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1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California - Wikipedia

  • ️Tue Nov 02 1982

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1982 United States House of Representatives elections in California
← 1980 November 2, 1982 1984 →
All 45 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 23 20
Seats won 28 17
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 3
Popular vote 3,815,205 3,603,102
Percentage 50.32% 47.52%

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1982. California gained two seats, both of which were won by Democrats, as a result of the 1980 census, and Democrats picked up three Republican-held districts.

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
Party Votes % Before After +/–
Democratic 3,815,205 50.32% 23 28 +5
Republican 3,603,102 47.52% 20 17 -3
Libertarian 127,480 1.68% 0 0 0
Peace and Freedom 31,270 0.41% 0 0 0
American Independent 5,564 0.07% 0 0 0
Totals 7,582,621 100.00% 43 45 +2

One special election was held apart from those in November. The elected winner would serve the remainder of the incumbent Congress and face re-election in November.

Date District Reason & Result Candidates
July 13, 1982 California 30 George E. Danielson (D) resigned March 9, 1982.
Democratic hold
Winner was subsequently re-elected in November 		Matthew G. Martinez (D)
John H. Rousselot (R)

Final results from the Clerk of the House of Representatives: [1]