District
Incumbent
This race
Member
Party
First elected
Results
Candidates
California 1
Bizz Johnson Redistricted from the 2nd district
Democratic
1958
Incumbent re-elected.
California 2
Don Clausen Redistricted from the 1st district
Republican
1963 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected.
California 3
John E. Moss
Democratic
1952
Incumbent re-elected.
Y John E. Moss (Democratic) 72.3%
Ivaldo Lenci (Republican) 27.7%
California 4
Robert Leggett
Democratic
1962
Incumbent re-elected.
California 5
John Burton Redistricted from the 6th district
Democratic
1974
Incumbent re-elected.
California 6
Phillip Burton Redistricted from the 5th district
Democratic
1964
Incumbent re-elected.
California 7
Jerome Waldie Redistricted from the 14th district
Democratic
1966
Incumbent retired to run for Governor of California . New member elected. Democratic hold.
Y George Miller (Democratic) 55.6%
Gary Fernandez (Republican) 44.4%
California 8
Ron Dellums Redistricted from the 7th district
Democratic
1970
Incumbent re-elected.
California 9
Pete Stark Redistricted from the 8th district
Democratic
1972
Incumbent re-elected.
Y Pete Stark (Democratic) 70.6%
Edson Adams (Republican) 29.4%
California 10
Don Edwards Redistricted from the 9th district
Democratic
1962
Incumbent re-elected.
Y Don Edwards (Democratic) 77.0%
John M. Enright (Republican) 23.0%
California 11
Leo Ryan
Democratic
1972
Incumbent re-elected.
California 12
Pete McCloskey Redistricted from the 17th district
Republican
1967 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected.
Y Pete McCloskey (Republican) 69.1%
Gary G. Gillmor (Democratic) 30.9%
California 13
Charles Gubser Redistricted from the 10th district
Republican
1952
Incumbent retired. New member elected.Democratic gain .
California 14
John J. McFall Redistricted from the 15th district
Democratic
1956
Incumbent re-elected.
California 15
B. F. Sisk Redistricted from the 16th district
Democratic
1954
Incumbent re-elected.
Y B. F. Sisk (Democratic) 71.9%
Carol O. Harner (Republican) 28.1%
California 16
Burt Talcott Redistricted from the 12th district
Republican
1962
Incumbent re-elected.
California 17
Bob Mathias Redistricted from the 18th district
Republican
1966
Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected.Democratic gain .
California 18
William M. Ketchum Redistricted from the 36th district
Republican
1972
Incumbent re-elected.
California 19
Robert Lagomarsino Redistricted from the 13th district
Republican
1974
Incumbent re-elected.
California 20
Barry Goldwater Jr. Redistricted from the 27th district
Republican
1969 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected.
California 21
James C. Corman Redistricted from the 22nd district
Democratic
1960
Incumbent re-elected.
California 22
Carlos Moorhead Redistricted from the 20th district
Republican
1972
Incumbent re-elected.
California 23
Thomas M. Rees Redistricted from the 26th district
Democratic
1965 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected.
Y Thomas M. Rees (Democratic) 71.5%
Jack E. Roberts (Republican) 28.5%
California 24
None (District created)
New seat. New member elected.Democratic gain .
California 25
Edward R. Roybal Redistricted from the 30th district
Democratic
1962
Incumbent re-elected.
California 26
John H. Rousselot Redistricted from the 24th district
Republican
1960 1962 (defeated) 1970 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected.
California 27
Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. Redistricted from the 28th district
Republican
1960
Incumbent re-elected.
California 28
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Redistricted from the 37th district
Democratic
1972
Incumbent re-elected.
California 29
Augustus Hawkins Redistricted from the 21st district
Democratic
1962
Incumbent re-elected.
California 30
George E. Danielson Redistricted from the 29th district
Democratic
1970
Incumbent re-elected.
Chet Holifield Redistricted from the 19th district
Democratic
1942
Incumbent retired.Democratic loss .
California 31
Charles H. Wilson
Democratic
1962
Incumbent re-elected.
California 32
Glenn M. Anderson Redistricted from the 35th district
Democratic
1968
Incumbent re-elected.
California 33
Del M. Clawson Redistricted from the 23rd district
Republican
1963 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected.
California 34
Craig Hosmer Redistricted from the 32nd district
Republican
1952
Incumbent retired. New member elected.Democratic gain .
California 35
Victor Veysey Redistricted from the 43rd district
Republican
1970
Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected.Democratic gain .
California 36
George Brown Jr. Redistricted from the 38th district
Democratic
1962 1970 (Retired) 1972
Incumbent re-elected.
California 37
Jerry Pettis Redistricted from the 33rd district
Republican
1966
Incumbent re-elected.
California 38
Richard T. Hanna Redistricted from the 34th district
Democratic
1962
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
California 39
Charles E. Wiggins Redistricted from the 25th district
Republican
1966
Incumbent re-elected.
California 40
Andrew J. Hinshaw Redistricted from the 39th district
Republican
1972
Incumbent re-elected.
California 41
Bob Wilson Redistricted from the 40th district
Republican
1952
Incumbent re-elected.
California 42
Lionel Van Deerlin Redistricted from the 41st district
Democratic
1962
Incumbent re-elected.
California 43
Clair Burgener Redistricted from the 42nd district
Republican
1972
Incumbent re-elected.