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November 8, 1932

General Election

A total of 2,330,132 Californians voted in this election.

President
William Zebulon Foster Communist Loss
William Harvey Liberty 0.4% Loss
Herbert Hoover Republican 37.4% Loss
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 58.4% Win
Norman Thomas Socialist 2.8% Loss
William D. Upshaw Prohibition 0.9% Loss
 
Senate3
George R. Kirkpatrick Write-in Loss
William Gibbs McAdoo Democratic 43.4% Win
Robert P. "Bob" Shuler Prohibition 25.8% Loss
Tallant Tubbs Republican 30.8% Loss
 
CD-01
Clarence F. Lea Democratic 100% Win
 
CD-02
Harry L. Englebright Republican 100% Win
 
CD-03
Frank H. Buck Democratic 56.8% Win
C. F. Curry Jr. Republican 43.2% Loss
 
CD-04
Milen C. Dempster Socialist 14.7% Loss
Florence P. Kahn Republican 85.3% Win
 
CD-05
Richard J. Welch Republican 100% Win
 
CD-06
Albert E. Carter Republican 100% Win
 
CD-07
Frank V. Cornish Democratic 32% Loss
Ralph R. Eltse Republican 45.5% Win
J. Stitt Wilson Socialist 22.5% Loss
 
CD-08
Arthur M. Free Republican 43.1% Loss
John J. McGrath Democratic 56.9% Win
 
CD-09
Henry E. Barbour Republican 38.4% Loss
Denver S. Church Democratic 61.6% Win
 
CD-10
Arthur S. Crites Republican 44.7% Loss
Henry E. Stubbs Democratic 55.3% Win
 
CD-11
William E. Evans Republican 51.8% Win
Albert D. Hadley Democratic 34.3% Loss
Marshall V. Hartranft Liberty 13.9% Loss
 
CD-12
Richard M. Cannon Prohibition 11% Loss
John Henry Hoeppel Democratic 45.8% Win
Fred N. Howser Republican 43.2% Loss
 
CD-13
George D. Higgins Liberty 4.2% Loss
Charles Kramer Democratic 52.7% Win
Charles H. Randall (I) Republican 43.1% Loss
 
CD-14
William D. Campbell Republican 42.9% Loss
Thomas F. Ford Democratic 57.1% Win
 
CD-15
John M. Costello Democratic 45.1% Loss
Errol O. Shour Write-in 2.1% Loss
William I. Traeger Republican 52.8% Win
 
CD-16
John F. Dockweiler Democratic 54.9% Win
Clyde Woodworth Republican 45.1% Loss
 
CD-17
Charles J. Colden Democratic 62.2% Win
Ernest E. Debs Liberty 4.9% Loss
A. E. Henning Republican 32.9% Loss
 
CD-18
John H. Burke Democratic 53.3% Win
Robert Henderson Republican 37.4% Loss
William E. Hinshaw Independent 9.3% Loss
 
CD-19
Sam L. Collins Republican 51% Win
Horatio S. Hoard Liberty 2.6% Loss
B. Z. McKinney Democratic 46.4% Loss
 
CD-20
George Burnham Republican 50.3% Win
Claude Chandler Democratic 49.7% Loss
 
SD-01
Harold J. Powers Republican 100% Win
 
SD-03
Harry A. Perry Republican 58.7% Win
John F. Quinn Democratic 41.3% Loss
 
SD-05
John B. McColl Republican 100% Win
 
SD-07
Jerrold L. Seawell Republican 100% Win
 
SD-09
H. E. Dillinger Write-in 22.1% Loss
Grant P. Merrill Independent 27.6% Loss
A. L. Pierovich Democratic 50.3% Win
 
SD-11
Frank L. Gordon Republican 57.2% Win
Owen Kenny Democratic 42.8% Loss
 
SD-13
Charles F. Reindollar Republican 100% Win
 
SD-15
Thomas McCormack Republican 100% Win
 
SD-17
William R. Sharkey Republican 71.4% Win
M. T. Vanderslice Write-in 28.6% Loss
 
SD-19
J. M. Inman Republican 100% Win
 
SD-21
Harry L. Parkman Republican 100% Win
 
SD-23
Lysander H. Caldwell Liberty 18.2% Loss
Bert B. Snyder Republican 81.8% Win
 
SD-25
Howard T. Hill Liberty 15.5% Loss
Edward H. Tickle Republican 84.5% Win
 
SD-27
Charles King Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-29
Chris N. Jespersen Republican 100% Win
 
SD-31
Edgar W. Stow Republican 59.4% Win
Hamilton Thacher Democratic 40.6% Loss
 
SD-33
Walter H. Duval Republican 50.3% Win
Charles Bruce McDonnell Democratic 49.7% Loss
 
SD-35
Nelson T. Edwards Republican 55.6% Win
J. A. Uye Write-in 0.9% Loss
D. G. Wettlin Democratic 43.5% Loss
 
SD-37
Leonard Joseph Difani Republican 63.8% Win
Howard J. Kimmerle Democratic 36.2% Loss
 
SD-39
F. W. Greer Democratic 41.6% Loss
Ben Hulse Republican 58.4% Win
 
AD-01
Michael J. Burns Republican 100% Win
 
AD-02
Albert F. Ross Jr. Republican 100% Win
 
AD-03
John H. O'Donnell Democratic 54.7% Win
Louis G. Sutton Republican 45.3% Loss
 
AD-04
John E. Frazier Republican 100% Win
 
AD-05
Ernest C. Crowley Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-06
Jesse M. Mayo Republican 100% Win
 
AD-07
Hubert B. Scudder Republican 100% Win
 
AD-08
Roy J. Nielsen Republican 92.6% Win
Peter J. Wilkie Liberty 7.4% Loss
 
AD-09
Earl D. Desmond Democratic 45.4% Loss
Percy G. West Republican 54.6% Win
 
AD-10
Clifford C. Anglim Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-11
F. C. Clowdsley Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-12
James E. Thorp Republican 100% Win
 
AD-13
James M. Cassidy Democratic 54.2% Win
William P. Jost Republican 45.8% Loss
 
AD-14
William F. Knowland Republican 52.8% Win
Michael A. McInnis Democratic 47.2% Loss
 
AD-15
William W. Hoffman Republican 100% Win
 
AD-16
John J. McDonald Democratic 38.8% Loss
Eugene W. Roland Republican 61.2% Win
 
AD-17
Edgar S. Hurley Republican 47% Loss
Henry P. Meehan Democratic 53% Win
 
AD-18
Charles W. Fisher Republican 64.5% Win
Avery C. Moore Democratic 35.5% Loss
 
AD-19
Albert Henry Morgan Jr. Republican 100% Win
 
AD-20
Republican 100% Win
 
AD-21
Joseph P. Gilmore Republican 100% Win
 
AD-22
James A. Miller Republican 100% Win
 
AD-23
William B. Hornblower Republican 100% Win
 
AD-24
Roy L. Daily Republican 47.2% Loss
Patrick J. McMurray Democratic 52.8% Win
 
AD-25
Melvyn I. Cronin Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-26
Ray Williamson Republican 100% Win
 
AD-27
B. J. Feigenbaum Republican 100% Win
 
AD-28
Edgar C. Levey Republican 100% Win
 
AD-29
Frederick Peterson Republican 100% Win
 
AD-30
Frank Lee Crist Republican 56.4% Win
Martin S. Walsh Democratic 43.6% Loss
 
AD-31
C. C. Cottrell Republican 100% Win
 
AD-32
E. H. Zion Republican 100% Win
 
AD-33
C. Ray Robinson Republican 100% Win
 
AD-34
S. G. Button Liberty 8.8% Loss
Clifford R. Kallam Democratic 46.8% Win
Fred McPherson Jr. Republican 44.5% Loss
 
AD-35
Ellis E. Patterson Republican 100% Win
 
AD-36
Lucius Powers Jr. Republican 100% Win
 
AD-37
Maurice S. Meeker Republican 100% Win
 
AD-38
Ford A. Chatters Republican 100% Win
 
AD-39
George R. Bliss Republican 51.7% Win
Mary W. Shaeffer Democratic 48.3% Loss
 
AD-40
James J. McBride Democratic 55% Win
M. L. Steckel Republican 45% Loss
 
AD-41
Raymond W. Henderson Socialist 14.6% Loss
Robert Lincoln Patterson Republican 31.2% Loss
Rodney L. Turner Democratic 54.1% Win
 
AD-42
Sarah E. Kellogg Republican 40.8% Loss
James S. O'Connor Democratic 51.4% Win
John B. Waggoner Liberty 7.8% Loss
 
AD-43
Jack R. Barton Democratic 42.1% Loss
C. Don Field Republican 57.9% Win
 
AD-44
Clare Woolwine Republican 100% Win
 
AD-45
Charles A. Hunt Democratic 61.6% Win
Clarence N. Wakefield Republican 38.4% Loss
 
AD-46
Everett F. Beesley Democratic 45.8% Loss
Sam M. Greene Republican 47.2% Win
Arthur J. Logsdon Liberty 2% Loss
John S. Spears Socialist 5% Loss
 
AD-47
Vincent B. Fitz Gerald Democratic 25.8% Loss
Eleanor Miller Republican 67.9% Win
Christian Sorensen Socialist 6.3% Loss
 
AD-48
Mrs. Eileen Cardiff Democratic 34.7% Loss
Frank G. Martin Republican 65.3% Win
 
AD-49
Herbert Johnston Evans Republican 63.7% Win
Volney A. Spalding Democratic 36.3% Loss
 
AD-50
C. Harold Hines Democratic 45% Loss
Frank W. Wright Republican 55% Win
 
AD-51
William Moseley Jones Democratic 66.4% Win
George H. Wilber Republican 33.6% Loss
 
AD-52
Herbert Spencer Elstein Socialist 11% Loss
Charles W. Grubbs Democratic 57.7% Win
Jerome V. "Jerry" Scofield Republican 31.4% Loss
 
AD-53
E. V. Latham Republican 56.3% Win
Perry H. Peters Democratic 43.7% Loss
 
AD-54
Millard M. Mier Republican 48.5% Loss
Frank J. Rogers Democratic 51.5% Win
 
AD-55
Emory J. Arnold Republican 44.2% Loss
Charles F. Grimes Liberty 3.8% Loss
Austin L. Tournoux Democratic 52.1% Win
 
AD-56
Bert V. Callahan Democratic 54.1% Win
Voltaire Perkins Republican 45.9% Loss
 
AD-57
Bernard P. Calhoun Democratic 47% Loss
Kent H. Redwine Republican 48.4% Win
Stanley Rogers Socialist 4.6% Loss
 
AD-58
Lawrence Cobb Republican 62.1% Win
Glenn Forgey Democratic 37.9% Loss
 
AD-59
Irving L. Goldman Democratic 34.2% Loss
Charles W. Lyon Republican 65.8% Win
 
AD-60
Harry F. Darby Socialist 4.9% Loss
William H. Fitchmiller Democratic 38% Loss
Walter J. Little Republican 57.1% Win
 
AD-61
Charles W. Dempster Republican 51.9% Win
Cyrus McDaniel Democratic 48.1% Loss
 
AD-62
Ellsworth Courtney Democratic 42.7% Loss
Frederick M. Roberts Republican 57.3% Win
 
AD-63
Willard E. Badham Republican 49.2% Win
Frederick W. French Democratic 46.4% Loss
Henry H. Hayden Liberty 4.4% Loss
 
AD-64
Harry Lyons Republican 43% Loss
John D. McCarthy Democratic 57% Win
 
AD-65
Herbert S. Hallner Democratic 47.1% Win
James E. Stockwell Republican 31.1% Loss
Martin Luther Thomas Prohibition 19% Loss
Chester Tietig Socialist 2.8% Loss
 
AD-66
James J. Boyle Democratic 58.7% Win
George F. Gillett Republican 36.5% Loss
James L. Van Nort Liberty 4.7% Loss
 
AD-67
George F. Dyer Liberty 6.3% Loss
Christopher A. Johnson Republican 28.8% Loss
Cecil R. King Democratic 64.9% Win
 
AD-68
Ben A. Hill Republican 43.8% Loss
John H. Morgan Liberty 3% Loss
John T. Rawls Democratic 53.3% Win
 
AD-69
Isaac Melvin Larkey Socialist 5.1% Loss
Emmett W. McKenna Liberty 2.6% Loss
Charles C. Reed Republican 42.8% Loss
Walter H. Sullivan Democratic 49.5% Win
 
AD-70
Ira S. Hatch Republican 54.6% Win
William O. Wanzer Democratic 45.4% Loss
 
AD-71
Lewis C. Bowman Democratic 49.3% Loss
Harry B. Riley Republican 50.7% Win
 
AD-72
Hobart R. Alter Republican 49.5% Win
Godfrey A. Andreas Democratic 48.7% Loss
Winfred A. Butcher Liberty 1.8% Loss
 
AD-73
George M. Belles Democratic 44.1% Loss
Archibald E. Brock Republican 55.9% Win
 
AD-74
Frank R. Harwood Democratic 42.6% Loss
James B. Utt Republican 57.4% Win
 
AD-75
Edward Craig Republican 57.6% Win
R. W. Ramsey Democratic 42.4% Loss
 
AD-76
Edwin S. Norton Democratic 39% Loss
John R. Phillips Republican 61% Win
 
AD-77
Samuel E. Robinson Republican 100% Win
 
AD-78
George B. Bowers Republican 53.1% Win
John W. Daily Democratic 46.9% Loss
 
AD-79
Edwin L. Head Republican 48.2% Loss
Bruce R. Stannard Republican 51.8% Win
 
AD-80
Thomas F. McLoughlin Democratic 46.4% Loss
Charles W. Stream Republican 53.6% Win