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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980 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 4, 1980. Republicans lost one seat but gained four Democratic-held seats.
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Republican | 4,176,462 | 51.08% | 17 | 20 | +3 | |
Democratic | 3,664,614 | 44.82% | 26 | 23 | -3 | |
Libertarian | 272,728 | 3.34% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 48,479 | 0.59% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
American Independent | 13,335 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 8,175,618 | 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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Republican | Eugene A. Chappie | 145,098 | 53.70 | |||
Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 107,682 | 39.85 | |||
Libertarian | Jim McClarin | 17,419 | 6.45 | |||
Total votes | 270,199 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Donald H. Clausen (incumbent) | 141,698 | 54.15 | |
Democratic | Norma K. Bork | 109,789 | 41.96 | |
Libertarian | Daniel Mosier | 6,833 | 2.61 | |
Peace and Freedom | Linda D. Wren | 3,354 | 1.28 | |
Total votes | 261,674 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Matsui (incumbent) | 170,670 | 70.56 | |
Republican | Joseph Murphy | 64,215 | 26.55 | |
Libertarian | Bruce A. Daniel | 6,980 | 2.89 | |
Total votes | 241,865 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Vic Fazio (incumbent) | 133,853 | 65.28 | |
Republican | Albert Dehr | 60,935 | 29.72 | |
Libertarian | Robert J. Burnside | 10,267 | 5.01 | |
Total votes | 205,055 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John L. Burton (incumbent) | 101,105 | 51.11 | |
Republican | Dennis McQuaid | 89,624 | 45.31 | |
Libertarian | Dan P. Dougherty | 7,092 | 3.59 | |
Total votes | 197,821 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 93,400 | 69.37 | |
Republican | Tom Spinosa | 34,500 | 25.62 | |
Libertarian | Roy Childs | 6,750 | 5.01 | |
Total votes | 134,650 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Miller (incumbent) | 142,044 | 63.28 | |
Republican | Giles St. Clair | 70,479 | 31.40 | |
Libertarian | Steve Snow | 6,923 | 3.08 | |
American Independent | Thomas J. Thompson | 5,023 | 2.24 | |
Total votes | 224,469 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ronald Dellums (incumbent) | 108,380 | 55.46 | |
Republican | Charles V. Hughes | 76,580 | 39.19 | |
Libertarian | Tod Mikuriya | 10,465 | 5.35 | |
Total votes | 195,425 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Stark (incumbent) | 90,504 | 55.32 | |
Republican | William J. "Bill" Kennedy | 67,265 | 41.12 | |
Libertarian | Steven W. Clanin | 5,823 | 3.56 | |
Total votes | 163,592 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 102,231 | 62.13 | |
Republican | Joseph M. Lutton | 45,987 | 27.95 | |
Libertarian | Joseph Fuhrig | 11,904 | 7.23 | |
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 4,421 | 2.69 | |
Total votes | 164,543 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Tom Lantos | 85,823 | 46.39 | |||
Republican | William Royer (incumbent) | 80,100 | 43.29 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Wilson G. Branch | 13,723 | 7.42 | |||
Libertarian | William S. Wade Jr. | 3,816 | 2.06 | |||
American Independent | Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff | 1,550 | 0.84 | |||
Total votes | 185,012 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 143,817 | 72.24 | |
Democratic | Kirsten Olsen | 37,009 | 18.59 | |
Libertarian | Bill Evers | 15,073 | 7.57 | |
Peace and Freedom | Adele Fumino | 3,184 | 1.60 | |
Total votes | 199,083 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norm Mineta (incumbent) | 132,246 | 58.88 | |
Republican | W. E. "Ted" Gagne | 79,766 | 35.51 | |
Libertarian | Ray Strong | 8,806 | 3.92 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert Goldsborough | 3,791 | 1.69 | |
Total votes | 224,609 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norman D. Shumway (incumbent) | 133,979 | 60.74 | |
Democratic | Ann Cerney | 79,883 | 36.22 | |
Libertarian | Douglas G. Housley | 6,717 | 3.05 | |
Total votes | 220,579 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho (incumbent) | 108,072 | 71.81 | |
Republican | Ron Schwartz | 37,895 | 25.18 | |
Libertarian | Michael L. Pullen | 4,524 | 3.01 | |
Total votes | 150,491 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leon Panetta (incumbent) | 158,360 | 71.00 | |
Republican | W. A. "Jack" Roth | 54,675 | 24.51 | |
Libertarian | Kenton H. Bowers | 6,802 | 3.05 | |
Peace and Freedom | D. Jeff Mauro | 3,198 | 1.43 | |
Total votes | 223,035 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles (Chip) Pashayan (inc.) | 129,159 | 70.60 | |
Democratic | Willard H. "Bill" Johnson | 53,780 | 29.40 | |
Total votes | 182,939 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (incumbent) | 126,046 | 71.03 | |
Democratic | Mary Pat Timmermans | 51,415 | 28.97 | |
Total votes | 177,461 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 162,849 | 77.69 | |
Democratic | Carmen Lodise | 36,990 | 17.65 | |
Libertarian | Jim Trotter | 9,764 | 4.66 | |
Total votes | 209,603 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) | 199,674 | 78.83 | |
Democratic | Matt Miller | 43,024 | 16.99 | |
Libertarian | Christopher R. Darwin | 10,605 | 4.19 | |
Total votes | 253,303 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Bobbi Fiedler | 74,674 | 48.68 | |||
Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 73,898 | 48.17 | |||
Libertarian | George J. Lehmann | 2,790 | 1.82 | |||
Peace and Freedom | Jan B. Tucker | 2,038 | 1.33 | |||
Total votes | 153,400 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 115,241 | 63.87 | |
Democratic | Pierce O'Donnell | 57,477 | 31.86 | |
Libertarian | William V. Susel | 7,705 | 4.27 | |
Total votes | 180,423 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent) | 126,020 | 63.20 | |
Republican | Robert "Bob" Winckler | 62,742 | 31.47 | |
Libertarian | Jeffrey P. Lieb | 10,623 | 5.33 | |
Total votes | 199,385 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Henry Waxman (incumbent) | 93,569 | 63.77 | |
Republican | Roland Cayard | 39,744 | 27.09 | |
Peace and Freedom | Margaret "Maggie" Feigin | 5,905 | 4.02 | |
Libertarian | Robert E. Lehman | 5,172 | 3.52 | |
American Independent | Jack Smilowitz | 2,341 | 1.60 | |
Total votes | 146,731 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 49,080 | 66.00 | |
Republican | Richard E. Ferraro | 21,116 | 28.40 | |
Libertarian | William D. Mitchell | 4,169 | 5.61 | |
Total votes | 74,365 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 116,715 | 70.95 | |
Democratic | Joseph Louis Lisoni | 40,099 | 24.37 | |
Libertarian | William "B. J." Wagener | 7,700 | 4.68 | |
Total votes | 164,514 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dornan (incumbent) | 109,807 | 51.00 | |
Democratic | Carey Peck | 100,061 | 46.47 | |
Libertarian | Jerome L. "Jerry" Sievers | 5,448 | 2.53 | |
Total votes | 215,316 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Julian C. Dixon (incumbent) | 108,725 | 79.19 | |
Republican | Robert Reid | 23,179 | 16.88 | |
Libertarian | Ernst F. Ghermann | 5,400 | 3.93 | |
Total votes | 137,304 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 80,095 | 86.12 | |
Republican | Michael Arthur Hirt | 10,282 | 11.06 | |
Libertarian | Earl Smith | 2,622 | 2.82 | |
Total votes | 92,999 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George E. Danielson (incumbent) | 74,119 | 72.15 | |
Republican | J. Arthur "Art" Platten | 24,136 | 23.49 | |
Libertarian | Bruce M. Hobbs | 4,480 | 4.36 | |
Total votes | 102,735 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mervyn M. Dymally | 69,146 | 64.41 | |
Republican | Don Grimshaw | 38,203 | 35.59 | |
Total votes | 107,349 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 84,057 | 65.91 | |
Republican | John R. Adler | 39,260 | 30.79 | |
Libertarian | Thomas A. Cosgrove | 4,209 | 3.30 | |
Total votes | 127,526 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Wayne R. Grisham (incumbent) | 122,439 | 70.85 | |
Democratic | Fred L. Anderson | 50,365 | 29.15 | |
Total votes | 172,804 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 138,024 | 71.82 | |
Democratic | Simone | 46,351 | 24.12 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 7,794 | 4.06 | |
Total votes | 192,169 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | David Dreier | 100,743 | 51.79 | |||
Democratic | James F. Lloyd (incumbent) | 88,279 | 45.38 | |||
Peace and Freedom | James Michael "Mike" Noonan | 5,492 | 2.82 | |||
Total votes | 194,514 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 88,628 | 52.54 | |
Republican | John Paul Stark | 73,247 | 43.42 | |
Libertarian | Harry J. Histen | 6,815 | 4.04 | |
Total votes | 168,690 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 165,371 | 71.57 | |
Democratic | Donald M. "Don" Rusk | 58,091 | 25.14 | |
Libertarian | Larry Morris | 7,615 | 3.30 | |
Total votes | 231,077 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 91,880 | 55.54 | |
Republican | Art Jacobson | 66,256 | 40.05 | |
Libertarian | Charles E. "Chuck" Heiser | 7,301 | 4.41 | |
Total votes | 165,437 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William E. Dannemeyer (incumbent) | 175,228 | 76.27 | |
Democratic | Leonard L. Lahtinen | 54,504 | 23.73 | |
Total votes | 229,732 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert Badham (incumbent) | 213,999 | 70.16 | |
Democratic | Michael F. Dow | 66,512 | 21.81 | |
Libertarian | Dan Mahaffey | 24,486 | 8.03 | |
Total votes | 304,997 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Lowery | 123,187 | 52.66 | |
Democratic | Bob Wilson | 101,101 | 43.22 | |
Libertarian | Joseph D. Alldredge | 9,630 | 4.12 | |
Total votes | 233,918 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Duncan Hunter | 79,713 | 53.27 | |||
Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 69,936 | 46.73 | |||
Total votes | 149,649 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Clair Burgener (incumbent) | 298,815 | 86.57 | |
Democratic | Tom Metzger | 46,361 | 13.43 | |
Total votes | 345,176 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
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