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Election 1942 Results

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1942 California governor election

Earl Warren (Republican) beat Culbert L. Olson (Democrat) in California in 1942, 57.1% to 41.8%, a margin of 15.3 points and 342,242 votes.

California changed party: in 1938 it went Democratic, for Culbert L. Olson.

Republicans led in 57 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 935,047 votes and went to the Republican by 9.5 points. The closest was Alpine, where 65 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
Earl Warren won Republican 1,275,237 57.1%
Culbert L. Olson Democratic 932,995 41.8%
All other candidates 26,258 1.2%
Total2,234,490

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 417,360 44.6% 506,038 54.1% 11,649 935,047 R+9.5
San Francisco 103,888 45.9% 120,979 53.4% 1,693 226,560 R+7.5
Alameda 87,964 44.0% 110,438 55.2% 1,560 199,962 R+11.2
San Diego 35,113 39.8% 51,709 58.6% 1,485 88,307 R+18.8
Santa Clara 20,367 34.5% 37,905 64.2% 746 59,018 R+29.7
Sacramento 26,475 47.1% 29,175 51.9% 545 56,195 R+4.8
Fresno 21,116 47.2% 23,002 51.4% 642 44,760 R+4.2
Orange 12,847 28.8% 31,065 69.5% 763 44,675 R+40.8
San Bernardino 14,880 33.6% 28,517 64.5% 823 44,220 R+30.8
Contra Costa 19,542 47.3% 21,450 51.9% 352 41,344 R+4.6
San Mateo 14,737 35.9% 26,037 63.4% 276 41,050 R+27.5
San Joaquin 9,380 27.4% 24,511 71.6% 366 34,257 R+44.2
Kern 11,707 38.9% 18,083 60.1% 278 30,068 R+21.2
Riverside 9,000 31.9% 18,547 65.8% 634 28,181 R+33.9
Sonoma 8,962 38.2% 14,299 60.9% 204 23,465 R+22.7
Tulare 6,498 30.0% 14,797 68.4% 335 21,630 R+38.4
Santa Barbara 6,437 30.2% 14,657 68.7% 238 21,332 R+38.5
Stanislaus 7,624 35.9% 13,286 62.5% 351 21,261 R+26.6
Ventura 7,730 42.4% 10,282 56.4% 233 18,245 R+14.0
Solano 8,131 45.8% 9,453 53.3% 167 17,751 R+7.4
Monterey 5,738 33.4% 11,278 65.7% 142 17,158 R+32.3
Marin 5,531 32.6% 11,307 66.7% 106 16,944 R+34.1
Humboldt 6,242 40.5% 9,053 58.7% 132 15,427 R+18.2
Santa Cruz 4,761 32.1% 9,858 66.5% 216 14,835 R+34.4
Butte 4,198 32.9% 8,345 65.4% 212 12,755 R+32.5
Merced 4,310 37.3% 7,075 61.3% 165 11,550 R+23.9
San Luis Obispo 3,784 34.2% 7,121 64.3% 173 11,078 R+30.1
Napa 3,240 36.0% 5,630 62.6% 128 8,998 R+26.6
Placer 4,149 46.3% 4,709 52.6% 94 8,952 R+6.3
Mendocino 3,056 34.4% 5,719 64.4% 109 8,884 R+30.0
Siskiyou 3,151 36.9% 5,217 61.0% 180 8,548 R+24.2
Kings 3,222 39.4% 4,859 59.5% 90 8,171 R+20.0
Imperial 2,567 31.4% 5,490 67.2% 112 8,169 R+35.8
Shasta 3,382 41.6% 4,591 56.5% 156 8,129 R+14.9
Yolo 2,921 37.3% 4,853 61.9% 62 7,836 R+24.7
Nevada 1,893 32.0% 3,974 67.1% 52 5,919 R+35.2
Madera 1,903 35.6% 3,377 63.1% 73 5,353 R+27.5
Sutter 1,258 25.9% 3,552 73.1% 47 4,857 R+47.2
Tehama 1,133 25.0% 3,339 73.7% 58 4,530 R+48.7
Yuba 1,431 31.8% 3,014 66.9% 59 4,504 R+35.1
El Dorado 1,662 38.2% 2,632 60.4% 61 4,355 R+22.3
Glenn 1,321 30.6% 2,955 68.4% 43 4,319 R+37.8
Tuolumne 1,360 33.8% 2,624 65.1% 45 4,029 R+31.4
Lassen 1,763 44.5% 2,151 54.3% 50 3,964 R+9.8
San Benito 878 25.1% 2,592 74.1% 30 3,500 R+49.0
Colusa 805 27.4% 2,102 71.6% 29 2,936 R+44.2
Plumas 1,537 52.9% 1,348 46.4% 23 2,908 D+6.5
Lake 676 24.8% 1,980 72.5% 74 2,730 R+47.8
Inyo 734 27.9% 1,861 70.8% 35 2,630 R+42.9
Calaveras 664 25.5% 1,922 73.8% 18 2,604 R+48.3
Amador 926 37.7% 1,506 61.4% 22 2,454 R+23.6
Modoc 771 38.6% 1,203 60.2% 26 2,000 R+21.6
Trinity 635 39.3% 948 58.7% 31 1,614 R+19.4
Mariposa 521 33.3% 1,019 65.1% 26 1,566 R+31.8
Del Norte 568 38.6% 876 59.5% 29 1,473 R+20.9
Sierra 376 45.7% 442 53.8% 4 822 R+8.0
Mono 143 26.5% 393 72.8% 4 540 R+46.3
Alpine 27 22.3% 92 76.0% 2 121 R+53.7

Counties as they stood in 1942; 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