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Election 1930 Results

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1930 California governor election

James Rolph Jr. (Republican) beat Milton K. Young (Democrat) in California in 1930, 72.2% to 24.1%, a margin of 48.0 points and 665,420 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1926, when Clement C. Young won.

Republicans led in 58 of the 58 counties as they stood then. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 484,713 votes and went to the Republican by 27.8 points. The closest was Alpine, where 55 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
James Rolph Jr. won Republican 999,393 72.2%
Milton K. Young Democratic 333,973 24.1%
All other candidates 51,763 3.7%
Total1,385,129

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 164,656 34.0% 299,417 61.8% 20,640 484,713 R+27.8
San Francisco 15,189 10.0% 130,547 86.1% 5,862 151,598 R+76.1
Alameda 18,797 14.1% 108,258 81.1% 6,473 133,528 R+67.0
San Diego 13,985 24.2% 41,835 72.5% 1,889 57,709 R+48.3
Santa Clara 8,088 17.8% 35,991 79.2% 1,360 45,439 R+61.4
Fresno 9,925 27.4% 25,211 69.6% 1,086 36,222 R+42.2
Sacramento 4,082 11.5% 30,685 86.1% 858 35,625 R+74.7
Orange 14,019 42.9% 18,039 55.2% 609 32,667 R+12.3
San Joaquin 4,891 16.1% 24,704 81.3% 793 30,388 R+65.2
San Bernardino 8,242 28.8% 19,457 68.0% 919 28,618 R+39.2
San Mateo 2,361 10.9% 18,556 85.4% 802 21,719 R+74.6
Sonoma 3,855 18.3% 16,788 79.6% 458 21,101 R+61.3
Contra Costa 3,134 16.0% 15,673 80.2% 726 19,533 R+64.2
Kern 3,890 21.8% 13,388 75.1% 554 17,832 R+53.3
Tulare 5,517 33.7% 10,286 62.8% 587 16,390 R+29.1
Riverside 3,612 24.2% 10,789 72.4% 497 14,898 R+48.2
Stanislaus 5,866 41.0% 7,860 54.9% 593 14,319 R+13.9
Marin 1,447 10.6% 11,775 86.0% 468 13,690 R+75.4
Humboldt 1,452 10.8% 11,594 86.2% 398 13,444 R+75.4
Santa Barbara 2,156 16.4% 10,611 80.8% 365 13,132 R+64.4
Solano 1,745 14.9% 9,658 82.2% 343 11,746 R+67.4
Santa Cruz 2,598 23.3% 8,222 73.9% 312 11,132 R+50.5
Ventura 2,610 23.5% 8,130 73.2% 361 11,101 R+49.7
Monterey 1,870 17.7% 8,368 79.2% 325 10,563 R+61.5
Butte 2,236 23.3% 6,991 72.8% 379 9,606 R+49.5
San Luis Obispo 2,027 21.1% 7,192 74.9% 386 9,605 R+53.8
Imperial 2,475 26.8% 6,509 70.4% 257 9,241 R+43.7
Mendocino 1,496 17.4% 6,833 79.7% 245 8,574 R+62.2
Merced 2,325 30.7% 4,987 65.8% 262 7,574 R+35.1
Napa 1,498 20.5% 5,658 77.5% 142 7,298 R+57.0
Siskiyou 1,223 17.5% 5,511 78.7% 265 6,999 R+61.3
Kings 1,831 27.8% 4,563 69.2% 200 6,594 R+41.4
Placer 1,194 18.9% 4,847 76.8% 269 6,310 R+57.9
Yolo 1,147 21.0% 4,206 77.1% 105 5,458 R+56.0
Shasta 854 16.8% 4,033 79.3% 196 5,083 R+62.5
Madera 1,375 30.0% 3,060 66.7% 150 4,585 R+36.8
Sutter 848 19.9% 3,284 77.0% 134 4,266 R+57.1
Nevada 614 14.5% 3,482 82.2% 140 4,236 R+67.7
Tehama 1,444 35.0% 2,488 60.3% 191 4,123 R+25.3
Glenn 961 28.4% 2,326 68.8% 92 3,379 R+40.4
Lake 736 23.7% 2,266 73.0% 102 3,104 R+49.3
Colusa 745 24.7% 2,214 73.5% 55 3,014 R+48.7
Tuolumne 618 20.8% 2,234 75.3% 113 2,965 R+54.5
Lassen 542 18.9% 2,223 77.4% 107 2,872 R+58.5
El Dorado 463 16.3% 2,299 80.8% 83 2,845 R+64.5
Yuba 360 12.9% 2,363 84.7% 66 2,789 R+71.8
San Benito 556 22.9% 1,816 74.9% 52 2,424 R+52.0
Inyo 474 20.0% 1,800 76.0% 94 2,368 R+56.0
Calaveras 359 16.8% 1,696 79.5% 78 2,133 R+62.7
Plumas 252 12.8% 1,659 84.6% 51 1,962 R+71.7
Del Norte 203 10.9% 1,600 86.0% 57 1,860 R+75.1
Amador 245 15.8% 1,278 82.3% 30 1,553 R+66.5
Modoc 322 20.8% 1,181 76.1% 48 1,551 R+55.4
Trinity 182 15.6% 928 79.3% 60 1,170 R+63.8
Sierra 157 15.5% 827 81.9% 26 1,010 R+66.3
Mariposa 165 17.6% 747 79.6% 26 938 R+62.0
Mono 58 12.2% 394 82.9% 23 475 R+70.7
Alpine 1 1.7% 56 96.6% 1 58 R+94.8

Counties as they stood in 1930; 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