The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1940 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 5, 1940. Republicans gained two districts.
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1940 | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 1,473,115 | 53.2% | 10 | +2 | |
Democratic | 1,183,980 | 42.8% | 10 | -2 | |
Communist | 57,718 | 2.1% | 0 | 0 | |
Prohibition | 46,945 | 1.7% | 0 | 0 | |
Progressive | 5,649 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 1,950 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2,769,357 | 100.0% | 20 | — |
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 12 | |
Republican-Held | 8 |
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 10 | |
Republican-Held | 10 |
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 | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 103,547 | 93.3 | |
Communist | Albert J. Lima | 5,647 | 5.1 | |
Independent | Ernest S. Mitchell (write-in) | 1,828 | 1.6 | |
Total votes | 111,022 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent) | 71,033 | 100.0 | |
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Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank H. Buck (incumbent) | 135,461 | 91.0 | |
Prohibition | C. H. Farman | 10,539 | 7.1 | |
Communist | Charles Gricus | 2,751 | 1.8 | |
Independent | George Kimber (write-in) | 122 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 148,873 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Thomas Rolph | 75,369 | 54.6 | |||
Democratic | Franck R. Havenner (incumbent) | 61,341 | 44.4 | |||
Communist | Archie Brown | 1,322 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 138,032 | 100.0 | ||||
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Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 119,122 | 95.8 | |
Communist | Walter R. Lambert | 5,232 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 124,354 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 131,584 | 96 | |
Communist | Clarence Paton | 5,426 | 4 | |
Total votes | 137,010 | 100 | ||
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Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 72,838 | 55.5 | |
Republican | Ralph R. Eltse | 56,808 | 43.2 | |
Communist | Alfred N. Johnson | 1,707 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 131,353 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 148,180 | 96.7 | |
Communist | Elizabeth Nichols | 5,186 | 3.3 | |
Democratic | J. J. McGrath (write-in) | 37 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 153,403 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 99,708 | 100.0 | |
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Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 125,845 | 97 | |
Communist | Louretta Adams | 3,826 | 3 | |
Total votes | 129,671 | 100 | ||
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Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 170,504 | 96.6 | |
Communist | Orla E. Lair | 6,003 | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 176,507 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 99,494 | 64.0 | |
Republican | Eugene W. Nixon | 54,731 | 35.2 | |
Communist | Albert Lewis | 1,152 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 155,377 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles Kramer (incumbent) | 127,167 | 75.7 | |
Prohibition | Charles H. Randall | 36,406 | 21.7 | |
Communist | Celeste Strack | 4,434 | 2.6 | |
Total votes | 168,007 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas F. Ford (incumbent) | 73,137 | 64.3 | |
Republican | Herbert L. Herberts | 37,939 | 33.3 | |
Communist | Pettis Perry | 2,732 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 113,808 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John M. Costello (incumbent) | 94,435 | 56.2 | |
Republican | Norris J. Nelson | 71,667 | 42.6 | |
Communist | Emil Freed | 2,004 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 168,106 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Leland M. Ford (incumbent) | 188,049 | 96.4 | |||
Communist | George C. Sandy | 7,017 | 3.6 | |||
Total votes | 195,066 | 100.0 | ||||
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Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lee E. Geyer (incumbent) | 75,109 | 65.5 | |
Republican | Clifton A. Hix | 32,862 | 28.6 | |
Progressive | Samuel C. Converse | 5,649 | 4.9 | |
Communist | Harry L. Gray | 1,118 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 114,738 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William Ward Johnson (incumbent) | 73,932 | 54.4 | |
Democratic | Byron N. Scott | 60,764 | 44.7 | |
Communist | George R. Ashby | 1,355 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 136,051 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 84,931 | 52.9 | |
Republican | Lotus H. Loudon | 75,495 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 160,426 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 69,874 | 51.1 | |
Republican | Ed Fletcher | 66,132 | 48.3 | |
Communist | Esco L. Richardson | 806 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 136,812 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |