United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934 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 6, 1934. Democrats gained three districts while losing one.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Democratic | 1,041,557 | 50.2% | 13 | +2 | |
Republican | 963,821 | 46.5% | 7 | -2 | |
Socialist | 18,890 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | |
Prohibition | 18,760 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 12,301 | 0.6% | 0 | 0 | |
Communist | 11,771 | 0.6% | 0 | 0 | |
Progressive | 6,123 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2,073,223 | 100.0% | 20 | — |
Delegation composition
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 11 | |
Republican-Held | 9 | |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 13 | |
Republican-Held | 7 | |
Results
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 |
District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 98,661 | 93.6 | |
Socialist | Allen K. Gifford | 6,698 | 6.4 | |
Total votes | 105,359 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 66,370 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Frank H. Buck (incumbent) | 66,566 | 53.3 | |
Republican | J. M. Inman | 56,222 | 45.7 | |
Communist | Albert Hougardy | 1,167 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 122,955 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Florence Prag Kahn (incumbent) | 50,491 | 48.0 | |
Democratic | Chauncey Tramutolo | 46,871 | 44.5 | |
Progressive | Raymond A. Burr | 3,636 | 3.5 | |
Socialist | Samuel S. White | 2,414 | 2.3 | |
Communist | Minnie Carson | 1,810 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 105,222 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 89,751 | 93.8 | |
Communist | Alexander Noral | 5,933 | 6.2 | |
Total votes | 95,684 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 93,213 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | John H. Tolan | 51,962 | 52.3 | |||
Republican | Ralph R. Eltse (incumbent) | 47,414 | 47.7 | |||
Total votes | 99,376 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McGrath (incumbent) | 107,325 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart | 77,650 | 100.0 | |||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Henry E. Stubbs (incumbent) | 68,475 | 64.4 | |
Republican | George R. Bliss | 37,860 | 35.6 | |
Total votes | 106,335 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | John S. McGroarty | 66,999 | 53.5 | |||
Republican | William E. Evans (incumbent) | 56,350 | 45.0 | |||
Socialist | William E. Stephenson | 1,814 | 1.5 | |||
Total votes | 125,163 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John H. Hoeppel (incumbent) | 52,595 | 50.7 | |
Republican | Frederick F. Houser | 51,216 | 49.3 | |
Total votes | 103,811 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 83,384 | 62.5 | |
Republican | Thomas K. Case | 27,993 | 21.0 | |
Prohibition | Charles H. Randall | 18,760 | 14.1 | |
Socialist | Michael S. Kerrigan | 2,113 | 1.6 | |
Communist | John J. Graham | 1,268 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 133,518 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 52,761 | 61.0 | |
Republican | William D. Campbell | 33,945 | 37.1 | |
Progressive | Lyndon R. Foster | 2,487 | 2.7 | |
Socialist | Harry Sherr | 1,130 | 1.2 | |
Communist | Lawrence Ross | 1,086 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 91,409 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | John M. Costello | 67,247 | 50.6 | |||
Republican | William I. Traeger (incumbent) | 65,858 | 49.4 | |||
Total votes | 133,105 | 100.0 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John F. Dockweiler (incumbent) | 119,332 | 100.0 | |
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles J. Colden (incumbent) | 60,045 | 70.4 | |
Republican | C. P. "Cap" Wright | 20,508 | 24.0 | |
Socialist | Richard Pomeroy | 4,721 | 5.6 | |
Total votes | 85,274 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Byron N. Scott | 52,377 | 56.3 | |
Republican | William Brayton | 40,179 | 43.2 | |
Communist | Clyde Champion | 507 | 0.5 | |
Total votes | 93,063 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sam L. Collins (incumbent) | 97,119 | 88.8 | |
Independent | A. B. Hillabold (write-in) | 12,301 | 11.2 | |
Total votes | 109,420 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Burnham (incumbent) | 51,682 | 52.4 | |
Democratic | Edouard Izac | 46,957 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 98,639 | 100.0 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold | ||||
See also
- 74th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1934
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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