user: Question:  how many result with candidates being Richard J. Welch (R) Unopposed
Columns: ['District', 'Incumbent', 'Party', 'First elected', 'Result', 'Candidates']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'text', 'real', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: ['California 1', 'Clarence F. Lea', 'Democratic', 1916.0, 'Re-elected', 'Clarence F. Lea (D) Unopposed']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("Result") FROM "Table" WHERE "Candidates" = 'Richard J. Welch (R) Unopposed';