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All 8 California seats to theUnited States House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election was held forCalifornia's delegation to theUnited States House of Representatives as part of thegeneral election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1902. California gained one seat as a result of the 1900 census, which Republicans won. However, of the existing districts, Democrats won three Republican-held districts.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1902 | |||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 152,373 | 52.36% | 5 | –2 | |
| Democratic | 126,290 | 43.40% | 3 | +3 | |
| Socialist | 8,500 | 2.92% | 0 | 0 | |
| Prohibition | 3,860 | 1.33% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 291,023 | 100.00% | 8 | — | |
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 7 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Republican-Held | 5 | |
| Democratic-Held | 3 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Gillett | 21,268 | 50.5 | |
| Democratic | Anthony Caminetti | 19,696 | 46.7 | |
| Socialist | M. F. Shore | 810 | 1.9 | |
| Prohibition | W. O. Clark | 362 | 0.9 | |
| Total votes | 42,136 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Theodore A. Bell | 21,536 | 49.2 | |||
| Republican | Frank Coombs (incumbent) | 21,181 | 48.3 | |||
| Socialist | G. H. Rogers | 731 | 1.7 | |||
| Prohibition | W. P. Fassett | 367 | 0.8 | |||
| Total votes | 43,815 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Victor H. Metcalf (incumbent) | 20,532 | 66.2 | |
| Democratic | Calvin B. White | 8,574 | 27.7 | |
| Socialist | M. W. Wilkins | 1,556 | 5.0 | |
| Prohibition | T. H. Montgomery | 338 | 1.1 | |
| Total votes | 31,000 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edward J. Livernash | 16,146 | 49.2 | |||
| Republican | Julius Kahn (incumbent) | 16,005 | 48.7 | |||
| Socialist | William Costley | 616 | 1.9 | |||
| Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 69 | 0.2 | |||
| Total votes | 16,836 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William J. Wynn | 22,712 | 56.5 | |||
| Republican | Eugene F. Loud (incumbent) | 16,577 | 41.2 | |||
| Socialist | Joseph Lawrence | 620 | 1.5 | |||
| Prohibition | Fred E. Caton | 301 | 0.8 | |||
| Total votes | 40,210 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James C. Needham (incumbent) | 17,268 | 53.5 | |
| Democratic | Gaston M. Ashe | 13,732 | 42.5 | |
| Socialist | J. L. Cobb | 815 | 2.5 | |
| Prohibition | Joel H. Smith | 466 | 1.4 | |
| Total votes | 32,281 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James McLachlan (incumbent) | 19,407 | 64.8 | |
| Democratic | Carl A. Johnson | 8,075 | 27.0 | |
| Socialist | George H. Hewes | 1,261 | 4.2 | |
| Prohibition | Frederick F. Wheeler | 1,195 | 4.0 | |
| Total votes | 30,638 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Milton J. Daniels | 20,135 | 55.6 | ||
| Democratic | William E. Smythe | 15,819 | 40.8 | ||
| Socialist | Noble A. Richardson | 2,091 | 5.4 | ||
| Prohibition | Ellsworth Leonardson | 762 | 2.0 | ||
| Total votes | 38,807 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republicanwin (new seat) | |||||
