1942 California gubernatorial election
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The 1942 California gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942. The election pitted incumbent Democratic Governor Culbert Olson against state Attorney General Earl Warren. Warren won in a landslide to become the 30th governor of California, receiving 57% of the vote to Olson's 42%.
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Primary election results
editCandidates
edit- Culbert L. Olson (D), incumbent governor
- Ray G. Owens (D)
- Alonzo J. Riggs (D)
- William E. Riker (R), white supremacist preacher
- Earl Warren (R), Attorney General of California
- Nathan T. Porter (Townsend)
- Fred Dyster (Prohibition)
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Culbert L. Olson (incumbent) | 514,144 | 52.04% | |
Democratic | Earl Warren | 404,778 | 40.97% | |
Democratic | Ray G. Owens | 50,780 | 5.14% | |
Democratic | Nathan T. Porter | 11,032 | 1.12% | |
Democratic | Alonzo J. Riggs | 7,231 | 0.73% | |
Total votes | 987,965 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Earl Warren | 635,230 | 94.22% | |
Republican | Nathan T. Porter | 15,602 | 2.31% | |
Republican | William E. Riker | 10,004 | 1.48% | |
Republican | Fred Dyster | 9,824 | 1.46% | |
Republican | Culbert L. Olson (write-in) | 3,504 | 0.52% | |
Total votes | 674,164 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Townsend | Nathan T. Porter | 1,899 | 65.33% | |
Townsend | Earl Warren (write-in) | 747 | 25.70% | |
Townsend | Culbert L. Olson (write-in) | 261 | 8.98% | |
Total votes | 2,907 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Prohibition | Fred Dyster | 1,561 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 1,561 | 100.00% |
General election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Earl Warren | 1,275,287 | 57.07% | +12.91% | |
Democratic | Culbert Olson (incumbent) | 932,995 | 41.75% | −10.74% | |
Townsend | Nathan T. Porter | 15,501 | 0.69% | +0.69% | |
Prohibition | Fred Dyster | 10,640 | 0.48% | +0.48% | |
Scattering | 122 | 0.01% | |||
Majority | 342,292 | 15.32% | |||
Total votes | 2,234,545 | 100.00% | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | +23.64% |
Results by county
editCounty | Earl Warren Republican |
Culbert L. Olson Democratic |
Nathan T. Porter Townsend |
Fred Dyster Prohibition |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alameda | 110,438 | 55.23% | 87,964 | 43.99% | 963 | 0.48% | 579 | 0.29% | 18 | 0.01% | 22,474 | 11.24% | 199,962 |
Alpine | 92 | 76.03% | 27 | 22.31% | 1 | 0.83% | 1 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 65 | 53.72% | 121 |
Amador | 1,506 | 61.37% | 926 | 37.73% | 11 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 580 | 23.63% | 2,454 |
Butte | 8,345 | 65.43% | 4,198 | 32.91% | 132 | 1.03% | 80 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,147 | 32.51% | 12,755 |
Calaveras | 1,922 | 73.81% | 664 | 25.50% | 13 | 0.50% | 5 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,258 | 48.31% | 2,604 |
Colusa | 2,102 | 71.59% | 805 | 27.42% | 22 | 0.75% | 7 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,297 | 44.18% | 2,936 |
Contra Costa | 21,450 | 51.88% | 19,542 | 47.27% | 173 | 0.42% | 175 | 0.42% | 4 | 0.01% | 1,908 | 4.61% | 41,344 |
Del Norte | 876 | 59.47% | 568 | 38.56% | 23 | 1.56% | 6 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 308 | 20.91% | 1,473 |
El Dorado | 2,632 | 60.44% | 1,662 | 38.16% | 35 | 0.80% | 26 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 970 | 22.27% | 4,355 |
Fresno | 23,002 | 51.39% | 21,116 | 47.18% | 384 | 0.86% | 258 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,886 | 4.21% | 44,760 |
Glenn | 2,955 | 68.42% | 1,321 | 30.59% | 25 | 0.58% | 18 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,634 | 37.83% | 4,319 |
Humboldt | 9,053 | 58.68% | 6,242 | 40.46% | 89 | 0.58% | 43 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,811 | 18.22% | 15,427 |
Imperial | 5,490 | 67.21% | 2,567 | 31.42% | 69 | 0.84% | 43 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,923 | 35.78% | 8,169 |
Inyo | 1,861 | 70.76% | 734 | 27.91% | 23 | 0.87% | 12 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,127 | 42.85% | 2,630 |
Kern | 18,083 | 60.14% | 11,707 | 38.94% | 139 | 0.46% | 138 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.00% | 6,376 | 21.21% | 30,068 |
Kings | 4,859 | 59.47% | 3,222 | 39.43% | 46 | 0.56% | 44 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,637 | 20.03% | 8,171 |
Lake | 1,980 | 72.53% | 676 | 24.76% | 56 | 2.05% | 18 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,304 | 47.77% | 2,730 |
Lassen | 2,151 | 54.26% | 1,763 | 44.48% | 43 | 1.08% | 7 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 388 | 9.79% | 3,964 |
Los Angeles | 506,038 | 54.12% | 417,360 | 44.64% | 6,729 | 0.72% | 4,866 | 0.52% | 54 | 0.01% | 88,678 | 9.48% | 935,047 |
Madera | 3,377 | 63.09% | 1,903 | 35.55% | 43 | 0.80% | 30 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,474 | 27.54% | 5,353 |
Marin | 11,307 | 66.73% | 5,531 | 32.64% | 58 | 0.34% | 48 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,776 | 34.09% | 16,944 |
Mariposa | 1,019 | 65.07% | 521 | 33.27% | 19 | 1.21% | 7 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 498 | 31.80% | 1,566 |
Mendocino | 5,719 | 64.37% | 3,056 | 34.40% | 54 | 0.61% | 55 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,663 | 29.98% | 8,884 |
Merced | 7,075 | 61.26% | 4,310 | 37.32% | 87 | 0.75% | 76 | 0.66% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,765 | 23.94% | 11,550 |
Modoc | 1,203 | 60.15% | 771 | 38.55% | 19 | 0.95% | 7 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 432 | 21.60% | 2,000 |
Mono | 393 | 72.78% | 143 | 26.48% | 1 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 250 | 46.30% | 540 |
Monterey | 11,278 | 65.73% | 5,738 | 33.44% | 88 | 0.51% | 52 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.01% | 5,540 | 32.29% | 17,158 |
Napa | 5,630 | 62.57% | 3,240 | 36.01% | 83 | 0.92% | 45 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,390 | 26.56% | 8,998 |
Nevada | 3,974 | 67.14% | 1,893 | 31.98% | 28 | 0.47% | 24 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,081 | 35.16% | 5,919 |
Orange | 31,065 | 69.54% | 12,847 | 28.76% | 377 | 0.84% | 385 | 0.86% | 1 | 0.00% | 18,218 | 40.78% | 44,675 |
Placer | 4,709 | 52.60% | 4,149 | 46.35% | 57 | 0.64% | 36 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.01% | 560 | 6.26% | 8,952 |
Plumas | 1,348 | 46.35% | 1,537 | 52.85% | 16 | 0.55% | 7 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -189 | -6.50% | 2,908 |
Riverside | 18,547 | 65.81% | 9,000 | 31.94% | 290 | 1.03% | 342 | 1.21% | 2 | 0.01% | 9,547 | 33.88% | 28,181 |
Sacramento | 29,175 | 51.92% | 26,475 | 47.11% | 372 | 0.66% | 173 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,700 | 4.80% | 56,195 |
San Benito | 2,592 | 74.06% | 878 | 25.09% | 11 | 0.31% | 17 | 0.49% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,714 | 48.97% | 3,500 |
San Bernardino | 28,517 | 64.49% | 14,880 | 33.65% | 365 | 0.83% | 453 | 1.02% | 5 | 0.01% | 13,637 | 30.84% | 44,220 |
San Diego | 51,709 | 58.56% | 35,113 | 39.76% | 906 | 1.03% | 579 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 16,596 | 18.79% | 88,307 |
San Francisco | 120,979 | 53.40% | 103,888 | 45.85% | 1,178 | 0.52% | 514 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.00% | 17,091 | 7.54% | 226,560 |
San Joaquin | 24,511 | 71.55% | 9,380 | 27.38% | 228 | 0.67% | 138 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 15,131 | 44.17% | 34,257 |
San Luis Obispo | 7,121 | 64.28% | 3,784 | 34.16% | 100 | 0.90% | 73 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,337 | 30.12% | 11,078 |
San Mateo | 26,037 | 63.43% | 14,737 | 35.90% | 175 | 0.43% | 96 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.01% | 11,300 | 27.53% | 41,050 |
Santa Barbara | 14,657 | 68.71% | 6,437 | 30.18% | 152 | 0.71% | 85 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.00% | 8,220 | 38.53% | 21,332 |
Santa Clara | 37,905 | 64.23% | 20,367 | 34.51% | 482 | 0.82% | 244 | 0.41% | 20 | 0.03% | 17.538 | 29.72% | 59,018 |
Santa Cruz | 9,858 | 66.45% | 4,761 | 32.09% | 136 | 0.92% | 80 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,097 | 34.36% | 14,835 |
Shasta | 4,591 | 56.48% | 3,382 | 41.60% | 119 | 1.46% | 37 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,209 | 14.87% | 8,129 |
Sierra | 442 | 53.77% | 376 | 45.74% | 3 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 66 | 8.03% | 822 |
Siskiyou | 5,217 | 61.03% | 3,151 | 36.86% | 150 | 1.75% | 30 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,066 | 24.17% | 8,548 |
Solano | 9,453 | 53.25% | 8,131 | 45.81% | 123 | 0.69% | 44 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,322 | 7.45% | 17,751 |
Sonoma | 14,299 | 60.94% | 8,962 | 38.19% | 132 | 0.56% | 70 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.01% | 5,337 | 22.74% | 23,465 |
Stanislaus | 13,286 | 62.49% | 7,624 | 35.86% | 149 | 0.70% | 201 | 0.95% | 1 | 0.00% | 5,662 | 26.63% | 21,261 |
Sutter | 3,552 | 73.13% | 1,258 | 25.90% | 30 | 0.62% | 17 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,294 | 47.23% | 4,857 |
Tehama | 3,339 | 73.71% | 1,133 | 25.01% | 34 | 0.75% | 24 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,206 | 48.70% | 4,530 |
Trinity | 948 | 58.74% | 635 | 39.34% | 26 | 1.61% | 5 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 313 | 19.39% | 1,614 |
Tulare | 14,797 | 68.41% | 6,498 | 30.04% | 175 | 0.81% | 160 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,299 | 38.38% | 21,630 |
Tuolumne | 2,624 | 65.13% | 1,360 | 33.76% | 33 | 0.82% | 12 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,264 | 31.37% | 4,029 |
Ventura | 10,282 | 56.36% | 7,730 | 42.37% | 147 | 0.81% | 86 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,552 | 13.99% | 18,245 |
Yolo | 4,853 | 61.93% | 2,921 | 37.28% | 35 | 0.45% | 27 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,932 | 24.66% | 7,836 |
Yuba | 3,014 | 66.92% | 1,431 | 31.77% | 39 | 0.87% | 20 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,583 | 35.15% | 4,504 |
Total | 1,275,287[a] | 57.07% | 932,995 | 41.75% | 15,501[b] | 0.69% | 10,640 | 0.48% | 122 | 0.01% | 342,292 | 15.32% | 2,234,545 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d California Secretary of State. State of California Statement of Vote Primary Election August 25, 1942. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. pp. 5–6. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
- ^ a b California Secretary of State. State of California Statement of Vote General Election November 3, 1942. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. p. 4. Retrieved July 20, 2024.