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Election 1950 Results

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1950 California governor election

Earl Warren (Republican) beat James Roosevelt (Democrat) in California in 1950, 64.8% to 35.1%, a margin of 29.7 points and 1,127,898 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1946, when Earl Warren also won.

Republicans led in 58 of the 58 counties as they stood then. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 1,572,422 votes and went to the Republican by 27.9 points. The closest was Alpine, where 83 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 2,461,754 64.8%
James Roosevelt Democratic 1,333,856 35.1%
All other candidates 480 0.0%
Total3,796,090

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 566,805 36.0% 1,005,344 63.9% 273 1,572,422 R+27.9
San Francisco 106,809 34.8% 200,323 65.2% 6 307,138 R+30.4
Alameda 110,876 38.5% 177,330 61.5% 31 288,237 R+23.1
San Diego 62,598 32.8% 128,309 67.2% 26 190,933 R+34.4
Sacramento 35,441 35.0% 65,748 65.0% 101,189 R+30.0
Santa Clara 27,876 29.2% 67,548 70.8% 19 95,443 R+41.6
San Bernardino 34,135 36.6% 59,138 63.4% 12 93,285 R+26.8
Contra Costa 39,430 42.4% 53,486 57.6% 7 92,923 R+15.1
San Mateo 21,880 24.2% 68,548 75.8% 16 90,444 R+51.6
Fresno 29,764 34.3% 56,987 65.7% 7 86,758 R+31.4
Orange 18,720 24.6% 57,335 75.4% 4 76,059 R+50.8
Kern 25,143 39.0% 39,250 60.9% 6 64,399 R+21.9
San Joaquin 23,221 39.0% 36,275 61.0% 9 59,505 R+21.9
Riverside 18,449 33.1% 37,334 66.9% 8 55,791 R+33.8
Tulare 15,018 35.7% 27,050 64.3% 9 42,077 R+28.6
Sonoma 11,629 29.4% 27,896 70.6% 14 39,539 R+41.1
Stanislaus 11,773 30.3% 27,121 69.7% 3 38,897 R+39.5
Monterey 11,721 33.9% 22,858 66.1% 4 34,583 R+32.2
Santa Barbara 8,976 26.0% 25,519 74.0% 34,495 R+48.0
Solano 13,838 40.6% 20,261 59.4% 34,099 R+18.8
Ventura 12,556 38.3% 20,231 61.7% 2 32,789 R+23.4
Marin 7,435 22.7% 25,347 77.3% 6 32,788 R+54.6
Santa Cruz 8,746 31.6% 18,926 68.4% 2 27,674 R+36.8
Humboldt 9,143 38.0% 14,946 62.0% 24,089 R+24.1
Butte 8,779 37.9% 14,365 62.1% 23,144 R+24.1
San Luis Obispo 6,496 33.2% 13,043 66.7% 2 19,541 R+33.5
Merced 6,454 36.0% 11,476 64.0% 1 17,931 R+28.0
Napa 4,866 29.9% 11,429 70.1% 16,295 R+40.3
Placer 6,744 41.9% 9,361 58.1% 16,105 R+16.2
Shasta 6,282 46.7% 7,155 53.2% 1 13,438 R+6.5
Imperial 3,947 30.8% 8,879 69.2% 1 12,827 R+38.5
Mendocino 4,983 38.9% 7,824 61.1% 1 12,808 R+22.2
Siskiyou 4,635 36.3% 8,141 63.7% 12,776 R+27.4
Yolo 4,104 32.2% 8,654 67.8% 12,758 R+35.7
Kings 4,552 37.2% 7,694 62.8% 1 12,247 R+25.7
Madera 3,669 37.5% 6,102 62.5% 9,771 R+24.9
Nevada 2,801 34.7% 5,276 65.3% 8,077 R+30.6
Sutter 2,435 31.1% 5,400 68.9% 7,835 R+37.8
Yuba 3,195 41.4% 4,527 58.6% 7,722 R+17.2
El Dorado 2,736 37.4% 4,588 62.6% 7,324 R+25.3
Tehama 2,694 37.7% 4,443 62.2% 1 7,138 R+24.5
Tuolumne 2,206 37.6% 3,660 62.4% 5,866 R+24.8
Plumas 2,749 48.4% 2,923 51.5% 3 5,675 R+3.1
Lassen 2,449 44.0% 3,120 56.0% 5,569 R+12.0
Glenn 1,545 28.1% 3,948 71.9% 1 5,494 R+43.7
Lake 1,730 31.8% 3,708 68.1% 3 5,441 R+36.4
Calaveras 1,878 40.0% 2,815 60.0% 4,693 R+20.0
San Benito 1,302 28.7% 3,231 71.3% 4,533 R+42.6
Amador 1,723 43.7% 2,216 56.3% 3,939 R+12.5
Colusa 1,091 27.9% 2,825 72.1% 3,916 R+44.3
Inyo 985 25.4% 2,886 74.6% 3,871 R+49.1
Modoc 1,218 34.9% 2,275 65.1% 3,493 R+30.3
Del Norte 1,118 34.8% 2,091 65.2% 3,209 R+30.3
Mariposa 829 34.1% 1,603 65.9% 2,432 R+31.8
Trinity 972 40.4% 1,434 59.6% 2,406 R+19.2
Sierra 470 38.8% 741 61.1% 1 1,212 R+22.4
Mono 211 23.1% 702 76.9% 913 R+53.8
Alpine 26 19.3% 109 80.7% 135 R+61.5

Counties as they stood in 1950; 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