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Election 1962 Results

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1962 California governor election

Edmund G. Brown (Democrat) beat Richard M. Nixon (Republican) in California in 1962, 51.9% to 46.8%, a margin of 5.1 points and 296,758 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1958, when Edmund G. Brown also won.

Democrats led in 38 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 20. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,299,244 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.9 points. The closest was Glenn, where 54 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 3,037,109 51.9%
Richard M. Nixon Republican 2,740,351 46.8%
All other candidates 75,772 1.3%
Total5,853,232

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,191,724 51.8% 1,080,113 47.0% 27,407 2,299,244 D+4.9
San Diego 153,389 42.4% 201,969 55.8% 6,416 361,774 R+13.4
Alameda 206,861 58.0% 145,851 40.9% 4,038 356,750 D+17.1
San Francisco 180,298 62.2% 107,165 37.0% 2,455 289,918 D+25.2
Orange 112,152 39.2% 169,962 59.3% 4,263 286,377 R+20.2
Santa Clara 121,149 51.2% 112,700 47.6% 2,783 236,632 D+3.6
Sacramento 115,462 60.7% 71,788 37.7% 2,988 190,238 D+23.0
San Mateo 90,464 51.9% 82,115 47.1% 1,797 174,376 D+4.8
San Bernardino 88,437 51.7% 80,054 46.8% 2,634 171,125 D+4.9
Contra Costa 91,150 55.5% 71,192 43.3% 1,935 164,277 D+12.1
Fresno 68,187 57.8% 48,211 40.9% 1,615 118,013 D+16.9
Riverside 50,257 46.6% 55,926 51.9% 1,666 107,849 R+5.3
Kern 48,737 52.1% 43,342 46.3% 1,471 93,550 D+5.8
San Joaquin 43,276 49.4% 43,147 49.3% 1,178 87,601 D+0.1
Ventura 37,777 53.5% 31,899 45.1% 982 70,658 D+8.3
Santa Barbara 30,424 47.5% 32,821 51.2% 807 64,052 R+3.7
Marin 27,664 45.4% 32,720 53.7% 582 60,966 R+8.3
Sonoma 29,373 49.2% 29,647 49.6% 696 59,716 R+0.5
Stanislaus 30,431 53.6% 25,417 44.8% 888 56,736 D+8.8
Monterey 24,801 46.5% 28,000 52.5% 512 53,313 R+6.0
Tulare 24,598 49.1% 24,914 49.7% 608 50,120 R+0.6
Solano 25,987 64.3% 13,888 34.4% 532 40,407 D+29.9
Santa Cruz 17,354 44.9% 20,580 53.3% 690 38,624 R+8.4
Humboldt 17,739 52.2% 15,708 46.2% 540 33,987 D+6.0
Butte 16,142 47.7% 17,172 50.8% 497 33,811 R+3.0
San Luis Obispo 16,110 52.9% 13,825 45.4% 543 30,478 D+7.5
Napa 14,748 53.5% 12,326 44.7% 490 27,564 D+8.8
Merced 14,105 57.6% 10,071 41.1% 302 24,478 D+16.5
Shasta 14,753 64.0% 7,858 34.1% 453 23,064 D+29.9
Placer 13,592 60.0% 8,677 38.3% 390 22,659 D+21.7
Yolo 13,334 60.7% 8,311 37.8% 332 21,977 D+22.9
Imperial 8,241 44.1% 10,271 55.0% 158 18,670 R+10.9
Mendocino 8,704 51.5% 7,936 47.0% 261 16,901 D+4.5
Kings 9,141 59.0% 6,113 39.5% 231 15,485 D+19.6
Siskiyou 7,718 60.0% 4,942 38.4% 208 12,868 D+21.6
Madera 7,728 60.5% 4,903 38.4% 152 12,783 D+22.1
Sutter 4,816 41.2% 6,734 57.6% 142 11,692 R+16.4
El Dorado 6,572 56.3% 4,842 41.4% 269 11,683 D+14.8
Tehama 5,077 51.4% 4,591 46.4% 218 9,886 D+4.9
Nevada 4,818 51.0% 4,450 47.1% 175 9,443 D+3.9
Yuba 5,028 53.8% 4,184 44.7% 139 9,351 D+9.0
Lake 3,315 44.4% 4,041 54.1% 107 7,463 R+9.7
Tuolumne 3,631 52.5% 3,187 46.1% 101 6,919 D+6.4
Glenn 3,299 48.7% 3,353 49.5% 122 6,774 R+0.8
Lassen 3,500 62.5% 1,968 35.1% 132 5,600 D+27.4
Inyo 2,526 47.0% 2,740 51.0% 108 5,374 R+4.0
Del Norte 2,741 52.0% 2,418 45.8% 115 5,274 D+6.1
San Benito 2,527 48.3% 2,640 50.5% 65 5,232 R+2.2
Calaveras 2,379 46.4% 2,655 51.8% 96 5,130 R+5.4
Plumas 3,397 66.4% 1,624 31.8% 92 5,113 D+34.7
Amador 2,811 58.2% 1,941 40.2% 81 4,833 D+18.0
Colusa 2,320 52.1% 2,056 46.1% 80 4,456 D+5.9
Trinity 2,201 64.6% 1,148 33.7% 59 3,408 D+30.9
Modoc 1,641 51.7% 1,473 46.4% 58 3,172 D+5.3
Mariposa 1,272 47.5% 1,349 50.4% 57 2,678 R+2.9
Mono 488 36.1% 840 62.2% 23 1,351 R+26.1
Sierra 676 58.0% 461 39.5% 29 1,166 D+18.4
Alpine 67 34.7% 122 63.2% 4 193 R+28.5

Counties as they stood in 1962; 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