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November 3, 1936

General Election

A total of 2,712,342 Californians voted in this election.

President
Earl Browder Communist 0.4% Loss
D. Leigh Colvin Prohibition 0.5% Loss
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican 31.7% Loss
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 67% Win
Norman Thomas Socialist 0.4% Loss
 
CD-01
Vernon Dennis Healy Communist 1.1% Loss
Clarence F. Lea Democratic 53.8% Win
Nelson B. Van Matre Republican 45.1% Loss
 
CD-02
Harry L. Englebright Republican 100% Win
 
CD-03
Frank H. Buck Democratic 90.6% Win
Perry Hill Communist 4.3% Loss
Walter Schaefer Write-in 5.2% Loss
 
CD-04
Franck R. Havenner Progressive 58.5% Win
Florence P. Kahn Republican 40% Loss
Anita Whitney Communist 1.6% Loss
 
CD-05
Lawrence Ross Communist 5.2% Loss
Richard J. Welch Republican 94.8% Win
 
CD-06
Albert E. Carter Republican 91% Win
Lloyd L. Harris Communist 1.8% Loss
Clarence E. Rust Socialist 7.2% Loss
 
CD-07
Charles W. Fisher Republican 40.2% Loss
John H. Tolan Democratic 59.8% Win
 
CD-08
Alonzo L. Baker Republican 42.4% Loss
John J. McGrath Democratic 57.6% Win
 
CD-09
Bertrand W. Gearhart Republican 97% Win
Carl B. Patterson Communist 3% Loss
 
CD-10
George R. Bliss Republican 30.4% Loss
Henry E. Stubbs Democratic 69.6% Win
 
CD-11
Robert S. Funk Progressive 8.9% Loss
Carl Hinshaw Democratic 39.8% Loss
William Ingham Communist 0.8% Loss
John Steven McGroarty Republican 50.5% Win
 
CD-12
Fred N. Howser Republican 46.3% Loss
Jerry Voorhis Democratic 53.7% Win
 
CD-13
Emma Cutler Communist 4.8% Loss
Charles Kramer Democratic 90% Win
Floyd Seaman Write-in 5.2% Loss
 
CD-14
Harold J. Ashe Communist 1.3% Loss
William D. Campbell Republican 24.6% Loss
Thomas F. Ford Democratic 61% Win
Albert L. Johnson Progressive 12.4% Loss
Glen Trible Socialist 0.7% Loss
 
CD-15
John M. Costello Democratic 69% Win
Ernest Walker Sawyer Republican 31% Loss
 
CD-16
Raymond V. Darby Republican 42.3% Loss
John F. Dockweiler Democratic 57.7% Win
 
CD-17
Charles J. Colden Democratic 71.9% Win
John L. Leech Communist 1.7% Loss
Leonard Roach Republican 26.4% Loss
 
CD-18
James F. Collins Republican 41% Loss
Byron N. Scott Democratic 59% Win
 
CD-19
Sam L. Collins Republican 45.2% Loss
Charles McLauchlan Communist 1% Loss
Harry R. Sheppard Democratic 53.8% Win
 
CD-20
Ed Izac Democratic 56.4% Win
Esco L. Richardson Communist 0.9% Loss
Ed P. Sample Republican 42.8% Loss
 
SD-01
Harold J. Powers Republican 100% Win
 
SD-03
Irwin T. Quinn Democratic 50.9% Win
John W. Runner Republican 49.1% Loss
 
SD-05
John B. McColl Republican 100% Win
 
SD-07
Jerrold L. Seawell Republican 100% Win
 
SD-09
A. L. Pierovich Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-11
Frank L. Gordon Republican 100% Win
 
SD-13
Thomas F. Keating Democratic 50.1% Win
Charles F. Reindollar Republican 49.9% Loss
 
SD-15
Thomas McCormack Republican 100% Win
 
SD-17
Truman H. DeLap Republican 100% Win
 
SD-19
Roy J. Nielsen Republican 100% Win
 
SD-21
Harry L. Parkman Republican 88% Win
Edward V. Peterson Socialist 12% Loss
 
SD-23
James B. Holohan Democratic 54.3% Win
Bert B. Snyder Republican 45.7% Loss
 
SD-25
Raymond W. Shellooe Democratic 46.7% Loss
Edward H. Tickle Republican 53.3% Win
 
SD-27
Robert Roy Cunningham Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-29
Chris N. Jespersen Republican 100% Win
 
SD-31
John James "Jim" Hollister Sr. Democratic 50.8% Win
Edgar W. Stow Republican 49.2% Loss
 
SD-33
James J. McBride Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-35
Thomas L. McFadden Republican 45.3% Loss
Harry C. Westover Democratic 54.7% Win
 
SD-37
Marcus W. Meairs Democratic 49.6% Loss
John R. Phillips Republican 50.4% Win
 
SD-39
W. S. Dunn Republican 42.3% Loss
Edward H. Law Democratic 57.7% Win
 
AD-01
Michael J. Burns Republican 100% Win
 
AD-02
Clinton J. Fulcher Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-03
John H. O'Donnell Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-04
Seth Millington Jr. Democratic 60.5% Win
Herman E. Neyens Republican 39.5% Loss
 
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
Chester M. Gannon Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-09
Earl D. Desmond Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-10
William J. Prater Communist 4.2% Loss
Harold F. Sawallisch Democratic 95.8% Win
 
AD-11
Joseph A. Plecarpo Socialist 9% Loss
Charles M. Weber III Republican 91% Win
 
AD-12
James E. Thorp Republican 100% Win
 
AD-13
James M. Cassidy Democratic 96.1% Win
Joseph Sturtevant Republican 3.9% Loss
 
AD-14
Leon H. Ader Republican 42.8% Loss
George Paul Miller Democratic 57.2% Win
 
AD-15
James S. Blaine Republican 29.8% Loss
Leon M. Donihue Democratic 70.2% Win
 
AD-16
Laura Barnes Progressive 19.5% Loss
Arthur H. Breed Jr. Republican 80.5% Win
 
AD-17
Francis H. Gonsalves Progressive 11.6% Loss
Henry P. Meehan Democratic 85.7% Win
Leon Vannier Communist 2.7% Loss
 
AD-18
Henry A. Dannenbrink Democratic 51.9% Win
Richard S. Ludlow Communist 1.5% Loss
Jessie S. Williamson Republican 46.7% Loss
 
AD-19
Gardiner Johnson Republican 100% Win
 
AD-20
Republican 88.6% Win
Sam Jaye Communist 11.4% Loss
 
AD-21
Joseph P. Gilmore Republican 35.4% Loss
Joseph Francis Sheehan Democratic 64.6% Win
 
AD-22
Archie Brown Communist 9.3% Loss
Kennett B. Dawson Republican 90.7% Win
 
AD-23
William B. Hornblower Republican 94.4% Win
Alexander Noral Democratic 5.6% Loss
 
AD-24
Patrick J. McMurray Democratic 67.7% Win
Franklyn M. O'Brien Republican 32.3% Loss
 
AD-25
Melvyn I. Cronin Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-26
Peter J. Garrison Democratic 7.7% Loss
Ray Williamson Republican 92.3% Win
 
AD-27
Jefferson E. Peyser Republican 100% Win
 
AD-28
Edgar C. Levey Republican 100% Win
 
AD-29
Harrison W. Call Republican 91.2% Win
Catherine McCauley Socialist 8.8% Loss
 
AD-30
Adron A. Beene Republican 87.9% Win
Trelfa Lund Socialist 12.1% Loss
 
AD-31
C. C. Cottrell Republican 51.3% Win
John D. Foley Democratic 48.7% Loss
 
AD-32
Hugh P. Donnelly Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-33
James D. Garibaldi Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-34
Jacob M. Leonard Republican 51.4% Win
James R. White Democratic 48.6% Loss
 
AD-35
Ellis E. Patterson Write-in 50.4% Win
Henry P. Russell Republican 49.6% Loss
 
AD-36
Hugh M. Burns Democratic 63% Win
Milo E. Rowell Republican 37% Loss
 
AD-37
Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-38
Gordon H. Garland Democratic 58.2% Win
Leroy McCormick Republican 41.8% Loss
 
AD-39
Alfred W. Robertson Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-40
Marcus S. Johnson Republican 49.4% Loss
Fred P. Muldoon Democratic 50.6% Win
 
AD-41
Alanson E. Sessions Progressive 28.3% Loss
Rodney L. Turner Democratic 71.7% Win
 
AD-42
Lawrence C. Brightwell Republican 38.6% Loss
Elizabeth K. Burgess Communist 1.4% Loss
Elmer E. Lore Democratic 60% Win
 
AD-43
Huntington P. Bledsoe Democratic 49% Loss
C. Don Field Republican 50.1% Win
William E. Sherwood Communist 0.9% Loss
 
AD-44
Ernest Q. Norman Republican 23.9% Loss
John B. Pelletier Democratic 76.1% Win
 
AD-45
Thomas J. Doyle Republican 34% Loss
Charles A. Hunt Democratic 54.6% Win
James H. Rowe Progressive 11.4% Loss
 
AD-46
James A. Ayres Communist 2.5% Loss
Guy Lewis Republican 31.6% Loss
Jack B. Tenney Democratic 65.9% Win
 
AD-47
Carl L. D. Echols Communist 1.1% Loss
Eleanor Miller Republican 59.5% Win
Don Stoner Democratic 39.4% Loss
 
AD-48
Frank G. Martin Republican 62.7% Win
A. D. Orme Democratic 37.3% Loss
 
AD-49
Frank L. Baynham Democratic 51% Win
Herbert Johnston Evans Republican 49% Loss
 
AD-50
Gerald C. Kepple Republican 50.6% Win
John MacRae Democratic 49.4% Loss
 
AD-51
William Moseley Jones Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-52
Leslie B. Crossan Republican 28.6% Loss
Herbert S. Elstein Communist 1.9% Loss
Lillian M. Elstein Socialist 1% Loss
Ben Rosenthal Democratic 68.4% Win
 
AD-53
E. V. Latham Republican 55.5% Win
Frank G. Pellett Democratic 42.8% Loss
William H. Weiding Progressive 1.7% Loss
 
AD-54
Wilbur F. Gilbert Democratic 62.2% Win
Albert A. Heltness Communist 1.2% Loss
J. George Ohanneson Republican 36.6% Loss
 
AD-55
Emory J. Arnold Republican 33.8% Loss
Dana G. Boleyn Prohibition 2% Loss
Frank D. Laughlin Democratic 64.2% Win
 
AD-56
Thomas J. Cunningham Republican 53.9% Win
Clifford A. Leckrone Communist 1.4% Loss
Edward P. Morton Democratic 44.7% Loss
 
AD-57
Emil Freed Communist 6.6% Loss
Kent H. Redwine Republican 93.4% Win
 
AD-58
Frank J. Waters Sr. Republican 100% Win
 
AD-59
Charles W. Lyon Republican 100% Win
 
AD-60
Lester W. Beck Communist 2.3% Loss
Harry Farrell Progressive 16.3% Loss
Geoffrey F. Morgan Republican 81.4% Win
 
AD-61
William Thomas Davis Republican 33.2% Loss
Floyd E. Solomon Communist 1.3% Loss
Ernest O. Voigt Democratic 65.5% Win
 
AD-62
Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins Democratic 67.9% Win
Frederick M. Roberts Republican 30.6% Loss
Louis Rosser Communist 1.5% Loss
 
AD-63
Percy Fenton Adams Prohibition 2.3% Loss
Willard E. Badham Republican 36.6% Loss
Morris Ostar Communist 1.4% Loss
Ralph Lewis Welsh Democratic 59.8% Win
 
AD-64
Alfred James Barnes Progressive 6.3% Loss
Harry Lyons Republican 32.8% Loss
Sam Yorty Democratic 60.9% Win
 
AD-65
Frank L. Borden Republican 34.9% Loss
Gene Flint Democratic 65.1% Win
 
AD-66
James J. Boyle Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-67
Adele Arbo Republican 17.4% Loss
Ray H. Garner Communist 1.8% Loss
Edwin G. Gettins Progressive 6.5% Loss
Cecil R. King Democratic 73.3% Win
Ralph W. Musson Socialist 1% Loss
 
AD-68
Perry G. Briney Republican 25.2% Loss
Fred Reaves Democratic 74.8% Win
 
AD-69
Warren W. Butler Republican 27.3% Loss
Thomas J. Cooney Communist 3.1% Loss
Fred P. Glick Democratic 69.5% Win
 
AD-70
John Gee Clark Democratic 60.5% Win
Harvey B. Freeman Republican 39.5% Loss
 
AD-71
Donald P. Lane Republican 40.4% Loss
Paul Peek Democratic 59.6% Win
 
AD-72
Godfrey A. Andreas Democratic 49.6% Win
Arthur John Dubois Progressive 6.6% Loss
Wardell D. Evans Republican 43.7% Loss
 
AD-73
Gordon W. Corwin Republican 71.1% Win
C. G. Potter Progressive 28.9% Loss
 
AD-74
James B. Utt Republican 49% Loss
Clyde A. Watson Democratic 51% Win
 
AD-75
James H. Heffron Democratic 47.2% Loss
Thomas H. Kuchel Republican 52.8% Win
 
AD-76
Nelson S. Dilworth Republican 50.7% Win
Emmett L. Singletary Democratic 49.3% Loss
 
AD-77
Clarence B. Walker Republican 100% Win
 
AD-78
Jeanette E. Daley Democratic 51.7% Win
Ralph W. Wallace Republican 48.3% Loss
 
AD-79
Charles C. Niehouse Republican 40.7% Loss
Paul A. Richie Democratic 59.3% Win
 
AD-80
Bessie A. Keckler Communist 1.9% Loss
Ebon B. McGregor Democratic 45.8% Loss
Charles W. Stream Republican 52.2% Win