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Election 1922 Results

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1922 US Senate election in California

Hiram W. Johnson (Republican) beat William J. Pearson (Democrat) in California in 1922, 62.2% to 23.8%, a margin of 38.4 points and 348,674 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1916, when Hiram W. Johnson also won.

Republicans led in 58 of the 58 counties as they stood then. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 237,270 votes and went to the Republican by 28.1 points. The closest was Alpine, where 36 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
Hiram W. Johnson won Republican 564,422 62.2%
William J. Pearson Democratic 215,748 23.8%
H. Clay Needham Prohibition 70,748 7.8%
All other candidates 56,982 6.3%
Total907,900

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 62,517 26.3% 129,230 54.5% 45,523 237,270 R+28.1
San Francisco 28,065 22.6% 84,422 67.9% 11,816 124,303 R+45.3
Alameda 21,615 23.4% 58,255 63.0% 12,603 92,473 R+39.6
San Diego 7,039 22.7% 17,545 56.7% 6,379 30,963 R+33.9
Fresno 7,722 25.4% 18,632 61.4% 4,002 30,356 R+35.9
Sacramento 5,468 19.6% 20,057 71.9% 2,380 27,905 R+52.3
Santa Clara 5,649 21.2% 17,692 66.3% 3,332 26,673 R+45.2
San Joaquin 4,232 21.0% 14,101 69.8% 1,860 20,193 R+48.9
San Bernardino 4,042 20.8% 11,289 58.2% 4,079 19,410 R+37.3
Orange 4,406 23.0% 11,391 59.4% 3,392 19,189 R+36.4
Kern 5,305 30.9% 9,059 52.8% 2,790 17,154 R+21.9
Tulare 4,668 28.4% 9,756 59.3% 2,031 16,455 R+30.9
Sonoma 4,201 26.7% 9,871 62.8% 1,646 15,718 R+36.1
Contra Costa 2,566 17.2% 10,531 70.5% 1,846 14,943 R+53.3
Riverside 2,911 22.4% 8,322 63.9% 1,781 13,014 R+41.6
Stanislaus 2,503 19.6% 7,947 62.3% 2,301 12,751 R+42.7
San Mateo 2,278 19.7% 8,021 69.3% 1,276 11,575 R+49.6
Solano 1,792 17.1% 7,901 75.4% 785 10,478 R+58.3
Humboldt 1,610 15.6% 7,332 71.2% 1,356 10,298 R+55.6
Butte 2,135 22.7% 6,396 68.0% 881 9,412 R+45.3
Santa Barbara 1,919 20.6% 6,245 67.1% 1,145 9,309 R+46.5
Marin 1,979 22.4% 6,137 69.4% 724 8,840 R+47.0
Santa Cruz 1,759 21.3% 5,250 63.6% 1,244 8,253 R+42.3
Ventura 1,716 23.8% 4,619 64.1% 873 7,208 R+40.3
Monterey 1,735 25.8% 4,192 62.5% 785 6,712 R+36.6
Imperial 1,584 23.7% 4,285 64.1% 812 6,681 R+40.4
Napa 1,901 28.7% 4,164 62.8% 562 6,627 R+34.1
San Luis Obispo 1,525 23.3% 3,962 60.5% 1,066 6,553 R+37.2
Mendocino 1,496 25.5% 3,759 64.0% 620 5,875 R+38.5
Merced 1,134 19.3% 4,090 69.8% 638 5,862 R+50.4
Kings 1,972 35.4% 2,761 49.6% 833 5,566 R+14.2
Siskiyou 961 17.4% 4,082 73.8% 490 5,533 R+56.4
Placer 922 16.8% 4,090 74.6% 471 5,483 R+57.8
Yolo 1,458 28.8% 3,207 63.2% 406 5,071 R+34.5
Shasta 1,271 25.6% 3,191 64.2% 508 4,970 R+38.6
Tehama 1,054 27.5% 2,337 61.0% 441 3,832 R+33.5
Glenn 934 24.5% 2,566 67.2% 317 3,817 R+42.8
Madera 761 21.2% 2,468 68.7% 362 3,591 R+47.5
Nevada 621 18.2% 2,366 69.3% 425 3,412 R+51.1
Yuba 616 19.1% 2,441 75.7% 169 3,226 R+56.6
Tuolumne 717 23.4% 1,992 65.0% 354 3,063 R+41.6
Colusa 909 30.1% 1,947 64.6% 160 3,016 R+34.4
San Benito 681 24.8% 1,797 65.4% 271 2,749 R+40.6
Sutter 581 21.4% 1,901 70.0% 232 2,714 R+48.6
El Dorado 531 20.0% 1,880 70.8% 243 2,654 R+50.8
Inyo 590 25.4% 1,368 59.0% 361 2,319 R+33.5
Calaveras 500 22.6% 1,526 69.0% 184 2,210 R+46.4
Lassen 527 24.6% 1,420 66.2% 199 2,146 R+41.6
Amador 487 24.5% 1,384 69.6% 117 1,988 R+45.1
Modoc 586 33.3% 1,007 57.2% 166 1,759 R+23.9
Lake 499 32.0% 895 57.4% 164 1,558 R+25.4
Plumas 232 19.3% 811 67.4% 161 1,204 R+48.1
Trinity 257 25.5% 640 63.6% 109 1,006 R+38.1
Del Norte 189 20.0% 662 69.9% 96 947 R+49.9
Mariposa 241 27.4% 558 63.3% 82 881 R+36.0
Sierra 107 18.9% 423 74.9% 35 565 R+55.9
Mono 63 20.6% 204 66.7% 39 306 R+46.1
Alpine 9 16.1% 45 80.4% 2 56 R+64.3

Counties as they stood in 1922; 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