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Election 1920 Results

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1920 US Senate election in California

Samuel M. Shortridge (Republican) beat James D. Phelan (Democrat) in California in 1920, 49.0% to 40.7%, a margin of 8.3 points and 76,255 votes.

California changed party: in 1914 it went Democratic, for James D. Phelan.

Republicans led in 46 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 246,933 votes and went to the Republican by 16.6 points. The closest was Glenn, where 5 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Samuel M. Shortridge won Republican 447,835 49.0%
James D. Phelan Democratic 371,580 40.7%
James S. Edwards Prohibition 57,768 6.3%
All other candidates 36,545 4.0%
Total913,728

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 89,825 36.4% 130,837 53.0% 26,271 246,933 R+16.6
San Francisco 71,960 50.1% 61,691 42.9% 10,098 143,749 D+7.1
Alameda 42,691 41.0% 49,599 47.6% 11,940 104,230 R+6.6
San Diego 11,069 36.6% 15,826 52.3% 3,339 30,234 R+15.7
Santa Clara 11,751 41.3% 13,316 46.7% 3,420 28,487 R+5.5
Fresno 11,037 43.2% 11,380 44.6% 3,113 25,530 R+1.3
Sacramento 11,294 47.6% 10,667 44.9% 1,776 23,737 D+2.6
San Joaquin 9,243 47.6% 8,260 42.6% 1,899 19,402 D+5.1
San Bernardino 5,847 31.0% 10,296 54.6% 2,723 18,866 R+23.6
Orange 4,606 26.9% 10,312 60.3% 2,182 17,100 R+33.4
Sonoma 6,099 40.3% 7,599 50.3% 1,422 15,120 R+9.9
Tulare 5,736 40.4% 6,824 48.1% 1,627 14,187 R+7.7
Kern 6,602 47.3% 5,755 41.2% 1,610 13,967 D+6.1
Contra Costa 6,026 43.6% 6,495 47.0% 1,312 13,833 R+3.4
Riverside 3,483 28.2% 7,424 60.2% 1,423 12,330 R+32.0
Stanislaus 3,662 33.5% 4,434 40.5% 2,851 10,947 R+7.1
Solano 4,105 38.5% 5,734 53.8% 817 10,656 R+15.3
San Mateo 4,353 43.0% 5,027 49.7% 732 10,112 R+6.7
Santa Barbara 3,925 39.4% 5,172 51.9% 862 9,959 R+12.5
Humboldt 2,616 29.1% 4,731 52.6% 1,652 8,999 R+23.5
Butte 3,656 45.7% 3,630 45.3% 722 8,008 D+0.3
Santa Cruz 2,915 37.3% 3,761 48.1% 1,136 7,812 R+10.8
Marin 3,388 44.0% 3,759 48.8% 561 7,708 R+4.8
Monterey 2,843 40.6% 3,472 49.6% 686 7,001 R+9.0
Imperial 3,029 43.5% 3,213 46.1% 722 6,964 R+2.6
Ventura 2,145 32.1% 4,100 61.5% 427 6,672 R+29.3
Mendocino 2,626 40.2% 3,241 49.6% 667 6,534 R+9.4
San Luis Obispo 2,467 38.9% 2,824 44.5% 1,048 6,339 R+5.6
Napa 2,500 40.8% 3,157 51.5% 477 6,134 R+10.7
Yolo 2,330 43.5% 2,662 49.7% 366 5,358 R+6.2
Merced 1,957 37.4% 2,549 48.8% 720 5,226 R+11.3
Siskiyou 1,722 37.3% 2,528 54.8% 367 4,617 R+17.5
Placer 1,867 40.5% 2,216 48.0% 531 4,614 R+7.6
Kings 1,830 41.2% 2,130 47.9% 485 4,445 R+6.7
Tehama 1,236 33.3% 1,812 48.8% 662 3,710 R+15.5
Shasta 1,380 43.1% 1,574 49.2% 246 3,200 R+6.1
Nevada 1,164 38.7% 1,450 48.2% 395 3,009 R+9.5
Madera 1,330 44.6% 1,259 42.2% 392 2,981 D+2.4
San Benito 1,420 47.8% 1,311 44.2% 237 2,968 D+3.7
Glenn 1,312 46.1% 1,307 46.0% 225 2,844 D+0.2
Yuba 1,068 37.9% 1,603 56.9% 146 2,817 R+19.0
Sutter 977 37.8% 1,383 53.5% 225 2,585 R+15.7
Colusa 1,245 48.7% 1,099 43.0% 212 2,556 D+5.7
El Dorado 1,091 45.0% 1,194 49.2% 140 2,425 R+4.2
Lassen 990 42.8% 1,203 52.1% 118 2,311 R+9.2
Calaveras 881 39.3% 1,230 54.8% 133 2,244 R+15.6
Tuolumne 990 47.8% 860 41.5% 223 2,073 D+6.3
Amador 927 46.7% 953 48.0% 104 1,984 R+1.3
Inyo 832 42.1% 877 44.3% 269 1,978 R+2.3
Lake 708 43.0% 702 42.6% 238 1,648 D+0.4
Plumas 621 41.5% 777 51.9% 100 1,498 R+10.4
Modoc 609 41.7% 776 53.2% 75 1,460 R+11.4
Trinity 371 39.5% 512 54.5% 56 939 R+15.0
Del Norte 395 43.3% 435 47.7% 82 912 R+4.4
Mariposa 512 60.9% 281 33.4% 48 841 D+27.5
Sierra 230 33.6% 432 63.2% 22 684 R+29.5
Mono 74 32.0% 135 58.4% 22 231 R+26.4
Alpine 12 19.7% 49 80.3% 61 R+60.7

Counties as they stood in 1920; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

California Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Adam B. Schiff (D) D+17.7
2022 Alex Padilla (D) D+22.1
2018 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+54.2
2016 Kamala Harris (D) D+61.6
2012 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+25.0
2010 Barbara Boxer (D) D+10.0
2006 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+24.4
2004 Barbara Boxer (D) D+19.9
2000 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+19.3
1998 Barbara Boxer (D) D+10.0
1994 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+1.9
1992 Barbara Boxer (D) D+4.9
1988 Pete Wilson (R) R+8.8
1986 Alan Cranston (D) D+1.4
1982 Pete Wilson (R) R+6.8
1980 Alan Cranston (D) D+19.4
1976 S. I. Hayakawa (R) R+3.3
1974 Alan Cranston (D) D+24.3
1970 John V. Tunney (D) D+9.5
1968 Alan Cranston (D) D+4.9
1964 George Murphy (R) R+3.1
1962 Thomas Kuchel (R) R+12.9
1958 Clair Engle (D) D+14.1
1956 Thomas Kuchel (R) R+8.3
1952 William Knowland (R) R+87.8
1950 Richard M. Nixon (R) R+18.5
1946 William F. Knowland (R) R+9.9
1944 Sheridan Downey (D) D+4.6
1940 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+82.5
1938 Sheridan Downey (D) D+9.8
1934 Hiram Johnson (R) R+94.5
1932 William Gibbs McAdoo (D) D+12.6
1928 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+55.9
1926 Samuel M. Shortridge (R) R+26.2
1922 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+38.4
1920 Samuel M. Shortridge (R) R+8.3
1916 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+31.6
1914 James D. Phelan (D) D+2.9