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Election 1934 Results

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1934 California governor election

Frank F. Merriam (Republican) beat Upton Sinclair (Democrat) in California in 1934, 48.9% to 37.8%, a margin of 11.1 points and 259,083 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1930, when James Rolph Jr. won.

Republicans led in 49 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6 and other candidates in 3. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 964,636 votes and went to the Republican by 5.4 points. The closest was Plumas, where 13 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
Frank F. Merriam won Republican 1,138,620 48.9%
Upton Sinclair Democratic 879,537 37.8%
Raymond L. Haight California Progressive 302,519 13.0%
All other candidates 9,046 0.4%
Total2,329,722

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 405,331 42.0% 457,755 47.5% 101,550 964,636 R+5.4
San Francisco 87,850 38.9% 115,047 50.9% 23,080 225,977 R+12.0
Alameda 73,233 37.7% 102,328 52.7% 18,671 194,232 R+15.0
San Diego 32,073 36.7% 44,422 50.8% 11,013 87,508 R+14.1
Santa Clara 19,281 31.2% 37,156 60.1% 5,424 61,861 R+28.9
Sacramento 16,291 30.1% 19,360 35.8% 18,497 54,148 R+5.7
San Bernardino 19,157 35.9% 30,285 56.8% 3,917 53,359 R+20.9
Orange 14,092 27.9% 27,099 53.7% 9,247 50,438 R+25.8
Fresno 15,509 30.8% 15,338 30.5% 19,500 50,347 Others
San Joaquin 13,720 36.3% 17,612 46.6% 6,429 37,761 R+10.3
San Mateo 13,022 36.9% 18,448 52.3% 3,807 35,277 R+15.4
Contra Costa 15,591 45.7% 15,540 45.5% 3,009 34,140 D+0.1
Riverside 9,896 31.0% 19,892 62.3% 2,127 31,915 R+31.3
Kern 11,348 37.3% 14,798 48.6% 4,308 30,454 R+11.3
Sonoma 8,164 30.6% 15,329 57.4% 3,206 26,699 R+26.8
Tulare 6,867 26.1% 9,850 37.5% 9,577 26,294 R+11.3
Santa Barbara 7,735 32.3% 14,429 60.3% 1,768 23,932 R+28.0
Stanislaus 6,260 27.5% 7,853 34.5% 8,675 22,788 Others
Ventura 6,560 32.2% 11,015 54.1% 2,795 20,370 R+21.9
Humboldt 6,448 35.8% 9,179 51.0% 2,388 18,015 R+15.2
Monterey 5,585 31.0% 11,083 61.5% 1,345 18,013 R+30.5
Marin 6,494 36.3% 9,756 54.5% 1,652 17,902 R+18.2
Santa Cruz 5,155 29.9% 10,905 63.2% 1,204 17,264 R+33.3
Butte 5,932 35.3% 8,041 47.8% 2,842 16,815 R+12.5
Solano 5,112 33.9% 6,728 44.6% 3,254 15,094 R+10.7
Imperial 5,637 40.4% 7,253 52.0% 1,056 13,946 R+11.6
San Luis Obispo 5,093 37.4% 6,422 47.1% 2,116 13,631 R+9.7
Merced 3,727 32.1% 4,123 35.5% 3,759 11,609 R+3.4
Siskiyou 3,514 32.8% 4,202 39.2% 3,006 10,722 R+6.4
Mendocino 2,763 28.1% 6,178 62.9% 886 9,827 R+34.8
Napa 2,806 28.8% 5,750 59.0% 1,197 9,753 R+30.2
Placer 3,113 31.9% 3,337 34.2% 3,300 9,750 R+2.3
Kings 2,326 26.4% 3,633 41.2% 2,863 8,822 R+14.8
Yolo 1,646 18.7% 4,087 46.4% 3,067 8,800 R+27.7
Shasta 2,819 36.7% 3,283 42.7% 1,578 7,680 R+6.0
Nevada 2,165 31.0% 3,163 45.3% 1,649 6,977 R+14.3
Madera 2,441 36.4% 2,204 32.8% 2,067 6,712 D+3.5
Tehama 1,816 28.1% 2,865 44.3% 1,781 6,462 R+16.2
Sutter 1,980 32.4% 2,872 47.0% 1,257 6,109 R+14.6
El Dorado 1,681 32.2% 1,744 33.4% 1,801 5,226 Others
Yuba 1,601 30.6% 2,603 49.8% 1,022 5,226 R+19.2
Lassen 2,023 39.4% 1,697 33.1% 1,409 5,129 D+6.4
Glenn 1,456 28.6% 2,342 46.0% 1,293 5,091 R+17.4
Colusa 861 18.6% 2,584 55.7% 1,194 4,639 R+37.1
San Benito 1,251 27.8% 2,931 65.2% 310 4,492 R+37.4
Tuolumne 1,940 45.0% 1,580 36.6% 795 4,315 D+8.3
Lake 1,338 32.7% 2,317 56.5% 443 4,098 R+23.9
Amador 981 26.2% 1,946 52.0% 815 3,742 R+25.8
Calaveras 1,232 37.1% 1,524 45.8% 569 3,325 R+8.8
Plumas 1,226 37.0% 1,213 36.6% 872 3,311 D+0.4
Modoc 836 28.4% 1,452 49.4% 652 2,940 R+21.0
Inyo 877 33.2% 1,514 57.4% 247 2,638 R+24.1
Del Norte 1,106 44.7% 1,221 49.4% 145 2,472 R+4.7
Mariposa 865 37.2% 1,089 46.8% 373 2,327 R+9.6
Trinity 993 44.9% 889 40.2% 329 2,211 D+4.7
Sierra 471 31.5% 676 45.2% 349 1,496 R+13.7
Mono 234 28.4% 520 63.1% 70 824 R+34.7
Alpine 13 7.2% 158 87.3% 10 181 R+80.1

Counties as they stood in 1934; 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