Contents
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1Overview
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2Results
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2.1District 1
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2.2District 2
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2.3District 3
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2.4District 4
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2.5District 5
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2.6District 6
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2.7District 7
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2.8District 8
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2.9District 9
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2.10District 10
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2.11District 11
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2.12District 12
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2.13District 13
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2.14District 14
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2.15District 15
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2.16District 16
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2.17District 17
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2.18District 18
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2.19District 19
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2.20District 20
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2.21District 21
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2.22District 22
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2.23District 23
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2.24District 24
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2.25District 25
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2.26District 26
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2.27District 27
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2.28District 28
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2.29District 29
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2.30District 30
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2.31District 31
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2.32District 32
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2.33District 33
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2.34District 34
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2.35District 35
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2.36District 36
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2.37District 37
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2.38District 38
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2.39District 39
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2.40District 40
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2.41District 41
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2.42District 42
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2.43District 43
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3See also
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4References
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5External links
Elections in California |
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972 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, 1972. California gained 5 seats as a result of the 1970 census, three of which were won by Democrats and two by Republicans. Of California's existing House seats, none switched parties.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 4,154,984 | 51.94% | 20 | 23 | +3 | |
Republican | 3,719,898 | 46.50% | 18 | 20 | +2 | |
American Independent | 65,684 | 0.82% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 59,600 | 0.74% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 8,000,166 | 100.00% | 38 | 43 | +5 |
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 140,807 | 62.26 | |
Democratic | William A. Nighswonger | 77,138 | 34.11 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jonathan T. Ames | 8,470 | 3.75 | |
Total votes | 226,145 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 148,808 | 68.30 | |
Republican | Francis X. Callahan | 62,381 | 28.63 | |
American Independent | Dorothy D. Paradis | 6,688 | 3.07 | |
Total votes | 217,877 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John E. Moss (incumbent) | 151,035 | 69.93 | |
Republican | John Rakus | 64,949 | 30.07 | |
Total votes | 215,984 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert L. Leggett (incumbent) | 114,673 | 67.44 | |
Republican | Benjamin Chang | 55,367 | 32.56 | |
Total votes | 170,040 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 120,819 | 81.75 | |
Republican | Edlo E. Powell | 26,963 | 18.25 | |
Total votes | 147,782 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William S. Mailliard (incumbent) | 118,197 | 52.04 | |
Democratic | John Roger Boas | 108,934 | 47.96 | |
Total votes | 227,131 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ron Dellums (incumbent) | 126,351 | 56.00 | |
Republican | Peter Hannaford | 85,851 | 38.05 | |
American Independent | Frank V. Cortese | 13,430 | 5.95 | |
Total votes | 225,632 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Stark | 101,024 | 52.90 | |
Republican | Lew M. Warden, Jr. | 89,948 | 47.10 | |
Total votes | 190,972 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 123,837 | 72.26 | |
Republican | Herb Smith | 43,134 | 25.17 | |
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 4,403 | 2.57 | |
Total votes | 171,374 | 100 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles S. Gubser | 139,850 | 64.61 | |
Democratic | B. Frank Gillette | 76,597 | 35.39 | |
Total votes | 216,447 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Leo Ryan | 113,580 | 60.39 | ||
Republican | Charles E. Chase | 69,655 | 37.03 | ||
American Independent | Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff | 4,852 | 2.58 | ||
Total votes | 188,087 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Burt L. Talcott (incumbent) | 105,555 | 53.97 | |
Democratic | Julian Camacho | 84,268 | 43.09 | |
American Independent | Stanley K. Monteith | 5,753 | 2.94 | |
Total votes | 195,576 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles M. Teague (incumbent) | 153,723 | 73.92 | |
Democratic | Lester Dean Cleveland | 54,237 | 27.08 | |
Total votes | 207,960 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerome Waldie (incumbent) | 158,948 | 77.56 | |
Republican | Floyd E. Sims | 45,985 | 22.44 | |
Total votes | 204,933 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 145,273 | 100.00 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bernice F. Sisk (incumbent) | 134,079 | 79.12 | |
Republican | Carol Harner | 35,384 | 20.88 | |
Total votes | 169,463 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 110,098 | 60.21 | |
Democratic | James Stewart | 72,759 | 39.79 | |
Total votes | 182,857 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Mathias (incumbent) | 109,993 | 66.47 | |
Democratic | Vincent J. Lavery | 55,484 | 33.53 | |
Total votes | 165,477 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 103,823 | 67.22 | |
Republican | Kenneth M. Fisher | 43,034 | 27.86 | |
Peace and Freedom | Joe Harris | 7,588 | 4.91 | |
Total votes | 154,445 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead | 120,299 | 57.42 | |
Democratic | John Binkley | 89,219 | 42.58 | |
Total votes | 209,518 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 92,799 | 82.87 | |
Republican | Rayfield Lundy | 19,187 | 17.13 | |
Total votes | 111,986 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 121,352 | 67.57 | |
Republican | Bruce P. Wolfe | 52,664 | 29.32 | |
Peace and Freedom | Ralph L. Shroyer | 5,583 | 3.11 | |
Total votes | 179,599 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Del M. Clawson (incumbent) | 118,731 | 61.43 | |
Democratic | Conrad G. Tuohey | 74,561 | 38.57 | |
Total votes | 193,292 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 24
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 141,274 | 70.13 | |
Democratic | Luther Mandell | 60,170 | 29.87 | |
Total votes | 201,444 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 25
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles E. Wiggins (incumbent) | 115,908 | 67.60 | |
Democratic | Leslie W. "Les" Craven | 50,015 | 29.17 | |
American Independent | Alfred Romirez | 5,541 | 3.23 | |
Total votes | 171,464 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 26
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas M. Rees (incumbent) | 160,932 | 68.63 | |
Republican | Philip Robert Rutta | 65,473 | 27.92 | |
Peace and Freedom | Mike Timko | 8,094 | 3.45 | |
Total votes | 234,499 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 27
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) | 117,622 | 57.40 | |
Democratic | Mark S. Novak | 87,295 | 42.60 | |
Total votes | 204,917 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 28
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (incumbent) | 142,102 | 60.71 | |
Democratic | Michael Shapiro | 87,783 | 37.50 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jack Hampton | 4,184 | 1.79 | |
Total votes | 234,069 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 29
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George E. Danielson (incumbent) | 91,553 | 62.78 | |
Republican | Richard E. Ferraro | 48,814 | 33.48 | |
Peace and Freedom | John W. Blaine | 5,455 | 3.74 | |
Total votes | 145,822 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 30
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 76,521 | 68.39 | |
Republican | Bill Brophy | 32,005 | 28.61 | |
Peace and Freedom | Lewis McCammon | 3,355 | 3.00 | |
Total votes | 111,881 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 31
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 85,954 | 52.28 | |
Republican | Ben Valentine | 69,876 | 42.50 | |
Peace and Freedom | Roberta Lynn Wood | 8,582 | 5.22 | |
Total votes | 164,412 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 32
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Craig Hosmer (incumbent) | 147,016 | 65.86 | |
Democratic | Dennis Murray | 71,394 | 31.98 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 4,804 | 2.15 | |
Total votes | 223,214 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 33
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jerry Pettis (incumbent) | 140,304 | 75.06 | |
Democratic | Ken Thompson | 46,626 | 24.94 | |
Total votes | 186,930 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 34
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard T. Hanna (incumbent) | 113,841 | 67.22 | |
Republican | John D. Ratterree | 48,916 | 28.88 | |
American Independent | Lee R. Rayburn | 6,604 | 3.90 | |
Total votes | 169,361 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 35
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 103,912 | 74.79 | |
Republican | Vernon E. Brown | 35,018 | 25.21 | |
Total votes | 138,930 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 36
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | William M. Ketchum | 87,984 | 52.75 | ||
Democratic | Timothy Lemucchi | 72,516 | 43.47 | ||
American Independent | William M. "Bill" Armour | 6,307 | 3.78 | ||
Total votes | 166,807 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 37
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke | 120,392 | 73.18 | ||
Republican | Greg Tria | 40,633 | 24.70 | ||
Peace and Freedom | John Hagg | 3,485 | 2.12 | ||
Total votes | 164,510 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 38
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. | 77,776 | 56.30 | ||
Republican | Howard J. Snider | 60,379 | 43.70 | ||
Total votes | 138,155 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 39
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andrew J. Hinshaw | 146,911 | 65.70 | |
Democratic | John Woodland Black | 76,695 | 43.30 | |
Total votes | 223,606 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 40
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 153,648 | 67.77 | |
Democratic | Frank Caprio | 68,771 | 30.33 | |
American Independent | Fritjof Thygeson | 4,294 | 1.89 | |
Total votes | 226,713 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 41
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 115,634 | 74.05 | |
Republican | D. Richard "Dick" Kau | 40,514 | 25.95 | |
Total votes | 156,148 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 42
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Clair Burgener | 155,965 | 67.44 | ||
Democratic | Bob Lowe | 67,477 | 29.18 | ||
American Independent | Armin R. Moths | 7,812 | 3.38 | ||
Total votes | 231,254 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 43
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Victor Veysey (incumbent) | 117,781 | 62.68 | ||
Democratic | Ernest Z. Robles | 70,129 | 37.32 | ||
Total votes | 187,910 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
See also
- 93rd United States Congress
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- Political party strength in California
- 1972 United States House of Representatives elections