United States House of Representatives elections, 1972
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The U.S. House election, 1972 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1972 which coincided with the landslide re-election victory of President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon's Republican Party managed to gain a net of twelve seats from the Democratic Party, although the Democrats retained a majority.
Notable freshmen included future Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.).
[edit] Overall results
Party | Total Seats (change) | Seat percentage | Popular Vote | |
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Democratic Party | 242 | -13 | 55.6% | 51.7% |
Independents | 1 | +1 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
Republican Party | 192 | +12 | 44.1% | 46.4% |
Totals | 435 | — | 100.0% | 100.0% |
[edit] California
District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Status | Opponent |
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California 1 | Donald H. Clausen | Republican |
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Running | Donald H. Clausen (R) 62.2% William A. Nighswonger (D) 34.1% Jonathan T. Ames (PF) 3.7% |
California 2 | Harold T. Johnson | Democratic |
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Running | Harold T. Johnson (D) 68.3% Francis X. Callahan (R) 28.6% Dorothy D. Paradis (A) 3.1% |
California 3 | John E. Moss | Democratic |
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Running | John E. Moss (D) 69.9% John Rakus (R) 30.1% |
California 4 | Robert L. Leggett | Democratic |
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Running | Robert L. Leggett (D) 67.4% Benjamin Chang (R) 32.6% |
California 5 | Phillip Burton | Democratic |
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Running | Phillip Burton (D) 81.8% Edlo E. Powell (R) 18.2% |
California 6 | William S. Mailliard | Republican |
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Running | William S. Mailliard (R) 52% Roger Boas (D) 48% |
California 7 | Ron Dellums | Democratic |
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Running | Ron Dellums (D) 60% Peter Hannaford (R) 38% Frank V. Cortese (A) 2% |
California 8 | George P. Miller | Democratic |
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Defeated in primary | Pete Stark (D) 52.9% Lew M. Warden, Jr. (R) 47.1% |
California 9 | Don Edwards | Democratic |
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Running | Don Edwards (D) 72.3% Herb Smith (R) 25.2% Edmon V. Kaiser (AI) 2.5% |
California 10 | Charles S. Gubser | Republican |
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Running | Charles S. Gubser (R) 64.6% B. Frank Gillette (D) 35.4% |
California 11 | None (District created) | Leo Ryan (D) 60.4% Charles E. Chase (R) 37% Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff (A) 2.6% |
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California 12 | Burt L. Talcott | Republican |
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Running | Burt L. Talcott (R) 54.0% Julian Camacho (D) 43.1% Stanley K. Monteith (A) 2.9% |
California 13 | Charles M. Teague | Republican |
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Running | Charles M. Teague (R) 73.9% Lester Dean Cleveland (D) 27.1% |
California 14 | Jerome R. Waldie | Democratic |
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Running | Jerome R. Waldie (D) 77.6% Floyd E. Sims (R) 22.4% |
California 15 | John J. McFall | Democratic |
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Running | John J. McFall (D) (unopposed) |
California 16 | Bernice F. Sisk | Democratic |
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Running | Bernice F. Sisk (D) 79.1% Carol O. Harner (R) 20.9% |
California 17 | Pete McCloskey | Republican |
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Running | Pete McCloskey (R) 60.2% James Stewart (D) 39.8% |
California 18 | Bob Mathias | Republican |
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Running | Bob Mathias (R) 66.5% Vincent J. Lavery (D) 33.5% |
California 19 | Chet Holifield | Democratic |
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Running | Chet Holifield (D) 67.2% Kenneth M. Fisher (R) 27.9% Joe Harris (PF) 4.9% |
California 20 | H. Allen Smith | Republican |
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Retiring | Carlos J. Moorhead (R) 57.4% John Binkley (D) 42.6% |
California 21 | Augustus F. Hawkins | Democratic |
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Running | Augustus F. Hawkins (D) 82.9% Rayfield Lundy (R) 17.1% |
California 22 | James C. Corman | Democratic |
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Running | James C. Corman (D) 67.6% Bruce P. Wolfe (R) 29.3% Ralph L. Shroyer (PF) 3.1% |
California 23 | Del M. Clawson | Republican |
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Running | Del M. Clawson (R) 61.4% Conrad G. Tuohey (D) 38.6% |
California 24 | John H. Rousselot | Republican |
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Running | John H. Rousselot (R) 70.1% Luther Mandell (D) 29.9% |
California 25 | Charles E. Wiggins | Republican |
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Running | Charles E. Wiggins (R) 64.9% Leslie W. "Les" Craven (D) 31.9% Alfred Romirez (A) 3.1% |
California 26 | Thomas M. Rees | Democratic |
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Running | Thomas M. Rees (D) 68.6% Philip Robert Rutta (R) 27.9% Mike Timko (PF) 3.5% |
California 27 | Barry Goldwater, Jr. | Republican |
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Running | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (R) 57.4% Mark S. Novak (D) 42.6% |
California 28 | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. | Republican |
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Running | Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R) 60.7% Michael Shapiro (D) 37.5% Jack Hampton (PF) 1.8% |
California 29 | George E. Danielson | Democratic |
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Running | George E. Danielson (D) 62.8% Richard E. Ferraro (R) 33.5% John W. Blaine (PF) 3.7% |
California 30 | Edward R. Roybal | Democratic |
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Running | Edward R. Roybal (D) 68.4% Bill Brophy (R) 28.6% Lewis McCammon (PF) 3% |
California 31 | Charles H. Wilson | Democratic |
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Running | Charles H. Wilson (D) 52.3% Ben Valentine (R) 42.5% Roberta Lynn Wood (PF) 5.2% |
California 32 | Craig Hosmer | Republican |
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Running | Craig Hosmer (R) 65.9% Dennis Murray (D) 32% John S. Donohue (PF) 2.1% |
California 33 | Jerry Pettis | Republican |
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Running | Jerry Pettis (R) 75.1% Ken Thompson (D) 24.9% |
California 34 | Richard T. Hanna | Democratic |
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Running | Richard T. Hanna (D) 67.2% John D. Ratterree (R) 28.9% Lee R. Rayburn (AI) 3.9% |
California 35 | Glenn M. Anderson | Democratic |
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Running | Glenn M. Anderson (D) 74.8% Vernon E. Brown (R) 25.2% |
California 36 | None (District created) | William M. Ketchum (R) 52.7% Timothy Lemucchi (D) 43.5% William M. "Bill" Armour (A) 3.8% |
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California 37 | None (District created) | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D) 73.2% Gregg Tria (R) 24.7% John Hagg (PF) 2.1% |
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California 38 | None (District created) | George Brown, Jr. (D) 56.3% Howard J. Snider (R) 43.7% |
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California 39 | John G. Schmitz | Republican |
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Defeated in primary | Andrew J. Hinshaw (R) 65.7% John Woodland Black (D) 43.3% |
California 40 | Bob Wilson | Republican |
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Running | Bob Wilson (R) 66.7% Frank Caprio (D) 29.9% Fritjof Thygeson (PF) 1.9% |
California 41 | Lionel Van Deerlin | Democratic |
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Running | Lionel Van Deerlin (D) 74.1% D. Richard "Dick" Kau (R) 25.9% |
California 42 | None (District created) | Clair Burgener (R) 67.4% Bob Lowe (D) 29.2% Armin R. Moths (A) 3.4% |
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California 43 | Victor V. Veysey | Republican |
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Running | Victor V. Veysey (R) 62.7% Ernest Z. Robles (D) 37.3% |
[edit] See also
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