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TheUnited States House of Representatives elections inCalifornia, 1948 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 2, 1948. Democrats picked up three districts while losing two for a net gain of one seat.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1948 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
| Republican | 1,974,748 | 55.5% | 14 | 13 | -1 | |
| Democratic | 1,400,487 | 39.4% | 9 | 10 | +1 | |
| Progressive | 182,252 | 5.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 1,013 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,558,500 | 100.0% | 23 | 23 | — | |
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 | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Hubert B. Scudder | 82,947 | 54.5 | |||
| Democratic | Sterling J. Norgard | 68,951 | 45.3 | |||
| Progressive | Roger Kent (write-in) | 304 | 0.2 | |||
| Total votes | 152,302 | 100.0 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 78,555 | 100.0 | |
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 166,571 | 84.4 | |
| Progressive | James B. "Bert" Willard | 30,878 | 15.6 | |
| Total votes | 197,449 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 73,704 | 51.0 | |
| Republican | William S. Mailliard | 68,875 | 47.7 | |
| Progressive | Francis J. McTernan, Jr. | 1,949 | 1.3 | |
| Total votes | 144,528 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 116,347 | 100.0 | |
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| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George P. Miller (incumbent) | 194,985 | 100.0 | |
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Allen, Jr. (incumbent) | 78,534 | 51.4 | |
| Democratic | Buell G. Gallagher | 74,318 | 48.6 | |
| Total votes | 152,852 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 161,743 | 79.9 | |
| Progressive | Paul Taylor | 40,670 | 20.1 | |
| Total votes | 202,413 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cecil F. White | 72,826 | 51.3 | |||
| Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,563 | 46.9 | |||
| Progressive | Josephine F. Daniels | 2,573 | 1.8 | |||
| Total votes | 141,962 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas H. Werdel | 67,448 | 71.3 | |||
| Progressive | Sam James Miller | 27,168 | 28.7 | |||
| Total votes | 94,616 | 100.0 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ernest K. Bramblett (incumbent) | 87,143 | 80.8 | |
| Progressive | Cole Weston | 14,582 | 13.5 | |
| Democratic | George E. Outland (write-in) | 6,157 | 5.7 | |
| Total votes | 107,882 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 141,509 | 87.8 | |
| Progressive | Una W. Rice | 19,631 | 12.2 | |
| Total votes | 161,140 | 100.0 | ||
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| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 62,951 | 52.6 | |
| Democratic | Ned R. Healy | 56,624 | 47.4 | |
| Total votes | 119,575 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas (incumbent) | 89,581 | 65.3 | |
| Republican | W. Wallace Braden | 44,611 | 32.5 | |
| Progressive | Sidney Moore | 2,904 | 2.2 | |
| Total votes | 137,096 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gordon L. McDonough (incumbent) | 131,933 | 83 | |
| Progressive | Maynard J. Omerberg | 27,007 | 17 | |
| Total votes | 158,940 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Donald L. Jackson (incumbent) | 121,198 | 57 | |
| Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson | 91,268 | 43 | |
| Total votes | 212,466 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 194,782 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 105,687 | 51.1 | |||
| Republican | Willis W. Bradley (incumbent) | 92,721 | 44.9 | |||
| Progressive | Stanley Moffatt | 8,232 | 4.0 | |||
| Total votes | 206,640 | 100.0 | ||||
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| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 72,900 | 69.7 | |
| Republican | Joseph Francis Quigley | 28,698 | 27.5 | |
| Progressive | Jacob Berman | 1,915 | 1.8 | |
| Independent | Myra Tanner Weiss | 1,013 | 1.0 | |
| Total votes | 104,526 | 100.0 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 204,710 | 81.6 | |
| Democratic | William B. Esterman | 46,232 | 18.4 | |
| Total votes | 250,942 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 61,383 | 55.2 | |
| Republican | Lowell E. Lathrop | 47,411 | 42.6 | |
| Progressive | Howard J. Louks | 2,422 | 2.2 | |
| Total votes | 111,216 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 115,697 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clinton D. McKinnon | 112,534 | 55.8 | |||
| Republican | Charles K. Fletcher (incumbent) | 87,138 | 43.2 | |||
| Progressive | Harry C. Steinmetz | 2,017 | 1.0 | |||
| Total votes | 201,689 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
