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Election 1954 Results

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1954 California governor election

Goodwin J. Knight (Republican) beat Richard Perrin Graves (Democrat) in California in 1954, 56.8% to 43.2%, a margin of 13.7 points and 551,151 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1950, when Earl Warren won.

Republicans led in 41 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 17. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 1,658,648 votes and went to the Republican by 14.6 points. The closest was Sierra, where 20 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
Goodwin J. Knight won Republican 2,290,519 56.8%
Richard Perrin Graves Democratic 1,739,368 43.2%
All other candidates 481 0.0%
Total4,030,368

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 707,734 42.7% 950,611 57.3% 303 1,658,648 R+14.6
Alameda 143,350 50.1% 143,007 49.9% 52 286,409 D+0.1
San Francisco 119,138 44.0% 151,458 56.0% 13 270,609 R+11.9
San Diego 77,817 35.8% 139,769 64.2% 6 217,592 R+28.5
Santa Clara 52,088 41.7% 72,695 58.3% 9 124,792 R+16.5
San Mateo 41,910 37.0% 71,440 63.0% 13 113,363 R+26.0
Contra Costa 54,681 48.4% 58,340 51.6% 15 113,036 R+3.2
Sacramento 56,137 50.4% 55,277 49.6% 12 111,426 D+0.8
San Bernardino 43,058 41.6% 60,417 58.4% 5 103,480 R+16.8
Fresno 46,168 50.9% 44,581 49.1% 2 90,751 D+1.7
Orange 27,511 30.3% 63,148 69.6% 7 90,666 R+39.3
Kern 32,997 48.3% 35,301 51.7% 1 68,299 R+3.4
San Joaquin 28,384 44.0% 36,111 56.0% 6 64,501 R+12.0
Riverside 22,706 36.8% 39,047 63.2% 6 61,759 R+26.5
Stanislaus 20,828 49.2% 21,487 50.8% 4 42,319 R+1.6
Sonoma 14,699 35.4% 26,766 64.5% 3 41,468 R+29.1
Tulare 17,842 45.4% 21,491 54.6% 1 39,334 R+9.3
Monterey 15,411 40.5% 22,593 59.4% 2 38,006 R+18.9
Ventura 17,434 46.7% 19,926 53.3% 4 37,364 R+6.7
Santa Barbara 13,941 37.4% 23,368 62.6% 2 37,311 R+25.3
Marin 13,392 36.0% 23,830 64.0% 4 37,226 R+28.0
Solano 17,303 51.1% 16,537 48.9% 33,840 D+2.3
Santa Cruz 10,613 35.8% 19,008 64.2% 1 29,622 R+28.3
Humboldt 9,426 36.6% 16,324 63.4% 25,750 R+26.8
Butte 10,035 41.1% 14,390 58.9% 24,425 R+17.8
San Luis Obispo 9,145 41.7% 12,808 58.3% 2 21,955 R+16.7
Merced 10,553 51.5% 9,924 48.5% 1 20,478 D+3.1
Napa 7,149 39.4% 10,992 60.6% 18,141 R+21.2
Placer 8,420 53.0% 7,459 47.0% 15,879 D+6.1
Mendocino 6,111 40.1% 9,146 59.9% 1 15,258 R+19.9
Shasta 8,144 55.3% 6,582 44.7% 1 14,727 D+10.6
Yolo 7,114 50.2% 7,053 49.8% 5 14,172 D+0.4
Imperial 5,494 41.8% 7,664 58.2% 13,158 R+16.5
Kings 6,789 57.2% 5,070 42.8% 11,859 D+14.5
Siskiyou 5,397 47.3% 6,019 52.7% 11,416 R+5.4
Madera 5,817 53.1% 5,147 46.9% 10,964 D+6.1
Sutter 3,386 41.9% 4,704 58.1% 8,090 R+16.3
Tehama 3,147 40.8% 4,566 59.2% 7,713 R+18.4
Nevada 3,284 42.9% 4,376 57.1% 7,660 R+14.3
El Dorado 3,264 45.1% 3,968 54.9% 7,232 R+9.7
Yuba 3,561 50.7% 3,462 49.3% 7,023 D+1.4
Tuolumne 3,053 52.4% 2,773 47.6% 5,826 D+4.8
Lassen 3,136 54.7% 2,597 45.3% 5,733 D+9.4
Glenn 2,368 42.6% 3,197 57.4% 5,565 R+14.9
Lake 1,837 35.0% 3,409 65.0% 5,246 R+30.0
Calaveras 2,225 46.4% 2,574 53.6% 4,799 R+7.3
Plumas 2,667 56.5% 2,053 43.5% 4,720 D+13.0
San Benito 1,577 35.1% 2,911 64.9% 4,488 R+29.7
Amador 2,319 54.1% 1,964 45.9% 4,283 D+8.3
Colusa 1,709 42.2% 2,337 57.8% 4,046 R+15.5
Inyo 1,344 33.5% 2,662 66.5% 4,006 R+32.9
Del Norte 1,400 35.1% 2,584 64.9% 3,984 R+29.7
Modoc 1,460 45.3% 1,763 54.7% 3,223 R+9.4
Trinity 1,176 50.8% 1,137 49.2% 2,313 D+1.7
Mariposa 906 39.2% 1,405 60.8% 2,311 R+21.6
Sierra 599 50.8% 579 49.2% 1,178 D+1.7
Mono 188 23.8% 602 76.2% 790 R+52.4
Alpine 26 19.1% 110 80.9% 136 R+61.8

Counties as they stood in 1954; 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