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November 7, 1944

General Election

Note: A total of 3,566,734 Californians voted in this election.

President
Thomas E. Dewey Republican 43% Loss
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 56.6% Win
Claude A. Watson Prohibition 0.4% Loss
 
Senate3
Arla A. Albaugh Write-in Loss
Sheridan Downey Democratic 52.2% Win
Darlington Hoopes Write-in Loss
Frederick F. Houser Republican 47.6% Loss
Edward A. Teichert Write-in Loss
Norman Thomas Write-in 0.1% Loss
 
CD-01
Clarence F. Lea Democratic 100% Win
 
CD-02
Clair Engle Democratic 63.8% Win
Jesse M. Mayo Republican 36.2% Loss
 
CD-03
Leroy Johnson Republican 100% Win
 
CD-04
Franck R. Havenner Democratic 50.1% Win
Thomas Rolph Republican 49.9% Loss
 
CD-05
Richard J. Welch Republican 100% Win
 
CD-06
Albert E. Carter Republican 48% Loss
George Paul Miller Democratic 52% Win
 
CD-07
John H. Tolan Democratic 57.9% Win
Chesley M. Walter Republican 42.1% Loss
 
CD-08
John Z. "Jack" Anderson Republican 56.5% Win
Arthur L. Johnson Democratic 43.5% Loss
 
CD-09
Bertrand W. Gearhart Republican 100% Win
 
CD-10
Alfred J. Elliott Democratic 100% Win
 
CD-11
Fred J. Hart Republican 44% Loss
George E. Outland Democratic 56% Win
 
CD-12
Roy P. McLaughlin Republican 44.7% Loss
Jerry Voorhis Democratic 55.3% Win
 
CD-13
Ned R. Healy Democratic 54.8% Win
Norris Poulson Republican 45.2% Loss
 
CD-14
William D. Campbell Republican 48.4% Loss
Helen Gahagan Douglas Democratic 51.6% Win
 
CD-15
Gordon L. McDonough Republican 56.8% Win
Johannes Nielsen-Lange Prohibition 1.5% Loss
Hal Styles Democratic 41.7% Loss
 
CD-16
Jesse Randolph "John" Kellems Republican 45.9% Loss
Ellis E. Patterson Democratic 54.1% Win
 
CD-17
Cecil R. King Democratic 100% Win
 
CD-18
Clyde Doyle Democratic 55.7% Win
Ward Johnson Republican 44.3% Loss
 
CD-19
Carlton H. Casjens Republican 28.2% Loss
Chet Holifield Democratic 71.8% Win
 
CD-20
Carl Hinshaw Republican 51.8% Win
Charles H. Randall (I) Prohibition 1.7% Loss
Archibald B. Young Democratic 46.5% Loss
 
CD-21
Harry R. Sheppard Democratic 58.5% Win
Earl S. Webb Republican 41.5% Loss
 
CD-22
John R. Phillips Republican 100% Win
 
CD-23
James B. Abbey Republican 46.7% Loss
Ed Izac Democratic 53.3% Win
 
SD-01
Harold J. Powers Republican 100% Win
 
SD-03
Irwin T. Quinn Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-05
Oliver J. Carter Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-07
Jerrold L. Seawell Republican 100% Win
 
SD-09
H. E. Dillinger Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-11
Frank L. Gordon Republican 100% Win
 
SD-13
Thomas F. Keating Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-15
Thomas McCormack Republican 100% Win
 
SD-17
Truman H. DeLap Republican 51.6% Win
C. A. "Cappy" Ricks Democratic 48.4% Loss
 
SD-19
Earl D. Desmond Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-21
Harry L. Parkman Republican 100% Win
 
SD-23
H. R. Judah Republican 100% Win
 
SD-25
Horace L. Dormody Write-in 2.3% Loss
Frederick Weybret Republican 97.7% Win
 
SD-27
Robert Roy Cunningham Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-29
Chris N. Jespersen Republican 100% Win
 
SD-31
Clarence C. Ward Republican 100% Win
 
SD-33
James J. McBride Democratic 100% Win
 
SD-35
Thomas H. Kuchel Republican 100% Win
 
SD-37
Nelson S. Dilworth Republican 60.9% Win
Frank O. Dunbar Democratic 39.1% Loss
 
SD-39
Ben Hulse Republican 100% Win
 
AD-01
Michael J. Burns Republican 100% Win
 
AD-02
Paul Denny Republican 100% Win
 
AD-03
Lloyd W. Lowrey Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-04
Albert M. King Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-05
Ernest C. Crowley Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-06
Allen G. Thurman Republican 100% Win
 
AD-07
Richard H. McCollister Republican 100% Win
 
AD-08
Chester M. Gannon Republican 100% Win
 
AD-09
Dwight H. Stephenson Republican 100% Win
 
AD-10
Harold F. Sawallisch Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-11
Charles M. Weber III Republican 100% Win
 
AD-12
James E. Thorp Republican 100% Win
 
AD-13
Francis Dunn Jr. Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-14
Randal F. Dickey Republican 51.4% Win
Gordon F. "George" Irvine Democratic 48.6% Loss
 
AD-15
Bernard A. Sheridan Republican 100% Win
 
AD-16
Anga M. Bjornson Democratic 39.6% Win
Marvin Sherwin Republican 60.4% Loss
 
AD-17
Edward J. Carey Republican 100% Win
 
AD-18
Jeffery Cohelan Democratic 42.2% Loss
Gardiner Johnson Republican 57.8% Win
 
AD-19
Bernard R. Brady Democratic 57.1% Win
Edgar C. Levey Republican 42.9% Loss
 
AD-20
Thomas A. Maloney Republican 100% Win
 
AD-21
Albert C. Wollenberg Republican 100% Win
 
AD-22
George D. Collins Jr. Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-23
William Clifton Berry Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-24
Edward F. O'Day Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-25
Gerald P. Haggerty Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-26
Edward M. Gaffney Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-27
Harrison W. Call Republican 100% Win
 
AD-28
Raup Miller Republican 100% Win
 
AD-29
John F. "Jack" Thompson Republican 100% Win
 
AD-30
Ralph M. Brown Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-31
George A. Clarke Republican 100% Win
 
AD-32
Jacob M. Leonard Republican 100% Win
 
AD-33
Fred Emlay Democratic 50.1% Win
Lloyd E. Tiernan Republican 49.9% Loss
 
AD-34
James G. Crichton Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-35
S. L. Heisinger Democratic 59% Win
Charles F. Huddleston Republican 41% Loss
 
AD-36
Charles Lester Guthrie Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-37
Alfred W. Robertson Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-38
Walter J. Fourt Republican 100% Win
 
AD-39
Thomas H. Werdel Republican 100% Win
 
AD-40
William H. Rosenthal Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-41
Julian Beck Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-43
Edward P. Cunningham Democratic 36.2% Loss
C. Don Field Republican 63.8% Win
 
AD-44
John B. Pelletier Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-45
Thomas J. Doyle Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-46
Glenn M. Anderson Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-47
Albert I. Stewart Republican 100% Win
 
AD-48
T. Fenton Knight Republican 100% Win
 
AD-49
Lee T. Bashore Republican 27.2% Loss
Allan J. Carter Write-in 24.4% Loss
Ernest R. Geddes Write-in 45.9% Win
Luther N. Hall Write-in 2.4% Loss
 
AD-50
Thomas M. Erwin Republican 100% Win
 
AD-51
Elwyn S. Bennett Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-52
Everett G. Burkhalter Democratic 73.8% Win
Jonathan J. Hollibaugh Republican 26.2% Loss
 
AD-53
Montivel A. Burke Republican 56.7% Win
Hugo A. Norin Democratic 43.3% Loss
 
AD-54
Ralph A. Beal Independent 50% Win
John B. Knight Republican 50% Loss
 
AD-55
Vernon Kilpatrick Democratic 56.9% Win
Russell H. Reay Republican 43.1% Loss
 
AD-56
Ernest E. Debs Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-57
Albert Dekker Democratic 56.6% Win
Alta C. Potter Republican 43.4% Loss
 
AD-58
Frank J. Waters Jr. Republican 100% Win
 
AD-59
Lucile Webster Gleason Democratic 44.5% Loss
Charles W. Lyon Republican 55.5% Win
 
AD-60
M. Philip Davis Republican 58.5% Win
James Goldsmith Democratic 41.5% Loss
 
AD-61
Lester A. McMillan Democratic 65.6% Win
Mark A. Pierce Republican 34.4% Loss
 
AD-62
Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-63
Don A. Allen Sr. Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-64
John C. Lyons Republican 100% Win
 
AD-65
John W. Evans Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-66
Jack Massion Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-67
Clayton A. Dills Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-68
Clifton A. Hix Republican 28% Loss
Vincent Thomas Democratic 72% Win
 
AD-69
Ralph C. Dills Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-70
Lorne D. Middough Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-71
Burton W. Chace Republican 47.6% Loss
Carl Fletcher Democratic 52.4% Win
 
AD-72
R. Fred Price Republican 100% Win
 
AD-73
Douglas P. Armstrong Republican 100% Win
 
AD-74
Wesley G. Edwards Prohibition 13.7% Loss
Clyde A. Watson Republican 86.3% Win
 
AD-75
Sam L. Collins Republican 100% Win
 
AD-76
Philip L. Boyd Republican 100% Win
 
AD-77
George Roy Butters Republican 100% Win
 
AD-78
Fred H. Kraft Republican 100% Win
 
AD-79
Royal B. Churchill Prohibition 10.1% Loss
Kathryn T. Niehouse Republican 89.9% Win
 
AD-80
Robert F. Denver Democratic 46.7% Loss
Charles W. Stream Republican 53.3% Win