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Election 2010 Results

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2010 California governor election

Edmund G. Brown (Democrat) beat Meg Whitman (Republican) in California in 2010, 53.8% to 40.9%, a margin of 12.9 points and 1,300,758 votes.

California changed party: in 2006 it went Republican, for Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Republicans led in 35 of the 58 counties and Democrats in 23. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,321,552 votes and went to the Democrat by 30.4 points. The closest was Mono, where 51 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 5,428,149 53.8%
Meg Whitman Republican 4,127,391 40.9%
All other candidates 539,645 5.3%
Total10,095,185

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,455,184 62.7% 749,439 32.3% 116,929 2,321,552 D+30.4
San Diego 399,845 44.0% 452,205 49.8% 56,172 908,222 R+5.8
Orange 328,663 37.4% 499,878 56.8% 51,396 879,937 R+19.5
Santa Clara 314,022 61.3% 178,695 34.9% 19,641 512,358 D+26.4
Riverside 206,398 42.7% 244,659 50.6% 32,319 483,376 R+7.9
Alameda 340,190 73.8% 103,947 22.5% 16,884 461,021 D+51.2
San Bernardino 197,578 45.4% 202,217 46.5% 35,407 435,202 R+1.1
Sacramento 239,599 56.7% 162,369 38.4% 20,340 422,308 D+18.3
Contra Costa 211,125 60.6% 123,606 35.5% 13,420 348,151 D+25.1
San Francisco 219,330 78.8% 49,151 17.7% 9,685 278,166 D+61.2
Ventura 117,800 45.3% 128,082 49.3% 14,058 259,940 R+4.0
San Mateo 145,970 65.7% 69,212 31.1% 7,064 222,246 D+34.5
Fresno 85,743 42.7% 104,780 52.2% 10,129 200,652 R+9.5
Sonoma 119,079 64.7% 55,472 30.1% 9,500 184,051 D+34.6
Kern 63,347 36.7% 96,249 55.7% 13,068 172,664 R+19.1
San Joaquin 77,623 48.9% 71,999 45.3% 9,245 158,867 D+3.5
Placer 54,576 38.2% 81,410 57.0% 6,857 142,843 R+18.8
Santa Barbara 65,011 49.4% 59,615 45.3% 6,985 131,611 D+4.1
Stanislaus 52,510 43.6% 60,084 49.9% 7,735 120,329 R+6.3
Solano 69,597 58.8% 43,323 36.6% 5,470 118,390 D+22.2
Marin 80,236 70.4% 30,920 27.1% 2,823 113,979 D+43.3
San Luis Obispo 47,663 45.1% 52,056 49.3% 5,933 105,652 R+4.2
Monterey 60,015 60.1% 35,119 35.2% 4,761 99,895 D+24.9
Santa Cruz 67,107 69.7% 24,390 25.3% 4,754 96,251 D+44.4
Tulare 30,607 37.5% 46,261 56.7% 4,729 81,597 R+19.2
El Dorado 29,826 38.6% 43,417 56.1% 4,124 77,367 R+17.6
Butte 32,789 43.1% 37,557 49.4% 5,706 76,052 R+6.3
Shasta 20,797 31.9% 39,702 60.8% 4,777 65,276 R+29.0
Yolo 37,894 63.3% 19,456 32.5% 2,544 59,894 D+30.8
Humboldt 28,464 56.3% 18,277 36.1% 3,855 50,596 D+20.1
Merced 21,887 45.8% 23,021 48.1% 2,924 47,832 R+2.4
Napa 26,766 57.1% 17,873 38.1% 2,269 46,908 D+19.0
Nevada 20,740 45.4% 22,545 49.4% 2,372 45,657 R+4.0
Madera 12,528 36.7% 19,287 56.5% 2,309 34,124 R+19.8
Mendocino 20,186 63.3% 9,524 29.9% 2,187 31,897 D+33.4
Imperial 16,019 59.6% 9,118 33.9% 1,734 26,871 D+25.7
Kings 10,607 40.3% 13,868 52.7% 1,849 26,324 R+12.4
Sutter 9,614 37.6% 14,346 56.0% 1,637 25,597 R+18.5
Tuolumne 9,023 40.2% 11,963 53.3% 1,451 22,437 R+13.1
Lake 11,004 52.0% 8,455 40.0% 1,685 21,144 D+12.1
Tehama 6,542 32.4% 11,935 59.1% 1,703 20,180 R+26.7
Calaveras 7,737 39.1% 10,655 53.8% 1,415 19,807 R+14.7
Siskiyou 7,274 39.6% 9,839 53.5% 1,265 18,378 R+14.0
Amador 6,750 41.5% 8,511 52.4% 992 16,253 R+10.8
San Benito 8,304 51.5% 6,993 43.4% 820 16,117 D+8.1
Yuba 6,332 39.3% 8,553 53.1% 1,208 16,093 R+13.8
Lassen 3,895 42.1% 4,632 50.1% 718 9,245 R+8.0
Plumas 3,444 37.4% 5,168 56.2% 591 9,203 R+18.7
Mariposa 3,077 37.4% 4,513 54.8% 641 8,231 R+17.4
Del Norte 4,093 50.0% 3,373 41.2% 724 8,190 D+8.8
Glenn 2,407 30.4% 4,841 61.0% 682 7,930 R+30.7
Inyo 3,008 43.2% 3,406 48.9% 552 6,966 R+5.7
Trinity 2,463 44.2% 2,569 46.1% 537 5,569 R+1.9
Colusa 1,878 35.9% 3,063 58.6% 286 5,227 R+22.7
Mono 2,028 46.1% 2,079 47.3% 293 4,400 R+1.2
Modoc 1,001 26.6% 2,444 64.8% 324 3,769 R+38.3
Sierra 635 34.8% 1,042 57.0% 150 1,827 R+22.3
Alpine 319 56.6% 228 40.4% 17 564 D+16.1

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