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TheUnited States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942 was an election forCalifornia's delegation to theUnited States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of thegeneral election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1942. California gained three districts as a result of the 1940 census, two of which were won by Democrats and one by Republicans. Of California's existing seats, Democrats and Republicans each swapped one district.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1942 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 937,392 | 49.4% | 11 | +1 | |
| Democratic | 906,614 | 47.7% | 12 | +2 | |
| Communist | 28,026 | 1.5% | 0 | 0 | |
| Prohibition | 17,049 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | |
| Townsend | 9,843 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | |
| Write-ins | 185 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,899,109 | 100.0% | 23 | +3 | |
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 10 | |
| Republican-Held | 10 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 12 | |
| Republican-Held | 11 | |
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:[1]
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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 78,281 | 93.2 | |
| Communist | Albert J. Lima | 5,703 | 6.8 | |
| Total votes | 83,984 | 100.0 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 50,094 | 100.0 | |
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| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 63,982 | 54.5 | |
| Democratic | Joseph B. O'Neil | 53,521 | 45.5 | |
| Total votes | 117,503 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas Rolph (incumbent) | 62,735 | 98.3 | |
| Communist | Archie Brown (write-in) | 1,116 | 1.7 | |
| Total votes | 63,851 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 85,747 | 92.7 | |
| Communist | Walter R. Lambert | 6,749 | 7.3 | |
| Total votes | 92,496 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 108,585 | 92.6 | |
| Communist | Clarence Paton | 8,532 | 7.3 | |
| No party | William H. Hollander (write-in) | 185 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 117,302 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 77,292 | 100.0 | |
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 91,536 | 99.9 | |
| Communist | Elizabeth Nicholas (write-in) | 102 | 0.1 | |
| Total votes | 91,638 | 100.0 | ||
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| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 65,791 | 100.0 | |
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| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 43,864 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George E. Outland | 31,611 | 50.7 | ||
| Republican | A. J. Dingeman | 30,781 | 49.3 | ||
| Total votes | 62,392 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democraticwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 53,705 | 56.8 | |
| Republican | Robert P. Shuler | 40,780 | 43.2 | |
| Total votes | 94,485 | 100.0 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Norris Poulson | 38,577 | 49.5 | |||
| Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 33,060 | 42.4 | |||
| Townsend | Calvert S. Wilson | 6,306 | 8.1 | |||
| Total votes | 77,943 | 100.0 | ||||
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| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 49,326 | 67 | |
| Republican | Herbert L. Herberts | 24,349 | 33 | |
| Total votes | 73,675 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John M. Costello (incumbent) | 88,798 | 86.2 | |
| Prohibition | B. Tarkington Dowden | 10,185 | 9.9 | |
| Communist | Philip Gardner | 3,989 | 3.9 | |
| Total votes | 102,972 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Will Rogers, Jr. | 61,437 | 53.7 | |||
| Republican | Leland M. Ford (incumbent) | 52,023 | 45.4 | |||
| Communist | Allen L. Ryan | 1,043 | 0.9 | |||
| Total votes | 114,503 | 100.0 | ||||
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| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 92,260 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William Ward Johnson (incumbent) | 53,136 | 56.8 | |
| Democratic | Francis H. Gentry | 40,339 | 43.2 | |
| Total votes | 93,475 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chet Holifield | 34,918 | 63.1 | ||
| Republican | Carlton H. Casjens | 20,446 | 36.9 | ||
| Total votes | 55,374 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Democraticwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 62,628 | 48.4 | |
| Democratic | Joseph O. Donovan | 55,479 | 42.9 | |
| Prohibition | Virgil G. Hinshaw | 6,864 | 5.3 | |
| Townsend | Janie Bele McCarty | 3,537 | 2.7 | |
| Communist | Orla E. Lair | 792 | 0.6 | |
| Total votes | 129,300 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 38,419 | 96.6 | |
| Republican | Arthur E. Isham (write-in) | 1,350 | 3.4 | |
| Total votes | 39,769 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Phillips | 42,765 | 57.6 | ||
| Democratic | N. E. West | 31,440 | 42.4 | ||
| Total votes | 74,205 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republicanwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 42,864 | 50.5 | |
| Republican | James B. Abbey | 42,087 | 49.5 | |
| Total votes | 84,951 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
