1934 United States House of Representatives elections in California

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934
â 1932 November 6, 1934 1936 â
All 20 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
	Democratic gain Republican gain; Democratic hold Republican hold

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934 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 6, 1934. Democrats gained three districts while losing one.

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United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1934
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/â
	Democratic	1,041,557	50.2%	13	+2
	Republican	963,821	46.5%	7	-2
	Socialist	18,890	0.9%	0	0
	Prohibition	18,760	0.9%	0	0
	Independent	12,301	0.6%	0	0
	Communist	11,771	0.6%	0	0
	Progressive	6,123	0.3%	0	0
Totals		2,073,223	100.0%	20	â

Pre-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	11
	Republican-Held	9

Post-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	13
	Republican-Held	7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence F. Lea (incumbent)	98,661	93.6
	Socialist	Allen K. Gifford	6,698	6.4
Total votes			105,359	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Lane Englebright (incumbent)	66,370	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

1934 United States House of Representatives elections in California

Overview

Delegation composition

Results

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank H. Buck (incumbent)	66,566	53.3
	Republican	J. M. Inman	56,222	45.7
	Communist	Albert Hougardy	1,167	1.0
Total votes			122,955	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Florence Prag Kahn (incumbent)	50,491	48.0
	Democratic	Chauncey Tramutolo	46,871	44.5
	Progressive Party (United States, 1924)	Raymond A. Burr	3,636	3.5
	Socialist	Samuel S. White	2,414	2.3
	Communist	Minnie Carson	1,810	1.7
Total votes			105,222	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Welch (incumbent)	89,751	93.8
	Communist	Alexander Noral	5,933	6.2
Total votes			95,684	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert E. Carter (incumbent)	93,213	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Tolan	51,962	52.3
	Republican	Ralph R. Eltse (incumbent)	47,414	47.7
Total votes			99,376	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. McGrath (incumbent)	107,325	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bertrand W. Gearhart	77,650	100.0
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry E. Stubbs (incumbent)	68,475	64.4
	Republican	George R. Bliss	37,860	35.6
Total votes			106,335	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John S. McGroarty	66,999	53.5
	Republican	William E. Evans (incumbent)	56,350	45.0
	Socialist	William E. Stephenson	1,814	1.5
Total votes			125,163	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Hoeppel (incumbent)	52,595	50.7
	Republican	Frederick F. Houser	51,216	49.3
Total votes			103,811	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

California's 13th congressional district election, 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Kramer (incumbent)	83,384	62.5
	Republican	Thomas K. Case	27,993	21.0
	Prohibition	Charles H. Randall	18,760	14.1
	Socialist	Michael S. Kerrigan	2,113	1.6
	Communist	John J. Graham	1,268	0.9
Total votes			133,518	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

California's 14th congressional district election, 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas F. Ford (incumbent)	52,761	61.0
	Republican	William D. Campbell	33,945	37.1
	Progressive Party (United States, 1924)	Lyndon R. Foster	2,487	2.7
	Socialist	Harry Sherr	1,130	1.2
	Communist	Lawrence Ross	1,086	1.2
Total votes			91,409	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

California's 17th congressional district election, 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles J. Colden (incumbent)	60,045	70.4
	Republican	C. P. "Cap" Wright	20,508	24.0
	Socialist	Richard Pomeroy	4,721	5.6
Total votes			85,274	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John M. Costello	67,247	50.6
	Republican	William I. Traeger (incumbent)	65,858	49.4
Total votes			133,105	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Dockweiler (incumbent)	119,332	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Byron N. Scott	52,377	56.3
	Republican	William Brayton	40,179	43.2
	Communist	Clyde Champion	507	0.5
Total votes			93,063	100.0
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam L. Collins (incumbent)	97,119	88.8
	Independent	A. B. Hillabold (write-in)	12,301	11.2
Total votes			109,420	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Burnham (incumbent)	51,682	52.4
	Democratic	Edouard Izac	46,957	47.6
Total votes			98,639	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold