| Elections in California |
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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.
| 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 | — | |
| Pre-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 12 | |
| Republican-Held | 11 | |
| Post-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-Held | 16 | |
| Republican-Held | 7 | |
Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence F. Lea (incumbent) | 92,706 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Justin L. Johnson (incumbent) | 131,705 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard J. Welch (incumbent) | 112,151 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bertrand W. Gearhart (incumbent) | 66,845 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alfred J. Elliott (incumbent) | 60,001 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cecil R. King (incumbent) | 147,217 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Phillips (incumbent) | 88,537 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| 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 | ||||||