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Date Type Results
Nov 08, 2022 General Election
 Gavin Newsom(I)
6,470,099
59.18%
 Brian D. Dahle
4,462,910
40.82%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Gavin Newsom
7,721,410
61.95%
 John H. Cox
4,742,825
38.05%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.(I)
4,388,368
59.97%
 Neel Kashkari
2,929,213
40.03%
Nov 02, 2010 General Election
 Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.
5,428,149
53.77%
 Meg Whitman
4,127,391
40.88%
 Chelene Nightingale
166,312
1.65%
 Dale F. Ogden
150,895
1.49%
 Laura Wells
129,224
1.28%
 Carlos Alvarez
92,851
0.92%
 Cassandra A. Lieurance (W)
285
0.00%
  Lea Sherman (W)
43
0.00%
 Rakesh Kumar Christian (W)
13
0.00%
 Nadia Bahia Smalley (W)
8
0.00%
 Jacob Vangelisti (W)
4
0.00%
 Hugh G. Bagley (W)
4
0.00%
 Rowan Millar (W)
4
0.00%
  Anselmo A. Chávez (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Arnold Schwarzenegger(I)
4,850,157
55.88%
 Phil Angelides
3,376,732
38.91%
 Peter M. Camejo
205,995
2.37%
 Art Olivier
114,329
1.32%
 Janice Jordan
69,934
0.81%
 Ed Noonan
61,901
0.71%
 Robert C. Newman, II (W)
219
0.00%
  James E. Harris (W)
46
0.00%
 Donald "Dr. Don" Etkes (W)
43
0.00%
 Elisha Shapiro (W)
36
0.00%
 Vibert Greene (W)
18
0.00%
 Dealphria Christina Tarver (W)
6
0.00%
Oct 07, 2003 Special Election
 Arnold Schwarzenegger
4,206,284
48.58%
 Cruz M. Bustamante
2,724,874
31.47%
 Tom McClintock
1,161,287
13.41%
 Peter M. Camejo
242,247
2.80%
 Arianna Huffington
47,505
0.55%
 Peter V. Ueberroth
25,134
0.29%
 Larry C. Flynt
17,458
0.20%
  Gary Coleman
14,242
0.16%
 George B. Schwartzman
12,382
0.14%
 Mary Carey
11,179
0.13%
 Bruce Martin Margolin
9,188
0.11%
 Bill Simon
8,913
0.10%
 Van Vo
7,226
0.08%
  John Christopher Burton
6,748
0.08%
 David Laughing Horse Robinson
6,496
0.08%
 Leo A. Gallagher
5,466
0.06%
 Cheryl Bly-Chester
5,297
0.06%
 Lawrence Steven Strauss
5,245
0.06%
 Ronald Jason Palmieri
4,221
0.05%
  Calvin Y. Louie
3,906
0.05%
 Badi Badiozamani
3,404
0.04%
 Audie Bock
3,358
0.04%
 Ralph A. Hernandez
3,199
0.04%
 Edward "Ed" Kennedy
3,007
0.03%
 Dan F. Feinstein
2,927
0.03%
  Robert "Bob" McClain
2,857
0.03%
 James Henry Green
2,848
0.03%
 Garrett Gruener
2,562
0.03%
  Angelyne
2,536
0.03%
 Paul Mariano
2,455
0.03%
 Ivan Alexander Hall, III
2,346
0.03%
  James P. "Jim" Weir
2,328
0.03%
 Jerome A. Kunzman Jr.
2,317
0.03%
 Ned Fenton Roscoe
2,250
0.03%
 Georgina "Georgy" Russell
2,216
0.03%
 Jonathan D. Miller
2,214
0.03%
 Jack Loyd Grisham
2,200
0.03%
  Christopher A. Sproul
2,039
0.02%
 Daniel Watts
2,021
0.02%
 Ken Hamidi
1,948
0.02%
 Marc P. Valdez
1,840
0.02%
 Frank A. Macaluso Jr.
1,801
0.02%
 Daniel C. "Danny" Ramírez
1,778
0.02%
  Randall D. Sprague
1,771
0.02%
 Brooke Adams
1,713
0.02%
 Mohammad Arif
1,709
0.02%
 Nathan Whitecloud Walton
1,697
0.02%
 John J. "Jack" Hickey
1,689
0.02%
 Mike Schmier
1,652
0.02%
  C.T. Weber
1,626
0.02%
 Diana Foss
1,577
0.02%
 Michael J. Wozniak
1,562
0.02%
 B. E. Smith
1,545
0.02%
 Lingel H. Winters
1,466
0.02%
 Richard J. Simmons
1,422
0.02%
  Joe Guzzardi
1,419
0.02%
 Michael P. McCarthy
1,351
0.02%
 Art Brown
1,344
0.02%
 J. Leonard Padilla
1,343
0.02%
 Iris Adam
1,297
0.01%
 Maurice Jerome Walker
1,236
0.01%
  Trek Thunder Kelly
1,210
0.01%
 Vikramjit S. Bajwa
1,168
0.01%
 David Ronald Sams
1,166
0.01%
 Darin Price
1,152
0.01%
 Charles "Chuck" Pineda, Jr.
1,104
0.01%
 John "Jack" Mortensen
1,078
0.01%
  Sara Ann Hanlon
1,077
0.01%
 Diane Beall Templin
1,067
0.01%
 Dick Lane
1,065
0.01%
 James "Jim" Hoffman
1,046
0.01%
 William B. Vaughn
1,028
0.01%
 C. Stephen Henderson
989
0.01%
  Robert C. Newman, II
987
0.01%
 Jamie Rosemary Safford
943
0.01%
 Robert C. Mannheim
914
0.01%
 Dorene Musilli
907
0.01%
 Scott A. Mednick
903
0.01%
 A. Lavar Taylor
851
0.01%
  Brian Tracy
842
0.01%
 Kurt E. "Tachikaze" Rightmyer
837
0.01%
 Chris Ranken
823
0.01%
 Sharon Rushford
821
0.01%
 Darrin Scheidle
814
0.01%
 Patricia G. Tilley
792
0.01%
  Darryl L. Mobley
778
0.01%
 Alex St. James
771
0.01%
 Bob Lynn Edwards
758
0.01%
 Douglas Anderson
754
0.01%
 Joel Britton
751
0.01%
 Michael A. Jackson
746
0.01%
  Ed Beyer
727
0.01%
 Paul "Chip" Mailander
715
0.01%
 John W. Beard
699
0.01%
 Paul Nave
679
0.01%
 Robert Cullenbine
632
0.01%
 Warren Farrell
626
0.01%
  Chuck Walker
623
0.01%
 William S. Chambers
610
0.01%
 Vip Bhola
607
0.01%
 Gerold Lee Gorman
598
0.01%
 Dennis Duggan McMahon
591
0.01%
 James M. Vandeventer
588
0.01%
  Eric Korevaar
586
0.01%
 Kelly P. Kimball
582
0.01%
 Mike McNeilly
581
0.01%
 Saad Issa
554
0.01%
 Gino L. Martorana
532
0.01%
 Richard Andrew Gosse
497
0.01%
  Tim Sylvester
489
0.01%
 Bryan Quinn
474
0.01%
 Bill Prady
474
0.01%
 Jeffrey L. Mock
455
0.01%
 Paul W. Vann
452
0.01%
 Michael Cheli
451
0.01%
  Heather Peters
444
0.01%
 Jeff Rainforth
425
0.00%
 Ronald J. Friedman
419
0.00%
 Todd Carson
386
0.00%
 Scott W. Davis
384
0.00%
 Daniel W. Richards
383
0.00%
  Carl A. Mehr
376
0.00%
 Lorraine (Abner Zurd) Fontanes
365
0.00%
 Gary Leonard
359
0.00%
 Gregory J. Pawlik
349
0.00%
 Jon W. "The Bear" Zellhoefer
346
0.00%
 Reva Renee Renz
333
0.00%
  Kevin Richter
305
0.00%
 Stephen L. Knapp
298
0.00%
 William J. "Bill" Wyatt
281
0.00%
 D. (Logan Darrow) Clements
274
0.00%
 Robert A. "Butch" Dole
273
0.00%
 David E. Kessinger
261
0.00%
  Gene Forte
235
0.00%
 Todd Richard Lewis
192
0.00%
 Mathilda Karel Spak (W)
16
0.00%
 Jason Alan Gastrich (W)
11
0.00%
 Monty Manibog (W)
11
0.00%
 Thomas A. "Tom" Benigno (W)
7
0.00%
  R. Charlie Chadwick (W)
7
0.00%
 Shirley Coly (W)
5
0.00%
 Jane H. Dawson (W)
5
0.00%
 Pauline Cooper (W)
4
0.00%
 Paul Walton (W)
4
0.00%
 Jim "Poorman" Trenton (W)
3
0.00%
  Wignes K. Warren (W)
3
0.00%
 Christy Cassel (W)
2
0.00%
 Jacques Andre Istel (W)
2
0.00%
 Christian Meister (W)
2
0.00%
 Vincent Pallaver (W)
2
0.00%
 Lincoln Pickard (W)
2
0.00%
  Lynda L. Toth (W)
2
0.00%
 Donald P. Wang (W)
2
0.00%
 Robert D. Gibb (W)
1
0.00%
 Ronald Spangler (W)
1
0.00%
 Bill Thill (W)
1
0.00%
 Jurlene Jeanne Kokoa White (W)
1
0.00%
  Joel Wirth (W)
1
0.00%
 Donnie Adlen (W)
0
0.00%
 Harry W. Braun (W)
0
0.00%
 Yancey Hawkins (W)
0
0.00%
 Charles J. Hennegan (W)
0
0.00%
 Ruth Anson Sowby (W)
0
0.00%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Gray Davis(I)
3,533,490
47.26%
 Bill Simon
3,169,801
42.40%
 Peter M. Camejo
393,036
5.26%
 Gary Copeland
161,203
2.16%
 Reinhold "Ron" Gulke
128,035
1.71%
 Iris Adam
88,415
1.18%
 Rob Marinko (W)
1,789
0.02%
  James F Stewart (W)
327
0.00%
 Jim Mallon (W)
55
0.00%
 Nick Jesson (W)
46
0.00%
 Anselmo A. Chávez (W)
37
0.00%
 Debbie Jo Terzoli (W)
30
0.00%
 Nan Bailey (W)
28
0.00%
  Will B King (W)
13
0.00%
 Nick Hoogoian (W)
6
0.00%
 Art Olivier (W)
0
0.00%
Nov 03, 1998 General Election
 Gray Davis
4,860,702
57.97%
 Daniel E. "Dan" Lungren
3,218,030
38.38%
 Dan Hamburg
104,179
1.24%
 Steve W. Kubby
73,845
0.88%
 Gloria E. La Riva
59,218
0.71%
 Nathan Johnson
37,964
0.45%
 Harold H. Bloomfield
31,237
0.37%
  Gale Shangold (W)
16
0.00%
 Philip Ashamallah (W)
3
0.00%
 Holden Charles Hollom (W)
1
0.00%
 Lark D. Jursek (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Pete Wilson(I)
4,781,766
55.18%
 Kathleen L. Brown
3,519,799
40.62%
 Richard Rider
149,281
1.72%
 Jerome N."Jerry" McCready
133,888
1.55%
 Gloria E. La Riva
80,440
0.93%
 Aaron Boxerman (W)
130
0.00%
 Nick Miloslavich (W)
46
0.00%
  Thomas L Sailers (W)
16
0.00%
 Tim Oster (W)
9
0.00%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 Pete Wilson
3,791,904
49.25%
 Dianne Feinstein
3,525,197
45.78%
 Dennis Thompson
145,628
1.89%
 Jerome N."Jerry" McCready
139,661
1.81%
 Maria Elizabeth Muñoz
96,842
1.26%
 Joel Britton (W)
98
0.00%
 Charles A. Mahon III (W)
91
0.00%
  Franklin R. Geraty (W)
34
0.00%
 Jerry Irwin Solomon (W)
12
0.00%
Nov 04, 1986 General Election
 George Deukmejian(I)
4,505,601
60.54%
 Tom Bradley
2,781,714
37.38%
 Joseph Fuhrig
52,628
0.71%
 Maria Elizabeth Muñoz
51,995
0.70%
 Gary V. Miller
50,547
0.68%
 Matilde Zimmermann (W)
36
0.00%
 Roger "Jolly Roger" Fleenor (W)
24
0.00%
  Philip Ashamallah (W)
6
0.00%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 George Deukmejian
3,881,014
49.27%
 Tom Bradley
3,787,669
48.09%
 Dan P. Dougherty
81,076
1.03%
 Elizabeth Martínez
70,327
0.89%
 James C. Griffin
56,249
0.71%
 Melvin T. "Mel" Mason (W)
218
0.00%
 Cornelia M. Courtney (W)
44
0.00%
  William Clark (W)
43
0.00%
 George E. Arnold (W)
35
0.00%
 Albert Anthony Augustitus (W)
9
0.00%
 Jules Kimmett (W)
9
0.00%
 Mathew Prince (W)
5
0.00%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.(I)
3,878,812
56.03%
 Evelle J. Younger
2,526,534
36.50%
 Edward E. "Ed" Clark
377,960
5.46%
 Marilyn Seals
70,864
1.02%
 Theresa F. Dietrich
67,103
0.97%
 Frederick W. Halstead (W)
384
0.01%
 Stephen Emery (W)
169
0.00%
  James Conway (W)
132
0.00%
 Donald A. Lynch (W)
121
0.00%
 Jules Kimmett (W)
65
0.00%
 True R. Slocum (W)
58
0.00%
 Joel Lubin (W)
39
0.00%
 Paul D. Council (W)
37
0.00%
  John Hancock Abbott (W)
35
0.00%
 Laszlo Kecskemethy (W)
30
0.00%
 Lowell Thomas Hunter, Sr. (W)
29
0.00%
 Hector E. Lozoya (W)
6
0.00%
Nov 05, 1974 General Election
 Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.
3,131,648
50.12%
 Houston I. Flournoy
2,952,954
47.26%
 Edmon V. Kaiser
83,869
1.34%
 Elizabeth Keathley
75,004
1.20%
 John Hospers (W)
1,950
0.03%
 Olga L. Rodriguez (W)
1,062
0.02%
 Floyd Lee Wakefield (W)
821
0.01%
  Susan Denny Ker (W)
318
0.01%
 Herbert Steiner (W)
234
0.00%
 Robert H. Simpson (W)
127
0.00%
  Write-In (W)
43
0.00%
 Don Buck (W)
35
0.00%
 John Hancock Abbott (W)
5
0.00%
Nov 03, 1970 General Election
 Ronald Reagan(I)
3,439,664
52.84%
 Jesse M. "Jess" Unruh
2,938,607
45.14%
 Ricardo Romo
65,954
1.01%
 William Kennedy Shearer
65,847
1.01%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 Ronald Reagan
3,742,913
57.55%
 Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr.(I)
2,749,174
42.27%
  Write-In (W)
11,358
0.17%
Nov 06, 1962 General Election
 Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr.(I)
3,037,109
51.89%
 Richard M. Nixon
2,740,351
46.82%
 Robert L. Wyckoff
69,700
1.19%
 Joseph C. Shell (W)
3,166
0.05%
  Write-In (W)
2,299
0.04%
 Herbert Steiner (W)
448
0.01%
 R. C. Irvine (W)
159
0.00%
Nov 04, 1958 General Election
 Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr.
3,140,076
59.75%
 William F. Knowland
2,110,911
40.16%
 William Potter Gale (W)
2,301
0.04%
  Scattering (W)
1,745
0.03%
 L. A. Delaney (W)
505
0.01%
 Herbert Steiner (W)
239
0.00%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 Goodwin J. Knight(I)
2,290,519
56.83%
 Richard P. Graves
1,739,368
43.16%
  Scattering (W)
481
0.01%
Oct 05, 1953 Appointment
 Goodwin J. Knight
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 1950 General Election
 Earl Warren(I)
2,461,754
64.85%
 James Roosevelt
1,333,856
35.14%
  Scattering (W)
480
0.01%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 Earl Warren(I)
2,344,542
91.64%
 Henry R. Schmidt
180,579
7.06%
 Archie Brown (W)
22,606
0.88%
  Scattering (W)
4,312
0.17%
 James Roosevelt (W)
3,210
0.13%
 Robert Walker Kenny (W)
1,636
0.06%
 Albert Clark (W)
835
0.03%
  Robert W. Long (W)
679
0.03%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Earl Warren
1,275,237
57.07%
 Culbert L. Olson(I)
932,995
41.75%
 Nathan T. Porter
15,496
0.69%
 Fred Dyster
10,640
0.48%
  Scattering (W)
122
0.01%
Nov 08, 1938 General Election
 Culbert L. Olson
1,391,734
52.49%
 Frank F. Merriam(I)
1,171,019
44.17%
 Raymond L. Haight
64,418
2.43%
 Robert Noble
23,787
0.90%
  Scattering (W)
505
0.02%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 Frank F. Merriam(I)
1,138,620
48.87%
 Upton Sinclair
879,537
37.75%
 Raymond L. Haight
302,519
12.99%
 Sam Darcy
5,826
0.25%
 Milen C. Dempster
2,947
0.13%
  Scattering (W)
273
0.01%
Jun 02, 1934 Appointment
 Frank F. Merriam
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 James Rolph, Jr.
999,393
72.15%
 Milton K. Young
333,973
24.11%
 Upton Sinclair
50,480
3.64%
  Scattering (W)
1,283
0.09%
Nov 02, 1926 General Election
 Clement C. Young
814,815
71.22%
 Justus S. Wardell
282,451
24.69%
 Upton Sinclair
45,972
4.02%
  Scattering (W)
874
0.08%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 Friend William Richardson
576,445
59.69%
 Thomas Lee Woolwine
347,530
35.98%
 Alexander Horr
41,418
4.29%
  Scattering (W)
394
0.04%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 William D. Stephens(I)
387,547
56.27%
 Theodore Arlington Bell
251,189
36.47%
 Henry H. Roser
29,003
4.21%
 James Rolph, Jr. (W)
20,605
2.99%
  Scattering (W)
326
0.05%
Mar 13, 1917 Appointment
 William D. Stephens
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1914 General Election
 Hiram W. Johnson(I)
460,495
49.69%
 John D. Fredericks
271,990
29.35%
 John Barry "J.B." Curtin
116,121
12.53%
 Noble A. Richardson
50,716
5.47%
 Clinton P. Moore
27,345
2.95%
  Scattering (W)
22
0.00%
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 Hiram W. Johnson
177,191
45.94%
 Theodore Arlington Bell
154,835
40.14%
 J. Stitt Wilson
47,819
12.40%
 Simeon P. Meads
5,807
1.51%
  Scattering (W)
61
0.02%
Nov 06, 1906 General Election
 James Norris Gillett
125,887
40.35%
 Theodore Arlington Bell
117,645
37.71%
 William H. Langdon
45,008
14.43%
 Austin Lewis
16,036
5.14%
 James H. Blanchard
7,355
2.36%
  Scattering (W)
44
0.01%
Nov 04, 1902 General Election
 George C. Pardee
146,332
48.06%
 Franklin Knight Lane
143,783
47.22%
 Gideon S. Brower
9,592
3.15%
 Theodore D. Kanouse
4,636
1.52%
  Scattering (W)
130
0.04%
Nov 08, 1898 General Election
 Henry T. Gage
148,354
51.68%
 James G. Maguire
129,261
45.03%
 Job Harriman
5,143
1.79%
 Joseph E. McComas
4,297
1.50%
  Scattering (W)
9
0.00%
Nov 06, 1894 General Election
 James Herbert Budd
111,944
39.34%
 Morris M. Estee
110,738
38.92%
 Jonathan V. "John" Webster
51,304
18.03%
 Henry French
10,561
3.71%
  Scattering (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 04, 1890 General Election
 Henry H. Markham
125,129
49.56%
 Edward B. Pond
117,184
46.42%
 John Bidwell
10,073
3.99%
  Scattering (W)
71
0.03%
Sep 13, 1887 Appointment
 Robert W. Waterman
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1886 General Election
 Washington Bartlett
84,965
43.43%
 John F. Swift
84,316
43.09%
 Charles C. "C.C." O'Donnell
12,227
6.25%
 Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton
7,377
3.77%
 Joel Russell
6,432
3.29%
  Scattering (W)
336
0.17%
Nov 07, 1882 General Election
 George Stoneman
90,694
55.08%
 Morris M. Estee
67,175
40.79%
 R. H. McDonald
5,766
3.50%
 Thomas J. McQuiddy
1,020
0.62%
  Scattering (W)
18
0.01%
Sep 03, 1879 General Election
 George Clement Perkins
67,965
42.42%
 Hugh J. Glenn
47,667
29.75%
 William F. White
44,482
27.76%
 A. C. Clark
117
0.07%
  Scattering (W)
3
0.00%
Sep 07, 1875 General Election
 William Irwin
61,509
50.03%
 Timothy Guy Phelps
31,322
25.48%
 John Bidwell
29,752
24.20%
 William E. Lovett
356
0.29%
  Scattering (W)
9
0.01%
Feb 27, 1875 Appointment
 Romualdo Pacheco
1
100.00%
Sep 06, 1871 General Election
 Newton Booth
62,581
52.11%
 Henry H. Haight, Sr.(I)
57,520
47.89%
  Scattering (W)
0
0.00%
Sep 04, 1867 General Election
 Henry H. Haight, Sr.
49,895
54.03%
 George C. Gorham
40,359
43.71%
 Caleb T. Fay
2,088
2.26%
Sep 02, 1863 General Election
 Frederick F. Low
64,283
59.03%
 John G. Downey
44,622
40.97%
 Emperor Joshua A. Norton I (W)
1
0.00%
Sep 04, 1861 General Election
 Leland Stanford
56,036
46.80%
 John R. McConnell
32,751
27.35%
 John Conness
30,944
25.84%
Jan 14, 1860 Appointment
 John G. Downey
1
100.00%
Sep 07, 1859 General Election
 Milton Slocum Latham
61,352
59.70%
 John M. Currey
31,298
30.46%
 Leland Stanford
10,110
9.84%
Sep 02, 1857 General Election
 John B. Weller
53,122
56.71%
 Edward Stanly
21,040
22.46%
 George W. Bowie
19,481
20.80%
  Scattering (W)
29
0.03%
Sep 05, 1855 General Election
 J. Neely Johnson
51,157
52.53%
 John Bigler(I)
46,225
47.47%
  Scattering (W)
2
0.00%
Oct 08, 1853 General Election
 John Bigler(I)
38,940
50.97%
 William Waldo
37,454
49.03%
Sep 03, 1851 General Election
 John Bigler
23,175
50.48%
 Pierson B. Reading
22,732
49.51%
  Scattering (W)
5
0.01%
Jan 09, 1851 Appointment
 John McDougal
1
100.00%
Nov 13, 1849 General Election
 Peter H. Burnett
6,783
47.72%
 Winfield Scott Sherwood
3,220
22.66%
 John Augustus Sutter
2,201
15.49%
 John White Geary
1,358
9.55%
 William M. Steuart
619
4.36%
  Scattering (W)
32
0.23%

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