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Election 1926 Results

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1926 California governor election

Clement C. Young (Republican) beat Justus S. Wardell (Democrat) in California in 1926, 71.2% to 24.7%, a margin of 46.5 points and 532,364 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1922, when Friend William Richardson won.

Republicans led in 58 of the 58 counties as they stood then. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 374,056 votes and went to the Republican by 60.7 points. The closest was Alpine, where 43 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
Clement C. Young won Republican 814,815 71.2%
Justus S. Wardell Democratic 282,451 24.7%
All other candidates 46,846 4.1%
Total1,144,112

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 64,281 17.2% 291,368 77.9% 18,407 374,056 R+60.7
San Francisco 47,757 38.1% 73,012 58.3% 4,532 125,301 R+20.2
Alameda 32,686 26.5% 85,412 69.3% 5,221 123,319 R+42.8
San Diego 6,441 16.9% 29,994 78.5% 1,759 38,194 R+61.7
Fresno 8,181 24.2% 24,469 72.4% 1,132 33,782 R+48.2
Santa Clara 6,592 19.8% 25,837 77.5% 929 33,358 R+57.7
Sacramento 9,675 31.1% 20,679 66.4% 793 31,147 R+35.3
Orange 4,466 18.3% 19,110 78.3% 834 24,410 R+60.0
San Joaquin 6,349 26.9% 16,586 70.2% 685 23,620 R+43.3
San Bernardino 4,666 20.1% 17,561 75.8% 934 23,161 R+55.7
Sonoma 7,577 38.2% 11,639 58.7% 608 19,824 R+20.5
Kern 8,026 43.3% 9,724 52.4% 801 18,551 R+9.2
Contra Costa 4,668 28.0% 11,257 67.6% 736 16,661 R+39.5
Tulare 5,101 31.0% 10,754 65.3% 619 16,474 R+34.3
San Mateo 3,964 24.4% 11,679 71.8% 619 16,262 R+47.4
Humboldt 3,170 23.9% 9,566 72.1% 533 13,269 R+48.2
Stanislaus 3,489 26.4% 9,133 69.1% 599 13,221 R+42.7
Riverside 2,235 17.3% 10,306 79.6% 404 12,945 R+62.3
Solano 3,565 32.2% 7,144 64.4% 377 11,086 R+32.3
Butte 2,925 27.9% 7,129 68.0% 426 10,480 R+40.1
Santa Cruz 2,658 26.4% 6,986 69.4% 423 10,067 R+43.0
Marin 3,369 33.5% 6,370 63.3% 323 10,062 R+29.8
Santa Barbara 2,274 24.2% 6,762 71.9% 375 9,411 R+47.7
Monterey 2,140 25.1% 6,121 71.9% 258 8,519 R+46.7
San Luis Obispo 2,221 27.5% 5,432 67.4% 410 8,063 R+39.8
Ventura 1,336 17.5% 6,125 80.1% 189 7,650 R+62.6
Imperial 1,116 14.6% 6,303 82.5% 220 7,639 R+67.9
Napa 3,279 43.5% 4,105 54.4% 162 7,546 R+10.9
Merced 1,876 26.4% 4,952 69.6% 287 7,115 R+43.2
Mendocino 2,065 31.1% 4,339 65.4% 232 6,636 R+34.3
Siskiyou 1,708 26.8% 4,394 69.0% 262 6,364 R+42.2
Placer 1,501 25.1% 4,263 71.4% 205 5,969 R+46.3
Yolo 1,797 33.2% 3,509 64.9% 101 5,407 R+31.7
Kings 1,755 32.6% 3,456 64.3% 167 5,378 R+31.6
Tehama 1,406 30.5% 2,974 64.4% 236 4,616 R+34.0
Shasta 1,373 31.4% 2,811 64.3% 191 4,375 R+32.9
Madera 1,083 26.2% 2,876 69.5% 180 4,139 R+43.3
Sutter 1,067 27.9% 2,678 69.9% 85 3,830 R+42.1
Yuba 1,042 27.3% 2,680 70.3% 88 3,810 R+43.0
Nevada 1,044 27.8% 2,515 67.1% 190 3,749 R+39.2
Glenn 1,057 30.3% 2,326 66.6% 108 3,491 R+36.4
El Dorado 1,355 43.4% 1,660 53.2% 104 3,119 R+9.8
Colusa 1,336 43.5% 1,681 54.7% 54 3,071 R+11.2
Lassen 687 23.1% 2,198 73.8% 93 2,978 R+50.7
Tuolumne 732 27.1% 1,818 67.3% 151 2,701 R+40.2
San Benito 780 29.3% 1,828 68.7% 54 2,662 R+39.4
Lake 864 33.9% 1,572 61.6% 116 2,552 R+27.7
Inyo 487 21.1% 1,651 71.6% 168 2,306 R+50.5
Calaveras 471 22.5% 1,528 73.1% 91 2,090 R+50.6
Amador 771 42.6% 991 54.8% 46 1,808 R+12.2
Plumas 334 19.3% 1,297 75.1% 96 1,727 R+55.8
Modoc 517 32.7% 1,022 64.6% 44 1,583 R+31.9
Del Norte 293 23.1% 941 74.3% 32 1,266 R+51.2
Trinity 253 23.8% 749 70.4% 62 1,064 R+46.6
Mariposa 326 34.2% 587 61.7% 39 952 R+27.4
Sierra 217 23.4% 668 72.1% 41 926 R+48.7
Mono 38 13.1% 236 81.7% 15 289 R+68.5
Alpine 9 14.8% 52 85.2% 61 R+70.5

Counties as they stood in 1926; 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