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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in California

Pete Wilson (Republican) beat Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Democrat) in California in 1982, 51.5% to 44.8%, a margin of 6.8 points and 527,597 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1976, when S. I. Hayakawa won.

Republicans led in 53 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 5. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,228,000 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.2 points. The closest was Alpine, where 87 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
Pete Wilson won Republican 4,022,565 51.5%
Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Democratic 3,494,968 44.8%
All other candidates 287,917 3.7%
Total7,805,450

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,130,954 50.8% 1,037,174 46.6% 59,872 2,228,000 D+4.2
Orange 211,347 31.1% 445,803 65.7% 21,589 678,739 R+34.5
San Diego 242,135 39.1% 348,758 56.4% 27,848 618,741 R+17.2
Santa Clara 187,805 46.1% 201,969 49.6% 17,302 407,076 R+3.5
Alameda 226,780 58.7% 144,195 37.3% 15,665 386,640 D+21.4
Sacramento 152,523 46.7% 161,453 49.5% 12,293 326,269 R+2.7
San Bernardino 106,951 40.1% 150,054 56.2% 9,898 266,903 R+16.1
Contra Costa 110,813 44.0% 131,875 52.3% 9,352 252,040 R+8.4
San Francisco 152,196 67.3% 67,007 29.6% 6,985 226,188 D+37.7
Riverside 88,106 39.5% 127,934 57.3% 7,068 223,108 R+17.9
San Mateo 98,862 47.0% 103,493 49.2% 8,204 210,559 R+2.2
Ventura 66,325 37.2% 104,972 58.9% 6,830 178,127 R+21.7
Fresno 64,412 42.5% 81,633 53.9% 5,478 151,523 R+11.4
Kern 44,701 35.5% 75,613 60.1% 5,460 125,774 R+24.6
Sonoma 53,248 43.2% 63,846 51.9% 6,036 123,130 R+8.6
Santa Barbara 47,572 41.6% 62,854 55.0% 3,850 114,276 R+13.4
San Joaquin 44,199 40.8% 59,606 55.0% 4,639 108,444 R+14.2
Marin 44,933 45.8% 49,107 50.0% 4,111 98,151 R+4.3
Monterey 32,595 41.7% 41,950 53.7% 3,583 78,128 R+12.0
Santa Cruz 37,287 48.4% 35,021 45.5% 4,661 76,969 D+2.9
Stanislaus 30,786 41.0% 40,874 54.4% 3,433 75,093 R+13.4
Solano 32,967 45.0% 36,684 50.1% 3,539 73,190 R+5.1
Tulare 23,908 35.0% 41,896 61.4% 2,442 68,246 R+26.4
San Luis Obispo 22,095 35.3% 37,681 60.1% 2,880 62,656 R+24.9
Butte 20,026 32.4% 38,803 62.8% 2,989 61,818 R+30.4
Placer 19,449 38.6% 28,059 55.7% 2,875 50,383 R+17.1
Humboldt 19,369 41.0% 25,019 53.0% 2,858 47,246 R+12.0
Shasta 16,071 34.6% 28,109 60.5% 2,281 46,461 R+25.9
Yolo 22,034 49.7% 20,069 45.3% 2,204 44,307 D+4.4
Napa 14,549 36.3% 23,477 58.6% 2,036 40,062 R+22.3
El Dorado 12,052 35.0% 20,454 59.4% 1,932 34,438 R+24.4
Merced 12,814 40.3% 17,348 54.5% 1,662 31,824 R+14.2
Mendocino 11,100 42.1% 13,593 51.6% 1,663 26,356 R+9.5
Nevada 9,216 35.6% 15,527 59.9% 1,159 25,902 R+24.4
Imperial 7,602 38.1% 11,472 57.5% 860 19,934 R+19.4
Madera 6,847 37.9% 10,362 57.3% 870 18,079 R+19.4
Kings 6,997 38.8% 10,149 56.2% 907 18,053 R+17.5
Lake 6,789 41.0% 8,988 54.2% 797 16,574 R+13.3
Tehama 5,172 31.7% 10,105 61.9% 1,038 16,315 R+30.2
Sutter 4,709 29.0% 10,767 66.3% 769 16,245 R+37.3
Siskiyou 5,640 35.1% 9,312 58.0% 1,096 16,048 R+22.9
Tuolumne 5,698 37.4% 8,709 57.2% 822 15,229 R+19.8
Yuba 5,156 40.3% 6,887 53.8% 763 12,806 R+13.5
Amador 3,793 37.4% 5,861 57.7% 496 10,150 R+20.4
Calaveras 3,218 33.8% 5,623 59.1% 678 9,519 R+25.3
Glenn 1,828 22.7% 5,692 70.8% 520 8,040 R+48.1
Lassen 2,754 35.3% 4,518 58.0% 524 7,796 R+22.6
Inyo 2,243 28.8% 5,244 67.4% 297 7,784 R+38.6
Plumas 3,013 40.2% 3,920 52.3% 567 7,500 R+12.1
San Benito 2,975 40.5% 4,017 54.6% 359 7,351 R+14.2
Del Norte 1,986 31.8% 3,917 62.7% 349 6,252 R+30.9
Mariposa 2,054 36.5% 3,265 58.1% 303 5,622 R+21.5
Trinity 1,945 35.0% 3,168 57.0% 442 5,555 R+22.0
Colusa 1,435 31.1% 2,953 63.9% 230 4,618 R+32.9
Modoc 968 26.5% 2,431 66.5% 254 3,653 R+40.0
Mono 1,024 31.0% 2,108 63.8% 170 3,302 R+32.8
Sierra 794 42.8% 952 51.3% 108 1,854 R+8.5
Alpine 148 36.6% 235 58.2% 21 404 R+21.5

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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