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Election 1879 Results

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1879 California governor election

George C. Perkins (Republican) beat Hugh J. Glenn (Democrat) in California in 1879, 42.4% to 29.7%, a margin of 12.7 points and 20,318 votes.

California changed party: in 1875 it went Democratic, for William Irwin.

Republicans led in 27 of the 52 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 23 and other candidates in 2. The largest, San Francisco, cast 41,444 votes and went to the Republican by 36.3 points. The closest was Humboldt, where 10 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George C. Perkins won Republican 67,965 42.4%
Hugh J. Glenn Democratic 47,647 29.7%
William F. White Workingmen's 44,482 27.8%
All other candidates 121 0.1%
Total160,215

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
San Francisco 3,900 9.4% 18,944 45.7% 18,600 41,444 R+36.3
Alameda 1,418 14.8% 5,179 53.9% 3,010 9,607 R+39.1
Los Angeles 2,743 40.4% 1,930 28.4% 2,117 6,790 D+12.0
Sacramento 1,370 21.8% 3,505 55.7% 1,423 6,298 R+33.9
Santa Clara 1,329 22.1% 2,703 44.9% 1,988 6,020 R+22.8
Sonoma 2,523 52.9% 1,611 33.8% 637 4,771 D+19.1
San Joaquin 1,838 40.5% 2,078 45.8% 618 4,534 R+5.3
Nevada 842 20.6% 1,755 42.9% 1,497 4,094 R+22.3
Solano 918 24.8% 1,625 43.9% 1,162 3,705 R+19.1
Butte 1,477 43.1% 1,715 50.1% 234 3,426 R+6.9
Humboldt 365 12.1% 1,317 43.8% 1,327 3,009 Others
Placer 759 27.1% 1,213 43.3% 828 2,800 R+16.2
El Dorado 1,126 41.8% 1,163 43.2% 402 2,691 R+1.4
Yolo 1,164 46.1% 1,027 40.7% 332 2,523 D+5.4
Amador 1,136 45.5% 1,033 41.4% 325 2,494 D+4.1
Santa Cruz 800 32.6% 901 36.8% 750 2,451 R+4.1
Monterey 750 31.8% 839 35.6% 767 2,356 R+3.8
Mendocino 1,398 60.1% 752 32.3% 178 2,328 D+27.7
Napa 833 35.8% 960 41.3% 533 2,326 R+5.5
Colusa 1,506 66.4% 659 29.1% 103 2,268 D+37.3
Yuba 594 27.1% 1,073 48.9% 526 2,193 R+21.8
Calaveras 748 34.8% 770 35.8% 634 2,152 R+1.0
Tulare 1,259 61.2% 611 29.7% 186 2,056 D+31.5
Contra Costa 576 28.1% 919 44.8% 558 2,053 R+16.7
Santa Barbara 689 33.8% 755 37.0% 596 2,040 R+3.2
San Luis Obispo 646 33.2% 631 32.4% 668 1,945 Others
Tuolumne 579 33.7% 738 43.0% 400 1,717 R+9.3
Siskiyou 917 54.0% 666 39.2% 116 1,699 D+14.8
Mono 494 29.5% 786 47.0% 392 1,672 R+17.5
Stanislaus 994 59.7% 593 35.6% 77 1,664 D+24.1
Shasta 808 49.8% 576 35.5% 240 1,624 D+14.3
San Mateo 424 26.6% 647 40.6% 522 1,593 R+14.0
San Bernardino 636 41.6% 509 33.3% 383 1,528 D+8.3
Sierra 457 30.3% 826 54.7% 227 1,510 R+24.4
Tehama 864 57.9% 517 34.6% 112 1,493 D+23.2
San Diego 678 48.0% 627 44.4% 108 1,413 D+3.6
Marin 322 23.6% 658 48.1% 387 1,367 R+24.6
Fresno 951 70.4% 285 21.1% 114 1,350 D+49.3
Lake 789 60.2% 340 25.9% 182 1,311 D+34.2
Plumas 500 38.3% 702 53.8% 103 1,305 R+15.5
Sutter 470 37.1% 670 52.9% 126 1,266 R+15.8
Ventura 737 61.1% 321 26.6% 148 1,206 D+34.5
Kern 777 66.8% 328 28.2% 58 1,163 D+38.6
San Benito 621 56.7% 227 20.7% 248 1,096 D+35.9
Merced 573 53.1% 343 31.8% 163 1,079 D+21.3
Mariposa 615 60.4% 317 31.1% 86 1,018 D+29.3
Trinity 307 34.0% 430 47.6% 166 903 R+13.6
Modoc 565 66.7% 272 32.1% 10 847 D+34.6
Lassen 424 57.8% 287 39.1% 23 734 D+18.7
Inyo 295 52.1% 252 44.5% 19 566 D+7.6
Del Norte 104 18.7% 269 48.3% 184 557 R+29.6
Alpine 59 33.0% 111 62.0% 9 179 R+29.1

Counties as they stood in 1879; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

California governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Gavin Newsom (D) D+18.4
2018 Gavin Newsom (D) D+23.9
2014 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+19.9
2010 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+12.9
2006 Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) R+17.0
2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) R+17.1
2002 Gray Davis (D) D+4.9
1998 Gray Davis (D) D+19.6
1994 Pete Wilson (R) R+14.6
1990 Pete Wilson (R) R+3.5
1986 George Deukmejian (R) R+23.2
1982 George Deukmejian (R) R+1.2
1978 Edmund G. Brown Jr. (D) D+19.5
1974 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+2.9
1970 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.7
1966 Ronald Reagan (R) R+15.3
1962 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+5.1
1958 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+19.6
1954 Goodwin J. Knight (R) R+13.7
1950 Earl Warren (R) R+29.7
1946 Earl Warren (R) R+91.6
1942 Earl Warren (R) R+15.3
1938 Culbert L. Olson (D) D+8.3
1934 Frank F. Merriam (R) R+11.1
1930 James Rolph Jr. (R) R+48.0
1926 Clement C. Young (R) R+46.5
1922 Friend William Richardson (R) R+23.7
1918 William Stephens (R) R+56.3
1914 Hiram W. Johnson (other)
1910 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+5.8
1906 James Gillett (R) R+2.6
1902 George C. Pardee (R) R+0.8
1898 Henry Gage (R) R+6.7
1894 James H. Budd (D) D+0.4
1890 Henry H. Markham (R) R+3.1
1886 Washington Bartlett (D) D+0.3
1882 George Stoneman (D) D+14.3
1879 George C. Perkins (R) R+12.7
1875 William Irwin (D) D+24.6
1871 Newton Booth (R) R+4.2
1867 Henry H. Haight (D) D+10.3