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TheUnited States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 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 7, 1978. Republicans knocked off three Democratic incumbents. 11th district CongressmanLeo Ryan was re-elected, but was murdered while investigating thePeoples Temple in Guyana following the election.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | |
| Democratic | 3,335,332 | 51.11% | 29 | 26 | -3 | |
| Republican | 3,105,933 | 47.60% | 14 | 17 | +3 | |
| American Independent | 45,359 | 0.70% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peace and Freedom | 39,017 | 0.60% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 6,525,641 | 100.00% | 43 | 43 | — | |
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 | Harold T. Johnson (incumbent) | 125,122 | 59.35 | |
| Republican | James E. Taylor | 85,690 | 40.65 | |
| Total votes | 210,812 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent) | 114,451 | 51.96 | |
| Democratic | Norma Bork | 99,712 | 45.27 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Irv Sutley | 6,097 | 2.77 | |
| Total votes | 220,260 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Matsui | 105,537 | 53.44 | |
| Republican | Sandy Smoley | 91,966 | 46.56 | |
| Total votes | 197,503 | 100.00 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Vic Fazio | 87,764 | 55.37 | |
| Republican | Rex Hime | 70,733 | 44.63 | |
| Total votes | 158,497 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John L. Burton (incumbent) | 106,046 | 66.84 | |
| Republican | Dolores Skore | 52,603 | 33.16 | |
| Total votes | 158,649 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Phillip Burton (incumbent) | 81,801 | 68.30 | |
| Republican | Tom Spinosa | 33,515 | 27.98 | |
| American Independent | Raymond O. Heaps | 4,452 | 3.72 | |
| Total votes | 119,768 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Miller (incumbent) | 109,676 | 63.45 | |
| Republican | Paula Gordon | 58,332 | 33.74 | |
| American Independent | Melvin E. Stanley | 4,857 | 2.81 | |
| Total votes | 172,865 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ron Dellums (incumbent) | 94,824 | 57.36 | |
| Republican | Charles V. Hughes | 70,481 | 42.64 | |
| Total votes | 165,305 | 100.00 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Pete Stark (incumbent) | 88,179 | 65.38 | |
| Republican | Robert S. Allen | 41,138 | 30.50 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Lawrance J. Phillips | 5,562 | 4.12 | |
| Total votes | 134,879 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Don Edwards (incumbent) | 84,488 | 67.13 | |
| Republican | Rudy Hansen | 41,374 | 32.87 | |
| Total votes | 125,862 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Leo Ryan (incumbent) | 92,882 | 60.52 | |
| Republican | Dave Welch | 54,621 | 35.59 | |
| American Independent | Nicholas Waeil Kudrovzeff | 5,961 | 3.88 | |
| Total votes | 153,464 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Pete McCloskey (incumbent) | 116,982 | 73.07 | |
| Democratic | Kirsten Olsen | 34,472 | 21.53 | |
| American Independent | Harold R. Boylan | 5,609 | 3.50 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Adele Fumino | 3,022 | 1.89 | |
| Total votes | 160,085 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Norman Mineta (incumbent) | 100,809 | 57.49 | |
| Republican | Dan O'Keefe | 69,306 | 39.52 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Robert Goldsborough III | 5,246 | 2.99 | |
| Total votes | 175,361 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Norman D. Shumway | 95,962 | 53.39 | |||
| Democratic | John J. McFall (incumbent) | 76,602 | 42.62 | |||
| American Independent | George Darold Waldron | 7,163 | 3.99 | |||
| Total votes | 179,727 | 100.00 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tony Coelho | 75,212 | 60.11 | |
| Republican | Chris Patterakis | 49,914 | 39.89 | |
| Total votes | 125,126 | 100.00 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Leon Panetta (incumbent) | 104,550 | 61.37 | |
| Republican | Eric Seastrand | 65,808 | 38.63 | |
| Total votes | 170,358 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles (Chip) Pashayan | 81,296 | 54.49 | |||
| Democratic | John Hans Krebs (incumbent) | 67,885 | 45.51 | |||
| Total votes | 149,181 | 100.00 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Thomas | 85,663 | 59.26 | |
| Democratic | Bob Sogge | 58,900 | 40.74 | |
| Total votes | 144,563 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Robert J. Lagomarsino (incumbent) | 123,192 | 71.73 | |
| Democratic | Jerry Zamos | 41,672 | 24.26 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Milton Shiro Takei | 6,887 | 4.01 | |
| Total votes | 171,751 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (incumbent) | 129,714 | 66.38 | |
| Democratic | Pat Lear | 65,695 | 33.62 | |
| Total votes | 195,409 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | James C. Corman (incumbent) | 73,869 | 59.51 | |
| Republican | Rod Walsh | 44,519 | 35.86 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Bill Hill | 5,750 | 4.63 | |
| Total votes | 124,138 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Carlos J. Moorhead (incumbent) | 99,502 | 64.64 | |
| Democratic | Robert S. Henry | 54,442 | 35.36 | |
| Total votes | 153,944 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Anthony C. Beilenson (incumbent) | 117,498 | 65.64 | |
| Republican | Joseph Barbara | 61,496 | 34.36 | |
| Total votes | 178,994 | 100.00 | ||
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| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Henry Waxman (incumbent) | 85,075 | 62.66 | |
| Republican | Howard G. Schaefer | 44,243 | 32.59 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Kevin Casey Peters | 6,453 | 4.75 | |
| Total votes | 135,771 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edward R. Roybal (incumbent) | 45,881 | 67.39 | |
| Republican | Robert K. Watson | 22,205 | 32.61 | |
| Total votes | 68,086 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John H. Rousselot (incumbent) | 113,059 | 100.00 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Dornan (incumbent) | 89,392 | 51.00 | |
| Democratic | Carey Peck | 85,880 | 49.00 | |
| Total votes | 175,272 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Julian C. Dixon | 97,592 | 100.00 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Augustus F. Hawkins (incumbent) | 65,214 | 85.00 | |
| Republican | Uriah J. Fields | 11,512 | 15.00 | |
| Total votes | 76,726 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George E. Danielson (incumbent) | 66,241 | 71.42 | |
| Republican | Henry Ares | 26,511 | 28.58 | |
| Total votes | 92,752 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles H. Wilson (incumbent) | 55,667 | 67.76 | |
| Republican | Don Grimshaw | 26,490 | 32.24 | |
| Total votes | 82,157 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Glenn M. Anderson (incumbent) | 74,004 | 71.43 | |
| Republican | Sonya Mathison | 23,242 | 22.43 | |
| American Independent | Ida Bader | 6,363 | 6.14 | |
| Total votes | 103,609 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wayne Grisham | 79,533 | 55.98 | |
| Democratic | Dennis S. Kazarian | 62,540 | 44.02 | |
| Total votes | 142,073 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Lungren | 90,554 | 53.72 | |||
| Democratic | Mark Hannaford (incumbent) | 73,608 | 43.67 | |||
| American Independent | Lawrence John Stafford | 4,410 | 2.62 | |||
| Total votes | 168,572 | 100.00 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jim Lloyd (incumbent) | 80,388 | 54.01 | |
| Republican | David Dreier | 68,442 | 45.99 | |
| Total votes | 148,830 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) | 80,448 | 62.92 | |
| Republican | Dana Warren Carmody | 47,417 | 37.08 | |
| Total votes | 127,865 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jerry Lewis | 106,581 | 61.40 | |
| Democratic | Dan Corcoran | 60,463 | 34.83 | |
| American Independent | Bernard Wahl | 6,544 | 3.77 | |
| Total votes | 173,588 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry M. Patterson (incumbent) | 75,471 | 58.61 | |
| Republican | Dan Goedeke | 53,298 | 41.39 | |
| Total votes | 128,769 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William E. Dannemeyer | 112,160 | 63.71 | |
| Democratic | William E. Farris | 63,891 | 36.29 | |
| Total votes | 176,051 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Robert Badham (incumbent) | 147,882 | 65.95 | |
| Democratic | Jim McGuy | 76,358 | 34.05 | |
| Total votes | 224,240 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Wilson (incumbent) | 107,685 | 58.14 | |
| Democratic | King Golden, Jr. | 77,540 | 41.86 | |
| Total votes | 185,225 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lionel Van Deerlin (incumbent) | 85,126 | 73.74 | |
| Republican | Lawrence C. Mattera | 30,319 | 26.26 | |
| Total votes | 115,445 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Clair Burgener (incumbent) | 167,150 | 68.66 | |
| Democratic | Reuben B. Brooks | 76,308 | 31.34 | |
| Total votes | 243,458 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
