district                                  incumbent                    party            first elected                              result                                         candidates
0    california 2                                clair engle               democratic                     1943                        re - elected                          clair engle (d) unopposed
1    california 5                               john shelley               democratic                     1949                        re - elected                         john shelley (d) unopposed
2    california 8   george paul miller redistricted from 6th               democratic                     1944                        re - elected                   george paul miller (d) unopposed
3   california 12       allan o hunter redistricted from 9th               republican                     1950                        re - elected                       allan o hunter (r) unopposed
4   california 13  ernest k bramblett redistricted from 11th               republican                     1946                        re - elected   ernest k bramblett (r) 51.0% will hays (d) 49.0%
5   california 14     thomas h werdel redistricted from 10th               republican                     1948  lost re - election democratic gain   harlan hagen (d) 51.0% thomas h werdel (r) 49.0%
6   california 15                         gordon l mcdonough               republican                     1944                        re - elected                   gordon l mcdonough (r) unopposed
7   california 18                    none (district created)  none (district created)  none (district created)            new seat republican gain  craig hosmer (r) 55.5% joseph m kennick (d) 44.5%
8   california 20                          john carl hinshaw               republican                     1938                        re - elected                    john carl hinshaw (r) unopposed
9   california 22                    none (district created)  none (district created)  none (district created)            new seat republican gain   joseph f holt (r) 60.5% dean e mchenry (d) 39.5%
10  california 29     john j phillips redistricted from 22nd               republican                     1942                        re - elected                      john j phillips (r) unopposed

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