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Election 2018 Results

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2018 California governor election

Gavin Newsom (Democrat) beat John H Cox (Republican) in California in 2018, 61.9% to 38.1%, a margin of 23.9 points and 2,978,585 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2014, when Edmund G. Brown won.

Democrats led in 30 of the 58 counties and Republicans in 28. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,941,101 votes and went to the Democrat by 43.8 points. The closest was Alpine, where 157 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
Gavin Newsom won Democratic 7,721,410 61.9%
John H Cox Republican 4,742,825 38.1%
Total12,464,235

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 2,114,699 71.9% 826,402 28.1% 2,941,101 D+43.8
San Diego 658,346 56.9% 499,532 43.1% 1,157,878 D+13.7
Orange 543,047 50.1% 539,951 49.9% 1,082,998 D+0.3
Riverside 319,845 49.8% 322,243 50.2% 642,088 R+0.4
Santa Clara 438,758 71.4% 175,791 28.6% 614,549 D+42.8
Alameda 462,558 80.6% 111,677 19.4% 574,235 D+61.1
San Bernardino 276,874 51.5% 260,379 48.5% 537,253 D+3.1
Sacramento 302,696 58.8% 212,010 41.2% 514,706 D+17.6
Contra Costa 283,805 68.2% 132,345 31.8% 416,150 D+36.4
San Francisco 312,181 86.4% 49,181 13.6% 361,362 D+72.8
Ventura 171,729 55.6% 137,393 44.4% 309,122 D+11.1
San Mateo 213,282 75.2% 70,242 24.8% 283,524 D+50.5
Fresno 124,332 49.1% 128,974 50.9% 253,306 R+1.8
Sonoma 152,040 72.3% 58,338 27.7% 210,378 D+44.5
Kern 83,507 41.1% 119,870 58.9% 203,377 R+17.9
San Joaquin 101,474 52.2% 92,966 47.8% 194,440 D+4.4
Placer 72,270 41.2% 103,157 58.8% 175,427 R+17.6
Stanislaus 77,220 49.2% 79,751 50.8% 156,971 R+1.6
Santa Barbara 93,841 60.5% 61,300 39.5% 155,141 D+21.0
Solano 89,694 61.3% 56,627 38.7% 146,321 D+22.6
Marin 103,671 79.5% 26,750 20.5% 130,421 D+59.0
San Luis Obispo 65,117 51.6% 61,137 48.4% 126,254 D+3.2
Santa Cruz 91,523 76.8% 27,665 23.2% 119,188 D+53.6
Monterey 76,648 66.0% 39,516 34.0% 116,164 D+32.0
Tulare 42,702 42.8% 57,012 57.2% 99,714 R+14.4
El Dorado 36,297 40.6% 53,140 59.4% 89,437 R+18.8
Butte 41,500 46.8% 47,226 53.2% 88,726 R+6.5
Yolo 49,759 67.8% 23,611 32.2% 73,370 D+35.6
Shasta 20,256 28.9% 49,825 71.1% 70,081 R+42.2
Merced 30,783 52.0% 28,424 48.0% 59,207 D+4.0
Napa 36,513 64.8% 19,834 35.2% 56,347 D+29.6
Nevada 27,985 52.9% 24,882 47.1% 52,867 D+5.9
Humboldt 33,455 64.5% 18,418 35.5% 51,873 D+29.0
Madera 15,037 39.0% 23,488 61.0% 38,525 R+21.9
Mendocino 22,152 66.3% 11,255 33.7% 33,407 D+32.6
Imperial 20,573 61.7% 12,785 38.3% 33,358 D+23.3
Kings 12,275 40.6% 17,976 59.4% 30,251 R+18.8
Sutter 11,122 37.0% 18,953 63.0% 30,075 R+26.0
Tuolumne 9,294 38.9% 14,580 61.1% 23,874 R+22.1
Calaveras 7,765 35.9% 13,845 64.1% 21,610 R+28.1
Lake 10,869 51.4% 10,280 48.6% 21,149 D+2.8
Tehama 5,756 27.5% 15,137 72.5% 20,893 R+44.9
San Benito 11,274 56.1% 8,815 43.9% 20,089 D+12.2
Yuba 6,903 36.0% 12,293 64.0% 19,196 R+28.1
Siskiyou 7,218 39.7% 10,946 60.3% 18,164 R+20.5
Amador 6,237 35.5% 11,356 64.5% 17,593 R+29.1
Plumas 3,433 37.2% 5,807 62.8% 9,240 R+25.7
Lassen 2,043 22.7% 6,973 77.3% 9,016 R+54.7
Glenn 2,424 29.1% 5,908 70.9% 8,332 R+41.8
Del Norte 3,441 41.3% 4,887 58.7% 8,328 R+17.4
Mariposa 3,183 38.7% 5,043 61.3% 8,226 R+22.6
Inyo 3,244 44.7% 4,018 55.3% 7,262 R+10.7
Colusa 1,999 34.7% 3,764 65.3% 5,763 R+30.6
Trinity 2,250 42.3% 3,075 57.7% 5,325 R+15.5
Mono 2,706 55.8% 2,147 44.2% 4,853 D+11.5
Modoc 820 23.8% 2,628 76.2% 3,448 R+52.4
Sierra 599 35.9% 1,068 64.1% 1,667 R+28.1
Alpine 386 62.8% 229 37.2% 615 D+25.5

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