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Election 1974 Results

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1974 California governor election

Edmund G. Brown (Democrat) beat Houston I. Flournoy (Republican) in California in 1974, 50.2% to 47.3%, a margin of 2.9 points and 178,694 votes.

California changed party: in 1970 it went Republican, for Ronald Reagan.

Republicans led in 30 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 28. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,005,165 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.0 points. The closest was Imperial, where 22 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 3,131,648 50.2%
Houston I. Flournoy Republican 2,952,954 47.3%
All other candidates 158,873 2.5%
Total6,243,475

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,059,533 52.8% 898,808 44.8% 46,824 2,005,165 D+8.0
Orange 212,638 40.6% 297,870 56.9% 13,288 523,796 R+16.3
San Diego 196,930 42.8% 249,444 54.2% 13,500 459,874 R+11.4
Alameda 200,165 60.2% 123,656 37.2% 8,929 332,750 D+23.0
Santa Clara 166,760 50.6% 153,761 46.7% 8,829 329,350 D+3.9
Sacramento 117,711 51.6% 104,595 45.9% 5,746 228,052 D+5.8
San Francisco 136,896 61.8% 78,759 35.6% 5,815 221,470 D+26.3
Contra Costa 97,038 48.3% 99,470 49.5% 4,347 200,855 R+1.2
San Mateo 91,808 49.6% 88,235 47.7% 4,983 185,026 D+1.9
San Bernardino 87,133 49.9% 82,611 47.3% 5,038 174,782 D+2.6
Riverside 70,515 47.9% 73,102 49.7% 3,489 147,106 R+1.8
Ventura 56,189 47.2% 60,122 50.5% 2,738 119,049 R+3.3
Fresno 61,596 52.4% 53,308 45.4% 2,614 117,518 D+7.1
Kern 44,828 48.3% 45,775 49.3% 2,237 92,840 R+1.0
Santa Barbara 42,221 46.0% 47,263 51.5% 2,324 91,808 R+5.5
San Joaquin 38,429 45.7% 43,744 52.0% 1,927 84,100 R+6.3
Sonoma 40,756 48.5% 40,339 48.0% 2,975 84,070 D+0.5
Marin 36,384 45.8% 40,619 51.2% 2,361 79,364 R+5.3
Monterey 28,832 46.1% 32,218 51.5% 1,512 62,562 R+5.4
Santa Cruz 28,600 48.7% 27,750 47.2% 2,409 58,759 D+1.4
Stanislaus 27,931 48.0% 29,186 50.1% 1,103 58,220 R+2.2
Solano 24,955 54.4% 19,524 42.6% 1,372 45,851 D+11.8
Tulare 20,589 44.9% 24,103 52.6% 1,132 45,824 R+7.7
Butte 17,007 41.5% 22,499 54.9% 1,502 41,008 R+13.4
San Luis Obispo 19,429 47.8% 20,300 50.0% 904 40,633 R+2.1
Humboldt 22,805 58.7% 14,958 38.5% 1,112 38,875 D+20.2
Yolo 18,249 54.0% 14,734 43.6% 809 33,792 D+10.4
Napa 15,200 47.4% 16,048 50.1% 791 32,039 R+2.6
Placer 15,744 50.5% 14,510 46.5% 924 31,178 D+4.0
Shasta 15,764 55.5% 11,716 41.3% 921 28,401 D+14.3
Merced 12,779 51.9% 11,339 46.0% 507 24,625 D+5.8
Imperial 9,033 49.0% 9,011 48.9% 374 18,418 D+0.1
Mendocino 9,158 50.3% 8,373 46.0% 672 18,203 D+4.3
El Dorado 8,076 46.1% 8,922 50.9% 525 17,523 R+4.8
Kings 7,444 52.1% 6,540 45.8% 301 14,285 D+6.3
Sutter 5,141 39.3% 7,642 58.4% 292 13,075 R+19.1
Nevada 5,225 41.0% 7,101 55.7% 418 12,744 R+14.7
Siskiyou 6,515 53.9% 5,229 43.3% 337 12,081 D+10.6
Tehama 5,618 49.7% 5,373 47.6% 306 11,297 D+2.2
Madera 5,584 51.2% 5,137 47.1% 191 10,912 D+4.1
Tuolumne 4,165 40.2% 5,952 57.4% 255 10,372 R+17.2
Lake 4,733 45.7% 5,381 52.0% 240 10,354 R+6.3
Yuba 5,237 51.0% 4,752 46.3% 271 10,260 D+4.7
Amador 3,198 46.5% 3,483 50.6% 199 6,880 R+4.1
Calaveras 2,702 41.3% 3,709 56.6% 139 6,550 R+15.4
Glenn 2,645 40.9% 3,675 56.8% 154 6,474 R+15.9
San Benito 2,722 45.1% 3,199 52.9% 121 6,042 R+7.9
Inyo 2,417 41.5% 3,238 55.6% 164 5,819 R+14.1
Lassen 3,111 57.1% 2,165 39.8% 169 5,445 D+17.4
Plumas 3,031 55.8% 2,279 41.9% 125 5,435 D+13.8
Colusa 1,884 42.2% 2,503 56.0% 82 4,469 R+13.9
Del Norte 2,149 51.6% 1,921 46.1% 95 4,165 D+5.5
Mariposa 1,658 45.3% 1,893 51.7% 111 3,662 R+6.4
Trinity 1,762 51.2% 1,519 44.2% 158 3,439 D+7.1
Modoc 1,395 44.2% 1,705 54.0% 59 3,159 R+9.8
Mono 817 39.4% 1,161 56.1% 93 2,071 R+16.6
Sierra 629 53.0% 513 43.2% 45 1,187 D+9.8
Alpine 185 44.9% 212 51.5% 15 412 R+6.6

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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