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Election 1956 Results

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1956 US Senate election in California

Thomas Kuchel (Republican) beat Richard B. Richards (Democrat) in California in 1956, 54.0% to 45.6%, a margin of 8.3 points and 447,102 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1950, when Richard M. Nixon won.

Republicans led in 45 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 13. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,233,311 votes and went to the Republican by 7.1 points. The closest was Sierra, where 21 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
Thomas Kuchel won Republican 2,892,918 54.0%
Richard B. Richards Democratic 2,445,816 45.6%
All other candidates 22,733 0.4%
Total5,361,467

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,033,316 46.3% 1,191,584 53.4% 8,411 2,233,311 R+7.1
Alameda 180,022 50.0% 178,488 49.6% 1,664 360,174 D+0.4
San Francisco 152,869 47.9% 163,836 51.4% 2,220 318,925 R+3.4
San Diego 116,840 38.9% 182,148 60.7% 1,045 300,033 R+21.8
Santa Clara 75,645 42.9% 99,903 56.7% 710 176,258 R+13.8
Orange 56,413 33.5% 111,159 66.1% 654 168,226 R+32.5
San Mateo 67,779 41.7% 94,176 58.0% 438 162,393 R+16.3
San Bernardino 66,536 44.6% 82,084 55.0% 642 149,262 R+10.4
Sacramento 73,695 49.8% 73,510 49.7% 708 147,913 D+0.1
Contra Costa 73,875 51.0% 70,435 48.6% 488 144,798 D+2.4
Fresno 55,689 47.9% 59,861 51.5% 647 116,197 R+3.6
Riverside 35,900 40.0% 53,163 59.2% 670 89,733 R+19.2
Kern 45,537 51.8% 42,078 47.8% 368 87,983 D+3.9
San Joaquin 38,619 48.0% 41,506 51.6% 284 80,409 R+3.6
Stanislaus 26,140 48.5% 27,489 51.0% 242 53,871 R+2.5
Sonoma 22,228 41.4% 31,247 58.2% 194 53,669 R+16.8
Ventura 26,159 50.4% 25,552 49.2% 174 51,885 D+1.2
Marin 18,452 36.4% 32,157 63.4% 137 50,746 R+27.0
Monterey 21,460 43.7% 27,448 55.9% 187 49,095 R+12.2
Tulare 22,144 45.7% 25,987 53.7% 292 48,423 R+7.9
Santa Barbara 16,391 34.2% 31,399 65.6% 107 47,897 R+31.3
Solano 23,465 55.6% 18,575 44.0% 167 42,207 D+11.6
Humboldt 17,348 48.8% 17,992 50.7% 175 35,515 R+1.8
Santa Cruz 12,496 36.3% 21,694 63.0% 253 34,443 R+26.7
Butte 12,819 41.4% 17,967 58.1% 155 30,941 R+16.6
San Luis Obispo 11,478 41.9% 15,800 57.7% 97 27,375 R+15.8
Merced 12,251 50.2% 12,013 49.3% 120 24,384 D+1.0
Napa 11,180 46.6% 12,670 52.8% 164 24,014 R+6.2
Shasta 10,406 52.2% 9,432 47.3% 87 19,925 D+4.9
Placer 9,716 49.9% 9,664 49.7% 83 19,463 D+0.3
Imperial 9,559 49.5% 9,682 50.1% 76 19,317 R+0.6
Yolo 9,427 49.3% 9,604 50.2% 91 19,122 R+0.9
Mendocino 8,219 46.0% 9,527 53.4% 105 17,851 R+7.3
Kings 7,409 52.2% 6,709 47.2% 89 14,207 D+4.9
Siskiyou 6,704 49.7% 6,727 49.9% 57 13,488 R+0.2
Madera 6,477 53.1% 5,666 46.5% 51 12,194 D+6.7
Sutter 3,679 37.2% 6,173 62.4% 42 9,894 R+25.2
Nevada 3,524 39.1% 5,412 60.0% 79 9,015 R+20.9
Tehama 3,946 44.4% 4,884 54.9% 65 8,895 R+10.5
El Dorado 3,963 46.8% 4,454 52.6% 49 8,466 R+5.8
Yuba 3,844 45.5% 4,550 53.9% 51 8,445 R+8.4
Tuolumne 3,342 49.1% 3,450 50.7% 19 6,811 R+1.6
Glenn 2,966 45.5% 3,524 54.1% 25 6,515 R+8.6
Lake 2,278 37.0% 3,831 62.3% 40 6,149 R+25.3
Lassen 3,108 54.2% 2,571 44.8% 59 5,738 D+9.4
Del Norte 2,604 48.6% 2,718 50.8% 31 5,353 R+2.1
San Benito 2,166 40.7% 3,118 58.6% 34 5,318 R+17.9
Plumas 3,052 58.2% 2,165 41.3% 27 5,244 D+16.9
Inyo 1,796 34.5% 3,388 65.1% 24 5,208 R+30.6
Calaveras 2,095 43.6% 2,692 56.0% 17 4,804 R+12.4
Colusa 1,842 40.8% 2,649 58.7% 20 4,511 R+17.9
Amador 2,087 49.4% 2,116 50.0% 25 4,228 R+0.7
Modoc 1,659 45.8% 1,944 53.7% 18 3,621 R+7.9
Trinity 1,309 47.2% 1,433 51.7% 29 2,771 R+4.5
Mariposa 995 39.0% 1,541 60.4% 17 2,553 R+21.4
Sierra 605 48.8% 626 50.4% 10 1,241 R+1.7
Mono 265 29.6% 631 70.4% 896 R+40.8
Alpine 28 19.4% 116 80.6% 144 R+61.1

Counties as they stood in 1956; 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