United States Senate – GOP Gain
George Murphy (R) – 3,628,552 – 51.54%
Pierre Salinger (D-inc) – 3,411,915 – 48.46%
Total Votes – 7,040,467 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 1 – GOP Hold
Donald H. Clausen (R-inc) – 141,048 – 59.09%
George McCabe (D) – 97,651 – 40.91%
Scattering – 11 – 0.00%
Total Votes – 238,710 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 2 – DEM Hold
Harold T. Johnson (D-inc) – 125,774 – 64.63%
Chester C. Merriam (R) – 68,835 – 35.37%
Scattering – 11 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 194,620 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 3 – DEM Hold
John E. Moss (D-inc) – 166,688 – 74.30%
Einar B. Gjelsteen (R) – 57,630 – 25.69%
Scattering – 14 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 224,332 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 4 – DEM Hold
Robert L. Leggett (D-inc) – 84,949 – 71.92%
Ivan Norris (R) – 33,160 – 28.07%
Scattering – 13 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 118,122 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 5 – DEM Hold
Phillip Burton (D-inc) – 71,638 – 100.00%
Scattering – 1 – 0.00%
Total Votes – 71,639 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 6 – GOP Hold
William S. Mailliard (R-inc) – 125,869 – 63.65%
Thomas P. O’Toole (D) – 71,894 – 36.35%
Total Votes – 197,763 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 7 – DEM Hold
Jeffery Cohelan (D-inc) – 100,901 – 66.12%
Lawrence E. McNutt (R) – 51,675 – 33.86%
Scattering – 16 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 152,592 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 8 – DEM Hold
George Paul Miller (D-inc) – 108,771 – 70.25%
Donald E. McKay (R) – 46,063 – 29.75%
Scattering – 8 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 154,842 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 9 – DEM Hold
Don Edwards (D-inc) – 115,954 – 69.76%
William P. Hyde (R) – 50,261 – 30.24%
Scattering – 14 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 166,229 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 10 – GOP Hold
Charles S. Gubser (R-inc) – 151,027 – 63.12%
E. Day Carman (D) – 88,240 – 36.88%
Scattering – 10 – 0.00%
Total Votes – 239,277 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 11 – GOP Hold
J. Arthur Younger (R-inc) – 116,022 – 54.79%
W. Mark Sullivan (D) – 95,747 – 45.21%
Scattering – 5 – 0.00%
Total Votes – 211,774 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 12 – GOP Hold
Burt L. Talcott (R-inc) – 93,112 – 61.92%
Sanford Bolz (D) – 57,243 – 38.07%
Scattering – 19 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 150,374 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 13 – GOP Hold
Charles M. Teague (R-inc) – 104,744 – 57.39%
George E. Taylor (D) – 77,763 – 42.61%
Scattering – 4 – 0.00%
Total Votes – 182,511 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 14 – GOP Hold
John F. Baldwin, Jr. (R-inc) – 117,272 – 64.88%
Russell M. Koch (D) – 63,469 – 35.11%
Scattering – 18 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 180,759 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 15 – DEM Hold
John J. McFall (D-inc) – 109,560 – 70.89%
Kenneth Gibson (R) – 44,977 – 29.10%
Scattering – 15 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 154,552 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 16 – DEM Hold
Bernice F. Sisk (D-inc) – 117,727 – 66.76%
David T. Harris (R) – 58,604 – 33.23%
Scattering – 9 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 176,340 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 17 – DEM Hold
Cecil R. King (D-inc) – 95,640 – 67.66%
Robert Muncaster (R) – 45,688 – 32.32%
Scattering – 20 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 141,348 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 18 – DEM Hold
Harlan Hagen (D-inc) – 121,304 – 66.71%
James E. Williams, Jr. (R) – 60,523 – 33.28%
Scattering – 12 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 181,839 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 19 – DEM Hold
Chet Holifield (D-inc) – 97,934 – 65.42%
C. Everett Hunt (R) – 51,747 – 34.57%
Scattering – 12 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 149,693 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 20 – GOP Hold
H. Allen Smith (R-inc) – 132,402 – 67.88%
C. Bernard Kaufman (D) – 62,645 – 32.12%
Scattering – 7 – 0.00%
Total Votes – 195,054 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 21 – DEM Hold
Augustus F. Hawkins (D-inc) – 106,231 – 90.27%
Rayfield Lundy (R) – 11,374 – 9.67%
Scattering – 72 – 0.06%
Total Votes – 117,677 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 22 – DEM Hold
James C. Corman (D-inc) – 94,131 – 50.53%
Robert C. Cline (R) – 92,133 – 49.46%
Scattering – 20 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 186,284 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 23 – GOP Hold
Del M. Clawson (R-inc) – 90,721 – 55.43%
H. O. Van Petten (D) – 72,903 – 44.54%
Scattering – 40 – 0.02%
Total Votes – 163,664 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 24 – GOP Hold
Glenard P. Lipscomb (R-inc) – 139,784 – 67.94%
Bryan W. Stevens (D) – 65,967 – 32.06%
Scattering – 7 – 0.00%
Total Votes – 205,758 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 25 – DEM Hold
Ronald Brooks Cameron (D-inc) – 81,320 – 55.44%
Frank J. Walton (R) – 65,344 – 44.55%
Scattering – 8 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 146,672 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 26 – DEM Hold
James Roosevelt (D-inc) – 136,025 – 70.39%
Gil Seton (R) – 57,209 – 29.60%
Scattering – 13 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 193,247 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 27 – GOP Gain
Edwin Reinecke (R) – 83,141 – 51.72%
Tom Bane (D) – 77,587 – 48.27%
Scattering – 15 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 160,743 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 28 – GOP Hold
Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R-inc) – 205,473 – 65.57%
Gerald H. Gottlieb (D) – 107,852 – 34.42%
Scattering – 41 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 313,366 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 29 – DEM Hold
George E. Brown, Jr. (D-inc) – 90,208 – 58.56%
Charles J. Farrington, Jr. (R) – 63,836 – 41.44%
Scattering – 5 – 0.00%
Total Votes – 154,049 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 30 – DEM Hold
Edward R. Roybal (D-inc) – 90,329 – 66.30%
Alfred J. Feder (R) – 45,912 – 33.70%
Scattering – 7 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 136,248 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 31 – DEM Hold
Charles H. Wilson (D-inc) – 114,246 – 63.99%
Norman G. Shanahan (R) – 64,256 – 35.99%
Scattering – 27 – 0.02%
Total Votes – 178,529 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 32 – GOP Hold
Craig Hosmer (R-inc) – 132,603 – 68.93%
Michael Cullen (D) – 59,765 – 31.07%
Scattering – 17 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 192,385 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 33 – DEM Hold
Kenneth W. Dyal (D) – 109,047 – 51.72%
Jerry L. Pettis (R) – 101,742 – 48.26%
Scattering – 41 – 0.02%
Total Votes – 210,830 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 34 – DEM Hold
Richard T. Hanna (D-inc) – 137,588 – 58.25%
Robert A. Geier (R) – 98,606 – 41.75%
Scattering – 12 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 236,206 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 35 – GOP Hold
James B. Utt (R-inc) – 167,791 – 65.01%
Paul B. Carpenter (D) – 90,295 – 34.98%
Scattering – 15 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 258,101 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 36 – GOP Hold
Bob Wilson (R-inc) – 105,346 – 59.05%
Quintin Whelan (D) – 73,034 – 40.94%
Scattering – 15 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 178,395 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 37 – DEM Hold
Lionel Van Deerlin (D-inc) – 85,624 – 58.24%
Dick Wilson (R) – 61,373 – 41.75%
Scattering – 11 – 0.01%
Total Votes – 147,008 – 100.00%
United States House of Representatives – District 38 – DEM Gain
John V. Tunney (D) – 85,661 – 52.82%
Patrick M. Martin (R-inc) – 76,525 – 47.18%
Scattering – 1 – 0.00%
Total Votes – 162,187 – 100.00%