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Election 1966 Results

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1966 California governor election

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Edmund G. Brown (Democrat) in California in 1966, 57.6% to 42.3%, a margin of 15.3 points and 993,730 votes.

California changed party: in 1962 it went Democratic, for Edmund G. Brown.

Republicans led in 55 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,431,093 votes and went to the Republican by 14.5 points. The closest was Yolo, where 41 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
Ronald Reagan won Republican 3,742,913 57.6%
Edmund G. Brown Democratic 2,749,183 42.3%
All other candidates 11,349 0.2%
Total6,503,445

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,037,663 42.7% 1,389,995 57.2% 3,435 2,431,093 R+14.5
Orange 113,275 27.8% 293,413 72.1% 466 407,154 R+44.2
San Diego 142,890 36.1% 252,070 63.8% 398 395,358 R+27.6
Alameda 190,968 50.0% 189,055 49.5% 1,607 381,630 D+0.5
Santa Clara 132,793 44.5% 164,970 55.3% 410 298,173 R+10.8
San Francisco 164,435 58.8% 114,796 41.1% 341 279,572 D+17.8
Sacramento 105,861 49.0% 109,801 50.9% 262 215,924 R+1.8
San Mateo 92,654 46.2% 107,498 53.6% 276 200,428 R+7.4
Contra Costa 87,525 44.6% 107,543 54.8% 1,217 196,285 R+10.2
San Bernardino 74,120 37.8% 121,916 62.1% 187 196,223 R+24.4
Riverside 50,112 37.0% 84,501 62.4% 907 135,520 R+25.4
Fresno 59,869 46.0% 70,182 53.9% 167 130,218 R+7.9
Kern 38,543 37.3% 64,716 62.6% 96 103,355 R+25.3
Ventura 37,224 39.0% 58,068 60.8% 181 95,473 R+21.8
San Joaquin 35,281 39.2% 54,647 60.7% 51 89,979 R+21.5
Santa Barbara 28,853 36.3% 50,284 63.2% 414 79,551 R+26.9
Marin 30,230 42.7% 40,411 57.0% 227 70,868 R+14.4
Sonoma 26,898 39.2% 41,516 60.6% 126 68,540 R+21.3
Monterey 22,923 38.9% 35,944 61.0% 96 58,963 R+22.1
Stanislaus 26,418 45.6% 31,473 54.4% 10 57,901 R+8.7
Tulare 22,109 40.0% 33,095 59.9% 41 55,245 R+19.9
Solano 23,047 49.8% 23,187 50.1% 39 46,273 R+0.3
Santa Cruz 16,913 38.5% 26,988 61.4% 42 43,943 R+22.9
Butte 12,263 32.5% 25,443 67.5% 37,706 R+35.0
San Luis Obispo 12,891 37.4% 21,528 62.5% 13 34,432 R+25.1
Humboldt 14,374 42.8% 19,210 57.2% 23 33,607 R+14.4
Napa 12,060 40.4% 17,740 59.5% 40 29,840 R+19.0
Shasta 12,486 45.1% 15,155 54.8% 32 27,673 R+9.6
Placer 12,187 45.3% 14,664 54.5% 32 26,883 R+9.2
Merced 12,499 47.0% 14,103 53.0% 16 26,618 R+6.0
Yolo 13,032 49.8% 13,073 50.0% 57 26,162 R+0.2
Imperial 7,307 37.1% 12,372 62.8% 8 19,687 R+25.7
Kings 7,890 44.2% 9,957 55.8% 7 17,854 R+11.6
Mendocino 6,827 40.2% 10,161 59.8% 15 17,003 R+19.6
El Dorado 5,387 36.9% 9,189 63.0% 16 14,592 R+26.1
Sutter 4,126 29.6% 9,828 70.4% 13,954 R+40.9
Madera 6,335 45.8% 7,490 54.1% 12 13,837 R+8.3
Siskiyou 5,962 45.8% 7,057 54.2% 9 13,028 R+8.4
Nevada 3,823 34.1% 7,373 65.8% 9 11,205 R+31.7
Yuba 4,344 39.5% 6,658 60.5% 3 11,005 R+21.0
Tehama 3,891 36.9% 6,629 62.9% 12 10,532 R+26.0
Lake 3,217 36.9% 5,499 63.0% 11 8,727 R+26.1
Tuolumne 3,479 41.8% 4,845 58.2% 6 8,330 R+16.4
Glenn 2,371 33.6% 4,676 66.3% 3 7,050 R+32.7
Inyo 2,023 33.8% 3,961 66.1% 5 5,989 R+32.4
Lassen 2,723 46.1% 3,190 53.9% 5,913 R+7.9
San Benito 2,283 39.0% 3,565 61.0% 5,848 R+21.9
Calaveras 1,812 32.2% 3,810 67.7% 4 5,626 R+35.5
Plumas 2,747 50.8% 2,658 49.1% 3 5,408 D+1.6
Del Norte 1,918 36.0% 3,409 64.0% 3 5,330 R+28.0
Amador 2,132 41.6% 2,985 58.3% 4 5,121 R+16.7
Colusa 1,713 37.9% 2,806 62.1% 2 4,521 R+24.2
Trinity 1,242 37.7% 2,050 62.2% 2 3,294 R+24.5
Modoc 1,156 37.2% 1,946 62.7% 3 3,105 R+25.4
Mariposa 1,133 38.4% 1,811 61.5% 3 2,947 R+23.0
Mono 343 22.2% 1,205 77.8% 1,548 R+55.7
Sierra 526 44.7% 650 55.3% 1,176 R+10.5
Alpine 77 34.2% 148 65.8% 225 R+31.6

Counties as they stood in 1966; 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