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Election 1970 Results

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1970 California governor election

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jess Unruh (Democrat) in California in 1970, 52.8% to 45.1%, a margin of 7.7 points and 500,857 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1966, when Ronald Reagan also won.

Republicans led in 46 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,312,263 votes and went to the Republican by 3.3 points. The closest was Sierra, where 57 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 3,439,664 52.8%
Jess Unruh Democratic 2,938,807 45.1%
All other candidates 131,801 2.0%
Total6,510,272

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,095,899 47.4% 1,173,161 50.7% 43,203 2,312,263 R+3.3
Orange 145,420 31.5% 308,982 66.9% 7,538 461,940 R+35.4
San Diego 158,098 37.5% 253,378 60.1% 10,047 421,523 R+22.6
Alameda 206,693 54.7% 162,727 43.1% 8,566 377,986 D+11.6
Santa Clara 154,570 46.1% 172,562 51.5% 8,158 335,290 R+5.4
San Francisco 140,829 55.4% 106,606 42.0% 6,583 254,018 D+13.5
Sacramento 120,365 52.5% 105,523 46.0% 3,303 229,191 D+6.5
San Mateo 88,069 43.7% 109,356 54.3% 3,941 201,366 R+10.6
Contra Costa 91,156 45.3% 106,965 53.2% 3,123 201,244 R+7.9
San Bernardino 77,069 40.7% 107,219 56.6% 5,240 189,528 R+15.9
Riverside 59,425 41.1% 81,768 56.6% 3,273 144,466 R+15.5
Fresno 61,801 49.7% 60,644 48.7% 1,979 124,424 D+0.9
Ventura 42,350 38.9% 63,790 58.6% 2,651 108,791 R+19.7
Kern 41,768 42.5% 54,216 55.2% 2,244 98,228 R+12.7
San Joaquin 39,495 43.1% 50,631 55.2% 1,515 91,641 R+12.2
Santa Barbara 32,202 37.6% 51,523 60.1% 2,000 85,725 R+22.5
Sonoma 29,953 39.2% 44,823 58.6% 1,711 76,487 R+19.4
Marin 31,525 41.4% 43,092 56.6% 1,571 76,188 R+15.2
Stanislaus 34,510 53.3% 29,157 45.1% 1,031 64,698 D+8.3
Monterey 24,508 41.2% 33,691 56.6% 1,297 59,496 R+15.4
Tulare 19,327 40.5% 27,564 57.7% 888 47,779 R+17.2
Santa Cruz 18,186 39.6% 26,679 58.1% 1,079 45,944 R+18.5
Solano 21,583 47.6% 21,939 48.4% 1,780 45,302 R+0.8
Butte 12,558 34.8% 22,656 62.8% 849 36,063 R+28.0
Humboldt 15,232 46.4% 16,778 51.1% 810 32,820 R+4.7
San Luis Obispo 13,758 42.0% 18,301 55.8% 717 32,776 R+13.9
Napa 13,018 42.7% 16,844 55.3% 603 30,465 R+12.6
Yolo 17,135 56.9% 12,344 41.0% 624 30,103 D+15.9
Placer 13,751 48.9% 13,886 49.4% 491 28,128 R+0.5
Shasta 14,843 54.6% 11,864 43.6% 499 27,206 D+10.9
Merced 11,840 48.5% 12,117 49.6% 454 24,411 R+1.1
Imperial 7,006 38.5% 10,636 58.5% 550 18,192 R+20.0
Mendocino 7,614 44.5% 9,134 53.3% 378 17,126 R+8.9
Kings 8,134 49.5% 8,068 49.1% 225 16,427 D+0.4
Sutter 4,811 34.1% 9,084 64.5% 194 14,089 R+30.3
El Dorado 5,818 41.5% 7,932 56.6% 267 14,017 R+15.1
Madera 6,304 49.7% 6,205 48.9% 169 12,678 D+0.8
Siskiyou 5,920 48.2% 6,092 49.6% 276 12,288 R+1.4
Nevada 4,442 39.1% 6,756 59.5% 166 11,364 R+20.4
Tehama 4,819 46.0% 5,500 52.5% 165 10,484 R+6.5
Yuba 4,258 43.9% 5,305 54.7% 129 9,692 R+10.8
Lake 3,683 40.3% 5,317 58.2% 139 9,139 R+17.9
Tuolumne 3,779 44.5% 4,567 53.7% 153 8,499 R+9.3
Glenn 2,482 38.7% 3,805 59.4% 122 6,409 R+20.6
Inyo 2,202 34.9% 4,006 63.5% 101 6,309 R+28.6
Lassen 2,911 52.4% 2,494 44.9% 146 5,551 D+7.5
Calaveras 1,947 35.1% 3,499 63.1% 99 5,545 R+28.0
Amador 2,445 45.3% 2,866 53.1% 84 5,395 R+7.8
San Benito 1,993 37.9% 3,134 59.5% 137 5,264 R+21.7
Plumas 2,678 52.8% 2,280 45.0% 112 5,070 D+7.9
Del Norte 1,977 41.0% 2,755 57.1% 90 4,822 R+16.1
Colusa 1,627 40.8% 2,302 57.7% 61 3,990 R+16.9
Trinity 1,549 47.3% 1,643 50.2% 80 3,272 R+2.9
Modoc 1,138 38.4% 1,760 59.4% 65 2,963 R+21.0
Mariposa 1,111 40.7% 1,568 57.5% 50 2,729 R+16.7
Mono 460 24.9% 1,350 73.1% 37 1,847 R+48.2
Sierra 674 51.3% 617 46.9% 24 1,315 D+4.3
Alpine 89 29.1% 203 66.3% 14 306 R+37.3

Counties as they stood in 1970; 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