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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 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 7, 1978. Republicans knocked off three Democratic incumbents. 11th district Congressman Leo Ryan was re-elected, but was murdered while investigating the Peoples Temple in Guyana following the election.
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 3,335,332 | 51.11% | 29 | 26 | -3 | |
Republican | 3,105,933 | 47.60% | 14 | 17 | +3 | |
American Independent | 45,359 | 0.70% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 39,017 | 0.60% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6,525,641 | 100.00% | 43 | 43 | — |
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 125,122 | 59.35 | |
Republican | James E. Taylor | 85,690 | 40.65 | |
Total votes | 210,812 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 114,451 | 51.96 | |
Democratic | Norma Bork | 99,712 | 45.27 | |
Peace and Freedom | Irv Sutley | 6,097 | 2.77 | |
Total votes | 220,260 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bob Matsui | 105,537 | 53.44 | |
Republican | Sandy Smoley | 91,966 | 46.56 | |
Total votes | 197,503 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Vic Fazio | 87,764 | 55.37 | |
Republican | Rex Hime | 70,733 | 44.63 | |
Total votes | 158,497 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John L. Burton (incumbent) | 106,046 | 66.84 | |
Republican | Dolores Skore | 52,603 | 33.16 | |
Total votes | 158,649 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 81,801 | 68.30 | |
Republican | Tom Spinosa | 33,515 | 27.98 | |
American Independent | Raymond O. Heaps | 4,452 | 3.72 | |
Total votes | 119,768 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Miller (incumbent) | 109,676 | 63.45 | |
Republican | Paula Gordon | 58,332 | 33.74 | |
American Independent | Melvin E. Stanley | 4,857 | 2.81 | |
Total votes | 172,865 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ron Dellums (incumbent) | 94,824 | 57.36 | |
Republican | Charles V. Hughes | 70,481 | 42.64 | |
Total votes | 165,305 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Stark (incumbent) | 88,179 | 65.38 | |
Republican | Robert S. Allen | 41,138 | 30.50 | |
Peace and Freedom | Lawrance J. Phillips | 5,562 | 4.12 | |
Total votes | 134,879 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 84,488 | 67.13 | |
Republican | Rudy Hansen | 41,374 | 32.87 | |
Total votes | 125,862 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leo Ryan (incumbent) | 92,882 | 60.52 | |
Republican | Dave Welch | 54,621 | 35.59 | |
American Independent | Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff | 5,961 | 3.88 | |
Total votes | 153,464 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 116,982 | 73.07 | |
Democratic | Kirsten Olsen | 34,472 | 21.53 | |
American Independent | Harold R. Boylan | 5,609 | 3.50 | |
Peace and Freedom | Adele Fumino | 3,022 | 1.89 | |
Total votes | 160,085 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norman Mineta (incumbent) | 100,809 | 57.49 | |
Republican | Dan O'Keefe | 69,306 | 39.52 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert Goldsborough III | 5,246 | 2.99 | |
Total votes | 175,361 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Norman D. Shumway | 95,962 | 53.39 | |||
Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 76,602 | 42.62 | |||
American Independent | George Darold Waldron | 7,163 | 3.99 | |||
Total votes | 179,727 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho | 75,212 | 60.11 | |
Republican | Chris Patterakis | 49,914 | 39.89 | |
Total votes | 125,126 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leon Panetta (incumbent) | 104,550 | 61.37 | |
Republican | Eric Seastrand | 65,808 | 38.63 | |
Total votes | 170,358 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Charles (Chip) Pashayan | 81,296 | 54.49 | |||
Democratic | John Hans Krebs (incumbent) | 67,885 | 45.51 | |||
Total votes | 149,181 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas | 85,663 | 59.26 | |
Democratic | Bob Sogge | 58,900 | 40.74 | |
Total votes | 144,563 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 123,192 | 71.73 | |
Democratic | Jerry Zamos | 41,672 | 24.26 | |
Peace and Freedom | Milton Shiro Takei | 6,887 | 4.01 | |
Total votes | 171,751 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) | 129,714 | 66.38 | |
Democratic | Pat Lear | 65,695 | 33.62 | |
Total votes | 195,409 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 73,869 | 59.51 | |
Republican | Rod Walsh | 44,519 | 35.86 | |
Peace and Freedom | Bill Hill | 5,750 | 4.63 | |
Total votes | 124,138 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 99,502 | 64.64 | |
Democratic | Robert S. Henry | 54,442 | 35.36 | |
Total votes | 153,944 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent) | 117,498 | 65.64 | |
Republican | Joseph Barbara | 61,496 | 34.36 | |
Total votes | 178,994 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Henry Waxman (incumbent) | 85,075 | 62.66 | |
Republican | Howard G. Schaefer | 44,243 | 32.59 | |
Peace and Freedom | Kevin Casey Peters | 6,453 | 4.75 | |
Total votes | 135,771 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 45,881 | 67.39 | |
Republican | Robert K. Watson | 22,205 | 32.61 | |
Total votes | 68,086 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 113,059 | 100.00 | |
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dornan (incumbent) | 89,392 | 51.00 | |
Democratic | Carey Peck | 85,880 | 49.00 | |
Total votes | 175,272 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Julian C. Dixon | 97,592 | 100.00 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 65,214 | 85.00 | |
Republican | Uriah J. Fields | 11,512 | 15.00 | |
Total votes | 76,726 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George E. Danielson (incumbent) | 66,241 | 71.42 | |
Republican | Henry Ares | 26,511 | 28.58 | |
Total votes | 92,752 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 55,667 | 67.76 | |
Republican | Don Grimshaw | 26,490 | 32.24 | |
Total votes | 82,157 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 74,004 | 71.43 | |
Republican | Sonya Mathison | 23,242 | 22.43 | |
American Independent | Ida Bader | 6,363 | 6.14 | |
Total votes | 103,609 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Wayne Grisham | 79,533 | 55.98 | |
Democratic | Dennis S. Kazarian | 62,540 | 44.02 | |
Total votes | 142,073 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Dan Lungren | 90,554 | 53.72 | |||
Democratic | Mark Hannaford (incumbent) | 73,608 | 43.67 | |||
American Independent | Lawrence John Stafford | 4,410 | 2.62 | |||
Total votes | 168,572 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Lloyd (incumbent) | 80,388 | 54.01 | |
Republican | David Dreier | 68,442 | 45.99 | |
Total votes | 148,830 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 80,448 | 62.92 | |
Republican | Dana Warren Carmody | 47,417 | 37.08 | |
Total votes | 127,865 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jerry Lewis | 106,581 | 61.40 | |
Democratic | Dan Corcoran | 60,463 | 34.83 | |
American Independent | Bernard Wahl | 6,544 | 3.77 | |
Total votes | 173,588 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 75,471 | 58.61 | |
Republican | Dan Goedeke | 53,298 | 41.39 | |
Total votes | 128,769 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William E. Dannemeyer | 112,160 | 63.71 | |
Democratic | William E. Farris | 63,891 | 36.29 | |
Total votes | 176,051 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert Badham (incumbent) | 147,882 | 65.95 | |
Democratic | Jim McGuy | 76,358 | 34.05 | |
Total votes | 224,240 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 107,685 | 58.14 | |
Democratic | King Golden, Jr. | 77,540 | 41.86 | |
Total votes | 185,225 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 85,126 | 73.74 | |
Republican | Lawrence C. Mattera | 30,319 | 26.26 | |
Total votes | 115,445 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Clair Burgener (incumbent) | 167,150 | 68.66 | |
Democratic | Reuben B. Brooks | 76,308 | 31.34 | |
Total votes | 243,458 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
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