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Election 1928 Results

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1928 US Senate election in California

Hiram W. Johnson (Republican) beat Minor Moore (Democrat) in California in 1928, 74.1% to 18.2%, a margin of 55.9 points and 865,986 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1922, when Hiram W. Johnson also won.

Republicans led in 58 of the 58 counties as they stood then. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 661,562 votes and went to the Republican by 52.9 points. The closest was Alpine, where 45 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 1,148,397 74.1%
Minor Moore Democratic 282,411 18.2%
Charles Hiram Randall Prohibition 92,106 5.9%
All other candidates 26,882 1.7%
Total1,549,796

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 121,289 18.3% 471,305 71.2% 68,968 661,562 R+52.9
Alameda 27,696 17.5% 120,883 76.3% 9,786 158,365 R+58.8
San Francisco 26,127 17.9% 112,984 77.3% 7,018 146,129 R+59.4
San Diego 13,038 20.2% 48,776 75.6% 2,681 64,495 R+55.4
Santa Clara 9,021 20.8% 32,277 74.6% 1,969 43,267 R+53.7
Sacramento 6,185 17.8% 27,150 78.2% 1,371 34,706 R+60.4
San Bernardino 4,953 15.0% 25,120 76.2% 2,891 32,964 R+61.2
Orange 4,101 12.7% 24,699 76.6% 3,446 32,246 R+63.9
Fresno 6,539 20.4% 23,829 74.4% 1,664 32,032 R+54.0
San Joaquin 4,302 18.8% 17,699 77.2% 939 22,940 R+58.4
Kern 5,134 24.7% 14,197 68.3% 1,446 20,777 R+43.6
San Mateo 4,023 19.4% 15,935 77.0% 732 20,690 R+57.6
Riverside 2,306 12.1% 15,411 80.6% 1,401 19,118 R+68.5
Contra Costa 3,286 18.0% 13,961 76.7% 963 18,210 R+58.6
Sonoma 4,006 22.2% 12,766 70.8% 1,267 18,039 R+48.6
Tulare 3,081 20.0% 11,398 74.1% 900 15,379 R+54.1
Santa Barbara 2,932 20.7% 10,578 74.7% 647 14,157 R+54.0
Stanislaus 1,392 10.6% 10,946 83.1% 835 13,173 R+72.5
Solano 2,036 16.6% 9,771 79.8% 435 12,242 R+63.2
Marin 2,233 19.1% 8,865 76.0% 563 11,661 R+56.9
Humboldt 1,419 13.0% 8,914 81.9% 550 10,883 R+68.9
Ventura 1,967 18.6% 7,739 73.2% 867 10,573 R+54.6
Santa Cruz 1,863 18.2% 7,644 74.6% 739 10,246 R+56.4
Monterey 1,758 17.5% 7,697 76.8% 572 10,027 R+59.2
Butte 1,636 19.4% 6,238 74.1% 546 8,420 R+54.7
San Luis Obispo 1,297 17.1% 5,599 73.7% 699 7,595 R+56.6
Napa 1,668 23.6% 5,083 72.1% 302 7,053 R+48.4
Placer 917 14.0% 5,284 80.9% 327 6,528 R+66.9
Imperial 938 14.4% 5,251 80.5% 331 6,520 R+66.2
Merced 1,014 16.2% 4,995 79.6% 263 6,272 R+63.5
Mendocino 1,116 18.6% 4,551 75.9% 328 5,995 R+57.3
Siskiyou 928 16.3% 4,511 79.4% 240 5,679 R+63.1
Yolo 943 19.0% 3,753 75.7% 264 4,960 R+56.7
Tehama 768 16.3% 3,568 75.9% 362 4,698 R+59.6
Kings 1,237 26.6% 3,111 67.0% 295 4,643 R+40.4
Nevada 622 17.0% 2,855 78.2% 174 3,651 R+61.2
Shasta 838 23.9% 2,482 70.7% 190 3,510 R+46.8
Madera 636 18.1% 2,713 77.4% 156 3,505 R+59.3
Sutter 692 21.1% 2,403 73.4% 181 3,276 R+52.2
Glenn 503 16.1% 2,451 78.6% 164 3,118 R+62.5
Yuba 560 18.1% 2,395 77.5% 135 3,090 R+59.4
Lassen 461 15.9% 2,339 80.5% 107 2,907 R+64.6
San Benito 607 22.3% 2,014 74.0% 100 2,721 R+51.7
Tuolumne 507 19.7% 1,949 75.8% 116 2,572 R+56.1
Colusa 432 17.9% 1,880 77.8% 104 2,416 R+59.9
Lake 486 20.9% 1,643 70.8% 191 2,320 R+49.9
El Dorado 432 19.1% 1,731 76.4% 102 2,265 R+57.4
Calaveras 330 18.0% 1,433 78.1% 71 1,834 R+60.1
Amador 392 22.2% 1,297 73.3% 80 1,769 R+51.2
Plumas 299 17.0% 1,366 77.8% 91 1,756 R+60.8
Inyo 413 24.7% 1,100 65.9% 156 1,669 R+41.2
Modoc 296 23.5% 897 71.4% 64 1,257 R+47.8
Del Norte 225 20.2% 846 76.1% 41 1,112 R+55.8
Mariposa 202 22.1% 671 73.3% 43 916 R+51.2
Trinity 149 19.4% 578 75.2% 42 769 R+55.8
Sierra 133 17.4% 594 77.5% 39 766 R+60.2
Mono 47 15.4% 226 73.9% 33 306 R+58.5
Alpine 0 0.0% 46 97.9% 1 47 R+97.9

Counties as they stood in 1928; 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