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Election 1990 Results

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1990 California governor election

Pete Wilson (Republican) beat Dianne Feinstein (Democrat) in California in 1990, 49.2% to 45.8%, a margin of 3.5 points and 266,707 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1986, when George Deukmejian won.

Republicans led in 42 of the 58 counties and Democrats in 16. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 1,861,893 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.3 points. The closest was Alpine, where 68 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
Pete Wilson won Republican 3,791,904 49.2%
Dianne Feinstein Democratic 3,525,197 45.8%
All other candidates 382,366 5.0%
Total7,699,467

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 911,413 49.0% 867,781 46.6% 82,699 1,861,893 D+2.3
San Diego 244,759 36.4% 383,959 57.1% 43,819 672,537 R+20.7
Orange 208,886 31.3% 425,025 63.7% 33,119 667,030 R+32.4
Santa Clara 218,843 52.2% 178,310 42.6% 21,739 418,892 D+9.7
Alameda 237,345 64.1% 117,107 31.6% 15,726 370,178 D+32.5
Sacramento 149,215 44.7% 167,982 50.3% 16,651 333,848 R+5.6
San Bernardino 114,764 38.0% 169,028 56.0% 18,081 301,873 R+18.0
Riverside 102,847 37.5% 157,214 57.3% 14,494 274,555 R+19.8
Contra Costa 144,268 52.9% 119,901 43.9% 8,714 272,883 D+8.9
San Francisco 161,626 71.3% 56,652 25.0% 8,349 226,627 D+46.3
San Mateo 109,963 55.4% 80,253 40.5% 8,180 198,396 D+15.0
Ventura 68,139 36.9% 106,234 57.6% 10,132 184,505 R+20.6
Fresno 63,523 43.0% 77,693 52.6% 6,566 147,782 R+9.6
Sonoma 79,093 55.8% 54,706 38.6% 7,924 141,723 D+17.2
Kern 41,763 34.3% 73,065 60.1% 6,785 121,613 R+25.7
San Joaquin 46,653 41.2% 62,249 55.0% 4,311 113,213 R+13.8
Santa Barbara 46,977 42.5% 58,677 53.1% 4,820 110,474 R+10.6
Marin 57,255 59.2% 35,563 36.8% 3,902 96,720 D+22.4
Stanislaus 37,182 42.1% 47,275 53.5% 3,925 88,382 R+11.4
Solano 44,969 52.0% 36,755 42.5% 4,758 86,482 D+9.5
Monterey 42,371 51.7% 34,932 42.7% 4,590 81,893 D+9.1
Santa Cruz 48,530 60.0% 26,797 33.1% 5,614 80,941 D+26.9
San Luis Obispo 30,140 41.5% 38,909 53.5% 3,624 72,673 R+12.1
Tulare 21,670 33.0% 41,186 62.8% 2,773 65,629 R+29.7
Placer 24,577 38.2% 36,397 56.5% 3,408 64,382 R+18.4
Butte 25,422 39.8% 35,048 54.9% 3,331 63,801 R+15.1
Humboldt 22,823 46.6% 22,943 46.8% 3,242 49,008 R+0.2
Shasta 17,795 36.3% 28,322 57.8% 2,844 48,961 R+21.5
El Dorado 18,390 38.8% 26,452 55.8% 2,554 47,396 R+17.0
Yolo 22,890 51.6% 19,316 43.5% 2,167 44,373 D+8.1
Napa 19,017 47.5% 18,931 47.2% 2,127 40,075 D+0.2
Nevada 13,588 39.9% 18,458 54.2% 2,012 34,058 R+14.3
Merced 15,004 44.6% 17,054 50.6% 1,621 33,679 R+6.1
Mendocino 14,515 50.6% 11,723 40.9% 2,450 28,688 D+9.7
Madera 7,431 37.4% 11,216 56.5% 1,203 19,850 R+19.1
Tuolumne 8,294 41.9% 10,465 52.9% 1,021 19,780 R+11.0
Sutter 5,796 30.0% 12,647 65.5% 880 19,323 R+35.5
Imperial 7,463 41.4% 9,422 52.2% 1,159 18,044 R+10.9
Lake 8,475 47.9% 8,344 47.1% 891 17,710 D+0.7
Kings 6,731 38.6% 9,771 56.1% 917 17,419 R+17.5
Tehama 5,915 35.8% 9,415 56.9% 1,206 16,536 R+21.2
Siskiyou 6,346 40.1% 8,320 52.6% 1,147 15,813 R+12.5
Calaveras 5,422 40.6% 7,071 53.0% 852 13,345 R+12.4
Yuba 4,342 35.0% 7,355 59.2% 723 12,420 R+24.3
Amador 4,797 40.0% 6,469 54.0% 715 11,981 R+14.0
San Benito 4,445 48.8% 4,120 45.2% 543 9,108 D+3.6
Lassen 3,152 37.0% 4,790 56.2% 577 8,519 R+19.2
Plumas 3,477 42.5% 4,243 51.9% 460 8,180 R+9.4
Inyo 2,369 32.7% 4,566 63.0% 316 7,251 R+30.3
Glenn 2,182 31.8% 4,190 61.1% 490 6,862 R+29.3
Del Norte 2,717 40.0% 3,615 53.2% 462 6,794 R+13.2
Mariposa 2,634 41.0% 3,336 51.9% 460 6,430 R+10.9
Trinity 2,250 40.0% 2,908 51.7% 464 5,622 R+11.7
Colusa 1,455 32.4% 2,798 62.4% 233 4,486 R+29.9
Modoc 1,320 35.8% 2,115 57.3% 253 3,688 R+21.6
Mono 1,124 36.4% 1,776 57.5% 191 3,091 R+21.1
Sierra 671 42.1% 813 51.0% 109 1,593 R+8.9
Alpine 174 37.9% 242 52.7% 43 459 R+14.8

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