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
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%

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) 62.2% William A. Nighswonger (D) 34.1% Jonathan T. Ames (PF) 3.7%
California 2	Harold T. Johnson	Democratic	1958	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	1952	Running	John E. Moss (D) 69.9% John Rakus (R) 30.1%
California 4	Robert L. Leggett	Democratic	1962	Running	Robert L. Leggett (D) 67.4% Benjamin Chang (R) 32.6%
California 5	Phillip Burton	Democratic	1964	Running	Phillip Burton (D) 81.8% Edlo E. Powell (R) 18.2%
California 6	William S. Mailliard	Republican	1952	Running	William S. Mailliard (R) 52% Roger Boas (D) 48%
California 7	Ron Dellums	Democratic	1970	Running	Ron Dellums (D) 60% Peter Hannaford (R) 38% Frank V. Cortese (A) 2%
California 8	George P. Miller	Democratic	1944	Defeated in primary	Pete Stark (D) 52.9% Lew M. Warden, Jr. (R) 47.1%
California 9	Don Edwards	Democratic	1962	Running	Don Edwards (D) 72.3% Herb Smith (R) 25.2% Edmon V. Kaiser (AI) 2.5%
California 10	Charles S. Gubser	Republican	1952	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%
California 12	Burt L. Talcott	Republican	1962	Running	Burt L. Talcott (R) 54.0% Julian Camacho (D) 43.1% Stanley K. Monteith (A) 2.9%
California 13	Charles M. Teague	Republican	1954	Running	Charles M. Teague (R) 73.9% Lester Dean Cleveland (D) 27.1%
California 14	Jerome R. Waldie	Democratic	1966	Running	Jerome R. Waldie (D) 77.6% Floyd E. Sims (R) 22.4%
California 15	John J. McFall	Democratic	1956	Running	John J. McFall (D) (unopposed)
California 16	Bernice F. Sisk	Democratic	1954	Running	Bernice F. Sisk (D) 79.1% Carol O. Harner (R) 20.9%
California 17	Pete McCloskey	Republican	1967	Running	Pete McCloskey (R) 60.2% James Stewart (D) 39.8%
California 18	Bob Mathias	Republican	1966	Running	Bob Mathias (R) 66.5% Vincent J. Lavery (D) 33.5%
California 19	Chet Holifield	Democratic	1942	Running	Chet Holifield (D) 67.2% Kenneth M. Fisher (R) 27.9% Joe Harris (PF) 4.9%
California 20	H. Allen Smith	Republican	1956	Retiring	Carlos J. Moorhead (R) 57.4% John Binkley (D) 42.6%
California 21	Augustus F. Hawkins	Democratic	1962	Running	Augustus F. Hawkins (D) 82.9% Rayfield Lundy (R) 17.1%
California 22	James C. Corman	Democratic	1960	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	1963	Running	Del M. Clawson (R) 61.4% Conrad G. Tuohey (D) 38.6%
California 24	John H. Rousselot	Republican	1960/1970	Running	John H. Rousselot (R) 70.1% Luther Mandell (D) 29.9%
California 25	Charles E. Wiggins	Republican	1966	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	1965	Running	Thomas M. Rees (D) 68.6% Philip Robert Rutta (R) 27.9% Mike Timko (PF) 3.5%
California 27	Barry Goldwater, Jr.	Republican	1970	Running	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (R) 57.4% Mark S. Novak (D) 42.6%
California 28	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.	Republican	1960	Running	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R) 60.7% Michael Shapiro (D) 37.5% Jack Hampton (PF) 1.8%
California 29	George E. Danielson	Democratic	1970	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	1962	Running	Edward R. Roybal (D) 68.4% Bill Brophy (R) 28.6% Lewis McCammon (PF) 3%
California 31	Charles H. Wilson	Democratic	1962	Running	Charles H. Wilson (D) 52.3% Ben Valentine (R) 42.5% Roberta Lynn Wood (PF) 5.2%
California 32	Craig Hosmer	Republican	1952	Running	Craig Hosmer (R) 65.9% Dennis Murray (D) 32% John S. Donohue (PF) 2.1%
California 33	Jerry Pettis	Republican	1966	Running	Jerry Pettis (R) 75.1% Ken Thompson (D) 24.9%
California 34	Richard T. Hanna	Democratic	1962	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	1968	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%
California 37	None (District created)				Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D) 73.2% Gregg Tria (R) 24.7% John Hagg (PF) 2.1%
California 38	None (District created)				George Brown, Jr. (D) 56.3% Howard J. Snider (R) 43.7%
California 39	John G. Schmitz	Republican	1970	Defeated in primary	Andrew J. Hinshaw (R) 65.7% John Woodland Black (D) 43.3%
California 40	Bob Wilson	Republican	1952	Running	Bob Wilson (R) 66.7% Frank Caprio (D) 29.9% Fritjof Thygeson (PF) 1.9%
California 41	Lionel Van Deerlin	Democratic	1962	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%
California 43	Victor Veysey	Republican	1970	Running	Victor Veysey (R) 62.7% Ernest Z. Robles (D) 37.3%