbent)
votes = 97,026
percentage = 56.5Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = G. Ray Arnett
votes = 74,800
percentage = 43.5Election box total no change
votes = 171,826
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 15

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent)
votes = 89,234
percentage = 51.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Emery S. Petty
votes = 84,650
percentage = 48.7Election box total no change
votes = 173,884
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 16

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.
votes = 83,601
percentage = 55.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Jerry Pacht
votes = 67,318
percentage = 44.6Election box total no change
votes = 150,919
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 17

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Cecil R. King (incumbent)
votes = 206,620
percentage = 67.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Tom Coffee
votes = 98,510
percentage = 32.3Election box total no change
votes = 305,130
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 18

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Craig Hosmer (incumbent)
votes = 129,851
percentage = 70Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = D. Patrick Ahern
votes = 55,735
percentage = 30Election box total no change
votes = 185,586
percentage = 100Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 19

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Chet Holifield (incumbent)
votes = 145,479
percentage = 78.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Gordon S. McWilliams
votes = 40,491
percentage = 21.8Election box total no change
votes = 185,970
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 20

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = H. Allen Smith (incumbent)
votes = 90,214
percentage = 70.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Eugene Radding
votes = 38,497
percentage = 29.9Election box total no change
votes = 128,711
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 21

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Edgar W. Hiestand (incumbent)
votes = 179,376
percentage = 58.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Mrs. Rudd Brown
votes = 127,591
percentage = 41.6Election box total no change
votes = 306,967
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 22

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = James C. Corman
votes = 104,919
percentage = 51.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Lemoine Blanchard
votes = 100,321
percentage = 48.9Election box total no change
votes = 205,240
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)
loser = Republican Party (United States)

District 23

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Clyde Doyle (incumbent)
votes = 148,415
percentage = 74.2Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Emmett A. Schwartz
votes = 51,548
percentage = 25.8Election box total no change
votes = 199,963
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 24

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent)
votes = 82,497
percentage = 59.7Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Norman Hass
votes = 55,613
percentage = 40.3Election box total no change
votes = 138,110
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 25

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John H. Rousselot
votes = 182,545
percentage = 53.6Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George A. Kasem (incumbent)
votes = 158,289
percentage = 46.4Election box total no change
votes = 340,834
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)
loser = Democratic Party (United States)

District 26

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = James Roosevelt (incumbent)
votes = 150,318
percentage = 73.4Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = William E. McIntyre
votes = 54,540
percentage = 26.6Election box total no change
votes = 204,818
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 27

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent)
votes = 123,645
percentage = 66.8Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Robert M. Castle
votes = 61,484
percentage = 33.2Election box total no change
votes = 185,129
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Democratic Party (United States)

District 28

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = James B. Utt (incumbent)
votes = 241,765
percentage = 60.9Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Max E. Woods
votes = 155,221
percentage = 39.1Election box total no change
votes = 396,986
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

District 29

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent)
votes = 76,139
percentage = 57.1Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Charles H. Jameson
votes = 57,319
percentage = 42.9Election box total no change
votes = 133,458
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)
loser = Democratic Party (United States)

District 30

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Wilson (incumbent)
votes = 158,679
percentage = 59.3Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Walter Wencke
votes = 108,882
percentage = 40.7Election box total no change
votes = 267,561
percentage = 100.0Election box turnout no change
percentage = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Republican Party (United States)

See also

*87th United States Congress
*Political party strength in California
*Political party strength in U.S. states
*United States House of Representatives elections, 1960

References

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1960-11-08 California Elections Page]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives]

External links

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/page/8 California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)]
* [http://ca.rand.org/stats/politics/sov/elect.defs.html RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions]