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Election 1906 Results

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1906 California governor election

James Gillett (Republican) beat Theodore Arlington Bell (Democrat) in California in 1906, 40.4% to 37.7%, a margin of 2.6 points and 8,242 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1902, when George C. Pardee won.

Democrats led in 34 of the 57 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 22 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 47,737 votes and went to the Republican by 16.8 points. The closest was Tuolumne, where 16 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
James Gillett won Republican 125,887 40.4%
Theodore Arlington Bell Democratic 117,645 37.7%
William Langdon United States Independence 45,008 14.4%
All other candidates 23,435 7.5%
Total311,975

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 12,937 27.1% 20,936 43.9% 13,864 47,737 R+16.8
San Francisco 11,650 31.2% 12,903 34.6% 12,782 37,335 R+3.4
Alameda 6,561 23.6% 11,029 39.7% 10,218 27,808 R+16.1
Santa Clara 3,805 30.6% 5,714 46.0% 2,909 12,428 R+15.4
Sacramento 7,074 64.6% 3,345 30.5% 535 10,954 D+34.0
Fresno 4,642 47.3% 4,082 41.6% 1,100 9,824 D+5.7
Sonoma 4,346 48.4% 3,687 41.1% 944 8,977 D+7.3
San Diego 2,469 31.7% 3,621 46.4% 1,710 7,800 R+14.8
San Joaquin 3,474 46.5% 3,160 42.3% 832 7,466 D+4.2
San Bernardino 2,080 29.8% 3,165 45.3% 1,735 6,980 R+15.5
Humboldt 2,420 37.5% 3,633 56.3% 400 6,453 R+18.8
Solano 2,918 51.9% 2,061 36.6% 648 5,627 D+15.2
Butte 2,753 50.7% 2,057 37.9% 616 5,426 D+12.8
Orange 1,629 30.1% 2,566 47.4% 1,221 5,416 R+17.3
Contra Costa 1,693 32.7% 2,158 41.7% 1,324 5,175 R+9.0
Tulare 2,654 53.4% 1,513 30.4% 802 4,969 D+23.0
Mendocino 2,028 43.4% 2,114 45.2% 531 4,673 R+1.8
Santa Cruz 1,760 38.6% 1,696 37.2% 1,107 4,563 D+1.4
Monterey 1,560 35.9% 1,755 40.4% 1,026 4,341 R+4.5
Santa Barbara 1,323 30.6% 1,794 41.5% 1,207 4,324 R+10.9
Riverside 1,156 26.9% 2,093 48.7% 1,045 4,294 R+21.8
Kern 1,878 44.0% 1,484 34.8% 905 4,267 D+9.2
Napa 2,480 61.0% 1,303 32.1% 281 4,064 D+29.0
San Luis Obispo 1,683 42.0% 1,574 39.3% 746 4,003 D+2.7
Marin 1,247 32.7% 1,760 46.2% 805 3,812 R+13.5
Shasta 1,468 40.2% 1,425 39.1% 756 3,649 D+1.2
Nevada 1,983 54.6% 1,239 34.1% 409 3,631 D+20.5
Siskiyou 1,718 49.6% 1,406 40.6% 340 3,464 D+9.0
San Mateo 863 25.8% 1,690 50.6% 789 3,342 R+24.7
Yolo 1,782 53.9% 1,305 39.4% 221 3,308 D+14.4
Placer 1,729 53.5% 1,255 38.9% 245 3,229 D+14.7
Ventura 875 28.5% 1,449 47.1% 750 3,074 R+18.7
Stanislaus 1,350 44.1% 1,197 39.1% 513 3,060 D+5.0
Calaveras 922 35.5% 1,159 44.7% 514 2,595 R+9.1
Tehama 1,281 51.7% 877 35.4% 322 2,480 D+16.3
Amador 1,181 50.9% 889 38.4% 248 2,318 D+12.6
El Dorado 1,245 54.2% 831 36.2% 221 2,297 D+18.0
Merced 1,116 48.9% 792 34.7% 374 2,282 D+14.2
Tuolumne 780 34.3% 732 32.2% 764 2,276 D+2.1
Kings 967 42.9% 1,056 46.9% 229 2,252 R+4.0
Yuba 1,091 55.9% 693 35.5% 168 1,952 D+20.4
Colusa 1,303 72.1% 375 20.8% 128 1,806 D+51.4
Madera 781 47.4% 626 38.0% 240 1,647 D+9.4
Sutter 807 51.2% 679 43.1% 91 1,577 D+8.1
San Benito 635 42.3% 582 38.8% 283 1,500 D+3.5
Glenn 992 68.6% 375 25.9% 80 1,447 D+42.6
Lake 743 51.5% 492 34.1% 207 1,442 D+17.4
Modoc 658 55.4% 486 40.9% 44 1,188 D+14.5
Sierra 592 51.5% 459 39.9% 98 1,149 D+11.6
Trinity 402 36.6% 517 47.1% 179 1,098 R+10.5
Plumas 493 46.2% 473 44.4% 100 1,066 D+1.9
Mariposa 454 45.4% 322 32.2% 223 999 D+13.2
Lassen 484 50.6% 391 40.9% 81 956 D+9.7
Inyo 190 20.5% 284 30.7% 452 926 Others
Del Norte 302 38.9% 383 49.4% 91 776 R+10.4
Mono 169 41.7% 193 47.7% 43 405 R+5.9
Alpine 14 20.6% 52 76.5% 2 68 R+55.9

Counties as they stood in 1906; 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