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1940-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for California (District 15)

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Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County John Costello*
(D)		 Norris Nelson
(R,Prog)		 Emil Freed
(Communist)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 94,43556.2% 71,66742.6% 2,0041.2% 490.0% 22,768 168,155
Total R vote: 71,667 (42.6%)      Total D vote: 94,435 (56.2%)      Total Other vote: 2,053 (1.2%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Norris Nelson 20,054 51.7%
2   John Costello* 15,795 40.7%
3   Wales Perdue 2,973 7.7%
TOTAL VOTES 38,822  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Costello* 24,902 53.9%
2   Norris Nelson 7,257 15.7%
3   Brigham Rose 6,156 13.3%
4   Jim Fitzgerald 4,452 9.6%
5   Henry Hayden 3,476 7.5%
TOTAL VOTES 46,243