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Election 1974 Results

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1974 US Senate election in California

Alan Cranston (Democrat) beat Bill Richardson (Republican) in California in 1974, 60.5% to 36.2%, a margin of 24.3 points and 1,482,893 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1968, when Alan Cranston also won.

Democrats led in 57 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 1,961,418 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.4 points. The closest was Inyo, where 55 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
Alan Cranston won Democratic 3,693,160 60.5%
Bill Richardson Republican 2,210,267 36.2%
All other candidates 197,581 3.2%
Total6,101,008

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,175,843 59.9% 736,423 37.5% 49,152 1,961,418 D+22.4
Orange 254,294 49.3% 243,741 47.2% 18,178 516,213 D+2.0
San Diego 231,479 51.2% 203,576 45.0% 17,251 452,306 D+6.2
Santa Clara 220,507 67.6% 95,219 29.2% 10,510 326,236 D+38.4
Alameda 234,438 72.2% 79,740 24.5% 10,652 324,830 D+47.6
Sacramento 141,896 62.8% 74,350 32.9% 9,818 226,064 D+29.9
San Francisco 151,388 74.9% 42,699 21.1% 8,033 202,120 D+53.8
Contra Costa 129,472 65.8% 62,039 31.5% 5,240 196,751 D+34.3
San Mateo 117,714 65.9% 55,695 31.2% 5,318 178,727 D+34.7
San Bernardino 102,012 58.9% 64,478 37.2% 6,806 173,296 D+21.7
Riverside 85,048 58.8% 54,759 37.9% 4,840 144,647 D+20.9
Ventura 67,303 57.9% 45,729 39.3% 3,211 116,243 D+18.6
Fresno 76,250 65.7% 36,921 31.8% 2,937 116,108 D+33.9
Santa Barbara 54,387 59.9% 34,085 37.5% 2,382 90,854 D+22.3
Kern 50,719 56.1% 36,720 40.6% 2,964 90,403 D+15.5
San Joaquin 50,433 60.9% 29,465 35.6% 2,890 82,788 D+25.3
Sonoma 51,803 63.3% 25,619 31.3% 4,361 81,783 D+32.0
Marin 50,926 64.5% 25,688 32.6% 2,288 78,902 D+32.0
Monterey 35,599 58.1% 23,370 38.2% 2,278 61,247 D+20.0
Santa Cruz 36,132 62.6% 18,716 32.4% 2,851 57,699 D+30.2
Stanislaus 34,112 63.1% 17,857 33.0% 2,122 54,091 D+30.1
Tulare 25,308 56.1% 18,327 40.6% 1,469 45,104 D+15.5
Solano 31,568 70.3% 11,810 26.3% 1,515 44,893 D+44.0
Butte 22,203 54.8% 16,402 40.5% 1,923 40,528 D+14.3
San Luis Obispo 21,314 54.5% 15,674 40.1% 2,133 39,121 D+14.4
Humboldt 23,763 62.4% 12,481 32.8% 1,839 38,083 D+29.6
Yolo 22,886 69.4% 8,961 27.2% 1,134 32,981 D+42.2
Napa 19,320 61.6% 11,037 35.2% 998 31,355 D+26.4
Placer 18,700 60.8% 10,761 35.0% 1,285 30,746 D+25.8
Shasta 15,990 57.4% 10,760 38.6% 1,107 27,857 D+18.8
Merced 15,323 67.5% 6,539 28.8% 834 22,696 D+38.7
Imperial 9,649 54.0% 7,621 42.7% 595 17,865 D+11.4
Mendocino 11,385 64.1% 5,450 30.7% 931 17,766 D+33.4
El Dorado 9,904 57.6% 6,496 37.8% 800 17,200 D+19.8
Kings 8,907 65.1% 4,367 31.9% 417 13,691 D+33.2
Sutter 5,927 48.5% 5,647 46.2% 654 12,228 D+2.3
Nevada 6,293 52.3% 5,165 42.9% 570 12,028 D+9.4
Siskiyou 7,234 61.5% 4,034 34.3% 499 11,767 D+27.2
Tehama 5,658 51.4% 4,865 44.2% 475 10,998 D+7.2
Lake 6,151 60.7% 3,570 35.2% 412 10,133 D+25.5
Madera 6,388 63.4% 3,387 33.6% 302 10,077 D+29.8
Tuolumne 6,207 63.5% 3,101 31.7% 464 9,772 D+31.8
Yuba 5,655 58.7% 3,525 36.6% 456 9,636 D+22.1
Amador 4,074 60.4% 2,413 35.8% 257 6,744 D+24.6
Glenn 3,450 54.8% 2,665 42.4% 175 6,290 D+12.5
Calaveras 3,487 57.1% 2,364 38.7% 259 6,110 D+18.4
Inyo 2,689 47.3% 2,744 48.2% 257 5,690 R+1.0
San Benito 3,450 62.4% 1,902 34.4% 175 5,527 D+28.0
Plumas 3,375 66.3% 1,388 27.3% 329 5,092 D+39.0
Lassen 3,121 63.0% 1,564 31.6% 268 4,953 D+31.4
Colusa 2,326 57.6% 1,553 38.5% 159 4,038 D+19.1
Del Norte 2,177 55.9% 1,549 39.8% 170 3,896 D+16.1
Mariposa 2,055 58.6% 1,301 37.1% 150 3,506 D+21.5
Trinity 1,791 53.3% 1,400 41.7% 168 3,359 D+11.6
Modoc 1,734 56.5% 1,215 39.6% 120 3,069 D+16.9
Mono 957 49.6% 861 44.6% 112 1,930 D+5.0
Sierra 757 65.5% 334 28.9% 65 1,156 D+36.6
Alpine 229 57.7% 145 36.5% 23 397 D+21.2

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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