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Election 1958 Results

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1958 California governor election

Edmund G. Brown (Democrat) beat William F. Knowland (Republican) in California in 1958, 59.7% to 40.2%, a margin of 19.6 points and 1,029,165 votes.

California changed party: in 1954 it went Republican, for Goodwin J. Knight.

Democrats led in 54 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 4. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,165,771 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.9 points. The closest was Sutter, where 23 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
Edmund G. Brown won Democratic 3,140,076 59.7%
William F. Knowland Republican 2,110,911 40.2%
All other candidates 4,790 0.1%
Total5,255,777

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,254,226 57.9% 909,429 42.0% 2,116 2,165,771 D+15.9
Alameda 228,105 64.8% 123,372 35.1% 326 351,803 D+29.8
San Francisco 219,413 70.8% 90,430 29.2% 126 309,969 D+41.6
San Diego 150,925 51.7% 140,734 48.2% 213 291,872 D+3.5
Orange 85,364 46.3% 98,729 53.6% 259 184,352 R+7.2
Santa Clara 108,732 59.5% 73,874 40.4% 142 182,748 D+19.1
San Mateo 97,475 61.8% 60,215 38.2% 138 157,828 D+23.6
Sacramento 107,679 71.0% 44,027 29.0% 52 151,758 D+41.9
San Bernardino 86,882 58.3% 61,891 41.6% 172 148,945 D+16.8
Contra Costa 95,128 65.1% 50,812 34.8% 104 146,044 D+30.3
Fresno 72,692 66.8% 35,747 32.9% 322 108,761 D+34.0
Riverside 46,611 52.7% 41,824 47.2% 94 88,529 D+5.4
Kern 52,587 62.9% 30,889 36.9% 162 83,638 D+25.9
San Joaquin 48,284 62.6% 28,807 37.3% 65 77,156 D+25.2
Sonoma 30,841 57.0% 23,216 42.9% 14 54,071 D+14.1
Ventura 32,789 61.6% 20,368 38.3% 44 53,201 D+23.3
Marin 29,096 56.0% 22,832 43.9% 47 51,975 D+12.1
Stanislaus 31,984 62.5% 19,168 37.5% 23 51,175 D+25.0
Monterey 26,676 56.1% 20,853 43.9% 8 47,537 D+12.2
Santa Barbara 23,340 49.4% 23,849 50.5% 33 47,222 R+1.1
Tulare 25,668 58.2% 18,407 41.7% 35 44,110 D+16.5
Solano 27,429 69.8% 11,847 30.1% 27 39,303 D+39.6
Santa Cruz 17,635 51.6% 16,528 48.3% 25 34,188 D+3.2
Humboldt 21,013 62.1% 12,799 37.8% 14 33,826 D+24.3
Butte 16,886 55.2% 13,677 44.7% 10 30,573 D+10.5
San Luis Obispo 15,315 56.8% 11,646 43.2% 13 26,974 D+13.6
Napa 14,544 61.0% 9,309 39.0% 9 23,862 D+21.9
Merced 15,430 67.8% 7,328 32.2% 4 22,762 D+35.6
Shasta 14,024 71.2% 5,645 28.7% 16 19,685 D+42.6
Placer 13,422 68.7% 6,093 31.2% 9 19,524 D+37.5
Yolo 13,014 70.3% 5,485 29.6% 20 18,519 D+40.7
Mendocino 10,759 63.7% 6,116 36.2% 13 16,888 D+27.5
Imperial 8,580 51.9% 7,943 48.1% 16,523 D+3.9
Kings 9,227 68.3% 4,264 31.6% 12 13,503 D+36.8
Siskiyou 8,747 67.3% 4,233 32.6% 10 12,990 D+34.7
Madera 8,133 68.9% 3,663 31.1% 11,796 D+37.9
Sutter 5,032 50.1% 5,009 49.9% 3 10,044 D+0.2
Tehama 5,860 63.5% 3,368 36.5% 9,228 D+27.0
Nevada 5,035 58.2% 3,601 41.6% 15 8,651 D+16.6
El Dorado 5,720 66.4% 2,889 33.6% 1 8,610 D+32.9
Yuba 4,992 60.4% 3,264 39.5% 5 8,261 D+20.9
Tuolumne 4,771 66.7% 2,374 33.2% 12 7,157 D+33.5
Glenn 4,190 61.5% 2,625 38.5% 2 6,817 D+23.0
Lake 3,411 55.7% 2,711 44.3% 6,122 D+11.4
Del Norte 3,368 62.0% 2,060 38.0% 5,428 D+24.1
San Benito 3,213 59.5% 2,182 40.4% 2 5,397 D+19.1
Calaveras 3,067 59.0% 2,088 40.2% 44 5,199 D+18.8
Inyo 2,780 53.9% 2,374 46.0% 2 5,156 D+7.9
Lassen 3,553 69.7% 1,545 30.3% 1 5,099 D+39.4
Plumas 3,714 74.2% 1,277 25.5% 17 5,008 D+48.7
Colusa 2,924 64.0% 1,642 36.0% 4,566 D+28.1
Amador 2,665 64.2% 1,483 35.7% 1 4,149 D+28.5
Trinity 2,315 69.4% 1,014 30.4% 8 3,337 D+39.0
Modoc 2,010 62.8% 1,192 37.2% 3,202 D+25.5
Mariposa 1,437 58.0% 1,040 42.0% 2,477 D+16.0
Sierra 826 64.9% 447 35.1% 1,273 D+29.8
Mono 461 44.4% 577 55.6% 1,038 R+11.2
Alpine 77 43.5% 100 56.5% 177 R+13.0

Counties as they stood in 1958; 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