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 Election results by district. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elections in California |
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An election was held for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives as part of the general 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 | (({votes))} | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 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 | (({votes))} | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
| 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 | (({votes))} | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 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 | (({votes))} | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
| 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 | (({votes))} | |||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
| 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 | (({votes))} | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 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 | (({votes))} | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
