district             incumbent       party  first elected                              result                                         candidates
0    california 3           john e moss  democratic           1952             retired democratic hold        bob matsui (d) 53.4% sandy smoley (r) 46.6%
1    california 4      robert l leggett  democratic           1962             retired democratic hold        victor h fazio (d) 55.4% rex hime (r) 44.6%
2    california 5         john l burton  democratic           1974                        re - elected    john l burton (d) 66.8% dolores skore (r) 33.2%
3    california 8           ron dellums  democratic           1970                        re - elected   ron dellums (d) 57.4% charles v hughes (r) 42.6%
4   california 10           don edwards  democratic           1962                        re - elected        don edwards (d) 67.1% rudy hansen (r) 32.9%
5   california 15        bernice f sisk  democratic           1954             retired democratic hold   tony coelho (d) 60.1% chris patterakis (r) 39.9%
6   california 16          leon panetta  democratic           1976                        re - elected    leon panetta (d) 61.4% eric seastrand (r) 38.6%
7   california 17       john hans krebs  democratic           1974  lost re - election republican gain  chip pashayan (r) 54.5% john hans krebs (d) 45.5%
8   california 20  barry goldwater , jr  republican           1969                        re - elected  barry goldwater , jr (r) 66.4% pat lear (d) 33.6%
9   california 26      john h rousselot  republican           1970                        re - elected                     john h rousselot (r) unopposed
10  california 27            bob dornan  republican           1976                        re - elected          bob dornan (r) 51.0% carey peck (d) 49.0%
11  california 30    george e danielson  democratic           1970                        re - elected  george e danielson (d) 71.4% henry ares (r) 28.6%
12  california 31      charles h wilson  democratic           1962                        re - elected  charles h wilson (d) 67.8% don grimshaw (r) 32.2%
13  california 35         james f lloyd  democratic           1974                        re - elected     james f lloyd (d) 54.0% david dreier (r) 46.0%
14  california 38     jerry m patterson  democratic           1974                        re - elected  jerry m patterson (d) 58.6% dan goedeke (r) 41.4%
15  california 40         robert badham  republican           1976                        re - elected        robert badham (r) 65.9% jim mcguy (d) 34.1%
16  california 41            bob wilson  republican           1952                        re - elected    bob wilson (r) 58.1% king golden , jr (d) 41.9%

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