November 2, 1954
General Election
Note: A total of 4,101,692 Californians voted in this election.
Governor | |||
Richard Perrin Graves | Democratic | 43.2% | Loss |
Goodwin J. Knight | Republican | 56.8% | Win |
Lieutenant Governor | |||
Harold J. Powers | Republican | 55.3% | Win |
Edward R. Roybal | Democratic | 44.7% | Loss |
Secretary of State | |||
Horace V. Alexander | Independent Progressive | 1.8% | Loss |
Frank M. Jordan | Republican | 55.3% | Win |
Daniel Raeburn | Democratic | 41.1% | Loss |
Frank G. H. Stevens | Prohibition | 1.8% | Loss |
Controller | |||
George D. Collins Jr. | Democratic | 44.6% | Loss |
Robert C. Kirkwood | Republican | 54.2% | Win |
Fred H. Ross | Prohibition | 1.2% | Loss |
Treasurer | |||
Herbert S. Cohn | Independent Progressive | 1.5% | Loss |
Charles G. Johnson | Republican | 55.2% | Win |
George E. Johnson | Democratic | 43.3% | Loss |
Attorney General | |||
Edmund G. "Pat" Brown | Democratic | 94.5% | Win |
Edwin M. Copper | Prohibition | 5.5% | Loss |
SBOE1 | |||
Stuart L. McClure | Republican | 45.5% | Loss |
George R. Reilly | Democratic | 54.5% | Win |
SBOE2 | |||
James H. Quinn | Republican | 100% | Win |
SBOE3 | |||
Clinton T. Duffy | Republican | 35.7% | Loss |
Paul R. Leake | Democratic | 64.3% | Win |
SBOE4 | |||
William G. Bonelli | Democratic | 39.4% | Loss |
Robert E. McDavid | Republican | 60.6% | Win |
Senate3 | |||
Isobel M. Cerney | Independent Progressive | 1.3% | Loss |
Thomas H. Kuchel | Republican | 53.2% | Win |
Sam Yorty | Democratic | 45.5% | Loss |
CD-01 | |||
Max Kortum | Democratic | 40.9% | Loss |
Hubert B. Scudder | Republican | 59.1% | Win |
CD-02 | |||
Clair Engle | Democratic | 100% | Win |
CD-03 | |||
John E. Moss | Democratic | 65.3% | Win |
James H. Phillips | Republican | 34.7% | Loss |
CD-04 | |||
George R. Andersen | Independent Progressive | 2.1% | Loss |
William S. Mailliard | Republican | 61.2% | Win |
Philip A. O'Rourke | Democratic | 36.7% | Loss |
CD-05 | |||
John F. Shelley | Democratic | 100% | Win |
CD-06 | |||
John F. Baldwin Jr. | Republican | 50.9% | Win |
Robert L. Condon | Democratic | 49.1% | Loss |
CD-07 | |||
John J. Allen Jr. | Republican | 53% | Win |
Stanley K. Crook | Democratic | 47% | Loss |
CD-08 | |||
George Paul Miller | Democratic | 65.4% | Win |
Jess M. Ritchie | Republican | 34.6% | Loss |
CD-09 | |||
Harold F. Taggart | Democratic | 45.5% | Loss |
J. Arthur Younger | Republican | 54.5% | Win |
CD-10 | |||
Paul V. Birmingham | Democratic | 38.8% | Loss |
Charles S. Gubser | Republican | 61.2% | Win |
CD-11 | |||
Leroy Johnson | Republican | 52.6% | Win |
Carl Sugar | Democratic | 47.4% | Loss |
CD-12 | |||
Allan O. Hunter | Republican | 46.2% | Loss |
B. F. Sisk | Democratic | 53.8% | Win |
CD-13 | |||
Timothy I. O'Reilly | Democratic | 47.5% | Loss |
Charles M. Teague | Republican | 52.5% | Win |
CD-14 | |||
Al Blain | Republican | 34.9% | Loss |
Harlan Hagen | Democratic | 65.1% | Win |
CD-15 | |||
Gordon L. McDonough | Republican | 56.9% | Win |
Frank P. O'Sullivan | Democratic | 43.1% | Loss |
CD-16 | |||
S. Mark Hogue | Democratic | 39.2% | Loss |
Donald L. Jackson | Republican | 60.8% | Win |
CD-17 | |||
Robert H. Finch | Republican | 39.9% | Loss |
Cecil R. King | Democratic | 60.1% | Win |
CD-18 | |||
Craig Hosmer | Republican | 55% | Win |
Joseph M. Kennick | Democratic | 45% | Loss |
CD-19 | |||
Chet Holifield | Democratic | 74.8% | Win |
Raymond R. Pritchard | Republican | 25.2% | Loss |
CD-20 | |||
Carl Hinshaw | Republican | 71.2% | Win |
Eugene Radding | Democratic | 28.8% | Loss |
CD-21 | |||
Edgar W. Hiestand | Republican | 58.7% | Win |
William E. "Bill" Roskam | Democratic | 41.3% | Loss |
CD-22 | |||
William M. "Bill" Costley | Democratic | 41.8% | Loss |
Joseph F. "Joe" Holt | Republican | 58.2% | Win |
CD-23 | |||
Frank G. Bussing | Republican | 27.3% | Loss |
Clyde Doyle | Democratic | 70.9% | Win |
Olive T. Thompson | Independent Progressive | 1.8% | Loss |
CD-24 | |||
George Arnold | Democratic | 43.1% | Loss |
Glenard P. Lipscomb | Republican | 56.9% | Win |
CD-25 | |||
Patrick J. Hillings | Republican | 65.2% | Win |
John G. Sobieski | Democratic | 34.8% | Loss |
CD-26 | |||
Theodore R. "Ted" Owings | Republican | 39.9% | Loss |
James Roosevelt | Democratic | 60.1% | Win |
CD-27 | |||
Martin K. Barrett | Republican | 35.2% | Loss |
Harry R. Sheppard | Democratic | 64.8% | Win |
CD-28 | |||
Harriet Enderle | Democratic | 33.8% | Loss |
James B. Utt | Republican | 66.2% | Win |
CD-29 | |||
John R. Phillips | Republican | 58% | Win |
Bruce Shangle | Democratic | 42% | Loss |
CD-30 | |||
Ross T. McIntire | Democratic | 39.6% | Loss |
Robert C. "Bob" Wilson | Republican | 60.4% | Win |
SD-02 | |||
Randolph Collier | Republican | 100% | Win |
SD-04 | |||
James E. "Jim" Busch | Republican | 100% | Win |
SD-06 | |||
Paul L. Byrne | Republican | 100% | Win |
SD-08 | |||
Louis G. Sutton | Republican | 100% | Win |
SD-10 | |||
Edward C. Johnson | Republican | 100% | Win |
SD-12 | |||
F. Presley Abshire | Republican | 57% | Win |
Charles E. Greenfield Jr. | Democratic | 43% | Loss |
SD-14 | |||
Donald J. Bruce | Republican | 31.8% | Loss |
Robert I. McCarthy | Democratic | 68.2% | Win |
SD-16 | |||
Anga Bjornson | Democratic | 48.3% | Loss |
Arthur H. Breed Jr. | Republican | 51.7% | Win |
SD-18 | |||
Jack P. D'Angelo | Democratic | 41.5% | Loss |
John F. "Jack" Thompson | Republican | 58.5% | Win |
SD-20 | |||
Verne W. Hoffman | Republican | 49.8% | Loss |
Alan Short | Democratic | 50.2% | Win |
SD-22 | |||
Hugh P. Donnelly | Democratic | 100% | Win |
SD-24 | |||
James A. Cobey | Democratic | 59% | Win |
Milton M. Reiman | Republican | 41% | Loss |
SD-26 | |||
Stephen P. Teale | Democratic | 100% | Win |
SD-28 | |||
Charles Brown | Democratic | 100% | Win |
SD-30 | |||
Hugh M. Burns | Democratic | 100% | Win |
SD-32 | |||
Earl Miles | Democratic | 38.7% | Loss |
J. Howard Williams | Republican | 61.3% | Win |
SD-34 | |||
Jess R. Dorsey | Republican | 100% | Win |
SD-36 | |||
James E. Cunningham Sr. | Republican | 100% | Win |
SD-38 | |||
Frank Nelson | Prohibition | 2.9% | Loss |
Richard B. Richards | Democratic | 49.1% | Win |
Mildred Younger | Republican | 48% | Loss |
SD-40 | |||
James M. "Jim" Edmunds | Democratic | 41.2% | Loss |
Fred H. Kraft | Republican | 58.8% | Win |
AD-01 | |||
Frank P. Belotti | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-02 | |||
Pauline L. Davis | Democratic | 100% | Win |
AD-03 | |||
Lloyd W. Lowrey | Democratic | 100% | Win |
AD-04 | |||
Don Hobbie | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-05 | |||
Samuel R. Geddes | Democratic | 100% | Win |
AD-06 | |||
Francis C. Lindsay | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-07 | |||
Richard H. McCollister | Republican | 61% | Win |
Worth Seymour | Democratic | 39% | Loss |
AD-08 | |||
Gordon A. Fleury | Republican | 53.4% | Win |
Jesse E. Fluharty | Democratic | 46.6% | Loss |
AD-09 | |||
Roy J. Nielsen | Republican | 55.2% | Win |
John J. Reynolds | Democratic | 44.8% | Loss |
AD-10 | |||
Donald D. Doyle | Republican | 62.5% | Win |
Edward N. Munns | Democratic | 37.5% | Loss |
AD-11 | |||
Frederick G. Cole | Republican | 30% | Loss |
S. C. Masterson | Democratic | 70% | Win |
AD-12 | |||
John J. McFall | Democratic | Win | |
AD-13 | |||
Carlos Bee | Democratic | 67.9% | Win |
Edward A. "Ed" Robey | Republican | 32.1% | Loss |
AD-14 | |||
Robert W. Crown | Democratic | 49.9% | Loss |
Randal F. Dickey | Republican | 50.1% | Win |
AD-15 | |||
Luther H. Lincoln | Republican | 52.1% | Win |
Robert B. "Bob" River | Democratic | 47.9% | Loss |
AD-16 | |||
Sam W. Blanford | Democratic | 28.2% | Loss |
Walter I. Dahl | Republican | 71.8% | Win |
AD-17 | |||
William Byron Rumford | Democratic | 100% | Win |
AD-18 | |||
Thomas W. Caldecott | Republican | 57.2% | Win |
Winton McKibben | Democratic | 42.8% | Loss |
AD-19 | |||
Milton Marks | Republican | 49% | Loss |
Charlie Meyers | Democratic | 51% | Win |
AD-20 | |||
Thomas A. Maloney | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-21 | |||
Caspar W. Weinberger | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-22 | |||
Bernard R. Brady | Democratic | 50.2% | Win |
John A. Busterud | Republican | 49.8% | Loss |
AD-23 | |||
George T. Alvers | Republican | 21.9% | Loss |
Joseph O. Gilmore | Independent | 20.5% | Loss |
John A. O'Connell | Democratic | 57.6% | Win |
AD-24 | |||
Edward M. Gaffney | Democratic | 64% | Win |
Irving Shore | Republican | 36% | Loss |
AD-25 | |||
Daniel J. Creedon | Republican | 54.1% | Win |
James B. Daly | Democratic | 45.9% | Loss |
AD-26 | |||
Richard J. Dolwig | Republican | 62.8% | Win |
Frank Groves | Democratic | 37.2% | Loss |
AD-27 | |||
Glenn E. Coolidge | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-28 | |||
Clark L. Bradley | Republican | 60% | Win |
Curtis H. Perry | Democratic | 40% | Loss |
AD-29 | |||
Bruce F. Allen | Republican | 54.5% | Win |
Michael di Leonardo | Democratic | 45.5% | Loss |
AD-30 | |||
Ralph M. Brown | Democratic | 100% | Win |
AD-31 | |||
George A. Clarke | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-32 | |||
Wallace D. Henderson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
AD-33 | |||
William W. Hansen | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-34 | |||
Fred Farr | Democratic | 49.1% | Loss |
Alan G. Pattee | Republican | 50.9% | Win |
AD-35 | |||
Myron H. Frew | Democratic | 47.2% | Loss |
Roscoe L. Patterson | Republican | 52.8% | Win |
AD-36 | |||
Bobbe Campbell Dorsey | Democratic | 49.4% | Loss |
James L. Holmes | Republican | 50.6% | Win |
AD-37 | |||
Rex M. Cunningham | Democratic | 55.8% | Win |
Carl A. Phleger | Republican | 44.2% | Loss |
AD-38 | |||
Dorothy M. Donahoe | Democratic | 100% | Win |
AD-39 | |||
H. W. "Pat" Kelly | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-40 | |||
Raimund D. Alvarado | Republican | 21.6% | Loss |
Edward E. Elliott | Democratic | 78.4% | Win |
AD-41 | |||
Allen Miller | Democratic | 59% | Win |
Ferdinand L. "Ferd" Sturtevant | Republican | 41% | Loss |
AD-42 | |||
William F. "Bill" Marsh | Republican | 53.3% | Win |
Jess Nathan | Democratic | 46.7% | Loss |
AD-43 | |||
John F. Gayer | Democratic | 28.5% | Loss |
H. Allen Smith | Republican | 71.5% | Win |
AD-44 | |||
Herbert R. Klocksiem | Republican | 53.5% | Win |
Richard J. "Dick" Nussell | Democratic | 46.5% | Loss |
AD-45 | |||
Thomas J. Doyle | Democratic | 69.9% | Win |
Floyd Vinson | Republican | 30.1% | Loss |
AD-46 | |||
Charles Edward Chapel | Republican | 56.9% | Win |
Allan K. Jonas | Democratic | 43.1% | Loss |
AD-47 | |||
Elsie C. Kroesche | Democratic | 30.6% | Loss |
Albert I. Stewart | Republican | 69.4% | Win |
AD-48 | |||
Peter M. Haxell | Democratic | 28.5% | Loss |
Frank D. Lanterman | Republican | 71.5% | Win |
AD-49 | |||
Gilbert L. Cook | Democratic | 33.5% | Loss |
Ernest R. Geddes | Republican | 66.5% | Win |
AD-50 | |||
Richard D. DuBois | Democratic | 41.5% | Loss |
Thomas M. Erwin | Republican | 58.5% | Win |
AD-51 | |||
William A. Munnell | Democratic | 100% | Win |
AD-52 | |||
Frank G. Bonelli | Democratic | 61.4% | Win |
Nils Helgren | Republican | 38.6% | Loss |
AD-53 | |||
Montivel A. Burke | Republican | 64.3% | Win |
Frank J. Thompson | Democratic | 35.7% | Loss |
AD-54 | |||
John L. E. "Bud" Collier | Republican | 57.5% | Win |
Prudence R. Thrift | Democratic | 42.5% | Loss |
AD-55 | |||
Vernon Kilpatrick | Democratic | 70% | Win |
Rayfield Lundy | Republican | 30% | Loss |
AD-56 | |||
Seth J. Johnson | Republican | 54.2% | Win |
Philip J. Schlessinger | Democratic | 45.8% | Loss |
AD-57 | |||
Charles J. Conrad | Republican | 57.6% | Win |
Clifford H. Marker | Democratic | 42.4% | Loss |
AD-58 | |||
Joseph C. Shell | Republican | 59.8% | Win |
Donald G. Tollefson | Democratic | 40.2% | Loss |
AD-59 | |||
Harold L. George | Write-in | 31.2% | Loss |
Charles W. Lyon | Republican | 19.3% | Loss |
Thomas M. Rees | Democratic | 49.5% | Win |
AD-60 | |||
Harold K. Levering | Republican | 60.3% | Win |
Henry J. Olson | Democratic | 39.7% | Loss |
AD-61 | |||
Carl E. Lindstrom | Republican | 33% | Loss |
Lester A. McMillan | Democratic | 67% | Win |
AD-62 | |||
Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins | Democratic | 100% | Win |
AD-63 | |||
Lucius Lomax Jr. | Democratic | 47.1% | Loss |
G. Delbert Morris | Republican | 52.9% | Win |
AD-64 | |||
Patrick D. McGee | Republican | 57.3% | Win |
Paul Roest | Democratic | 42.7% | Loss |
AD-65 | |||
John W. Evans | Republican | 46.9% | Loss |
Jesse M. Unruh | Democratic | 53.1% | Win |
AD-66 | |||
Kenneth A. Ross Jr. | Republican | 47.8% | Loss |
Charles H. Wilson | Democratic | 52.2% | Win |
AD-67 | |||
Clayton A. Dills | Democratic | 65.2% | Win |
Richard L. Tretheway | Republican | 34.8% | Loss |
AD-68 | |||
Vincent Thomas | Democratic | 74.3% | Win |
John A. Wild | Republican | 25.7% | Loss |
AD-69 | |||
Carley V. Porter | Democratic | 100% | Win |
AD-70 | |||
Ven O. Fahreney | Democratic | 46.4% | Loss |
William S. "Bill" Grant | Republican | 53.6% | Win |
AD-71 | |||
Lee Backstrand | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-72 | |||
Ray W. Ferguson | Republican | 43.5% | Loss |
Eugene G. Nisbet | Democratic | 56.5% | Win |
AD-73 | |||
Jack A. Beaver | Republican | 53.2% | Win |
Milton J. "Milt" Bell | Democratic | 46.8% | Loss |
AD-74 | |||
Oland W. Carrick | Democratic | 36.9% | Loss |
Earl W. Stanley | Republican | 63.1% | Win |
AD-75 | |||
Harry R. Fox | Democratic | 38.1% | Loss |
LeRoy E. Lyon Jr. | Republican | 61.9% | Win |
AD-76 | |||
J. Ward Casey | Republican | 100% | Win |
AD-77 | |||
Edwin S. "Ed" Bulen | Republican | 49.1% | Loss |
Sheridan N. Hegland | Democratic | 50.9% | Win |
AD-78 | |||
Frank Luckel | Republican | 63.7% | Win |
Tom Sherrard | Democratic | 36.3% | Loss |
AD-79 | |||
Wanda Sankary | Democratic | 50.4% | Win |
Chester E. Schneider | Republican | 49.6% | Loss |
AD-80 | |||
John E. Hunter | Democratic | 45.3% | Loss |
Jack Schrade | Republican | 54.7% | Win |