United States House of Representatives elections, 1968

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The U.S. House elections, 1968 were elections for the United States House of Representatives in 1968 which coincided with Richard M. Nixon's election as President. Nixon's narrow victory yielded only limited gains for his Republican Party, which picked up a net of five seats from the Democratic Party. The Democrats nonetheless retained a majority in the House.

[edit] Overall results

Party	Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage	Popular Vote
Democratic Party	243	-4	55.8%	50.0%
Republican Party	192	+5	44.1%	48.2%
Totals	435	+1	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

Democratic - 39,178,066
Republican - 37,068,791,
Other - 1,627,060
TOTAL - 77,873,917

[edit] California

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
California 1	Donald H. Clausen	Republican	1963	Running	Donald H. Clausen (R) 75.1% Donald W. Graham (D) 21.4% Adolph N. Hofmann (PF) 1.9% Gladys L. O'Neil (AI) 1.6%
California 2	Harold T. Johnson	Democratic	1958	Running	Harold T. Johnson (D) 60.8% Osmer E. Dunaway (R) 37.5% Paul J. Huft (AI) 1.7%
California 3	John E. Moss	Democratic	1952	Running	John E. Moss (D) 56% Elmore J. Duffy (R) 41.8% James Tarleton Slaughter (AI) 2.2%
California 4	Robert L. Leggett	Democratic	1962	Running	Robert L. Leggett (D) 55.5% James Shumway (R) 41.6% Gene Clark (AI) 2.9%
California 5	Phillip Burton	Democratic	1964	Running	Phillip Burton (D) 72% Waldo Velasquez (R) 24.2% Marvin Garson (PF) 3.8%
California 6	William S. Mailliard	Republican	1952	Running	William S. Mailliard (R) 72.8% Phillip Drath (D) 27.2%
California 7	Jeffery Cohelan	Democratic	1958	Running	Jeffery Cohelan (D) 62.9% Barney E. Hilburn (R) 29.6% Huey Newton (PF) 7.5%
California 8	George P. Miller	Democratic	1944	Running	George P. Miller (D) 64% Raymond P. Britton (R) 36%
California 9	Don Edwards	Democratic	1962	Running	Don Edwards (D) 56.5% Larry Fargher (R) 43.5%
California 10	Charles S. Gubser	Republican	1952	Running	Charles S. Gubser (R) 67.3% Grayson S. Taketa (D) 30.9% Martin L. Primach (PF) 1.8%
California 11	Pete McCloskey	Republican	1967	Running	Pete McCloskey (R) 79.3% Urban G. Whitaker, Jr. (D) 19.6% David Demorest Ransom (PF) 1%
California 12	Burt L. Talcott	Republican	1962	Running	Burt L. Talcott (R) 94.9% Ann J. Holliday (AI) 5.1%
California 13	Charles M. Teague	Republican	1954	Running	Charles M. Teague (R) 65.9% Stanley K. Sheinbaum (D) 34.1%
California 14	Jerome R. Waldie	Democratic	1966	Running	Jerome R. Waldie (D) 71.6% David W. Schuh (R) 26.6% Luis W. Hamilton (AI) 1.9%
California 15	John J. McFall	Democratic	1956	Running	John J. McFall (D) 53.8% Sam Van Dyken (R) 46.2%
California 16	Bernice F. Sisk	Democratic	1954	Running	Bernice F. Sisk (D) 62.5% Dave Harris (R) 35.4% John P. Carroll (AI) 2.2%
California 17	Cecil R. King	Democratic	1942	Retiring	Glenn M. Anderson (D) 50.7% Joe Blatchford (R) 48.1% Ben Dobbs (PF) 1.1%
California 18	Bob Mathias	Republican	1966	Running	Bob Mathias (R) 65.2% Harlan Hagen (D) 33.4% Edward Calvin Williams (AI) 1.4%
California 19	Chet Holifield	Democratic	1942	Running	Chet Holifield (D) 63.2% Bill Jones (R) 34.1% Wayne L. Cook (AI) 2.6%
California 20	H. Allen Smith	Republican	1956	Running	H. Allen Smith (R) 69.3% Don White (D) 29.2% Robert G. Clarke (PF) 1.5%
California 21	Augustus F. Hawkins	Democratic	1962	Running	Augustus F. Hawkins (D) 91.6% Rayfield Lundy (R) 8.4%
California 22	James C. Corman	Democratic	1960	Running	James C. Corman (D) 56.9% Joe Holt (R) 41.4% Hugh Manes (PF) 1.7%
California 23	Del M. Clawson	Republican	1963	Running	Del M. Clawson (R) 64.9% Jim Sperrazzo (D) 35.1%
California 24	Glenard P. Lipscomb	Republican	1953	Running	Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) 72.8% Fred Warner Neal (D) 27.2%
California 25	Charles E. Wiggins	Republican	1966	Running	Charles E. Wiggins (R) 68.6% Keith F. Shirey (D) 31.4%
California 26	Thomas M. Rees	Democratic	1965	Running	Thomas M. Rees (D) 65.5% Irving Teichner (R) 31.3% Jack Weinberg (PF) 3.2%
California 27	Edwin Reinecke	Republican	1964	Running	Edwin Reinecke (R) 72.2% John T. Butchko (D) 27.8%
California 28	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.	Republican	1960	Running	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R) 71.2% John McKee Pratt (D) 26.9% Sherman Pearl (PF) 1.9%
California 29	George Brown, Jr.	Democratic	1962	Running	George Brown, Jr. (D) 52.3% Bill Orozco (R) 47.7%
California 30	Edward R. Roybal	Democratic	1962	Running	Edward R. Roybal (D) 67.5% Samuel F. Cavnar (R) 32.5%
California 31	Charles H. Wilson	Democratic	1962	Running	Charles H. Wilson (D) 58.9% James R. Dunn (R) 39.1% Stanley L. Schulte (AI) 2%
California 32	Craig Hosmer	Republican	1952	Running	Craig Hosmer (R) 73.8% Arthur J. Gottlieb (D) 24.1% Richard B. Williams (AI) 2.1%
California 33	Jerry Pettis	Republican	1966	Running	Jerry Pettis (R) 66.3% Al C. Bellard (D) 32% Earl D. Wallen (AI) 1.7%
California 34	Richard T. Hanna	Democratic	1962	Running	Richard T. Hanna (D) 50.9% Bill J. Teague (R) 49.1%
California 35	James B. Utt	Republican	1952	Running	James B. Utt (R) 72.5% Thomas B. Lenhart (D) 25.1% Annie McDonald (AI) 2.4%
California 36	Bob Wilson	Republican	1952	Running	Bob Wilson (R) 71.6% Don Lindgren (D) 28.4%
California 37	Lionel Van Deerlin	Democratic	1962	Running	Lionel Van Deerlin (D) 64.7% Mike Schaefer (R) 35.3%
California 38	John V. Tunney	Democratic	1964	Running	John V. Tunney (D) 62.8% Robert O. Hunter (R) 35.4% James H. Griffin (AI) 1.3% Terese A. Karmel (PF) 0.6%