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Election 2022 Results

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2022 California governor election

Gavin Newsom (Democrat) beat Brian Dahle (Republican) in California in 2022, 59.2% to 40.8%, a margin of 18.4 points and 2,007,407 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2018, when Gavin Newsom also won.

Republicans led in 33 of the 58 counties and Democrats in 25. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,389,227 votes and went to the Democrat by 35.6 points. The closest was Alpine, where 107 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 6,469,743 59.2%
Brian Dahle Republican 4,462,336 40.8%
Total10,932,079

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,620,053 67.8% 769,174 32.2% 2,389,227 D+35.6
San Diego 573,765 55.8% 454,533 44.2% 1,028,298 D+11.6
Orange 464,206 48.5% 492,734 51.5% 956,940 R+3.0
Riverside 285,000 47.8% 310,901 52.2% 595,901 R+4.3
Santa Clara 379,377 70.0% 162,518 30.0% 541,895 D+40.0
Alameda 387,046 79.3% 100,923 20.7% 487,969 D+58.6
Sacramento 274,680 57.5% 202,933 42.5% 477,613 D+15.0
San Bernardino 215,391 47.4% 239,109 52.6% 454,500 R+5.2
Contra Costa 265,371 68.3% 123,132 31.7% 388,503 D+36.6
San Francisco 257,402 85.4% 44,064 14.6% 301,466 D+70.8
Ventura 153,226 54.5% 127,709 45.5% 280,935 D+9.1
San Mateo 185,599 75.0% 61,918 25.0% 247,517 D+50.0
Fresno 98,417 44.9% 120,668 55.1% 219,085 R+10.2
Sonoma 140,041 70.9% 57,413 29.1% 197,454 D+41.8
Kern 69,701 36.9% 119,002 63.1% 188,703 R+26.1
Placer 73,619 40.4% 108,450 59.6% 182,069 R+19.1
San Joaquin 85,498 48.2% 91,827 51.8% 177,325 R+3.6
Santa Barbara 80,648 59.6% 54,726 40.4% 135,374 D+19.1
Stanislaus 55,311 42.2% 75,656 57.8% 130,967 R+15.5
Solano 77,769 59.5% 52,850 40.5% 130,619 D+19.1
San Luis Obispo 61,166 51.1% 58,464 48.9% 119,630 D+2.3
Marin 95,289 80.0% 23,775 20.0% 119,064 D+60.1
Santa Cruz 79,117 76.0% 25,052 24.0% 104,169 D+51.9
Monterey 65,262 63.9% 36,867 36.1% 102,129 D+27.8
Tulare 33,273 36.4% 58,053 63.6% 91,326 R+27.1
El Dorado 34,534 38.9% 54,137 61.1% 88,671 R+22.1
Butte 31,502 43.5% 40,939 56.5% 72,441 R+13.0
Shasta 18,607 27.2% 49,913 72.8% 68,520 R+45.7
Yolo 44,328 66.0% 22,807 34.0% 67,135 D+32.1
Merced 25,200 45.6% 30,073 54.4% 55,273 R+8.8
Nevada 26,655 52.5% 24,082 47.5% 50,737 D+5.1
Napa 32,437 64.7% 17,671 35.3% 50,108 D+29.5
Humboldt 29,541 61.8% 18,257 38.2% 47,798 D+23.6
Madera 13,283 35.9% 23,678 64.1% 36,961 R+28.1
Mendocino 19,031 62.6% 11,363 37.4% 30,394 D+25.2
Imperial 16,711 55.9% 13,158 44.1% 29,869 D+11.9
Sutter 9,082 32.3% 19,024 67.7% 28,106 R+35.4
Kings 9,389 34.9% 17,523 65.1% 26,912 R+30.2
Tuolumne 8,471 36.5% 14,759 63.5% 23,230 R+27.1
Calaveras 7,103 33.4% 14,137 66.6% 21,240 R+33.1
Tehama 5,024 24.4% 15,607 75.6% 20,631 R+51.3
Lake 9,771 48.5% 10,360 51.5% 20,131 R+2.9
Yuba 6,534 33.3% 13,097 66.7% 19,631 R+33.4
San Benito 10,428 53.3% 9,150 46.7% 19,578 D+6.5
Amador 6,027 32.3% 12,628 67.7% 18,655 R+35.4
Siskiyou 6,326 35.7% 11,397 64.3% 17,723 R+28.6
Lassen 1,444 15.7% 7,726 84.3% 9,170 R+68.5
Plumas 3,083 35.7% 5,550 64.3% 8,633 R+28.6
Del Norte 3,264 39.0% 5,111 61.0% 8,375 R+22.1
Glenn 1,930 24.3% 6,000 75.7% 7,930 R+51.3
Mariposa 2,944 37.6% 4,896 62.4% 7,840 R+24.9
Inyo 3,382 45.2% 4,095 54.8% 7,477 R+9.5
Colusa 1,553 27.9% 4,009 72.1% 5,562 R+44.2
Mono 2,493 54.6% 2,076 45.4% 4,569 D+9.1
Trinity 1,860 41.1% 2,667 58.9% 4,527 R+17.8
Modoc 687 20.1% 2,725 79.9% 3,412 R+59.7
Sierra 529 34.3% 1,014 65.7% 1,543 R+31.4
Alpine 363 58.6% 256 41.4% 619 D+17.3

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