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Election 1914 Results

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1914 California governor election

Hiram W. Johnson (Progressive) beat John D. Fredericks (Republican) in California in 1914, 49.7% to 29.4%, a margin of 20.3 points and 188,505 votes.

Hiram W. Johnson had won in 1910 as a Republican.

other candidates led in 56 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 223,652 votes and went to the other candidates by 33.2 points. The closest was Alpine, where 6 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
Hiram W. Johnson won Progressive 460,495 49.7%
John D. Fredericks Republican 271,990 29.4%
John B. Curtin Democratic 116,121 12.5%
All other candidates 78,083 8.4%
Total926,689

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 18,331 8.2% 65,484 29.3% 139,837 223,652 Others
San Francisco 16,167 12.2% 36,606 27.7% 79,330 132,103 Others
Alameda 7,968 9.0% 25,612 29.1% 54,498 88,078 Others
San Diego 2,864 8.2% 14,365 41.1% 17,726 34,955 Others
Santa Clara 3,337 11.0% 10,792 35.6% 16,192 30,321 Others
Sacramento 2,284 7.8% 8,661 29.6% 18,286 29,231 Others
Fresno 5,566 20.1% 4,964 17.9% 17,209 27,739 Others
San Bernardino 2,096 9.8% 7,634 35.7% 11,664 21,394 Others
San Joaquin 3,848 19.2% 5,759 28.8% 10,397 20,004 Others
Sonoma 2,967 15.6% 6,945 36.4% 9,149 19,061 Others
Orange 2,184 12.5% 6,096 34.8% 9,228 17,508 Others
Kern 3,178 20.4% 3,807 24.5% 8,557 15,542 Others
Tulare 3,349 22.0% 3,479 22.9% 8,396 15,224 Others
Riverside 1,146 8.8% 4,026 31.0% 7,796 12,968 Others
Butte 1,898 14.9% 3,357 26.4% 7,464 12,719 Others
Contra Costa 1,657 13.0% 3,050 24.0% 7,991 12,698 Others
Stanislaus 2,530 21.1% 2,201 18.4% 7,259 11,990 Others
Humboldt 830 7.1% 3,696 31.5% 7,204 11,730 Others
Solano 1,679 15.7% 2,837 26.5% 6,194 10,710 Others
San Mateo 1,002 10.5% 2,839 29.9% 5,669 9,510 Others
Santa Cruz 1,417 15.1% 2,814 30.1% 5,126 9,357 Others
Santa Barbara 1,675 18.0% 2,760 29.6% 4,881 9,316 Others
Marin 871 10.3% 3,071 36.3% 4,520 8,462 Others
Monterey 1,313 16.2% 2,697 33.4% 4,075 8,085 Others
Mendocino 1,585 19.7% 2,681 33.4% 3,763 8,029 Others
Napa 1,098 14.0% 3,077 39.1% 3,688 7,863 Others
San Luis Obispo 982 14.4% 1,890 27.7% 3,941 6,813 Others
Ventura 824 12.3% 2,649 39.5% 3,229 6,702 Others
Placer 705 10.8% 1,416 21.7% 4,394 6,515 Others
Siskiyou 1,342 21.0% 1,747 27.3% 3,303 6,392 Others
Imperial 873 13.9% 1,255 20.0% 4,150 6,278 Others
Yolo 1,353 22.4% 1,913 31.7% 2,766 6,032 Others
Shasta 811 13.7% 1,567 26.4% 3,557 5,935 Others
Merced 1,470 25.2% 1,402 24.1% 2,950 5,822 Others
Kings 1,133 19.7% 2,092 36.4% 2,526 5,751 Others
Nevada 1,101 20.9% 949 18.0% 3,220 5,270 Others
Tehama 1,084 21.2% 1,229 24.1% 2,792 5,105 Others
Yuba 587 14.8% 1,033 26.0% 2,356 3,976 Others
Colusa 1,208 33.8% 866 24.2% 1,505 3,579 Others
Glenn 633 17.9% 1,080 30.6% 1,817 3,530 Others
Tuolumne 1,309 37.1% 490 13.9% 1,730 3,529 Others
Calaveras 935 26.7% 990 28.3% 1,578 3,503 Others
Madera 1,093 31.3% 712 20.4% 1,692 3,497 Others
Amador 929 26.8% 1,041 30.1% 1,491 3,461 Others
Sutter 397 12.6% 1,463 46.4% 1,295 3,155 R+33.8
El Dorado 743 23.6% 992 31.6% 1,409 3,144 Others
San Benito 454 15.0% 1,184 39.1% 1,389 3,027 Others
Lake 587 23.3% 900 35.8% 1,028 2,515 Others
Lassen 400 16.2% 602 24.4% 1,465 2,467 Others
Modoc 609 26.7% 532 23.3% 1,141 2,282 Others
Inyo 258 11.8% 601 27.5% 1,327 2,186 Others
Plumas 232 11.7% 527 26.5% 1,231 1,990 Others
Trinity 267 17.2% 399 25.7% 884 1,550 Others
Mariposa 557 36.4% 229 15.0% 744 1,530 Others
Sierra 149 12.2% 410 33.4% 667 1,226 Others
Del Norte 168 14.8% 355 31.3% 612 1,135 Others
Mono 71 15.8% 123 27.5% 254 448 Others
Alpine 17 17.9% 42 44.2% 36 95 R+26.3

Counties as they stood in 1914; 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