November 6, 1956
General Election
Note: A total of 5,547,621 Californians voted in this election.
| President | |||
| T. Coleman Andrews | Constitution | 0.1% | Loss |
| Farrell Dobbs | Socialist Workers | Loss | |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 55.4% | Win |
| Eric Hass | Socialist Labor | Loss | |
| Enoch A. Holtwick | Prohibition | 0.2% | Loss |
| Darlington Hoopes | Socialist | Loss | |
| Gerald L. K. Smith | Christian Nationalist | Loss | |
| Adlai Stevenson | Democratic | 44.3% | Loss |
| Senate3 | |||
| Ray Gourley | Prohibition | 0.4% | Loss |
| Thomas H. Kuchel | Republican | 54% | Win |
| Richard B. Richards | Democratic | 45.6% | Loss |
| CD-01 | |||
| Clement W. Miller | Democratic | 46.4% | Loss |
| Hubert B. Scudder | Republican | 53.6% | Win |
| CD-02 | |||
| Clair Engle | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-03 | |||
| John E. Moss | Democratic | 68.6% | Win |
| Noel C. Stevenson | Republican | 31.4% | Loss |
| CD-04 | |||
| William S. Mailliard | Republican | 61.9% | Win |
| James L. Quigley | Democratic | 38.1% | Loss |
| CD-05 | |||
| John F. Shelley | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-06 | |||
| John F. Baldwin Jr. | Republican | 53.7% | Win |
| H. Roberts Quinney | Democratic | 46.3% | Loss |
| CD-07 | |||
| John J. Allen Jr. | Republican | 52.8% | Win |
| Laurence L. Cross | Democratic | 47.2% | Loss |
| CD-08 | |||
| George Paul Miller | Democratic | 65.6% | Win |
| Robert Lee Watkins | Republican | 34.4% | Loss |
| CD-09 | |||
| James T. McKay | Democratic | 39.7% | Loss |
| J. Arthur Younger | Republican | 60.3% | Win |
| CD-10 | |||
| Charles S. Gubser | Republican | 60.7% | Win |
| William H. Vatcher Jr. | Democratic | 39.3% | Loss |
| CD-11 | |||
| Leroy Johnson | Republican | 46.9% | Loss |
| John J. McFall | Democratic | 53.1% | Win |
| CD-12 | |||
| Robert B. Moore | Republican | 27% | Loss |
| B. F. Sisk | Democratic | 73% | Win |
| CD-13 | |||
| William Kirk Stewart | Democratic | 40.4% | Loss |
| Charles M. Teague | Republican | 59.6% | Win |
| CD-14 | |||
| Harlan Hagen | Democratic | 63% | Win |
| Myron D. Tisdel | Republican | 37% | Loss |
| CD-15 | |||
| Gordon L. McDonough | Republican | 57.9% | Win |
| Emery S. Petty | Democratic | 42.1% | Loss |
| CD-16 | |||
| G. Robert "Bob" Fleming | Democratic | 39.2% | Loss |
| Donald L. Jackson | Republican | 60.8% | Win |
| CD-17 | |||
| Charles A. Franklin | Republican | 35.1% | Loss |
| Cecil R. King | Democratic | 64.9% | Win |
| CD-18 | |||
| Craig Hosmer | Republican | 59.3% | Win |
| Raymond C. "Ray" Simpson | Democratic | 40.7% | Loss |
| CD-19 | |||
| Chet Holifield | Democratic | 73.8% | Win |
| Roy E. Reynolds | Republican | 26.2% | Loss |
| CD-20 | |||
| Eugene Radding | Democratic | 29.2% | Loss |
| H. Allen Smith | Republican | 70.8% | Win |
| CD-21 | |||
| Edgar W. Hiestand | Republican | 62.6% | Win |
| W. C. "Bill" Stethem | Democratic | 37.4% | Loss |
| CD-22 | |||
| Irving Glasband | Democratic | 40.2% | Loss |
| Joseph F. "Joe" Holt | Republican | 59.8% | Win |
| CD-23 | |||
| E. Elgie "Cal" Calvin | Republican | 29.1% | Loss |
| Clyde Doyle | Democratic | 70.9% | Win |
| CD-24 | |||
| Glenard P. Lipscomb | Republican | 61.9% | Win |
| Fay Porter | Democratic | 38.1% | Loss |
| CD-25 | |||
| Patrick J. Hillings | Republican | 63.8% | Win |
| John G. Sobieski | Democratic | 36.2% | Loss |
| CD-26 | |||
| Edward H. Gibbons | Republican | 31.2% | Loss |
| James Roosevelt | Democratic | 68.8% | Win |
| CD-27 | |||
| Harry R. Sheppard | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-28 | |||
| Gordon T. Shepard | Democratic | 35.5% | Loss |
| James B. Utt | Republican | 64.5% | Win |
| CD-29 | |||
| Jacqueline Cochran-Odlum | Republican | 48.5% | Loss |
| D. S. "Judge" Saund | Democratic | 51.5% | Win |
| CD-30 | |||
| George A. Cheney | Democratic | 33.3% | Loss |
| Robert C. "Bob" Wilson | Republican | 66.7% | Win |
| SD-01 | |||
| Stanley Arnold | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-03 | |||
| Carl L. Christensen Jr. | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-05 | |||
| Edwin J. Regan | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-07 | |||
| Harold T. "Bizz" Johnson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-09 | |||
| Swift Berry | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-11 | |||
| Nathan F. Coombs | Republican | 53.9% | Win |
| Donald A. Mitchell | Democratic | 46.1% | Loss |
| SD-13 | |||
| John F. "Jack" McCarthy | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-15 | |||
| Luther E. Gibson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-17 | |||
| George Miller Jr. | Democratic | 68.2% | Win |
| Jack Peddler | Republican | 31.8% | Loss |
| SD-19 | |||
| Earl D. Desmond | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-21 | |||
| Richard J. Dolwig | Republican | 58.9% | Win |
| Harold G. Robinson | Democratic | 41.1% | Loss |
| SD-23 | |||
| Donald L. Grunsky | Republican | 67.2% | Win |
| William L. Mathson Jr. | Democratic | 32.8% | Loss |
| SD-25 | |||
| Fred Farr | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-27 | |||
| Robert I. Montgomery | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-29 | |||
| Alan A. Erhart | Republican | 63.8% | Win |
| Ursin "Perk" Perkins | Democratic | 36.2% | Loss |
| SD-31 | |||
| John James "Jack" Hollister Jr. | Democratic | 50.5% | Win |
| Arnold W. Jacquemain | Republican | 49.5% | Loss |
| SD-33 | |||
| James J. McBride | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-35 | |||
| Preston K. Allen | Democratic | 34.4% | Loss |
| John A. Murdy Jr. | Republican | 65.6% | Win |
| SD-37 | |||
| Nelson S. Dilworth | Republican | 59.9% | Win |
| Robert M. Erwin | Democratic | 40.1% | Loss |
| SD-39 | |||
| John William "Bill" Beard | Democratic | 51.4% | Win |
| J. Ward Casey | Republican | 48.6% | Loss |
| AD-01 | |||
| Tony E. Bair | Democratic | 44.6% | Loss |
| Frank P. Belotti | Republican | 55.4% | Win |
| AD-02 | |||
| Pauline L. Davis | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-03 | |||
| Lloyd W. Lowrey | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-04 | |||
| Tolbert E. Elliott | Democratic | 42.2% | Loss |
| Harold Thomas Sedgwick | Republican | 57.8% | Win |
| AD-05 | |||
| Samuel R. Geddes | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-06 | |||
| Francis C. Lindsay | Republican | 52% | Win |
| Paul J. Lunardi | Democratic | 48% | Loss |
| AD-07 | |||
| Richard H. McCollister | Republican | 64.6% | Win |
| Loyal C. Skillman | Democratic | 35.4% | Loss |
| AD-08 | |||
| Thomas J. MacBride | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-09 | |||
| Roy J. Nielsen | Republican | 51.1% | Win |
| Edwin L. Z'berg | Democratic | 48.9% | Loss |
| AD-10 | |||
| Donald D. Doyle | Republican | 63.7% | Win |
| Russell M. Koch | Democratic | 36.3% | Loss |
| AD-11 | |||
| S. C. Masterson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-12 | |||
| William "Bill" Biddick Jr. | Democratic | 59.2% | Win |
| Verne W. Hoffman | Republican | 40.8% | Loss |
| AD-13 | |||
| Carlos Bee | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-14 | |||
| Robert W. Crown | Democratic | 58.7% | Win |
| Frank C. Languemi | Republican | 41.3% | Loss |
| AD-15 | |||
| Luther H. Lincoln | Republican | 54.7% | Win |
| Robert B. "Bob" River | Democratic | 45.3% | Loss |
| AD-16 | |||
| Walter I. Dahl | Republican | 69.6% | Win |
| William M. Freeborn | Democratic | 30.4% | Loss |
| AD-17 | |||
| William Byron Rumford | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-18 | |||
| Thomas W. Caldecott | Republican | 58.1% | Win |
| James G. Whitney | Democratic | 41.9% | Loss |
| AD-19 | |||
| William Ebert | Republican | 45.5% | Loss |
| Charlie Meyers | Democratic | 54.5% | Win |
| AD-20 | |||
| Republican | 49.1% | Loss | |
| Phil Burton | Democratic | 50.9% | Win |
| AD-21 | |||
| Caspar W. Weinberger | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-22 | |||
| Bernard R. Brady | Democratic | 41.9% | Loss |
| John A. Busterud | Republican | 58.1% | Win |
| AD-23 | |||
| John A. O'Connell | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-24 | |||
| Edward M. Gaffney | Democratic | 62.3% | Win |
| Irving Shore | Republican | 37.7% | Loss |
| AD-25 | |||
| Louis Francis | Republican | 53.3% | Win |
| W. Howard Hartley | Democratic | 46.7% | Loss |
| AD-26 | |||
| Alan L. Baldwin | Democratic | 42.9% | Loss |
| Carl A. "Ike" Britschgi | Republican | 57.1% | Win |
| AD-27 | |||
| Glenn E. Coolidge | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-28 | |||
| Clark L. Bradley | Republican | 61.3% | Win |
| Allan Isaksen | Democratic | 38.7% | Loss |
| AD-29 | |||
| Bruce F. Allen | Republican | 57.6% | Win |
| William J. Harris Jr. | Democratic | 42.4% | Loss |
| AD-30 | |||
| Ralph M. Brown | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-31 | |||
| Don C. Mayes | Republican | 28.3% | Loss |
| Gordon H. Winton Jr. | Democratic | 71.7% | Win |
| AD-32 | |||
| Wallace D. Henderson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-33 | |||
| Charles B. Garrigus | Democratic | 49.9% | Loss |
| William W. Hansen | Republican | 50.1% | Win |
| AD-34 | |||
| Alan G. Pattee | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-35 | |||
| Myron H. Frew | Democratic | 51.7% | Win |
| Domer F. Power | Republican | 48.3% | Loss |
| AD-36 | |||
| James L. Holmes | Republican | 52.1% | Win |
| Timothy I. O'Reilly | Democratic | 47.9% | Loss |
| AD-37 | |||
| Rex M. Cunningham | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-38 | |||
| Dorothy M. Donahoe | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-39 | |||
| H. W. "Pat" Kelly | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-40 | |||
| Edward E. Elliott | Democratic | 74.9% | Win |
| John A. Flores | Republican | 25.1% | Loss |
| AD-41 | |||
| Jacque Boyle | Republican | 35.8% | Loss |
| Allen Miller | Democratic | 64.2% | Win |
| AD-42 | |||
| William F. "Bill" Marsh | Republican | 52.5% | Win |
| Jess Nathan | Democratic | 47.5% | Loss |
| AD-43 | |||
| Richard R. Rogan | Democratic | 34.6% | Loss |
| Howard J. Thelin | Republican | 65.4% | Win |
| AD-44 | |||
| Herbert R. Klocksiem | Republican | 54.9% | Win |
| Richard J. "Dick" Nussell | Democratic | 45.1% | Loss |
| AD-45 | |||
| Thomas J. Doyle | Democratic | 69.3% | Win |
| Peter H. Stevens | Republican | 30.7% | Loss |
| AD-46 | |||
| Charles Edward Chapel | Republican | 55% | Win |
| Allan K. Jonas | Democratic | 45% | Loss |
| AD-47 | |||
| Thomas B. Birch | Democratic | 31.8% | Loss |
| Albert I. Stewart | Republican | 68.2% | Win |
| AD-48 | |||
| Frank D. Lanterman | Republican | 73.2% | Win |
| Frank Nelson | Prohibition | 1.2% | Loss |
| Listle L. Snavely | Democratic | 25.6% | Loss |
| AD-49 | |||
| Ernest R. Geddes | Republican | 66.8% | Win |
| A. L. "Al" Smith | Democratic | 33.2% | Loss |
| AD-50 | |||
| Richard D. DuBois | Democratic | 41.9% | Loss |
| Thomas M. Erwin | Republican | 58.1% | Win |
| AD-51 | |||
| John R. Hinchey | Republican | 25.4% | Loss |
| William A. Munnell | Democratic | 74.6% | Win |
| AD-52 | |||
| Frank G. Bonelli | Democratic | 67.8% | Win |
| Dean R. Brooks | Republican | 32.2% | Loss |
| AD-53 | |||
| Montivel A. Burke | Republican | 67.7% | Win |
| Marylyn Powers Sobieski | Democratic | 32.3% | Loss |
| AD-54 | |||
| John L. E. "Bud" Collier | Republican | 54.2% | Win |
| Richard E. Erwin | Democratic | 45.8% | Loss |
| AD-55 | |||
| Harold M. Campbell | Republican | 21.9% | Loss |
| Vernon Kilpatrick | Democratic | 78.1% | Win |
| AD-56 | |||
| Seth J. Johnson | Republican | 54.7% | Win |
| Philip J. Schlessinger | Democratic | 45.3% | Loss |
| AD-57 | |||
| Charles J. Conrad | Republican | 56.6% | Win |
| Charles Manfred | Democratic | 43.4% | Loss |
| AD-58 | |||
| Joseph C. Shell | Republican | 60.6% | Win |
| Phill Silver | Democratic | 39.4% | Loss |
| AD-59 | |||
| Robert L. Meyer | Republican | 49.9% | Loss |
| Thomas M. Rees | Democratic | 50.1% | Win |
| AD-60 | |||
| Harold K. Levering | Republican | 66.6% | Win |
| Mabel M. Mosler | Democratic | 33.4% | Loss |
| AD-61 | |||
| Jack B. Curran | Republican | 28.1% | Loss |
| Lester A. McMillan | Democratic | 71.9% | Win |
| AD-62 | |||
| Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-63 | |||
| Don A. Allen Sr. | Democratic | 57.6% | Win |
| Sam Jonas | Republican | 42.4% | Loss |
| AD-64 | |||
| Patrick D. McGee | Republican | 57.4% | Win |
| Paul Roest | Democratic | 42.6% | Loss |
| AD-65 | |||
| John W. Evans | Republican | 37.8% | Loss |
| Jesse M. Unruh | Democratic | 62.2% | Win |
| AD-66 | |||
| Charles H. Wilson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-67 | |||
| Clayton A. Dills | Democratic | 62.7% | Win |
| Richard L. Tretheway | Republican | 37.3% | Loss |
| AD-68 | |||
| Tom Brewer | Republican | 25.8% | Loss |
| Vincent Thomas | Democratic | 74.2% | Win |
| AD-69 | |||
| Carley V. Porter | Democratic | 71% | Win |
| Robert W. Stanley | Republican | 29% | Loss |
| AD-70 | |||
| Daniel T. "Danny" Brice | Democratic | 41.3% | Loss |
| William S. "Bill" Grant | Republican | 58.7% | Win |
| AD-71 | |||
| Lee Backstrand | Republican | 59.1% | Win |
| J. Malcolm Jared | Democratic | 40.9% | Loss |
| AD-72 | |||
| Ray W. Ferguson | Republican | 44.1% | Loss |
| Eugene G. Nisbet | Democratic | 55.9% | Win |
| AD-73 | |||
| Jack A. Beaver | Republican | 60.4% | Win |
| Grover C. Dodson | Democratic | 39.6% | Loss |
| AD-74 | |||
| Oland W. Carrick | Democratic | 31.4% | Loss |
| Bruce Sumner | Republican | 68.6% | Win |
| AD-75 | |||
| Richard T. Hanna | Democratic | 52.1% | Win |
| Willard M. Hanzlik | Republican | 47.9% | Loss |
| AD-76 | |||
| Joseph J. Anderholt | Republican | 47.8% | Loss |
| Leverette D. House | Democratic | 52.2% | Win |
| AD-77 | |||
| Sheridan N. Hegland | Democratic | 51.8% | Win |
| William K. Shearer | Republican | 48.2% | Loss |
| AD-78 | |||
| Frank Luckel | Republican | 66.1% | Win |
| Tom Sherrard | Democratic | 33.9% | Loss |
| AD-79 | |||
| George G. Crawford | Republican | 53.8% | Win |
| Wanda Sankary | Democratic | 46.2% | Loss |
| AD-80 | |||
| Robert J. Driver | Democratic | 44.7% | Loss |
| Jack Schrade | Republican | 55.3% | Win |