November 5, 1940
General Election
Note: A total of 3,300,410 Californians voted in this election.
| President | |||
| Roger W. Babson | Prohibition | 0.3% | Loss |
| Earl Browder | Communist | 0.4% | Loss |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 57.4% | Win |
| Norman Thomas | Progressive | 0.5% | Loss |
| Wendell L. Willkie | Republican | 41.3% | Loss |
| Senate1 | |||
| Fred Dyster | Prohibition | 13.5% | Loss |
| John Anson Ford | Write-in | 0.3% | Loss |
| Hiram Johnson | Republican | 82.6% | Win |
| Anita Whitney | Communist | 3.6% | Loss |
| CD-01 | |||
| Clarence F. Lea | Democratic | 93.3% | Win |
| Albert Jason Lima | Communist | 5.1% | Loss |
| Ernest S. Mitchell | Write-in | 1.6% | Loss |
| CD-02 | |||
| Harry L. Englebright | Republican | 100% | Win |
| CD-03 | |||
| Frank H. Buck | Democratic | 91% | Win |
| C. H. Farman | Progressive | 7.1% | Loss |
| Charles Gricus | Communist | 1.8% | Loss |
| George C. Kimber | Write-in | 0.1% | Loss |
| CD-04 | |||
| Archie Brown | Communist | 1% | Loss |
| Franck R. Havenner | Democratic | 44.4% | Loss |
| Thomas Rolph | Republican | 54.6% | Win |
| CD-05 | |||
| Walter Raymond Lambert | Communist | 4.2% | Loss |
| Richard J. Welch | Republican | 95.8% | Win |
| CD-06 | |||
| Albert E. Carter | Republican | 96% | Win |
| Clarence Patton | Communist | 4% | Loss |
| CD-07 | |||
| Ralph R. Eltse | Republican | 43.2% | Loss |
| Alfred Newell Johnson | Communist | 1.3% | Loss |
| John H. Tolan | Democratic | 55.5% | Win |
| CD-08 | |||
| John Z. "Jack" Anderson | Republican | 96.6% | Win |
| John J. McGrath | Write-in | Loss | |
| Elizabeth Nicholas | Communist | 3.4% | Loss |
| CD-09 | |||
| Bertrand W. Gearhart | Republican | 100% | Win |
| CD-10 | |||
| Louretta Adams | Communist | 3% | Loss |
| Alfred J. Elliott | Democratic | 97% | Win |
| CD-11 | |||
| Carl Hinshaw | Republican | 96.6% | Win |
| Orla E. Lair | Communist | 3.4% | Loss |
| CD-12 | |||
| Albert Lewis | Communist | 0.7% | Loss |
| Irwin W. Minger | Republican | 35.2% | Loss |
| Jerry Voorhis | Democratic | 64% | Win |
| CD-13 | |||
| Charles Kramer | Democratic | 75.7% | Win |
| Charles H. Randall (I) | Prohibition | 21.7% | Loss |
| Celeste Strack | Communist | 2.6% | Loss |
| CD-14 | |||
| Thomas F. Ford | Democratic | 64.3% | Win |
| Herbert L. Herberts | Republican | 33.3% | Loss |
| Pettis Perry | Communist | 2.4% | Loss |
| CD-15 | |||
| John M. Costello | Democratic | 56.2% | Win |
| Emil Freed | Communist | 1.2% | Loss |
| Norris J. Nelson | Republican | 42.6% | Loss |
| CD-16 | |||
| Leland Merritt Ford | Republican | 96.4% | Win |
| George C. Sandy | Communist | 3.6% | Loss |
| CD-17 | |||
| Samuel C. Converse | Progressive | 4.9% | Loss |
| Lee E. Geyer | Democratic | 65.5% | Win |
| Harry L. Gray | Communist | 1% | Loss |
| Clifton A. Hix | Republican | 28.6% | Loss |
| CD-18 | |||
| George R. Ashby | Communist | 1% | Loss |
| Ward Johnson | Republican | 54.3% | Win |
| Byron N. Scott | Democratic | 44.7% | Loss |
| CD-19 | |||
| Lotus H. Loudon | Republican | 47.1% | Loss |
| Harry R. Sheppard | Democratic | 52.9% | Win |
| CD-20 | |||
| Edward Fletcher | Republican | 48.3% | Loss |
| Ed Izac | Democratic | 51.1% | Win |
| Esco L. Richardson | Communist | 0.6% | Loss |
| SD-01 | |||
| Harold J. Powers | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-03 | |||
| Irwin T. Quinn | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-05 | |||
| Oliver J. Carter | Democratic | 58.6% | Win |
| William B. Menzel | Republican | 41.4% | Loss |
| SD-07 | |||
| L. S. Schroder | Write-in | 11.4% | Loss |
| Jerrold L. Seawell | Republican | 88.6% | Win |
| SD-09 | |||
| H. E. Dillinger | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-11 | |||
| Frank L. Gordon | Republican | 89.5% | Win |
| Willard F. Smith | Progressive | 10.5% | Loss |
| SD-13 | |||
| Thomas F. Keating | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-15 | |||
| Thomas McCormack | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-17 | |||
| Harold Allinger | Communist | 4.1% | Loss |
| Truman H. DeLap | Republican | 95.9% | Win |
| SD-19 | |||
| Roy J. Nielsen | Republican | 48% | Loss |
| John Harold Swan | Democratic | 51.4% | Win |
| Robert Wood | Communist | 0.6% | Loss |
| SD-21 | |||
| Harry L. Parkman | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-23 | |||
| H. R. Judah | Republican | 50% | Win |
| Roy M. Sayre | Democratic | 50% | Loss |
| SD-25 | |||
| J. P. Mandl | Write-in | 0.4% | Loss |
| Edward H. Tickle | Republican | 99.6% | Win |
| SD-27 | |||
| Robert Roy Cunningham | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-29 | |||
| Chris N. Jespersen | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-31 | |||
| John James "Jim" Hollister Sr. | Write-in | 28.9% | Loss |
| Clarence C. Ward | Republican | 71.1% | Win |
| SD-33 | |||
| Dan W. Emmett | Republican | 42% | Loss |
| James J. McBride | Democratic | 58% | Win |
| SD-35 | |||
| Levi C. Carlisle | Townsend | 19.3% | Loss |
| Thomas H. Kuchel | Republican | 80.7% | Win |
| SD-37 | |||
| John R. Phillips | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-39 | |||
| E. George Luckey | Democratic | 55.2% | Win |
| Charles L. Wieman | Republican | 44.8% | Loss |
| AD-01 | |||
| Michael J. Burns | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-02 | |||
| William I. Gunlock | Democratic | 52.8% | Win |
| Fred McMurphy | Republican | 47.2% | Loss |
| AD-03 | |||
| Lloyd W. Lowrey | Democratic | 52.1% | Win |
| Charles D. Thomas | Republican | 47.9% | Loss |
| AD-04 | |||
| Seth Millington Jr. | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-05 | |||
| Ernest C. Crowley | Democratic | 89.3% | Win |
| Henry E. McGuckin | Progressive | 10.7% | Loss |
| AD-06 | |||
| Allen G. Thurman | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-07 | |||
| Richard H. McCollister | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-08 | |||
| John Edward Cain | Democratic | 62.5% | Win |
| Charlie Holtz | Republican | 37.5% | Loss |
| AD-09 | |||
| Earl D. Desmond | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-10 | |||
| John E. Hughes | Communist | 4% | Loss |
| Harold F. Sawallisch | Democratic | 96% | Win |
| AD-11 | |||
| John McClinic | Communist | 3.3% | Loss |
| Charles M. Weber III | Republican | 96.7% | Win |
| AD-12 | |||
| James E. Thorp | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-13 | |||
| James M. Cassidy | Democratic | 96.7% | Win |
| Joseph Studevant | Communist | 3.3% | Loss |
| AD-14 | |||
| Paul W. Anderson | Communist | 2% | Loss |
| Randal F. Dickey | Republican | 50.6% | Win |
| Gordon F. "George" Irvine | Democratic | 47.4% | Loss |
| AD-15 | |||
| Thomas R. Farrell | Communist | 4% | Loss |
| Bernard A. Sheridan | Republican | 96% | Win |
| AD-16 | |||
| Anga M. Bjornson | Democratic | 36.5% | Loss |
| Frank H. "Bimbo" Brown | Communist | 0.4% | Loss |
| Arthur W. Carlson | Republican | 63.1% | Win |
| AD-17 | |||
| Lorine Kinz | Communist | 4.6% | Loss |
| Henry P. Meehan | Democratic | 95.4% | Win |
| AD-18 | |||
| Eddie Marie Cobb | Communist | 3.1% | Loss |
| James H. Phillips | Republican | 96.9% | Win |
| AD-19 | |||
| Gardiner Johnson | Republican | 95.4% | Win |
| Frank Parsons | Communist | 4.6% | Loss |
| AD-20 | |||
| Republican | 90.5% | Win | |
| Edmund C. Burk | Communist | 9.5% | Loss |
| AD-21 | |||
| Joseph P. Gilmore | Write-in | 13.7% | Loss |
| John D. Welch | Democratic | 86.3% | Win |
| AD-22 | |||
| George D. Collins Jr. | Democratic | 95.2% | Win |
| Henry Andrews Harris | Communist | 4.8% | Loss |
| AD-23 | |||
| Dan Gallagher | Democratic | 95.2% | Win |
| Ada L. Smolan | Communist | 4.8% | Loss |
| AD-24 | |||
| Edward F. O'Day | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-25 | |||
| Melvyn I. Cronin | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-26 | |||
| Edward M. Gaffney | Democratic | 50% | Win |
| Emile Rabin | Communist | 1.5% | Loss |
| Ray Williamson | Republican | 48.5% | Loss |
| AD-27 | |||
| Harry Albert Mereness Jr. | Communist | 3.8% | Loss |
| Albert C. Wollenberg | Republican | 96.2% | Win |
| AD-28 | |||
| Joseph P. Byrne | Democratic | 47.9% | Loss |
| Robert Miller Green | Republican | 52.1% | Win |
| AD-29 | |||
| Harrison W. Call | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-30 | |||
| Malby Roberts | Communist | 3.5% | Loss |
| Byrl R. Salsman | Republican | 96.5% | Win |
| AD-31 | |||
| M. G. Del Mutolo | Democratic | 57% | Win |
| Elmer Weymouth | Republican | 43% | Loss |
| AD-32 | |||
| Stewart W. Conover | Republican | 48.5% | Loss |
| Hugh P. Donnelly | Democratic | 51.5% | Win |
| AD-33 | |||
| George A. Clarke | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-34 | |||
| Jacob M. Leonard | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-35 | |||
| David Kingman | Write-in | 0.3% | Loss |
| Frederick Weybret | Republican | 99.7% | Win |
| AD-36 | |||
| Hugh M. Burns | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-37 | |||
| Democratic | 100% | Win | |
| AD-38 | |||
| Gordon H. Garland | Democratic | 77.9% | Win |
| L. Sidney Hunn | Progressive | 22.1% | Loss |
| AD-39 | |||
| Alfred W. Robertson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-40 | |||
| Roscoe W. Burson | Republican | 47.1% | Loss |
| John B. Cooke | Democratic | 52.9% | Win |
| AD-41 | |||
| Kenneth J. Gatewood | Communist | 3.9% | Loss |
| Rodney L. Turner | Democratic | 96.1% | Win |
| AD-42 | |||
| Everett G. Burkhalter | Democratic | 63.5% | Win |
| Claude H. Hallock | Republican | 36.5% | Loss |
| AD-43 | |||
| John T. Aydelotte | Progressive | 17.6% | Loss |
| C. Don Field | Republican | 82.4% | Win |
| AD-44 | |||
| Clare L. Atkinson | Progressive | 3.5% | Loss |
| James C. McLean | Communist | 4.4% | Loss |
| G. Harvey Mydland | Republican | 25.6% | Loss |
| John B. Pelletier | Democratic | 66.6% | Win |
| AD-45 | |||
| Thomas J. Doyle | Democratic | 79.2% | Win |
| Clay H. Womack | Independent | 20.8% | Loss |
| AD-46 | |||
| Jack B. Tenney | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-47 | |||
| Zachary T. Malaby | Democratic | 38.8% | Loss |
| Eleanor Miller | Republican | 61.2% | Win |
| AD-48 | |||
| T. Fenton Knight | Republican | 67.4% | Win |
| Leslie H. Preston | Democratic | 32.6% | Loss |
| AD-49 | |||
| Lee T. Bashore | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-50 | |||
| Edwin Jobe | Democratic | 44.5% | Loss |
| Gerald C. Kepple | Republican | 55.5% | Win |
| AD-51 | |||
| F. Ray Bennett | Democratic | 79.4% | Win |
| Eulia Finn Branin | Republican | 20.6% | Loss |
| AD-52 | |||
| Robert E. Dunn | Republican | 28.3% | Loss |
| William H. Poole | Democratic | 68.5% | Win |
| Henry Steinberg | Communist | 3.1% | Loss |
| AD-53 | |||
| Frank O. Dunbar | Democratic | 35.9% | Loss |
| Frederick F. Houser | Republican | 64.1% | Win |
| AD-54 | |||
| Adelade Humphries | Write-in | 1.4% | Loss |
| John B. Knight | Republican | 86.1% | Win |
| Lillian B. MacKay | Progressive | 12.6% | Loss |
| AD-55 | |||
| Emory J. Arnold | Republican | 38.6% | Loss |
| Vernon Kilpatrick | Democratic | 61.4% | Win |
| AD-56 | |||
| Norris Poulson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-57 | |||
| Howard C. Duling | Progressive | 3.8% | Loss |
| Franklin J. Potter | Republican | 51.4% | Win |
| Frank Scully | Democratic | 44.7% | Loss |
| AD-58 | |||
| Allan Darby | Progressive | 8.6% | Loss |
| Frank J. Waters Jr. | Republican | 91.4% | Win |
| AD-59 | |||
| Charles W. Lyon | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-60 | |||
| Jesse Randolph "John" Kellems | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-61 | |||
| Emil E. Fredeen | Progressive | 8.5% | Loss |
| Ernest O. Voigt | Democratic | 91.5% | Win |
| AD-62 | |||
| Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins | Democratic | 94.6% | Win |
| Walter A. Martin | Communist | 5.4% | Loss |
| AD-63 | |||
| Don A. Allen Sr. | Democratic | 76.8% | Win |
| Malcolm J. Caldwell | Progressive | 23.2% | Loss |
| AD-64 | |||
| Jack J. Moore | Communist | 5.8% | Loss |
| Roger Alton Pfaff | Republican | 92.6% | Win |
| Allen T. Richardson | Write-in | 1.6% | Loss |
| AD-65 | |||
| Robert W. Breidenbach | Progressive | 11.8% | Loss |
| John W. Evans | Democratic | 88.2% | Win |
| AD-66 | |||
| H. Enright de Villiers | Republican | 29.8% | Loss |
| Paul R. Jarman | Prohibition | 2.6% | Loss |
| Jack Massion | Democratic | 67.6% | Win |
| AD-67 | |||
| Charles E. Campbell | Republican | 23.9% | Loss |
| Cecil R. King | Democratic | 74.1% | Win |
| Myra Rhetta | Communist | 2% | Loss |
| AD-68 | |||
| John Polkki | Communist | 3.2% | Loss |
| Charles M. Smith | Republican | 27.2% | Loss |
| Vincent Thomas | Democratic | 69.5% | Win |
| AD-69 | |||
| Thomas J. Cooney | Communist | 3.7% | Loss |
| Ralph C. Dills | Democratic | 96.3% | Win |
| AD-70 | |||
| Philip L. Bixby | Republican | 45% | Loss |
| Lorne D. Middough | Democratic | 55% | Win |
| AD-71 | |||
| Fred N. Howser | Republican | 84.1% | Win |
| Henry S. Utrecht | Progressive | 15.9% | Loss |
| AD-72 | |||
| Godfrey A. Andreas | Democratic | 53.2% | Win |
| A. B. Hornibrook | Republican | 46.8% | Loss |
| AD-73 | |||
| Frank C. Russell | Democratic | 50.4% | Win |
| Waldo Willhoft | Republican | 49.6% | Loss |
| AD-74 | |||
| Louis K. Ashbaugh | Townsend | 6.1% | Loss |
| James E. Walker | Democratic | 40.8% | Loss |
| Clyde A. Watson | Republican | 53.2% | Win |
| AD-75 | |||
| Sam L. Collins | Republican | 55.5% | Win |
| Timothy F. Shea | Democratic | 36.9% | Loss |
| George Varnum | Townsend | 7.6% | Loss |
| AD-76 | |||
| Nelson S. Dilworth | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-77 | |||
| Harvey E. Hastain | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-78 | |||
| Jeanette E. Daley | Democratic | 81.6% | Win |
| Ed Hollingshead | Progressive | 17.5% | Loss |
| La Verne Lym | Communist | 0.9% | Loss |
| AD-79 | |||
| Paul A. Richie | Democratic | 50.4% | Win |
| Harry Warburton | Republican | 49.6% | Loss |
| AD-80 | |||
| Charles W. Stream | Republican | 100% | Win |