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1Overview
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2Separate elections
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3Results
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3.1District 1
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3.2District 2
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3.3District 3
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3.4District 4
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3.5District 5
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3.6District 6
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3.7District 7
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3.8District 8
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3.9District 9
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3.10District 10
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3.11District 11
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3.12District 12
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3.13District 13
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3.14District 14
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3.15District 15
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3.16District 16
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3.17District 17
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3.18District 18
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3.19District 19
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3.20District 20
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3.21District 21
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3.22District 22
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3.23District 23
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3.24District 24
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3.25District 25
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3.26District 26
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3.27District 27
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3.28District 28
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3.29District 29
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3.30District 30
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3.31District 31
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3.32District 32
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3.33District 33
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3.34District 34
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3.35District 35
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3.36District 36
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3.37District 37
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3.38District 38
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3.39District 39
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3.40District 40
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3.41District 41
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3.42District 42
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3.43District 43
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3.44District 44
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3.45District 45
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4See also
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5References
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6External links
Elections in California |
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The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 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 2, 1982. California gained two seats, both of which were won by Democrats, as a result of the 1980 census, and Democrats picked up three Republican-held districts.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 3,815,205 | 50.32% | 23 | 28 | +5 | |
Republican | 3,603,102 | 47.52% | 20 | 17 | -3 | |
Libertarian | 127,480 | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | 31,270 | 0.41% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
American Independent | 5,564 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 7,582,621 | 100.00% | 43 | 45 | +2 |
Separate elections
One special election was held apart from those in November. The elected winner would serve the remainder of the incumbent Congress and face re-election in November.
Date | District | Reason & Result | Candidates |
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July 13, 1982 | California 30 | George E. Danielson (D) resigned March 9, 1982. Democratic hold Winner was subsequently re-elected in November |
Matthew G. Martinez (D) John H. Rousselot (R) |
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Douglas H. Bosco | 107,749 | 49.85 | |||
Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 102,043 | 47.21 | |||
Libertarian | David Redick | 6,374 | 2.95 | |||
Total votes | 216,166 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Eugene A. Chappie (incumbent) | 116,172 | 57.91 | |
Democratic | John Newmeyer | 81,314 | 40.53 | |
Peace and Freedom | Howard Fegarsky | 3,126 | 1.56 | |
Total votes | 200,612 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Matsui (incumbent) | 194,680 | 89.63 | |
Libertarian | Bruce A. Daniel | 16,222 | 7.47 | |
Peace and Freedom | John Newmeyer | 6,294 | 2.90 | |
Total votes | 217,196 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Vic Fazio (incumbent) | 118,476 | 63.86 | |
Republican | Roger B. Canfield | 67,047 | 36.14 | |
Total votes | 185,523 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 103,268 | 57.91 | |
Republican | Milton Marks | 72,139 | 40.46 | |
Libertarian | Justin Raimondo | 2,904 | 1.63 | |
Total votes | 178,311 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barbara Boxer | 96,379 | 52.36 | |
Republican | Dennis McQuaid | 82,128 | 44.62 | |
Libertarian | Howard C. Creighton | 3,191 | 1.73 | |
Peace and Freedom | Timothy Allen Albertson | 2,366 | 1.29 | |
Total votes | 184,064 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Miller (incumbent) | 126,952 | 67.22 | |
Republican | Paul E. Vallely | 56,960 | 30.16 | |
Libertarian | Richard Newell | 2,752 | 1.46 | |
American Independent | Terry L. Wells | 2,205 | 1.17 | |
Total votes | 188,869 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ronald Dellums (incumbent) | 121,537 | 55.95 | |
Republican | Claude B. Hutchinson Jr. | 95,694 | 44.05 | |
Total votes | 217,231 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Stark (incumbent) | 104,393 | 60.66 | |
Republican | William J. "Bill" Kennedy | 67,702 | 39.34 | |
Total votes | 172,095 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 77,263 | 62.67 | |
Republican | Bob Herriott | 41,506 | 33.67 | |
Libertarian | Dale Burrow | 2,403 | 1.95 | |
American Independent | Edmon V. Kaiser | 2,109 | 1.71 | |
Total votes | 123,281 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Lantos (incumbent) | 109,812 | 57.08 | |
Republican | William Royer | 76,462 | 39.75 | |
Libertarian | Chuck Olson | 2,920 | 1.52 | |
Peace and Freedom | Wilson G. Branch | 1,928 | 1.00 | |
American Independent | Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff | 1,250 | 0.65 | |
Total votes | 192,372 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Zschau | 115,365 | 62.97 | |
Democratic | Emmett Lynch | 61,372 | 33.50 | |
Libertarian | William C. "Bill" White | 6,471 | 3.53 | |
Total votes | 183,208 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Norm Mineta (incumbent) | 110,805 | 65.89 | |
Republican | Tom Kelly | 52,806 | 31.40 | |
Libertarian | Al Hinkle | 4,553 | 2.71 | |
Total votes | 168,164 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norman D. Shumway (incumbent) | 134,225 | 63.43 | |
Democratic | Baron Reed | 77,400 | 36.57 | |
Total votes | 211,625 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Coelho (incumbent) | 86,022 | 63.70 | |
Republican | Ed Bates | 45,948 | 34.02 | |
Libertarian | Stephen L. Gerringer | 3,073 | 2.28 | |
Total votes | 135,043 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leon Panetta (incumbent) | 142,630 | 85.37 | |
Republican | Gary Richard Arnold | 24,448 | 14.63 | |
Total votes | 167,078 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Charles (Chip) Pashayan (inc.) | 80,271 | 54.01 | |
Democratic | Gene Tackett | 68,364 | 45.99 | |
Total votes | 148,635 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Richard Lehman | 92,762 | 59.49 | ||
Republican | Adrian C. Fondse | 59,664 | 38.26 | ||
Libertarian | Marshall William Fritz | 3,501 | 2.25 | ||
Total votes | 155,927 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 112,486 | 61.05 | |
Democratic | Frank Frost | 66,042 | 35.84 | |
Libertarian | R. C. Gordon-McCutchan | 4,198 | 2.28 | |
Peace and Freedom | Charles J. Zekan | 1,520 | 0.82 | |
Total votes | 184,246 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Thomas (incumbent) | 123,312 | 68.10 | |
Democratic | Robert J. Bethea | 57,769 | 31.90 | |
Total votes | 181,081 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bobbi Fiedler (incumbent) | 138,474 | 71.83 | |
Democratic | George Henry Margolis | 46,412 | 24.08 | |
Libertarian | Daniel Wiener | 7,881 | 4.09 | |
Total votes | 192,767 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 145,831 | 73.57 | |
Democratic | Harvey L. Goldhammer | 46,521 | 23.47 | |
Libertarian | Robert T. Gerringer | 5,870 | 2.96 | |
Total votes | 198,222 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent) | 120,788 | 59.55 | |
Republican | David Armor | 82,031 | 40.45 | |
Total votes | 202,819 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 24
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Henry Waxman (incumbent) | 88,516 | 65.05 | |
Republican | Jerry Zerg | 42,133 | 30.96 | |
Libertarian | Jeff Mandel | 5,420 | 3.98 | |
Total votes | 136,069 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 25
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 71,106 | 84.50 | |
Libertarian | Daniel John Gorham | 12,060 | 14.50 | |
Total votes | 83,166 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 26
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Howard Berman | 97,383 | 59.58 | |||
Republican | Hal Phillips | 66,072 | 40.42 | |||
Total votes | 163,455 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 27
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Mel Levine | 108,347 | 59.46 | |||
Republican | Bart W. Christensen | 67,479 | 37.03 | |||
Libertarian | ZacK Richardson | 6,391 | 3.51 | |||
Total votes | 182,217 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 28
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Julian C. Dixon (incumbent) | 103,469 | 78.89 | |
Republican | David Goerz | 24,473 | 18.66 | |
Libertarian | David W. Meleney | 3,210 | 2.45 | |
Total votes | 131,152 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 29
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 97,028 | 79.80 | |
Republican | Milton R. Mackaig | 24,568 | 20.20 | |
Total votes | 121,596 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 30
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Matthew G. Martinez | 60,905 | 53.86 | |||
Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 52,177 | 46.14 | |||
Total votes | 113,082 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 31
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mervyn M. Dymally (incumbent) | 86,718 | 72.41 | |
Republican | Henry C. Minturn | 33,043 | 27.59 | |
Total votes | 119,761 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 32
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 84,663 | 57.99 | |
Republican | Brian J. Lungren | 57,863 | 39.63 | |
Peace and Freedom | Eugene E. Ryle | 3,473 | 2.38 | |
Total votes | 145,999 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 33
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Dreier (incumbent) | 112,362 | 65.19 | |
Democratic | Paul Servelle | 55,514 | 32.21 | |
Libertarian | Phillips B. Franklin | 2,251 | 1.31 | |
Peace and Freedom | James Michael "Mike" Noonan | 2,223 | 1.29 | |
Total votes | 172,350 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 34
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Esteban Torres | 68,316 | 57.24 | |
Republican | Paul R. Jackson | 51,026 | 42.76 | |
Total votes | 119,342 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 35
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jerry Lewis (incumbent) | 112,786 | 68.30 | |
Democratic | Robert E. Erwin | 52,349 | 31.70 | |
Total votes | 165,135 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 36
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 76,546 | 54.32 | |
Republican | John Paul Stark | 64,361 | 45.68 | |
Total votes | 140,907 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 37
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Al McCandless | 105,065 | 59.07 | |
Democratic | Curtis R. "Sam" Cross | 68,510 | 38.52 | |
Libertarian | Marc R. Wruble | 4,297 | 2.42 | |
Total votes | 177,872 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 38
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 73,914 | 52.35 | |
Republican | William F. "Bill" Dohr | 61,279 | 43.40 | |
Libertarian | Anita K. Barr | 5,989 | 4.24 | |
Total votes | 141,182 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 39
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William E. Dannemeyer (incumbent) | 129,539 | 72.22 | |
Democratic | Frank G. Verges | 46,681 | 26.02 | |
Libertarian | Frank Boeheim | 3,152 | 1.76 | |
Total votes | 179,372 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 40
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert Badham (incumbent) | 144,228 | 71.54 | |
Democratic | Paul Hasenman | 52,546 | 26.06 | |
Peace and Freedom | Maxine Bell Quirk | 4,826 | 2.39 | |
Total votes | 201,600 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 41
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Lowery (incumbent) | 140,130 | 68.87 | |
Democratic | Tony Brandenburg | 58,677 | 28.84 | |
Libertarian | Everett Hale | 4,654 | 2.29 | |
Total votes | 203,461 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 42
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Lungren (incumbent) | 142,845 | 68.99 | |
Democratic | James P. Spellman | 58,690 | 28.35 | |
Peace and Freedom | John S. Donohue | 5,514 | 2.66 | |
Total votes | 207,049 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 43
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Ron Packard (write-in) | 66,444 | 36.76 | ||
Democratic | Roy Pat Archer | 57,995 | 32.09 | ||
Republican | Johnnie R. Crean | 56,297 | 31.15 | ||
Total votes | 180,736 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican win (new seat) |
District 44
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Jim Bates | 78,474 | 64.95 | ||
Republican | Shirley M. Gissendanner | 38,447 | 31.82 | ||
Libertarian | Jim Conole | 3,904 | 3.23 | ||
Total votes | 120,825 | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
District 45
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Duncan Hunter (incumbent) | 117,771 | 68.57 | |
Democratic | Richard Hill | 50,148 | 29.20 | |
Libertarian | Jack R. Sanders | 3,839 | 2.24 | |
Total votes | 171,758 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
See also
- 98th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- 1982 United States House of Representatives elections