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Election 1970 Results

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1970 US Senate election in California

John V. Tunney (Democrat) beat George Murphy (Republican) in California in 1970, 53.9% to 44.3%, a margin of 9.5 points and 618,941 votes.

California changed party: in 1964 it went Republican, for George Murphy.

Democrats led in 45 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 13. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,315,967 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.1 points. The closest was Del Norte, where 1 vote 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
John V. Tunney won Democratic 3,496,558 53.9%
George Murphy Republican 2,877,617 44.3%
All other candidates 117,982 1.8%
Total6,492,157

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,257,262 54.3% 1,022,408 44.1% 36,297 2,315,967 D+10.1
Orange 187,412 40.7% 266,122 57.8% 6,750 460,284 R+17.1
San Diego 192,316 45.9% 218,850 52.2% 7,703 418,869 R+6.3
Alameda 237,034 63.0% 129,816 34.5% 9,365 376,215 D+28.5
Santa Clara 193,769 57.8% 134,326 40.0% 7,430 335,525 D+17.7
San Francisco 154,674 63.1% 83,079 33.9% 7,378 245,131 D+29.2
Sacramento 140,588 61.1% 85,863 37.3% 3,466 229,917 D+23.8
San Mateo 113,844 56.6% 84,054 41.8% 3,287 201,185 D+14.8
Contra Costa 111,089 55.4% 86,528 43.1% 3,023 200,640 D+12.2
San Bernardino 95,896 50.5% 90,158 47.5% 3,718 189,772 D+3.0
Riverside 78,781 54.6% 63,449 44.0% 2,096 144,326 D+10.6
Fresno 72,502 58.1% 49,860 39.9% 2,484 124,846 D+18.1
Ventura 54,622 50.0% 52,780 48.3% 1,902 109,304 D+1.7
Kern 50,960 51.7% 45,993 46.7% 1,608 98,561 D+5.0
San Joaquin 46,681 50.8% 43,807 47.7% 1,340 91,828 D+3.1
Santa Barbara 43,197 50.4% 40,747 47.6% 1,688 85,632 D+2.9
Marin 39,343 51.3% 35,262 46.0% 2,048 76,653 D+5.3
Sonoma 38,409 50.5% 35,911 47.2% 1,754 76,074 D+3.3
Stanislaus 38,552 61.5% 23,119 36.9% 1,041 62,712 D+24.6
Monterey 31,253 53.4% 25,676 43.9% 1,600 58,529 D+9.5
Tulare 23,630 49.2% 23,747 49.4% 694 48,071 R+0.2
Santa Cruz 22,246 48.8% 21,705 47.6% 1,630 45,581 D+1.2
Solano 27,263 60.1% 16,885 37.2% 1,232 45,380 D+22.9
Butte 15,764 44.5% 18,831 53.2% 819 35,414 R+8.7
Humboldt 18,555 57.2% 13,101 40.4% 769 32,425 D+16.8
San Luis Obispo 17,349 53.6% 14,379 44.4% 627 32,355 D+9.2
Napa 16,793 55.2% 13,158 43.3% 460 30,411 D+12.0
Yolo 19,708 65.5% 9,800 32.6% 558 30,066 D+33.0
Placer 16,171 57.7% 11,309 40.4% 541 28,021 D+17.4
Shasta 17,629 65.0% 9,151 33.7% 354 27,134 D+31.2
Merced 13,003 55.1% 9,945 42.2% 639 23,587 D+13.0
Imperial 8,818 49.3% 8,787 49.2% 271 17,876 D+0.2
Mendocino 9,222 54.4% 7,336 43.3% 393 16,951 D+11.1
Kings 9,630 59.6% 6,360 39.4% 160 16,150 D+20.2
Sutter 5,952 42.7% 7,788 55.8% 209 13,949 R+13.2
El Dorado 7,150 51.3% 6,527 46.8% 266 13,943 D+4.5
Madera 7,163 56.9% 5,278 42.0% 137 12,578 D+15.0
Siskiyou 7,005 57.4% 4,929 40.4% 260 12,194 D+17.0
Nevada 5,283 48.0% 5,500 49.9% 232 11,015 R+2.0
Tehama 5,708 54.7% 4,586 43.9% 149 10,443 D+10.7
Yuba 5,030 51.8% 4,537 46.8% 137 9,704 D+5.1
Lake 4,411 48.7% 4,512 49.8% 139 9,062 R+1.1
Tuolumne 4,424 53.5% 3,703 44.8% 147 8,274 D+8.7
Glenn 3,153 49.8% 3,082 48.7% 96 6,331 D+1.1
Inyo 2,820 45.2% 3,297 52.8% 128 6,245 R+7.6
Lassen 3,344 60.8% 2,057 37.4% 96 5,497 D+23.4
Calaveras 2,376 44.1% 2,942 54.6% 73 5,391 R+10.5
Amador 2,971 55.4% 2,301 42.9% 87 5,359 D+12.5
San Benito 2,186 43.3% 2,699 53.4% 166 5,051 R+10.2
Plumas 3,170 63.2% 1,761 35.1% 82 5,013 D+28.1
Del Norte 2,261 48.8% 2,260 48.8% 112 4,633 level
Colusa 1,912 49.8% 1,860 48.4% 71 3,843 D+1.4
Trinity 1,883 58.3% 1,279 39.6% 67 3,229 D+18.7
Modoc 1,501 51.6% 1,336 45.9% 71 2,908 D+5.7
Mariposa 1,319 49.0% 1,329 49.4% 45 2,693 R+0.4
Mono 690 37.6% 1,093 59.6% 50 1,833 R+22.0
Sierra 757 59.4% 488 38.3% 29 1,274 D+21.1
Alpine 124 40.9% 171 56.4% 8 303 R+15.5

Counties as they stood in 1970; 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