Contents
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1Overview
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2Delegation composition
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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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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, 1944 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, 1944. Democrats picked up four districts.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 1,519,190 | 50.6% | 7 | -4 | |
Democratic | 1,479,443 | 49.2% | 16 | +4 | |
Prohibition | 6,309 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3,004,942 | 100.0% | 23 | — |
Delegation composition
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 12 | |
Republican-Held | 11 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 16 | |
Republican-Held | 7 |
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 92,706 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 48,201 | 63.8 | |
Republican | Jesse M. Mayo | 27,312 | 36.2 | |
Total votes | 75,513 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 131,705 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Franck R. Havenner | 73,582 | 50.1 | |||
Republican | Thomas Rolph (incumbent) | 73,367 | 49.9 | |||
Total votes | 146,949 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 112,151 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | George P. Miller | 104,441 | 52 | |||
Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 96,395 | 48 | |||
Total votes | 200,836 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 81,762 | 57.9 | |
Republican | Chelsey M. Walter | 59,360 | 42.1 | |
Total votes | 141,122 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 94,218 | 56.5 | |
Democratic | Arthur L. Johnson | 72,420 | 43.5 | |
Total votes | 166,638 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,845 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 60,001 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George E. Outland (incumbent) | 52,218 | 56 | |
Republican | A. J. Dingeman | 41,005 | 44 | |
Total votes | 93,223 | 100 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 77,385 | 55.3 | |
Republican | Roy P. McLaughlin | 62,524 | 44.7 | |
Total votes | 139,909 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Ned R. Healy | 66,854 | 55 | |||
Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 54,792 | 45 | |||
Total votes | 121,646 | 100 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas | 65,729 | 51.6 | |
Republican | William D. Campbell | 61,767 | 48.4 | |
Total votes | 127,496 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon L. McDonough | 100,305 | 56.8 | |
Democratic | Hal Styles | 73,655 | 41.7 | |
Prohibition | Johannes Nielson-Lange | 2,694 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 176,654 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson | 105,835 | 54.1 | |
Republican | Jesse Randolph Kellems | 89,700 | 45.9 | |
Total votes | 195,535 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 147,217 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 95,090 | 55.7 | |||
Republican | William Ward Johnson (incumbent) | 75,749 | 44.3 | |||
Total votes | 170,839 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 65,758 | 71.8 | |
Republican | Carlton H. Casjens | 25,852 | 28.2 | |
Total votes | 91,610 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 112,663 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Archibald B. Young | 101,090 | 46.5 | |
Prohibition | Charles Hiram Randall | 3,615 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 217,368 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 48,539 | 58.5 | |
Republican | Earl S. Webb | 34,409 | 41.5 | |
Total votes | 82,948 | 100.0 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic hold |
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 88,537 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 86,707 | 55.1 | |||
Republican | James B. Abbey | 70,787 | 44.9 | |||
Total votes | 157,494 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
See also
- 79th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- 1944 United States House of Representatives elections