Harlan Hagen

CA Blue Book

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-02-1948	Democratic	AD-36	23390	Win
11-07-1950	Democratic	AD-36	39558	Win
11-04-1952	Democratic	CD-14	70809	Win
11-02-1954	Democratic	CD-14	75194	Win
11-06-1956	Democratic	CD-14	94461	Win
11-04-1958	Democratic	CD-14	120347	Win
11-08-1960	Democratic	CD-14	97026	Win
11-06-1962	Democratic	CD-18	91684	Win
11-03-1964	Democratic	CD-18	121304	Win
11-08-1966	Democratic	CD-18	76346	Loss
11-05-1968	Democratic	CD-18	51373	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Born: October 8, 1914 in Lawton, North Dakota
Married: Martha Ritz
Military Service: ARMY (WWII)
Died: November 25, 1990

• Assemblyman Harry J. Johnson was defeated in the 1948 Primary in one of the rarest (and strangest) quirks of California election law at that time. It was the age of cross-filing, which allowed candidates to compete in the primaries for multiple political parties within the same district (for example, winning both the Republican AND Democratic primaries). In 1948, Assemblyman Johnson, a Democrat, defeated Republican Raymond Arthur Padden in the Republican primary by 5,666 to 5,578. At the same time, Padden defeated Johnson for the Democratic primary by 8,169 to 6,931. Since neither won their own primary, both were ineligible to win the other's primary (and neither was allowed to appear on the ballot). Harlan Hagan was selected by the Democratic Central Committee to appear on the ballot, and he won the General Election that November.

Source: California Blue Book (1950)
Source: Social Security Death Index (website).