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Election 1946 Results

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1946 US Senate election in California

William F. Knowland (Republican) beat Will Rogers Jr. (Democrat) in California in 1946, 54.1% to 44.2%, a margin of 9.9 points and 260,906 votes.

William F. Knowland (Republican) beat Will Rogers Jr. (Democrat) in California in 1946, 74.3% to 15.9%, a margin of 58.5 points and 334,550 votes. All votes in this special election were write-ins. (This was a special election.)

The Republican hold continued from 1940, when Hiram W. Johnson won.

Republicans led in 50 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 8. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 1,140,679 votes and went to the Republican by 8.0 points. The closest was Alpine, where 53 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William F. Knowland won Republican 1,428,067 54.1%
Will Rogers Jr. Democratic 1,167,161 44.2%
All other candidates 44,237 1.7%
Total2,639,465

Special election

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William F. Knowland won Republican 425,273 74.3%
Will Rogers Jr. Democratic 90,723 15.9%
All other candidates 56,325 9.8%
Total572,321

All votes in this special election were write-ins.

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 515,337 45.2% 606,546 53.2% 18,796 1,140,679 R+8.0
San Francisco 117,312 47.6% 125,121 50.8% 4,062 246,495 R+3.2
Alameda 97,794 45.3% 115,342 53.4% 2,856 215,992 R+8.1
San Diego 53,154 41.6% 72,628 56.9% 1,960 127,742 R+15.2
Santa Clara 27,150 40.2% 39,300 58.2% 1,116 67,566 R+18.0
San Bernardino 25,001 41.0% 34,627 56.7% 1,419 61,047 R+15.8
Sacramento 28,266 46.8% 31,130 51.5% 1,027 60,423 R+4.7
Orange 17,791 32.3% 36,214 65.7% 1,084 55,089 R+33.4
Fresno 26,743 50.3% 25,389 47.8% 984 53,116 D+2.5
Contra Costa 27,561 52.7% 24,220 46.3% 557 52,338 D+6.4
San Mateo 19,465 38.1% 30,958 60.6% 643 51,066 R+22.5
San Joaquin 16,171 41.5% 22,100 56.7% 684 38,955 R+15.2
Riverside 12,789 35.2% 22,721 62.6% 771 36,281 R+27.4
Kern 15,241 43.1% 19,408 54.9% 724 35,373 R+11.8
Tulare 10,251 40.8% 14,367 57.1% 535 25,153 R+16.4
Sonoma 9,555 39.3% 14,375 59.1% 398 24,328 R+19.8
Santa Barbara 8,318 35.7% 14,623 62.8% 349 23,290 R+27.1
Stanislaus 8,565 36.8% 13,963 60.0% 753 23,281 R+23.2
Solano 12,887 55.4% 10,113 43.4% 280 23,280 D+11.9
Monterey 8,603 39.7% 12,777 59.0% 289 21,669 R+19.3
Marin 8,055 37.4% 13,297 61.7% 200 21,552 R+24.3
Ventura 10,244 48.2% 10,693 50.3% 335 21,272 R+2.1
Santa Cruz 6,754 36.8% 11,228 61.2% 357 18,339 R+24.4
Humboldt 6,806 44.6% 8,124 53.3% 318 15,248 R+8.6
Butte 5,480 41.0% 7,493 56.1% 380 13,353 R+15.1
San Luis Obispo 5,032 38.6% 7,724 59.2% 288 13,044 R+20.6
Merced 5,246 43.5% 6,528 54.1% 293 12,067 R+10.6
Napa 4,242 37.7% 6,829 60.6% 190 11,261 R+23.0
Placer 4,681 46.6% 5,182 51.6% 186 10,049 R+5.0
Shasta 4,426 53.2% 3,697 44.4% 199 8,322 D+8.8
Yolo 3,410 41.5% 4,664 56.7% 148 8,222 R+15.3
Kings 4,191 52.3% 3,673 45.8% 151 8,015 D+6.5
Siskiyou 3,825 48.0% 4,022 50.5% 116 7,963 R+2.5
Imperial 2,679 34.7% 4,886 63.3% 153 7,718 R+28.6
Mendocino 3,137 42.6% 4,045 54.9% 182 7,364 R+12.3
Nevada 2,925 42.9% 3,771 55.3% 123 6,819 R+12.4
Madera 2,856 48.4% 2,919 49.4% 131 5,906 R+1.1
Sutter 1,712 36.1% 2,938 62.0% 89 4,739 R+25.9
Yuba 1,942 41.2% 2,682 56.9% 86 4,710 R+15.7
Tuolumne 1,863 41.6% 2,556 57.1% 57 4,476 R+15.5
El Dorado 1,830 43.7% 2,266 54.1% 89 4,185 R+10.4
Tehama 1,553 37.7% 2,393 58.0% 178 4,124 R+20.4
San Benito 1,451 37.7% 2,342 60.8% 57 3,850 R+23.1
Plumas 2,282 59.4% 1,500 39.1% 58 3,840 D+20.4
Lassen 2,035 54.6% 1,629 43.7% 60 3,724 D+10.9
Glenn 1,123 32.7% 2,240 65.2% 75 3,438 R+32.5
Lake 1,132 35.8% 1,945 61.6% 82 3,159 R+25.7
Colusa 1,104 38.6% 1,711 59.8% 46 2,861 R+21.2
Calaveras 1,103 42.1% 1,481 56.5% 36 2,620 R+14.4
Amador 1,144 44.1% 1,397 53.9% 52 2,593 R+9.8
Inyo 992 40.4% 1,428 58.1% 38 2,458 R+17.7
Del Norte 942 43.1% 1,181 54.1% 61 2,184 R+10.9
Modoc 901 46.7% 1,005 52.0% 25 1,931 R+5.4
Trinity 916 50.5% 838 46.2% 60 1,814 D+4.3
Mariposa 627 39.7% 928 58.7% 25 1,580 R+19.1
Sierra 376 43.2% 476 54.7% 18 870 R+11.5
Mono 163 31.0% 354 67.4% 8 525 R+36.4
Alpine 27 25.2% 80 74.8% 107 R+49.5

Counties as they stood in 1946; 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