United States House of Representatives elections, 1970

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The U.S. House election, 1970 was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 3, 1970, in the middle of President Richard M. Nixon's first term. The President's Republican Party lost seats, in this case a net of 12, to the Democratic Party, which thus increased modestly its majority in the House. Many viewed the results as the American public showing fatigue over the ongoing Vietnam War.

[edit] Overall results

Party	Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage	Popular Vote
Democratic Party	255	+12	58.6%	53.0%
Republican Party	180	-12	41.3%	44.5%
Totals	435	+0	100.0%	100.0%

80.1-100% Republican	80.1-100% Democratic
60.1-80% Republican	60.1-80% Democratic

House seats by party holding plurality in state

6+ Republican gain	6+ Democratic gain
3-5 Republican gain	3-5 Democratic gain
1-2 Republican gain	1-2 Democratic gain
no net change

[edit] California

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
California 1	Donald H. Clausen	Republican	1963	Running	Donald H. Clausen (R) 63.5% William M. Kortum (D) 36.5%
California 2	Harold T. Johnson	Democratic	1958	Running	Harold T. Johnson (D) 77.9% Lloyd E. Gilbert (R) 19.2% Jack R. Carrigg (AI) 2.9%
California 3	John E. Moss	Democratic	1952	Running	John E. Moss (D) 61.6% Elmore J. Duffy (R) 36.6% Allen E. Priest (AI) 1.8%
California 4	Robert L. Leggett	Democratic	1962	Running	Robert L. Leggett (D) 68% Andrew Gyorke (R) 32%
California 5	Phillip Burton	Democratic	1964	Running	Phillip Burton (D) 70.8% John E. Parks (R) 29.2%
California 6	William S. Mailliard	Republican	1952	Running	William S. Mailliard (R) 53.4% Russell R. Miller (D) 46.6%
California 7	Jeffery Cohelan	Democratic	1958	Defeated in primary	Ron Dellums (D) 57.3% John E. Healy (R) 41.3% Sarah Scahill (PF) 1.4%
California 8	George P. Miller	Democratic	1944	Running	George P. Miller (D) 69% Michael A. Crane (R) 31%
California 9	Don Edwards	Democratic	1962	Running	Don Edwards (D) 69.1% Mark Guerra (R) 28.5% Edmon V. Kaiser (AI) 2.3%
California 10	Charles S. Gubser	Republican	1952	Running	Charles S. Gubser (R) 62% Stuart D. McLean (D) 36.8% Joyce W. Stancliffe (AI) 1.2%
California 11	Pete McCloskey	Republican	1967	Running	Pete McCloskey (R) 78.7% Robert E. Gomperts (D) 21.3%
California 12	Burt L. Talcott	Republican	1962	Running	Burt L. Talcott (R) 63.6% O'Brien Riordan (D) 33.9% Herbert H. Foster, Jr. (PF) 2.5%
California 13	Charles M. Teague	Republican	1954	Running	Charles M. Teague (R) 58.2% Gary K. Hart (D) 40.8% Maude I. Jordet (AI) 1%
California 14	Jerome R. Waldie	Democratic	1966	Running	Jerome R. Waldie (D) 74.5% Byron D. Athan (R) 25.5%
California 15	John J. McFall	Democratic	1956	Running	John J. McFall (D) 63.1% Sam Van Dyken (R) 35.6% Francis E. "Gill" Gillings (AI) 1.3%
California 16	Bernice F. Sisk	Democratic	1954	Running	Bernice F. Sisk (D) 66.4% Phillip V. Sanchez (R) 30.6% James W. Scott (AI) 3%
California 17	Glenn M. Anderson	Democratic	1968	Running	Glenn M. Anderson (D) 62.2% Michael C. Donaldson (R) 35.5% Robert W. Copeland (AI) 1.3% Thomas E. Mathews (PF) 1%
California 18	Bob Mathias	Republican	1966	Running	Bob Mathias (R) 63.2% Milton Spartacus Miller (D) 33.4% Nora E. Hensley (AI) 3.4%
California 19	Chet Holifield	Democratic	1942	Running	Chet Holifield (D) 70.4% Bill Jones (R) 29.6%
California 20	H. Allen Smith	Republican	1956	Running	H. Allen Smith (R) 69.1% Michael M. Stolzberg (D) 29.7% Earl C. Harper (AI) 1.2%
California 21	Augustus F. Hawkins	Democratic	1962	Running	Augustus F. Hawkins (D) 94.5% Southy M. Johnson (R) 5.5%
California 22	James C. Corman	Democratic	1960	Running	James C. Corman (D) 59.4% Tom Hayden (R) 39.5% Callis R. Johnson (AI) 1.1%
California 23	Del M. Clawson	Republican	1963	Running	Del M. Clawson (R) 63.3% G. L. "Jerry" Chapman (D) 36.7%
California 24	John H. Rousselot	Republican	1970	Running	John H. Rousselot (R) 65.1% Myrlie B. Evers (D) 32.4% Brian Scanlon (AI) 1.6% Harold Kaplan (PF) 1%
California 25	Charles E. Wiggins	Republican	1966	Running	Charles E. Wiggins (R) 63.3% Leslie W. "Les" Craven (D) 35.1% Kevin Scanlon (AI) 1.6%
California 26	Thomas M. Rees	Democratic	1965	Running	Thomas M. Rees (D) 71.3% Nathaniel Jay Friedman (R) 25.8% Lewis B. McCammon (PF) 2% Howard E. Hallinan (AI) 0.9%
California 27	Edwin Reinecke	Republican	1964	Retiring	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (R) 66.6% N. "Toni" Kimmel (D) 30.5% Edward Richer (PF) 1.6% John H. Hind (AI) 1.3%
California 28	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.	Republican	1960	Running	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R) 69.3% Don McLaughlin (D) 25.9% Derek A. Gordon (AI) 2.6% Jane E. Gordon (PF) 2.2%
California 29	George Brown, Jr.	Democratic	1962	Running for Senate	George E. Danielson (D) 62.6% Tom McMann (R) 37.4%
California 30	Edward R. Roybal	Democratic	1962	Running	Edward R. Roybal (D) 68.3% Samuel F. Cavnar (R) 29.9% Boris Belousov (AI) 1.8%
California 31	Charles H. Wilson	Democratic	1962	Running	Charles H. Wilson (D) 73.2% Fred L. Casmir (R) 26.8%
California 32	Craig Hosmer	Republican	1952	Running	Craig Hosmer (R) 71.5% Walter L. Mallonee (D) 26.5% John S. Donohue (PF) 2%
California 33	Jerry Pettis	Republican	1966	Running	Jerry Pettis (R) 72.2% Chester M. Wright (D) 27.8%
California 34	Richard T. Hanna	Democratic	1962	Running	Richard T. Hanna (D) 54.5% Bill J. Teague (R) 44% Lee R. Rayburn (AI) 1.5%
California 35	John G. Schmitz	Republican	1970	Running	John G. Schmitz (R) 67% Thomas B. Lenhart (D) 30.3% Francis R. Halpern (PF) 2.7%
California 36	Bob Wilson	Republican	1952	Running	Bob Wilson (R) 71.5% Daniel K. Hostetter (D) 24.2% Walter H. Koppelman (PF) 2.8% Orville J. Davis (AI) 1.5%
California 37	Lionel Van Deerlin	Democratic	1962	Running	Lionel Van Deerlin (D) 72.1% James B. Kuhn (R) 24.5% Faye B. Brice (AI) 2.3% Fritjof Thygeson (PF) 1.1%
California 38	John V. Tunney	Democratic	1964	Running for Senate	Victor V. Veysey (R) 49.8% David A. Tunno (D) 48.8% William E. Pasley (AI) 3.4