1960 United States House of Representatives elections in California

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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.

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Overview

United States HoR elections in California, 1960
PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic 3,336,70953.9%16
Republican 2,855,11546.1%14
Totals6,191,824100.0%30

Results

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14
District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27
District 28District 29District 30

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Clement Woodnutt Miller (inc.) 115,829 51.6
Republican Frederick G. Dupuis108,50548.4
Total votes224,334 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) 109,565 62.7
Republican Fredric H. Nagel65,19837.3
Total votes174,763 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John E. Moss (incumbent) 200,439 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William S. Mailliard (incumbent) 118,249 65.3
Democratic Phillips S. Davies62,81434.7
Total votes181,063 100.0
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Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John F. Shelley (incumbent) 104,507 83.7
Republican Vick Verreos20,30516.3
Total votes124,812 100.0
Turnout
Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John F. Baldwin, Jr. (incumbent) 128,418 58.7
Democratic Douglas R. Page90,26041.3
Total votes218,678 100.0
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Republican hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeffery Cohelan (incumbent) 79,776 57.1
Republican Lewis F. Sherman60,06542.9
Total votes139,841 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George P. Miller (incumbent) 152,476 62
Republican Robert E. Hannon93,40338
Total votes245,879 100
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Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican J. Arthur Younger (incumbent) 116,589 59.2
Democratic John D. Kaster80,22740.8
Total votes196,816 100.0
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Republican hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles S. Gubser (incumbent) 170,063 58.9
Democratic Russell B. Bryan118,52041.1
Total votes288,583 100.0
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Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John J. McFall (incumbent) 97,368 65.4
Republican Clifford B. Bull51,47334.6
Total votes148,841 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) 141,974 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles M. Teague (incumbent) 146,072 65
Democratic L. Boyd Finch78,59735
Total votes224,669 100
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Republican hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Harlan Hagen (incumbent) 97,026 56.5
Republican G. Ray Arnett 74,80043.5
Total votes171,826 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) 89,234 51.3
Democratic Emery S. Petty84,65048.7
Total votes173,884 100.0
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Republican hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. 83,601 55.4
Democratic Jerry Pacht67,31844.6
Total votes150,919 100.0
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Republican hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cecil R. King (incumbent) 206,620 67.7
Republican Tom Coffee98,51032.3
Total votes305,130 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Craig Hosmer (incumbent) 129,851 70
Democratic D. Patrick Ahern55,73530
Total votes185,586 100
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Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chet Holifield (incumbent) 145,479 78.2
Republican Gordon S. McWilliams40,49121.8
Total votes185,970 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican H. Allen Smith (incumbent) 90,214 70.1
Democratic Eugene Radding38,49729.9
Total votes128,711 100.0
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Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Edgar W. Hiestand (incumbent) 179,376 58.4
Democratic Mrs. Rudd Brown127,59141.6
Total votes306,967 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James C. Corman 104,919 51.1
Republican Lemoine Blanchard 100,32148.9
Total votes205,240 100.0
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Democratic gain from Republican

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Clyde Doyle (incumbent) 148,415 74.2
Republican Emmett A. Schwartz51,54825.8
Total votes199,963 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Glenard P. Lipscomb (incumbent) 82,497 59.7
Democratic Norman Hass55,61340.3
Total votes138,110 100.0
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Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John H. Rousselot 182,545 53.6
Democratic George A. Kasem (incumbent)158,28946.4
Total votes340,834 100.0
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Republican gain from Democratic

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Roosevelt (incumbent) 150,318 73.4
Republican William E. McIntyre54,54026.6
Total votes204,818 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) 123,645 66.8
Republican Robert M. Castle61,48433.2
Total votes185,129 100.0
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Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James B. Utt (incumbent) 241,765 60.9
Democratic Max E. Woods155,22139.1
Total votes396,986 100.0
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Republican hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent) 76,139 57.1
Republican Charles H. Jameson57,31942.9
Total votes133,458 100.0
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Republican gain from Democratic

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 1960
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Wilson (incumbent) 158,679 59.3
Democratic Walter Wencke108,88240.7
Total votes267,561 100.0
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Republican hold

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