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November 8, 1938

General Election

A total of 2,695,904 Californians voted in this election.

Governor
Raymond L. Haight Progressive 2.4% Loss
Frank F. Merriam Republican 44.2% Loss
Robert Noble Commonwealth 0.9% Loss
Culbert L. Olson Democratic 52.5% Win
 
Lieutenant Governor
Walter Scott Fitzgerald Republican 44.6% Loss
Ellis E. Patterson Democratic 50.8% Win
Geneve L. A. Shaffer Townsend 4.6% Loss
 
Secretary of State
Leo Gallagher Communist 6.4% Loss
Nellie S. Harriss Prohibition 3.3% Loss
Frank C. Jordan Republican 90.4% Win
 
Controller
Ellen G. Pritchard Prohibition 3.5% Loss
Harry B. Riley Republican 92.3% Win
Anita Whitney Communist 4.2% Loss
 
Treasurer
Charles G. Johnson Republican 100% Win
 
Attorney General
Walter Emmett Barry Townsend 9.9% Loss
Carl Kegley Write-in 19.9% Loss
Earl Warren Republican 66.2% Win
Claude A. Watson Prohibition 4% Loss
 
Superintendent of Public Instruction
G. Vernon Bennett Nonpartisan 24% Loss
Walter F. Dexter Nonpartisan 59.2% Win
Russell H. Ewing Nonpartisan 16.8% Loss
 
SBOE1
Andrew J. Gallagher Republican 41.4% Loss
George R. Reilly Democratic 58.6% Win
 
SBOE2
Leon M. Donihue Write-in 1.5% Loss
Fred E. Stewart Republican 98.5% Win
 
SBOE3
Richard E. Collins Republican 100% Win
 
SBOE4
William G. Bonelli Republican 94.5% Win
Pettis Perry Communist 5.5% Loss
Edward L. Thrasher Democratic Loss
 
Senate3
Philip Bancroft Republican 44.7% Loss
Lillian Symes Clements Socialist 0.9% Loss
Sheridan Downey Democratic 54.4% Win
 
CD-01
Clarence F. Lea Democratic 63% Win
Ernest S. Mitchell Townsend 37% Loss
 
CD-02
Harry L. Englebright Republican 100% Win
 
CD-03
Frank H. Buck Democratic 93.3% Win
Nora Conklin Communist 6.5% Loss
George C. Kimber Write-in 0.3% Loss
 
CD-04
Kennett B. Dawson Republican 38.8% Loss
Franck R. Havenner Democratic 61.2% Win
 
CD-05
Richard J. Welch Republican 100% Win
 
CD-06
Albert E. Carter Republican 94.4% Win
Dave L. Saunders Communist 5.6% Loss
 
CD-07
Charles Wade Snook Republican 44.7% Loss
John H. Tolan Democratic 55.3% Win
 
CD-08
John Z. "Jack" Anderson Republican 55% Win
John J. McGrath Democratic 45% Loss
 
CD-09
Bertrand W. Gearhart Republican 96.3% Win
George H. Sciaroni Write-in 3.7% Loss
 
CD-10
Alfred J. Elliott Democratic 67.3% Win
F. Fred Hoelscher Republican 32.7% Loss
 
CD-11
John R. Grey Progressive 2.6% Loss
Stuart Hamblen Democratic 41.1% Loss
Carl Hinshaw Republican 47% Win
Ralph D. Horton Townsend 8.7% Loss
Orla E. Lair Communist 0.6% Loss
 
CD-12
Russell R. Hand Townsend 6.4% Loss
Eugene W. Nixon Republican 32.8% Loss
Jerry Voorhis Democratic 60.8% Win
 
CD-13
Louis Baron Communist 3.5% Loss
Charles Kramer Democratic 65.9% Win
K. L. Stockton Republican 30.7% Loss
 
CD-14
William D. Campbell Republican 31.7% Loss
Thomas F. Ford Democratic 68.3% Win
 
CD-15
John M. Costello Democratic 60.4% Win
Emil Freed Communist 2.1% Loss
O. D. Thomas Republican 37.4% Loss
 
CD-16
John F. Dockweiler Write-in 21.2% Loss
Ted E. Felt Townsend 10.3% Loss
Leland Merritt Ford Republican 62.8% Win
J. Barton Hutchins Progressive 4.3% Loss
La Rue McCormick Communist 1.3% Loss
 
CD-17
Robert O. Bates Progressive 3.9% Loss
Lee E. Geyer Democratic 58.8% Win
Clifton A. Hix Republican 28% Loss
Fred C. Wagner Townsend 9.2% Loss
 
CD-18
Solomon Carr Progressive 3.1% Loss
Thomas M. Eaton Republican 48.6% Win
Byron N. Scott Democratic 48.3% Loss
 
CD-19
C. T. Johnson Republican 46.7% Loss
Harry R. Sheppard Democratic 53.3% Win
 
CD-20
John L. Bacon Republican 39.6% Loss
Ed Izac Democratic 60.4% Win
 
SD-02
Randolph Collier Republican 55.2% Win
Edward H. Kaupp Democratic 44.8% Loss
 
SD-04
George Milton Biggar Republican 100% Win
 
SD-06
Charles H. Deuel Democratic 66.1% Win
Edwin R. Nieland Progressive 33.9% Loss
 
SD-08
D. Jack Metzger Republican 100% Win
 
SD-10
William P. Rich Republican 55.8% Win
Ivan C. Sperbeck Democratic 44.2% Loss
 
SD-12
Herbert W. Slater Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-14
Edgar C. Levey Republican 40.9% Loss
John F. Shelley Democratic 59.1% Win
 
SD-16
Arthur H. Breed Jr. Republican 100% Win
 
SD-18
Adron A. Beene Republican 45.8% Loss
John D. Foley Democratic 51.6% Win
Rolf B. Vinmont Progressive 2.6% Loss
 
SD-20
Bradford S. Crittenden Republican 100% Win
 
SD-22
J. C. Garrison Democratic 57.7% Win
Fred L. Hogue Republican 42.3% Loss
 
SD-24
Peter P. Myhand Democratic 54.5% Win
David C. Williams Republican 45.5% Loss
 
SD-26
Jesse M. Mayo Republican 98.5% Win
Claude Weddle Write-in 1.5% Loss
 
SD-28
Charles Brown Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-30
Percy C. Church Write-in 5.4% Loss
Elwin Cross Write-in 0.7% Loss
Ray W. Hays Republican 47.8% Win
N. Lindsay South Democratic 46.1% Loss
 
SD-32
E. Rufus Connelly Write-in 7.3% Loss
Frank W. Mixter Republican 92.7% Win
 
SD-34
Charles C. Conners Progressive 24.6% Loss
James I. Wagy Republican 75.4% Win
 
SD-36
George C. Sandy Communist 5.1% Loss
Ralph E. Swing Republican 94.9% Win
 
SD-38
Harry W. Francis Progressive 14.8% Loss
Robert W. Kenny Democratic 85.2% Win
 
SD-40
Edward Fletcher Republican 92.9% Win
Bessie A. Keckler Communist 7.1% Loss
 
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
George A. Critchett Write-in 1.7% Loss
Seth Millington Jr. Democratic 98.3% Win
 
AD-05
Ernest C. Crowley Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-06
Allen G. Thurman 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
Francis W. Collins Republican 38.2% Loss
John E. Hughes Communist 0.8% Loss
Harold F. Sawallisch Democratic 60.9% Win
 
AD-11
Charles M. Weber III Republican 100% Win
 
AD-12
James E. Thorp Republican 100% Win
 
AD-13
Calvert L. Bowles Republican 30.5% Loss
James M. Cassidy Democratic 59.4% Win
William G. Dapper Townsend 10.1% Loss
 
AD-14
George Paul Miller Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-15
Walter A. Pullen Progressive 32.5% Loss
Bernard A. Sheridan Republican 67.5% Win
 
AD-16
Anga W. Bjornson Democratic 36.7% Loss
Arthur W. Carlson Republican 63.3% Win
 
AD-17
Henry P. Meehan Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-18
Eddie Marie Cobb Communist 1.3% Loss
Henry A. Dannenbrink Democratic 46.7% Loss
James H. Phillips Republican 52% Win
 
AD-19
Gardiner Johnson Republican 92.3% Win
Frank Walter Sullivan Communist 7.7% Loss
 
AD-20
Republican 100% Win
 
AD-21
Joseph P. Gilmore Republican 100% Win
 
AD-22
Russell A. Bergemann Republican 36.9% Loss
George D. Collins Jr. Democratic 55.5% Win
L. Raymond Holmes Progressive 5.4% Loss
Oleta O'Connor Yates Communist 2.3% Loss
 
AD-23
Dan Gallagher Democratic 55% Win
Vernon Dennis Healy Communist 2.3% Loss
William B. Hornblower Republican 42.7% Loss
 
AD-24
Leo E. Laramee Communist 5.1% Loss
Edward F. O'Day Democratic 94.9% Win
 
AD-25
Melvyn I. Cronin Democratic 94.1% Win
Emile Rabin Communist 5.9% Loss
 
AD-26
Herbert Nugent Communist 10.5% Loss
Ray Williamson Republican 89.5% Win
 
AD-27
George B. Harris Democratic 42.6% Loss
Albert C. Wollenberg Republican 57.4% Win
 
AD-28
Robert Miller Green Republican 51.5% Win
Leland J. Lazarus Democratic 48.5% Loss
 
AD-29
Harrison W. Call Republican 100% Win
 
AD-30
Clarence Brooks Democratic 48% Loss
Byrl R. Salsman Republican 52% Win
 
AD-31
M. G. Del Mutolo Democratic 53.1% Win
Marshall S. Hall Republican 46.9% Loss
 
AD-32
Hugh P. Donnelly Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-33
George A. Clarke Republican 100% Win
 
AD-34
Tom H. Deane Write-in 1.8% Loss
Jacob M. Leonard Republican 98.2% Win
 
AD-35
John A. Morrill Democratic 48.2% Loss
Frederick Weybret Republican 51.8% Win
 
AD-36
Hugh M. Burns Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-37
Democratic 62.2% Win
Karl W. Shattuck Republican 37.8% Loss
 
AD-38
Gordon H. Garland Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-39
Alfred W. Robertson Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-40
Caroline H. Bridge Progressive 8.7% Loss
Roscoe W. Burson Republican 50.1% Win
Duncan E. Clark Democratic 41.2% Loss
 
AD-41
Paul C. Newell Republican 42.9% Loss
Rodney L. Turner Democratic 57.1% Win
 
AD-42
Roy C. Gore Republican 39.4% Loss
Elmer E. Lore Democratic 60.6% Win
 
AD-43
C. Don Field Republican 52.6% Win
William Ingham Communist 0.6% Loss
Claude L. Welch Democratic 46.8% Loss
 
AD-44
James Bond Write-in 1.3% Loss
Ernest Q. Norman Republican 23.9% Loss
John B. Pelletier Democratic 74.8% Win
 
AD-45
J. Russell Blodgett Republican 26.9% Loss
Thomas J. Doyle Democratic 65.8% Win
Michael Motta Progressive 7.3% Loss
 
AD-46
Fred R. Pardee Republican 35.3% Loss
Jack B. Tenney Democratic 64.7% Win
 
AD-47
Eleanor Miller Republican 61.2% Win
Carrie H. Paulson Democratic 38.8% Loss
 
AD-48
T. Fenton Knight Republican 60.8% Win
Leslie H. Preston Democratic 39.2% Loss
 
AD-49
Lee T. Bashore Republican 50.6% Win
Frank L. Baynham Democratic 48.3% Loss
William Brunton Write-in 1% Loss
 
AD-50
Edwin Jobe Write-in 10.8% Loss
Gerald C. Kepple Republican 81.1% Win
Eugene H. Troskey Progressive 8% Loss
 
AD-51
F. Ray Bennett Democratic 80.5% Win
Monte C. Fiscus Republican 19.5% Loss
 
AD-52
Ben Rosenthal Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-53
Frederick F. Houser Republican 59.7% Win
Frank G. Pellett Democratic 40.3% Loss
 
AD-54
Wilbur F. Gilbert Democratic 58.3% Win
John B. Knight Republican 41.7% Loss
 
AD-55
Emory J. Arnold Republican 34.3% Loss
Vernon Kilpatrick Democratic 53.2% Win
Walter W. Scott Townsend 12.5% Loss
 
AD-56
Joseph W. Aidlin Democratic 46.4% Loss
Norris Poulson Republican 48.1% Win
Robert A. White Progressive 5.5% Loss
 
AD-57
Kent H. Redwine Republican 54.1% Win
Frank Scully Democratic 45.9% Loss
 
AD-58
John R. Royer Communist 4% Loss
Frank J. Waters Jr. Republican 96% Win
 
AD-59
Charles W. Lyon Republican 100% Win
 
AD-60
Carl R. Henderson Progressive 9.2% Loss
Jesse Randolph "John" Kellems Republican 50.8% Win
William Bosworth Mason Republican 39.2% Loss
Andrew J. Woomer Communist 0.8% Loss
 
AD-61
Henry S. Johnson Progressive 9.7% Loss
M. Tellefson Republican 35.2% Loss
Ernest O. Voigt Democratic 55.1% Win
 
AD-62
Sidney P. Dones Progressive 18.8% Loss
Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins Democratic 81.2% Win
 
AD-63
Don A. Allen Sr. Democratic 57.1% Win
Leroy A. Broun Republican 41.7% Loss
George J. Watkins Write-in 1.2% Loss
 
AD-64
Roger Alton Pfaff Republican 40.2% Loss
Sam Yorty Democratic 59.8% Win
 
AD-65
John W. Evans Democratic 61.3% Win
Frank H. Scolinos Republican 38.7% Loss
 
AD-66
Samuel C. Converse Progressive 14.6% Loss
Tom Howard Write-in 1.5% Loss
Jack Massion Democratic 55.4% Win
Warren Penn Republican 28.6% Loss
 
AD-67
Adele Arbo Republican 17.4% Loss
Cecil R. King Democratic 79.5% Win
John T. Westerfield Communist 3.1% Loss
 
AD-68
Fred Reaves Democratic 71.9% Win
Charles M. Smith Republican 28.1% Loss
 
AD-69
Edward B. Collinge Republican 34.1% Loss
Ralph C. Dills Democratic 65.9% Win
 
AD-70
Maurice E. Atkinson Democratic 54% Win
Joseph M. Maltby Republican 46% Loss
 
AD-71
Howard G. Cleaveland Republican 43% Loss
Paul Peek Democratic 57% Win
 
AD-72
Godfrey A. Andreas Democratic 56.2% Win
Floyde L. Atwood Republican 43.8% Loss
 
AD-73
Maurice Clapp Democratic 48.3% Loss
Gordon W. Corwin Republican 51.7% Win
 
AD-74
Levi C. Carlisle Townsend 14.8% Loss
Adrian Marks Republican 35.4% Loss
Clyde A. Watson Democratic 49.8% Win
 
AD-75
Burr A. Brown Democratic 36.8% Loss
Thomas H. Kuchel Republican 63.2% Win
 
AD-76
Nelson S. Dilworth Republican 56.9% Win
J. Clark Kirkpatrick Democratic 43.1% Loss
 
AD-77
Clarence B. Walker Republican 100% Win
 
AD-78
Jeanette E. Daley Democratic 53.3% Win
George W. Fisher Republican 44.3% Loss
Esco L. Richardson Communist 2.4% Loss
 
AD-79
Lester J. Penry Republican 35.8% Loss
Paul A. Richie Democratic 64.2% Win
 
AD-80
Charles W. Stream Republican 99.3% Win
Vincent Whelan Write-in 0.7% Loss