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Election 1994 Results

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1994 California governor election

Pete Wilson (Republican) beat Kathleen Brown (Democrat) in California in 1994, 55.2% to 40.6%, a margin of 14.6 points and 1,261,967 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1990, when Pete Wilson also won.

Republicans led in 51 of the 58 counties and Democrats in 7. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,069,889 votes and went to the Republican by 4.4 points. The closest was Alpine, where 149 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 4,781,766 55.2%
Kathleen Brown Democratic 3,519,799 40.6%
All other candidates 363,810 4.2%
Total8,665,375

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 953,301 46.1% 1,043,835 50.4% 72,753 2,069,889 R+4.4
Orange 211,132 27.7% 516,811 67.7% 35,196 763,139 R+40.1
San Diego 240,937 32.0% 477,439 63.3% 35,284 753,660 R+31.4
Santa Clara 211,904 47.5% 212,075 47.5% 22,490 446,469 level
Alameda 240,490 59.8% 147,238 36.6% 14,437 402,165 D+23.2
Sacramento 146,423 40.9% 196,229 54.8% 15,504 358,156 R+13.9
San Bernardino 112,636 32.3% 217,085 62.3% 18,755 348,476 R+30.0
Riverside 107,207 31.1% 221,027 64.2% 16,183 344,417 R+33.0
Contra Costa 135,133 45.0% 154,482 51.5% 10,525 300,140 R+6.4
San Francisco 165,279 69.1% 66,494 27.8% 7,340 239,113 D+41.3
Ventura 73,163 33.4% 136,417 62.4% 9,188 218,768 R+28.9
San Mateo 106,391 49.2% 102,989 47.6% 6,836 216,216 D+1.6
Fresno 60,958 33.9% 112,851 62.8% 5,809 179,618 R+28.9
Sonoma 79,720 49.7% 73,234 45.6% 7,474 160,428 D+4.0
Kern 39,137 25.7% 105,733 69.5% 7,292 152,162 R+43.8
Santa Barbara 52,420 39.6% 75,051 56.7% 4,941 132,412 R+17.1
San Joaquin 44,787 34.9% 78,682 61.4% 4,774 128,243 R+26.4
Marin 56,665 53.4% 45,983 43.4% 3,415 106,063 D+10.1
Stanislaus 35,080 34.9% 60,992 60.7% 4,438 100,510 R+25.8
Solano 43,170 43.7% 51,265 51.9% 4,355 98,790 R+8.2
Santa Cruz 49,272 53.4% 37,927 41.1% 5,095 92,294 D+12.3
Monterey 38,597 42.0% 49,565 53.9% 3,817 91,979 R+11.9
San Luis Obispo 30,686 35.3% 52,270 60.1% 4,053 87,009 R+24.8
Tulare 21,634 27.5% 54,267 69.0% 2,725 78,626 R+41.5
Placer 21,915 28.7% 51,213 67.0% 3,282 76,410 R+38.3
Butte 21,887 32.0% 42,998 62.9% 3,498 68,383 R+30.9
Shasta 13,633 24.8% 37,577 68.5% 3,684 54,894 R+43.6
El Dorado 15,289 28.0% 36,695 67.1% 2,670 54,654 R+39.2
Yolo 24,357 49.3% 23,019 46.6% 2,045 49,421 D+2.7
Humboldt 21,162 44.3% 23,586 49.3% 3,059 47,807 R+5.1
Napa 17,454 40.7% 23,429 54.7% 1,956 42,839 R+13.9
Merced 13,197 33.4% 24,873 62.9% 1,474 39,544 R+29.5
Nevada 11,283 29.6% 25,159 66.0% 1,693 38,135 R+36.4
Mendocino 13,716 45.3% 14,645 48.4% 1,918 30,279 R+3.1
Madera 7,223 26.9% 18,623 69.2% 1,051 26,897 R+42.4
Imperial 9,525 39.6% 13,208 55.0% 1,294 24,027 R+15.3
Kings 7,097 31.3% 14,750 65.0% 839 22,686 R+33.7
Sutter 5,293 23.9% 15,997 72.1% 893 22,183 R+48.3
Tuolumne 6,117 31.0% 12,706 64.4% 903 19,726 R+33.4
Lake 7,279 36.9% 11,416 57.9% 1,029 19,724 R+21.0
Tehama 4,626 24.8% 12,836 68.8% 1,204 18,666 R+44.0
Siskiyou 6,053 32.9% 11,075 60.2% 1,279 18,407 R+27.3
Calaveras 4,432 28.1% 10,438 66.1% 925 15,795 R+38.0
Yuba 4,002 28.1% 9,378 65.9% 840 14,220 R+37.8
Amador 3,776 28.7% 8,781 66.8% 586 13,143 R+38.1
San Benito 4,852 41.1% 6,398 54.2% 561 11,811 R+13.1
Plumas 2,630 30.6% 5,492 63.9% 477 8,599 R+33.3
Lassen 2,671 32.4% 4,827 58.6% 735 8,233 R+26.2
Glenn 1,719 21.4% 5,916 73.5% 410 8,045 R+52.2
Del Norte 2,372 31.7% 4,626 61.8% 484 7,482 R+30.1
Inyo 1,878 25.8% 5,054 69.5% 339 7,271 R+43.7
Mariposa 2,178 30.2% 4,699 65.2% 332 7,209 R+35.0
Trinity 1,783 33.0% 3,078 56.9% 550 5,411 R+23.9
Colusa 1,202 23.7% 3,691 72.7% 184 5,077 R+49.0
Modoc 1,257 32.8% 1,972 51.5% 602 3,831 R+18.7
Mono 1,051 30.1% 2,263 64.9% 174 3,488 R+34.7
Sierra 528 32.0% 1,018 61.8% 102 1,648 R+29.7
Alpine 240 34.9% 389 56.5% 59 688 R+21.7

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