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Election 1998 Results

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1998 California governor election

Gray Davis (Democrat) beat Dan Lungren (Republican) in California in 1998, 58.0% to 38.4%, a margin of 19.6 points and 1,642,672 votes.

California changed party: in 1994 it went Republican, for Pete Wilson.

Democrats led in 34 of the 58 counties and Republicans in 24. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 1,975,672 votes and went to the Democrat by 34.5 points. The closest was Mono, where 1 vote 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
Gray Davis won Democratic 4,860,702 58.0%
Dan Lungren Republican 3,218,030 38.4%
All other candidates 306,464 3.7%
Total8,385,196

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,297,896 65.7% 615,642 31.2% 62,134 1,975,672 D+34.5
San Diego 364,169 49.5% 340,834 46.3% 31,423 736,426 D+3.2
Orange 318,198 44.7% 370,736 52.1% 23,126 712,060 R+7.4
Santa Clara 270,105 64.3% 133,015 31.7% 17,056 420,176 D+32.6
Alameda 282,297 73.5% 86,745 22.6% 15,195 384,237 D+50.9
Sacramento 206,870 57.4% 142,970 39.7% 10,721 360,561 D+17.7
Riverside 173,567 51.1% 155,175 45.7% 10,607 339,349 D+5.4
San Bernardino 174,629 52.6% 144,056 43.4% 13,336 332,021 D+9.2
Contra Costa 190,200 62.8% 103,686 34.2% 8,867 302,753 D+28.6
San Francisco 192,496 80.0% 36,464 15.2% 11,567 240,527 D+64.9
Ventura 110,226 52.9% 91,093 43.8% 6,851 208,170 D+9.2
San Mateo 142,144 68.4% 59,249 28.5% 6,320 207,713 D+39.9
Fresno 82,293 47.7% 85,369 49.5% 4,946 172,608 R+1.8
Sonoma 103,235 64.3% 46,616 29.0% 10,724 160,575 D+35.3
Kern 59,132 41.8% 78,213 55.3% 4,103 141,448 R+13.5
San Joaquin 64,377 52.0% 56,447 45.6% 2,911 123,735 D+6.4
Santa Barbara 65,937 53.3% 52,873 42.8% 4,827 123,637 D+10.6
Marin 70,108 68.9% 27,392 26.9% 4,193 101,693 D+42.0
Solano 63,791 62.8% 34,288 33.8% 3,480 101,559 D+29.1
Stanislaus 50,793 50.7% 47,095 47.0% 2,322 100,210 D+3.7
Monterey 54,464 59.8% 33,053 36.3% 3,619 91,136 D+23.5
Placer 38,734 43.6% 47,745 53.7% 2,462 88,941 R+10.1
San Luis Obispo 42,543 49.0% 40,363 46.5% 3,837 86,743 D+2.5
Santa Cruz 56,078 65.6% 23,699 27.7% 5,680 85,457 D+37.9
Tulare 32,186 44.1% 39,072 53.5% 1,715 72,973 R+9.4
Butte 30,184 46.0% 32,717 49.9% 2,716 65,617 R+3.9
El Dorado 25,429 43.8% 30,534 52.6% 2,037 58,000 R+8.8
Shasta 23,076 43.3% 28,130 52.8% 2,109 53,315 R+9.5
Yolo 31,939 63.1% 16,783 33.1% 1,926 50,648 D+29.9
Humboldt 23,880 51.2% 17,658 37.9% 5,081 46,619 D+13.3
Napa 25,809 59.9% 15,193 35.2% 2,112 43,114 D+24.6
Merced 21,200 53.4% 17,535 44.2% 973 39,708 D+9.2
Nevada 17,522 45.0% 19,720 50.6% 1,717 38,959 R+5.6
Mendocino 16,450 57.4% 8,659 30.2% 3,563 28,672 D+27.2
Madera 10,869 41.1% 14,864 56.2% 714 26,447 R+15.1
Imperial 13,262 56.1% 8,592 36.4% 1,765 23,619 D+19.8
Kings 11,370 50.0% 10,704 47.1% 673 22,747 D+2.9
Sutter 9,296 42.1% 12,313 55.7% 486 22,095 R+13.7
Tuolumne 9,731 48.4% 9,771 48.6% 610 20,112 R+0.2
Lake 11,074 58.8% 6,734 35.8% 1,017 18,825 D+23.1
Tehama 8,561 46.0% 9,343 50.2% 698 18,602 R+4.2
Siskiyou 7,493 45.5% 8,100 49.2% 861 16,454 R+3.7
Calaveras 7,358 45.5% 8,150 50.4% 678 16,186 R+4.9
Yuba 6,302 46.5% 6,743 49.8% 497 13,542 R+3.3
Amador 6,614 49.2% 6,478 48.2% 351 13,443 D+1.0
San Benito 7,531 57.4% 4,967 37.9% 618 13,116 D+19.5
Plumas 3,764 44.0% 4,472 52.3% 321 8,557 R+8.3
Lassen 3,792 45.9% 4,065 49.2% 413 8,270 R+3.3
Glenn 3,150 41.7% 4,140 54.9% 256 7,546 R+13.1
Del Norte 3,820 51.3% 3,087 41.5% 533 7,440 D+9.9
Mariposa 3,005 41.9% 3,855 53.7% 319 7,179 R+11.8
Inyo 3,082 45.4% 3,377 49.7% 336 6,795 R+4.3
Trinity 2,447 49.0% 2,168 43.4% 378 4,993 D+5.6
Colusa 2,136 43.6% 2,621 53.5% 142 4,899 R+9.9
Modoc 1,428 40.7% 1,856 53.0% 221 3,505 R+12.2
Mono 1,641 47.3% 1,640 47.3% 185 3,466 level
Sierra 734 41.7% 924 52.5% 102 1,760 R+10.8
Alpine 285 50.4% 247 43.6% 34 566 D+6.7

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