CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS ’92 : CONGRESS / LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Candidates II: The Sequel : Campaign: Familiar names jockey for votes as redistricting shuffles the political field.

Several familiar names--Reagan, Dymally, Beverly, Anderson, Unruh, Rousselot--have surfaced to turn some of Los Angeles County’s congressional primaries into Candidates II.

But whether returning from long retirement or emerging as the second generation, the new candidates must grapple with the same election-year Angst that is troubling longtime incumbents most of all--voters’ anti-politician sentiment.

The following are contested congressional primary races countywide that are drawing political experts’ attention:

24th District: Sherman Oaks, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Malibu / 45% Democrat, 44% Republican

The well known and the well financed are wrestling for the GOP nomination in this new district: Thousand Oaks Assembly member Tom McClintock, a conservative’s conservative who has served for 10 years in Sacramento, is trying to move into national politics against two contenders from Calabasas--Sang Korman, a wealthy entrepreneur, and trade consultant Jim Salomon. Both men have run for office before; both outspent the competition but lost the elections.

McClintock, noting that Korman spent $550,000 of his own money in two previous campaigns, acknowledged that Korman’s “ability to spend literally hundreds of thousands of dollars on media makes him a formidable candidate.”

Six other Republicans--Robert Colaco, Nicholas T. Hariton, Rob Meyer, Bill Spillane, Harry Wachtel and Stephen M. Weiss--also are seeking the nomination.

Whoever wins will square off against the unopposed eight-term Democratic incumbent, Rep. Anthony C. Beilenson, who as a result of redistricting is running in more conservative territory. Beilenson, a longtime liberal, recently came out in support of a measure to keep the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants from becoming citizens.

25th District: Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, Lancaster, Palmdale / 52% Republican, 37% Democrat

Old names looking for new work: former L.A. County Assessor John Lynch, Santa Clarita City Council member Howard (Buck) McKeon and blast-from-the-past former Rep. John Rousselot, once a John Birch Society leading light, are half of the GOP primary field in this district. Filling it out are Assembly member Phillip Wyman, considered a front-runner, Larry Logsdon and Tom McVarish.

Stretching from Northridge to the Mojave Desert, this is a conservative stronghold where candidates take right-wing positions on abortion, defense and immigration.

Wyman and McKeon each has about 14 years of government experience and, in a normal election year, they would trumpet that. But in this Year of the Outsider, neither is eager to show off their political pasts. In fact, they have gone so far as to wrangle over who has the least time in government. “Buck McKeon has been an elected official since March, 1978,” said Wyman. “I was elected in November, 1978, and didn’t take office until December.” Retorted McKeon’s campaign manager, Armando Azarloza: “If you look up ‘career politician’ in the dictionary, you’ll find a picture of Phil Wyman.”

James H. Gilmartin is carrying the Democratic standard alone.

30th District: Atwater Village, Echo Park, Los Angeles, Silver Lake, Westlake / 60% Democratic, 26% Republican

Edward R. Roybal, dean of Los Angeles’ Latino politicians, is retiring, and 10 Democrats--most of them Latino--want to succeed him in a virtual sure-fire Democratic district.

First-term Assembly member Xavier Becerra and Los Angeles school board member Leticia Quezada are considered the front-runners. Becerra has the endorsement of Roybal and county Supervisor Gloria Molina.

Both candidates have pledged to fight for education and health care programs.

Quezada’s emphasis on women’s issues has earned her the support of EMILY’s list, a nationwide political fund-raising group that supports women’s candidates. But the other four candidates are outspending Becerra and Quezada 2 to 1.

Attorney Albert C. Lum, the only Asian-American candidate, has spent nearly $150,000 to plaster the district with signs to increase his name identification and to stress his outsider’s campaign.

Jeff Penichet, owner of a local firm that produces bilingual educational material, has lent himself nearly $200,000 to rail against the House check-writing scandal and other abuses.

The other Democrats are Mark Calney, Helen Hernandez, Gonzalo Molina, Ysidro Sid Molina (neither is related to the supervisor), Roland R. Mora and Esca W. Smith. Morry Waksberg is the lone Republican.

31st District: Alhambra, Azusa, El Monte, Monterey Park / 58% Democrat, 30% Republican

In 10 years in office, Democratic Rep. Matthew G. Martinez has been dismissed as a political lightweight and branded as inept, but he keeps winning elections.

So this year his chief primary opponent, attorney Bonifacio (Bonny) Garcia, is eschewing personal attacks, barely mentioning Martinez’s 19 bad checks in the House banking scandal or Martinez’s missing votes and lackluster legislative record.

Instead, Garcia has been talking about the need for leadership to bring jobs here. He has the support of many city council members in a proposed crusade to attract federal offices and corporate headquarters. He has raised more than $100,000 for his campaign while spurning donations from political action committees. But some experts say he is $200,000 short of the amount needed to bump an incumbent.

Meanwhile, Martinez is boasting that he has helped 100,000 constituents with problems, has worked for job training and has the seniority to get things done.

A. Gus Hernandez and Louis A.M. Ritchie are other Democratic contenders. Republicans Reuben D. Franco and Nick (Nisar) Hai are facing off against each other.

37th District: Carson, Compton, Long Beach, Watts, Wilmington / 77% Democratic, 15% Republican

With no Republican bothering to run in this heavily Democratic district, the June election will decide who is going to Congress: front-runner Lynn Dymally, daughter of the controversial retiring Rep. Mervyn Dymally; flamboyant, stubborn Compton Mayor Walter Tucker III; equally stubborn Carson City Council member Vera Robles DeWitt, or the less likely candidates, Lawrence A. Grigsby or Joe Mendez Jr.

All three leading candidates are bent on not just proving themselves to be the best choice, but proving the others unworthy with such negative tidbits as:

* Tucker’s no-contest plea to a misdemeanor charge of altering an official document while working as a deputy district attorney and his dismissal in the late ‘80s.

* DeWitt’s personal financial troubles, which have shown up in mailers.

* Criticism of Dymally as a Compton Unified school board member who is riding her father’s coattails to Congress.

“Why is it that when a son follows in his father’s footsteps, he is just a chip off the old block, but when a daughter does the same, her father is pushing her into it?” Dymally asked. “It is an insult to women. . . . I have earned this right.”

All three want to bring jobs to the district and start job-training programs. Unemployment and crime imperil this district whose one-third black population has been able to keep political power. About 45% of residents are Latino, but only 14% are registered to vote.

38th District: Bellflower, Downey, Lakewood, Long Beach, Paramount / 48% Democrat, 41% Republican

A baker’s dozen of major party candidates are struggling to succeed veteran Democratic Rep. Glenn M. Anderson--including his stepson, Evan Anderson Braude, a Long Beach City Council member.

But when Anderson announced his retirement and Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher decided to move to Orange County, Republicans took a look at the redrawn blue-collar district and decided that it was ripe for the plucking.

So GOP voters are awash in signs and slick mailers emphasizing the eight candidates’ pro-business, anti-tax, anti-illegal immigration and welfare reform themes. Perhaps the best known is former Assembly member Dennis Brown, known by critics as “Dr. No” for his conservative opposition during 12 years in the Assembly.

Brown, who once had Oliver North stumping for him, is expecting a battle from equally conservative Tom Poe, a former aide to Supervisor Deane Dana. Two others, Cal State Long Beach professor Steve Horn, a moderate Republican who supports abortion rights, and wealthy Whittier businessman Andrew Hopwood, have poured thousands into the race. Others are Jerry Bakke, John C. Brogdon, Sanford W. Kahn and William A. Ward.

Although four other Democrats are running--Bill Glazewski, Clarence Gregory, Peter Mathews and Ray O’Neal--whoever wins the Republican primary is expected to face Braude, who has a respected record and his stepfather’s name to back him. Democrats are not buying into Republican predictions that the district is theirs for the taking.