1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California

1942 United States House of Representatives elections in California

1942 House elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942 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 3, 1942. California gained three districts as a result of the 1940 census, two of which were won by Democrats and one by Republicans. Of California's existing seats, Democrats and Republicans each swapped one district.

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United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	937,392	49.4%	11	+1
	Democratic	906,614	47.7%	12	+2
	Communist	28,026	1.5%	0	0
	Prohibition	17,049	0.9%	0	0
	Townsend	9,843	0.5%	0	0
	Write-ins	185	0.0%	0	0
Totals		1,899,109	100.0%	23	+3

Pre-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	10
	Republican-Held	10

Post-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	12
	Republican-Held	11

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	78,281	93.2
	Communist	Albert J. Lima	5,703	6.8
Total votes			83,984	100.0
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	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	50,094	100.0
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	Republican hold

1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California

1942 United States House of Representatives elections in California

Overview

Delegation composition

Results

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 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

See also

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin L. Johnson (incumbent)	63,982	54.5
	Democratic	Joseph B. O'Neil	53,521	45.5
Total votes			117,503	100.0
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	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Rolph (incumbent)	62,735	98.3
	Communist	Archie Brown (write-in)	1,116	1.7
Total votes			63,851	100.0
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	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (incumbent)	85,747	92.7
	Communist	Walter R. Lambert	6,749	7.3
Total votes			92,496	100.0
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	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	108,585	92.6
	Communist	Clarence Paton	8,532	7.3
	No party	William H. Hollander (write-in)	185	0.1
Total votes			117,302	100.0
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	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Tolan (incumbent)	77,292	100.0
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	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent)	91,536	99.9
	Communist	Elizabeth Nicholas (write-in)	102	0.1
Total votes			91,638	100.0
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	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent)	65,791	100.0
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	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent)	43,864	100.0
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	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George E. Outland	31,611	50.7
	Republican	A. J. Dingeman	30,781	49.3
Total votes			62,392	100.0
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	Democratic win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Voorhis (incumbent)	53,705	56.8
	Republican	Roy P. McLaughlin	40,780	43.2
Total votes			94,485	100.0
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	Democratic hold

California's 13th congressional district election, 1942
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norris Poulson	38,577	49.5
	Democratic	Charles Kramer (incumbent)	33,060	42.4
	Townsend	Calvert S. Wilson	6,306	8.1
Total votes			77,943	100.0
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	Republican gain from Democratic

California's 16th congressional district election, 1942
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Will Rogers, Jr.	61,437	53.7
	Republican	Leland M. Ford (incumbent)	52,023	45.4
	Communist	Allen L. Ryan	1,043	0.9
Total votes			114,503	100.0
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	Democratic gain from Republican

California's 20th congressional district election, 1942
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent)	62,628	48.4
	Democratic	Joseph O. Donovan	55,479	42.9
	Prohibition	Virgil G. Hinshaw	6,864	5.3
	Townsend	Janie Bele McCarty	3,537	2.7
	Communist	Orla E. Lair	792	0.6
Total votes			129,300	100.0
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	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas F. Ford (incumbent)	49,326	67
	Republican	Herbert L. Herberts	24,349	33
Total votes			73,675	100
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	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John M. Costello (incumbent)	88,798	86.2
	Prohibition	B. Tarkington Dowden	10,185	9.9
	Communist	Philip Gardner	3,989	3.9
Total votes			102,972	100.0
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	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil R. King (incumbent)	92,260	100.0
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	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Ward Johnson (incumbent)	53,136	56.8
	Democratic	Francis H. Gentry	40,339	43.2
Total votes			93,475	100.0
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	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chet Holifield	34,918	63.1
	Republican	Carlton H. Casjens	20,446	36.9
Total votes			55,374	100.0
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	Democratic win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent)	38,419	96.6
	Republican	Arthur E. Isham (write-in)	1,350	3.4
Total votes			39,769	100.0
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	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Phillips	42,765	57.6
	Democratic	N. E. West	31,440	42.4
Total votes			74,205	100.0
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	Republican win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edouard Izac (incumbent)	42,864	50.5
	Republican	James B. Abbey	42,087	49.5
Total votes			84,951	100.0
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	Democratic hold