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Election 1922 Results

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1922 California governor election

Friend William Richardson (Republican) beat Thomas Lee Woolwine (Democrat) in California in 1922, 59.7% to 36.0%, a margin of 23.7 points and 228,915 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1918, when William Stephens won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 256,673 votes and went to the Republican by 36.9 points. The closest was Plumas, where 21 votes separated the two parties.

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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
Friend William Richardson won Republican 576,445 59.7%
Thomas Lee Woolwine Democratic 347,530 36.0%
All other candidates 41,812 4.3%
Total965,787

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 74,892 29.2% 169,563 66.1% 12,218 256,673 R+36.9
San Francisco 70,464 53.3% 56,302 42.6% 5,459 132,225 D+10.7
Alameda 33,250 33.9% 60,130 61.4% 4,584 97,964 R+27.4
San Diego 8,271 25.1% 22,792 69.3% 1,831 32,894 R+44.1
Fresno 11,164 34.8% 19,354 60.4% 1,540 32,058 R+25.5
Sacramento 13,474 46.3% 14,530 50.0% 1,068 29,072 R+3.6
Santa Clara 9,484 33.6% 17,977 63.6% 787 28,248 R+30.1
San Joaquin 7,539 36.1% 12,567 60.2% 758 20,864 R+24.1
San Bernardino 5,566 26.9% 13,699 66.1% 1,448 20,713 R+39.3
Orange 4,351 21.6% 15,137 75.0% 692 20,180 R+53.4
Kern 6,970 38.7% 9,706 53.9% 1,332 18,008 R+15.2
Tulare 4,640 27.0% 11,978 69.6% 586 17,204 R+42.7
Contra Costa 6,620 40.5% 8,860 54.2% 862 16,342 R+13.7
Sonoma 6,748 41.6% 9,004 55.4% 487 16,239 R+13.9
Riverside 2,921 21.4% 10,351 75.9% 373 13,645 R+54.5
Stanislaus 3,831 28.6% 8,997 67.2% 564 13,392 R+38.6
San Mateo 5,658 45.6% 6,227 50.2% 519 12,404 R+4.6
Solano 5,343 49.1% 5,168 47.5% 366 10,877 D+1.6
Humboldt 2,345 21.7% 7,984 73.9% 474 10,803 R+52.2
Santa Barbara 2,873 29.0% 6,754 68.1% 296 9,923 R+39.1
Butte 3,922 40.4% 5,493 56.5% 303 9,718 R+16.2
Marin 3,738 40.5% 5,211 56.5% 276 9,225 R+16.0
Santa Cruz 2,591 29.8% 5,789 66.6% 318 8,698 R+36.8
Ventura 2,377 30.6% 5,145 66.2% 245 7,767 R+35.6
Monterey 2,826 39.5% 4,145 57.9% 188 7,159 R+18.4
Napa 3,401 47.7% 3,541 49.6% 192 7,134 R+2.0
San Luis Obispo 2,185 31.5% 4,344 62.6% 410 6,939 R+31.1
Imperial 2,328 33.6% 4,376 63.2% 223 6,927 R+29.6
Merced 2,311 37.7% 3,550 57.9% 271 6,132 R+20.2
Mendocino 2,380 38.8% 3,531 57.6% 220 6,131 R+18.8
Kings 2,304 38.1% 3,550 58.6% 199 6,053 R+20.6
Placer 2,702 47.0% 2,817 49.0% 229 5,748 R+2.0
Siskiyou 2,487 43.3% 2,922 50.8% 338 5,747 R+7.6
Yolo 2,375 43.7% 2,964 54.6% 91 5,430 R+10.8
Shasta 2,272 44.2% 2,659 51.8% 205 5,136 R+7.5
Glenn 1,257 31.6% 2,659 66.9% 60 3,976 R+35.3
Tehama 1,264 32.0% 2,528 64.1% 153 3,945 R+32.0
Madera 1,575 41.6% 2,031 53.6% 182 3,788 R+12.0
Nevada 1,478 41.0% 1,959 54.3% 169 3,606 R+13.3
Yuba 1,584 47.2% 1,716 51.2% 54 3,354 R+3.9
Tuolumne 1,445 43.2% 1,709 51.1% 193 3,347 R+7.9
Colusa 1,469 45.4% 1,723 53.3% 41 3,233 R+7.9
San Benito 1,165 38.6% 1,782 59.0% 74 3,021 R+20.4
Sutter 1,107 38.4% 1,728 59.9% 51 2,886 R+21.5
El Dorado 1,438 50.6% 1,308 46.0% 97 2,843 D+4.6
Inyo 692 27.3% 1,678 66.3% 162 2,532 R+38.9
Calaveras 908 39.0% 1,325 56.9% 96 2,329 R+17.9
Lassen 1,026 45.9% 1,138 50.9% 73 2,237 R+5.0
Amador 1,082 48.5% 1,111 49.8% 38 2,231 R+1.3
Modoc 696 37.6% 1,110 59.9% 47 1,853 R+22.3
Lake 669 40.3% 951 57.3% 40 1,660 R+17.0
Plumas 559 44.5% 580 46.1% 118 1,257 R+1.7
Trinity 377 35.9% 597 56.8% 77 1,051 R+20.9
Del Norte 291 29.2% 653 65.6% 51 995 R+36.4
Mariposa 496 49.9% 456 45.9% 41 993 D+4.0
Sierra 251 42.4% 320 54.1% 21 592 R+11.7
Mono 86 26.2% 221 67.4% 21 328 R+41.2
Alpine 12 20.7% 45 77.6% 1 58 R+56.9

Counties as they stood in 1922; 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