The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 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 7, 1944. Democrats picked up four districts.
Overview
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1944 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 1,519,190 | 50.6% | 7 | -4 | |
| Democratic | 1,479,443 | 49.2% | 16 | +4 | |
| Prohibition | 6,309 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,004,942 | 100.0% | 23 | — | |
Delegation composition
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 12 | |
| Republican-Held | 11 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 16 | |
| Republican-Held | 7 | |
Results
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
|
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 |
District 1
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 92,706 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clair Engle (incumbent) | 48,201 | 63.8 | |
| Republican | Jesse M. Mayo | 27,312 | 36.2 | |
| Total votes | 75,513 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 131,705 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 4
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franck R. Havenner | 73,582 | 50.1 | |||
| Republican | Thomas Rolph (incumbent) | 73,367 | 49.9 | |||
| Total votes | 146,949 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 5
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 112,151 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 6
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George P. Miller | 104,441 | 52 | |||
| Republican | Albert E. Carter (incumbent) | 96,395 | 48 | |||
| Total votes | 200,836 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 7
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John H. Tolan (incumbent) | 81,762 | 57.9 | |
| Republican | Chelsey M. Walter | 59,360 | 42.1 | |
| Total votes | 141,122 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jack Z. Anderson (incumbent) | 94,218 | 56.5 | |
| Democratic | Arthur L. Johnson | 72,420 | 43.5 | |
| Total votes | 166,638 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 9
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,845 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 10
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 60,001 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 11
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George E. Outland (incumbent) | 52,218 | 56 | |
| Republican | A. J. Dingeman | 41,005 | 44 | |
| Total votes | 93,223 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 12
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Voorhis (incumbent) | 77,385 | 55.3 | |
| Republican | Roy P. McLaughlin | 62,524 | 44.7 | |
| Total votes | 139,909 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 13
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ned R. Healy | 66,854 | 55 | |||
| Republican | Norris Poulson (incumbent) | 54,792 | 45 | |||
| Total votes | 121,646 | 100 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 14
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas | 65,729 | 51.6 | |
| Republican | William D. Campbell | 61,767 | 48.4 | |
| Total votes | 127,496 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 15
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Gordon L. McDonough | 100,305 | 56.8 | |
| Democratic | Hal Styles | 73,655 | 41.7 | |
| Prohibition | Johannes Nielson-Lange | 2,694 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 176,654 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 16
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ellis E. Patterson | 105,835 | 54.1 | |
| Republican | Jesse Randolph Kellems | 89,700 | 45.9 | |
| Total votes | 195,535 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 17
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 147,217 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clyde Doyle | 95,090 | 55.7 | |||
| Republican | William Ward Johnson (incumbent) | 75,749 | 44.3 | |||
| Total votes | 170,839 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 19
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chet Holifield (incumbent) | 65,758 | 71.8 | |
| Republican | Carlton H. Casjens | 25,852 | 28.2 | |
| Total votes | 91,610 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 20
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Carl Hinshaw (incumbent) | 112,663 | 51.8 | |
| Democratic | Archibald B. Young | 101,090 | 46.5 | |
| Prohibition | Charles Hiram Randall | 3,615 | 1.5 | |
| Total votes | 217,368 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 21
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry R. Sheppard (incumbent) | 48,539 | 58.5 | |
| Republican | Earl S. Webb | 34,409 | 41.5 | |
| Total votes | 82,948 | 100.0 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 22
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 88,537 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 23
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edouard Izac (incumbent) | 86,707 | 55.1 | |||
| Republican | James B. Abbey | 70,787 | 44.9 | |||
| Total votes | 157,494 | 100.0 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
See also
- 79th United States Congress
- Political party strength in California
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- 1944 United States House of Representatives elections
References
External links
- California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)
- RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions
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