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Election 1982 Results

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1982 California governor election

George Deukmejian (Republican) beat Tom Bradley (Democrat) in California in 1982, 49.3% to 48.1%, a margin of 1.2 points and 93,345 votes.

California changed party: in 1978 it went Democratic, for Edmund G. Brown Jr.

Republicans led in 44 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 14. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,244,236 votes and went to the Democrat by 6.6 points. The closest was Sierra, where 7 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
George Deukmejian won Republican 3,881,014 49.3%
Tom Bradley Democratic 3,787,669 48.1%
All other candidates 207,652 2.6%
Total7,876,335

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,173,149 52.3% 1,024,946 45.7% 46,141 2,244,236 D+6.6
Orange 252,572 36.7% 422,878 61.4% 12,848 688,298 R+24.7
San Diego 279,113 44.6% 330,037 52.8% 16,366 625,516 R+8.1
Santa Clara 216,781 52.9% 180,232 44.0% 13,004 410,017 D+8.9
Alameda 228,578 58.9% 145,964 37.6% 13,480 388,022 D+21.3
Sacramento 146,167 44.7% 171,176 52.4% 9,639 326,982 R+7.6
San Bernardino 119,185 44.1% 144,096 53.3% 7,117 270,398 R+9.2
Contra Costa 119,712 47.2% 126,460 49.8% 7,616 253,788 R+2.7
San Francisco 151,769 66.5% 69,478 30.4% 7,087 228,334 D+36.0
Riverside 100,370 44.7% 119,680 53.3% 4,597 224,647 R+8.6
San Mateo 108,374 50.5% 99,527 46.4% 6,768 214,669 D+4.1
Ventura 76,094 42.4% 99,130 55.2% 4,300 179,524 R+12.8
Fresno 68,623 45.0% 80,171 52.6% 3,659 152,453 R+7.6
Kern 53,799 42.4% 70,095 55.3% 2,859 126,753 R+12.9
Sonoma 63,542 51.2% 55,968 45.1% 4,597 124,107 D+6.1
Santa Barbara 57,164 49.6% 55,682 48.3% 2,357 115,203 D+1.3
San Joaquin 40,002 36.6% 65,583 60.1% 3,607 109,192 R+23.4
Marin 52,534 53.2% 42,260 42.8% 3,874 98,668 D+10.4
Monterey 38,301 48.8% 37,493 47.8% 2,681 78,475 D+1.0
Stanislaus 32,276 41.4% 43,639 55.9% 2,093 78,008 R+14.6
Santa Cruz 44,282 57.1% 29,545 38.1% 3,738 77,565 D+19.0
Solano 33,997 46.3% 36,968 50.3% 2,522 73,487 R+4.0
Tulare 28,330 41.3% 38,901 56.7% 1,386 68,617 R+15.4
San Luis Obispo 28,417 45.0% 33,457 52.9% 1,327 63,201 R+8.0
Butte 23,734 38.2% 36,074 58.1% 2,245 62,053 R+19.9
Placer 20,832 41.2% 28,082 55.5% 1,710 50,624 R+14.3
Humboldt 23,991 50.4% 21,609 45.4% 2,023 47,623 D+5.0
Shasta 18,053 38.7% 26,902 57.6% 1,743 46,698 R+18.9
Yolo 24,150 54.0% 19,227 43.0% 1,345 44,722 D+11.0
Napa 17,042 42.3% 21,812 54.2% 1,393 40,247 R+11.9
El Dorado 12,999 37.5% 20,591 59.4% 1,090 34,680 R+21.9
Merced 14,649 44.1% 17,477 52.6% 1,090 33,216 R+8.5
Mendocino 12,786 48.3% 12,398 46.8% 1,294 26,478 D+1.5
Nevada 10,262 39.5% 14,753 56.8% 959 25,974 R+17.3
Imperial 9,133 45.7% 10,272 51.4% 581 19,986 R+5.7
Madera 7,889 41.7% 10,334 54.6% 714 18,937 R+12.9
Kings 7,718 42.4% 9,938 54.6% 533 18,189 R+12.2
Sutter 5,660 33.3% 10,753 63.3% 567 16,980 R+30.0
Lake 7,143 42.9% 8,867 53.2% 644 16,654 R+10.4
Tehama 6,134 37.3% 9,628 58.5% 683 16,445 R+21.2
Siskiyou 6,009 37.1% 9,457 58.4% 728 16,194 R+21.3
Tuolumne 6,107 39.8% 8,716 56.8% 512 15,335 R+17.0
Yuba 5,400 41.7% 6,959 53.8% 582 12,941 R+12.0
Amador 3,643 35.7% 6,251 61.2% 321 10,215 R+25.5
Calaveras 3,501 34.4% 6,277 61.6% 407 10,185 R+27.3
Glenn 2,398 29.5% 5,492 67.5% 248 8,138 R+38.0
Plumas 3,355 42.4% 4,237 53.5% 323 7,915 R+11.1
Lassen 3,003 38.0% 4,472 56.6% 421 7,896 R+18.6
Inyo 2,599 33.1% 5,008 63.9% 234 7,841 R+30.7
San Benito 3,782 48.9% 3,608 46.7% 341 7,731 D+2.3
Del Norte 2,934 44.9% 3,355 51.3% 249 6,538 R+6.4
Mariposa 2,324 40.3% 3,255 56.4% 193 5,772 R+16.1
Trinity 2,351 40.9% 3,100 54.0% 295 5,746 R+13.0
Colusa 1,621 33.6% 3,036 62.9% 166 4,823 R+29.3
Modoc 995 26.4% 2,599 68.8% 182 3,776 R+42.5
Mono 1,249 37.6% 1,977 59.6% 92 3,318 R+21.9
Sierra 907 48.0% 914 48.3% 70 1,891 R+0.4
Alpine 185 44.7% 218 52.7% 11 414 R+8.0

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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