1962 California gubernatorial election

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The 1962 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. The Democratic incumbent, Pat Brown, won re-election over former U.S. vice president and 1960 Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon.

Brown faced nominal opposition throughout the Democratic primary. Emphasizing his record as governor, and following a successful public relations campaign to make Brown appear forceful and decisive, Brown would crush his opponents and won with over 80 percent of the vote.

Nixon was drafted by the California Republican Party in the hopes that it would revitalize his political career following his narrow loss to John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election.

In his concession speech the following morning, Nixon accused the media of favoring his opponent Brown, stating that it was his "last press conference" and "You won't have Nixon to kick around any more."[1] Six years later, Nixon was elected President of the United States, and ten years after this press conference, he was re-elected in a landslide.

Background

Pat Brown was a relatively popular Democratic governor in California who was first elected in 1958.[2] However, he was seen as vulnerable due to criticisms of indecision and occasional errors in policy.[3]

In 1958, the Democratic Party had swept all but a single statewide office, and all of the incumbents were seeking reelection in 1962.[3] Despite 1958's near-sweep by Democrats and the state having more registered Democrats than Republicans (4,289,997 registered Democrats on election day 1962 compared to 3,002,038 registered Republicans),[3] at the time, California was generally considered a Republican stronghold, with Republican governors and senators from the end of World War II until the election of Democrat Clair Engle to the Senate in 1958, and Brown's election as governor the same year. The state had voted for Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, and Nixon carried the state over John F. Kennedy in the 1960 Presidential election.

In 1962, with popular incumbent Senator Thomas Kuchel essentially guaranteed to win re-election, the Republican Party felt it could also gain the governorship and win the state back from the Democrats. They turned to former Vice President Richard Nixon, the biggest name at the time in the California Republican Party.[4] Nixon had a record of winning statewide elections in California, having been elected Senator in 1950, carrying the state twice (in 1952 and 1956) as the vice presidential candidate on the ticket with Dwight D. Eisenhower, and carrying the state against Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election.[4][3] They also felt a convincing win could be a springboard for Nixon to challenge Kennedy again in 1964, since he narrowly lost to him in 1960.[4]

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on June 5, 1962.[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Campaign

Brown, a relatively popular incumbent, faced no serious opposition in the Democratic Party primary. In whole, the Democratic primaries for statewide offices showed a lack of strong division in the party, with the exception of William McKesson's unsuccessful challenge to incumbent Glenn M. Anderson in the race for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.[3]

Brown was endorsed by the liberal California Democratic Council, which put him on their slate of endorsed candidates at their convention, held January 26–28, 1962 in Fresno. Brown's camp made an effort of ensuring that none of the resolutions the council passed at their convention would provide fodder that a Republican general election opponent could use to embarrass Brown.[3]

Brown's camp emphasized accomplishments of Brown's legislative record, including programs related to water and education.[3] Public relations consultants played a role in reshaping Brown's image as a forceful and decisive leader.[3]

Results

Democratic primary resultsTemplate:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (incumbent) Script error: No such module "string". 81.42%
Script error: No such module "Political party". John C. Stuart Script error: No such module "string". 4.85%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Phillip Moore Script error: No such module "string". 4.69%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alfred L. Hamilton Script error: No such module "string". 4.23%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Joseph C. Shell (write-in) Script error: No such module "string". 3.12%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard M. Nixon (write-in) Script error: No such module "string". 1.68%
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Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrew

Campaign

Nixon announced his candidacy for governor on September 27, 1961, roughly eleven months after losing the 1960 presidential election. His bid was largely seen as a step towards either a 1964 or 1968 presidential campaign.[3] Nixon's 1962 campaign was managed by H. R. Haldeman.[8]

On January 16, 1962, former governor Goodie Knight was forced to withdraw his campaign for the nomination after suffering a serious case of hepatitis. Knight had been a popular governor, and his withdrawal was beneficial to Nixon's prospects of capturing the nomination.[3] In the first week of March 1962, former lieutenant governor Harold J. Powers withdrew from the primary, due to lack of organizational and financial campaign for his candidacy. This left Nixon facing only the conservative California State Assembly minority leader Joseph C. Shell in the primary. Shell was a wealthy man, having earned his fortune in oil, and was seen as a militant leader of conservative faction of the Republican Party.[3] Shell received support from the John Birch Society, who he had advocated welcoming within the party.[3][9]

Democrats took a hands-off approach to dealing with the Republican primary, letting Nixon and Shell duke it out between themselves without Democratic engagement. Nixon had wanted to hold a series of debates with Brown during the primary campaign season, but Brown did not engage in such debates with Nixon.[3]

Shell hoped to win the support of conservative Republicans, and hoped that there would be lower Republican primary turnout that would lead to the participating electorate having a significantly conservative lean.[3] In announcing his candidacy, Shell had claimed to be seeking the support of voters that supported, <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

A commitment to individual liberty limited only by those powers clearly enumerated in our constitution without reducing our ability to develop private property and free individual enterprise.[3]

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In terms of party leadership support, Nixon had far more support from the California Republican Party's state central executive committee than Shell did. However, a fight emerged between Nixon and Shell backers in gaining organizational power at the county and precinct level organizations of the party.[3]

Nixon, on February 17, 1962 declared that he would not seek the endorsement of the California Republican Assembly (CRA). This was possibly due to the fact that he had previously, in his 1950 U.S. Senate primary, lost the endorsement of a subcommittee of the organization, and he perhaps was reluctant to seek support from the organization again. On February 17, 1962, Nixon declared that he would not, himself, provide backing to any candidate involved with the John Birch Society, remarking that he had, "no commitment to endorse any candidate who seeks or accepts the support of the John Birch Society, even if they were the Republican Party nominees. Nixon quickly recanted his decision not to seek the endorsement of the CRA, and decided to indicate that he would seek their nomination and would additionally propose a resolution at their convention which would renounce the John Birch Society.[3]

Nixon beat Shell for support of the subcommittee of the CRA's fact-finding committee by a 7–5 vote. He again beat Shell for the support of the full fact-finding committee's support in a 34–25 vote. In the floor vote of the CRA convention, Nixon beat Shell for the CRA's endorsement in a 263–176 vote. Additionally, at the convention, Nixon saw a supporter of his, former Kansas governor Fred Hall, elected as the CRA's president. At the convention, Nixon sponsored a resolution to repudiate the John Birch Society's president Robert W. Welch Jr. and urging members of the CRA to abandon the John Birch Society if they were members of it. A contentious floor fight took place over the proposed resolution, with conservatives opposing it. A compromise was reached to adopt the portion condemning Welch but to not adopt the portion urging CRA members to abandon membership in the John Birch Society. Any association with the John Birch Society seemed politically unhelpful to Nixon in a general election, so this resolution was seen by him and his campaign as helping set him up for greater chances of victory in a general election.[3]

Shell traveled extensively during his campaign by utilizing his own private plane. His campaign had decent financing and was effectively organized. A key argument he made in support of his candidacy was that the state's economy was threatened due to assailing spending by the Brown gubernatorial administration. He also attacked Brown's governance by alleging increased federal government influence over the state. Another key argument he made in support of his candidacy was that Nixon would be unable to beat Brown in a general election, arguing that Democratic-leaning voters would "solidify" against Nixon. Shell also levied accusations that either Nixon or supporters of Nixon's had resorted to "gutter tactics" by "whispering lies" about Shell's family. Shell also called into question Nixon's expertise on state government and challenged Nixon to televised debates.[3]

Nixon campaigned across the state, often addressing sizable and curious crowds. Nixon ignored attacks from Shell in hopes not to ward off conservative support in the general election. Nixon's speeches dealt with subjects such as states' rights, reforms to taxes and budgets, addressing crime, and government efficiency. It had been over a decade since Nixon had run for state office and he made a number of embarrassing political slip-ups that made him appear under-prepared, such as referring to the California State Capitol as the "state house". It was also used against Nixon that he was made to admit that he had made a factual error in his book Six Crises regarding its account of the case of Alger Hiss.[3]

Results

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Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard M. Nixon Script error: No such module "string". 65.43%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Joseph C. Shell Script error: No such module "string". 33.42%
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Potter Gale Script error: No such module "string". 0.88%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (write-in) Script error: No such module "string". 0.27%
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Although Nixon beat Shell in the primary, 1,285,151 votes (65.4 percent) to Shell's 656,542 (33.4 percent), the contest was bitter, and Nixon did not reach out to conservative Shell supporters, which weakened him in the general election.[9]

Prohibition primary

Candidates

  • Robert L. Wyckoff, physician and attorney, Prohibition Party state chairman[6][11]

Results

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Party Candidate Votes %
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General election

Campaign

In a bitter and expensive campaign, Brown and Nixon campaigned with great zeal and effort. During the campaign, Nixon accused Brown of being weak on communism and crime. Brown alleged that Nixon was only interested in holding the governorship in order to utilize it as a steppingstone to the presidency.[8] Nixon's wife Pat campaigned with him.[12]

Two weeks after the Republican primary, Shell endorsed Nixon's candidacy.[5] Shell had conditioned an endorsement of Nixon on Nixon agreeing to make $200 million in cuts to the state budget and giving conservatives a share of the California delegates to the 1964 Republican National Convention.[3]

Harold J. Powers, who had dropped out of the Republican primary, endorsed Brown in the general election.[3]

Earl Warren, a Republican serving as Chief Justice of the United States and former governor of California, had long had a political feud with Nixon, despite Nixon and Warren being from the same state and the same party. Warren posed for photos with Brown, and told the press what a great job Brown was doing. Warren also had his son, Earl Jr., stump across the state for Brown and against Nixon.[13]

Nixon had a lead in the polls early on, but Brown lessened the margin as time went on, and pre-election polls showed Brown winning.[3]

Results

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Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert L. Wyckoff 69,700 1.19%
Independent Joseph C. Shell (write-in) 3,166 0.05%
Independent Herbert Steiner (write-in) 448 0.01%
Independent R. C. Irvine (write-in) 159 0.00%
Scattering 2,299 0.04% Script error: No such module "String".
Total votes 5,853,232 100.00%
Turnout 57.50% Script error: No such module "String".
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Results by county

Pat Brown is the last Democrat to date to have carried Colusa County and Modoc County. Additionally, both Kern County and El Dorado County have backed a Democratic gubernatorial candidate only once since this election.Template:Efn

County Edmund G. Brown
Democratic 		Richard M. Nixon
Republican 		Robert L. Wyckoff
Prohibition 		ScatteringTemplate:Efn
Write-in 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Alameda style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|206,861 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|57.98% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|145,851 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|40.88% 3,717 1.04% Template:Party shading/Independent|321 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|61,010 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|17.10% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|356,750
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Alpine style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|67 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|34.72% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|122 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|63.21% 3 1.55% Template:Party shading/Independent|1 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.52% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-55 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-28.50% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|193
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Amador style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,811 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|58.16% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,941 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|40.16% 71 1.47% Template:Party shading/Independent|10 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.21% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|870 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|18.00% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,833
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Butte style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|16,142 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|47.74% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|17,172 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|50.79% 443 1.31% Template:Party shading/Independent|54 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.16% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-1,030 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-3.05% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|33,811
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Calaveras style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,379 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.37% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,655 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.75% 92 1.79% Template:Party shading/Independent|4 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.08% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-276 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-5.38% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,130
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Colusa style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,320 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|52.06% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,056 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.14% 77 1.73% Template:Party shading/Independent|3 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.07% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|264 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5.92% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,456
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Contra Costa style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|91,150 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|55.49% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|71,192 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|43.34% 1,811 1.10% Template:Party shading/Independent|124 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.08% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|19,958 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|12.15% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|164,277
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Del Norte style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,741 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.97% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,418 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|45.85% 112 2.12% Template:Party shading/Independent|3 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.06% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|323 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|6.12% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,274
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|El Dorado style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|6,572 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|56.25% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,842 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|41.44% 242 2.07% Template:Party shading/Independent|27 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.23% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,730 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|14.81% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|11,683
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Fresno style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|68,187 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|57.78% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|48,211 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|40.85% 1,479 1.25% Template:Party shading/Independent|136 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.12% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|19,976 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|16.93% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|118,013
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Glenn style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|3,299 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|48.70% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|3,353 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|49.50% 116 1.71% Template:Party shading/Independent|6 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-54 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-0.80% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|6,774
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Humboldt style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|17,739 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|52.19% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|15,708 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.22% 511 1.50% Template:Party shading/Independent|29 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,031 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5.98% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|33,987
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Imperial style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8,241 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|44.14% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|10,271 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|55.01% 142 0.76% Template:Party shading/Independent|16 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-2,030 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-10.87% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|18,670
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Inyo style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,526 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|47.00% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,740 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|50.99% 100 1.86% Template:Party shading/Independent|8 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.15% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-214 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-3.98% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,374
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Kern style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|48,737 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|52.10% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|43,342 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.33% 1,376 1.47% Template:Party shading/Independent|95 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.10% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,395 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5.77% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|93,550
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Kings style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|9,141 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|59.03% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|6,113 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|39.48% 217 1.40% Template:Party shading/Independent|14 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|3,028 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|19.55% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|15,485
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Lake style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|3,315 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|44.42% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,041 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|54.15% 105 1.41% Template:Party shading/Independent|2 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.03% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-726 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-9.73% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|7,463
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Lassen style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|3,500 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|62.50% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,968 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|35.14% 121 2.13% Template:Party shading/Independent|11 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.20% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,352 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|27.36% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,600
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Los Angeles style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,191,724 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.83% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,080,113 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.98% 24,986 1.09% Template:Party shading/Independent|2,421 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.11% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|111,611 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4.85% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,299,244
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Madera style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|7,728 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|60.46% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,903 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|38.36% 141 1.10% Template:Party shading/Independent|11 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,825 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|22.10% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|12,783
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Marin style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|27,664 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|45.38% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|32,720 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|53.67% 503 0.83% Template:Party shading/Independent|79 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.13% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-5,056 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-8.29% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|60,966
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Mariposa style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,272 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|47.50% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,349 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|50.37% 53 1.98% Template:Party shading/Independent|4 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.15% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-77 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-2.88% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2.678
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Mendocino style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8,704 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.50% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|7,936 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.96% 249 1.47% Template:Party shading/Independent|12 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.07% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|768 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4.54% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|16,901
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Merced style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|14,105 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|57.62% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|10,071 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|41.14% 268 1.09% Template:Party shading/Independent|34 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.14% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,034 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|16.48% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|24,478
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Modoc style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,641 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.73% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,473 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.44% 52 1.64% Template:Party shading/Independent|6 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.19% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|168 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5.30% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|3,172
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Mono style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|488 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|36.12% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|840 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|62.18% 23 1.70% Template:Party shading/Independent|0 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.00% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-352 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-26.05% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,351
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Monterey style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|24,801 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.52% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|28,000 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|52.52% 476 0.89% Template:Party shading/Independent|36 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.07% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-3,199 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-6.00% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|53,313
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Napa style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|14,748 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|53.50% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|12,326 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|44.72% 469 1.70% Template:Party shading/Independent|21 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.08% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,422 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8.79% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|27,654
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Nevada style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,818 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.02% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,450 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|47.12% 143 1.51% Template:Party shading/Independent|32 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.34% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|368 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|3.90% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|9,443
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Orange style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|112,152 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|39.16% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|169,962 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|59.35% 3,832 1.34% Template:Party shading/Independent|431 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.15% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-57,810 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-20.19% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|286,377
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Placer style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|13,592 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|59.98% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|8,677 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|38.29% 366 1.62% Template:Party shading/Independent|24 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.11% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,915 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|21.69% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|22,659
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Plumas style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|3,397 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|66.44% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,624 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|31.76% 88 1.72% Template:Party shading/Independent|4 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.08% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,773 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|34.68% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,113
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Riverside style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|50,257 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.60% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|55,926 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.86% 1,595 1.48% Template:Party shading/Independent|71 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.07% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-5,669 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-5.26% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|107,849
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Sacramento style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|115,462 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|60.69% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|71,788 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|37.74% 2,542 1.34% Template:Party shading/Independent|446 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.23% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|43,674 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|22.96% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|190,238
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|San Benito style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,527 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|48.30% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,640 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|50.46% 64 1.22% Template:Party shading/Independent|1 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.02% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-113 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-2.16% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,232
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|San Bernardino style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|88,437 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.68% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|80,054 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.78% 2,501 1.46% Template:Party shading/Independent|133 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.08% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8,383 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4.90% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|171,125
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|San Diego style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|153,389 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|42.40% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|201,969 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|55.83% 6,101 1.69% Template:Party shading/Independent|315 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-48,580 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-13.43% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|361,774
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|San Francisco style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|180,298 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|62.19% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|107,165 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|36.96% 2,298 0.79% Template:Party shading/Independent|157 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.05% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|73,133 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|25.23% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|289,918
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|San Joaquin style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|43,276 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|49.40% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|43,147 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|49.25% 1,095 1.25% Template:Party shading/Independent|83 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|129 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|0.15% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|87,601
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|San Luis Obispo style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|16,110 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|52.86% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|13,825 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|45.36% 528 1.73% Template:Party shading/Independent|15 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.05% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,285 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|7.50% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|30,478
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|San Mateo style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|90,464 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.88% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|82,115 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|47.09% 1,670 0.96% Template:Party shading/Independent|127 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.07% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8,349 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4.79% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|174,376
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Santa Barbara style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|30,424 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|47.50% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|32,821 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.24% 775 1.21% Template:Party shading/Independent|32 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.05% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-2,397 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-3.74% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|64,052
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Santa Clara style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|121,149 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.20% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|112,700 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|47.63% 2,538 1.07% Template:Party shading/Independent|245 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.10% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8,449 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|3.57% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|236,632
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Santa Cruz style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|17,354 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|44.93% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|20,580 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|53.28% 656 1.70% Template:Party shading/Independent|34 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-3,226 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-8.35% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|38,624
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Shasta style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|14,753 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|63.97% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|7,858 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|34.07% 378 1.64% Template:Party shading/Independent|75 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.33% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|6,895 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|29.90% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|23,064
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Sierra style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|676 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|57.98% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|461 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|39.54% 29 2.49% Template:Party shading/Independent|0 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.00% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|215 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|18.44% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,166
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Siskiyou style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|7,718 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|59.98% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,942 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|38.41% 190 1.48% Template:Party shading/Independent|18 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.14% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,776 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|21.57% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|12,868
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Solano style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|25,987 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|64.31% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|13,888 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|34.37% 513 1.27% Template:Party shading/Independent|19 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.05% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|12,099 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|29.94% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|40,407
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Sonoma style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|29,373 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|49.19% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|29,647 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|49.65% 643 1.08% Template:Party shading/Independent|53 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-274 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-0.46% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|59,716
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Stanislaus style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|30,431 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|53.64% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|25,417 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|44.80% 789 1.39% Template:Party shading/Independent|99 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.17% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,014 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8.84% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|56,736
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Sutter style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,816 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|41.19% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|6,734 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|57.59% 142 1.21% Template:Party shading/Independent|0 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.00% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-1,918 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-16.40% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|11,692
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Tehama style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,077 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.36% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,591 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.44% 200 2.02% Template:Party shading/Independent|18 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.18% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|486 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|4.92% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|9,886
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Trinity style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,201 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|64.58% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,148 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|33.69% 53 1.56% Template:Party shading/Independent|6 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.18% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,053 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|30.90% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|3,408
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Tulare style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|24,598 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|49.08% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|24,914 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|49.71% 584 1.17% Template:Party shading/Independent|24 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.05% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-316 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|-0.63% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|50,120
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Tuolumne style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|3,631 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|52.48% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|3,187 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.06% 94 1.36% Template:Party shading/Independent|7 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.10% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|444 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|6.42% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|6,919
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Ventura style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|37,777 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|53.46% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|31,899 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|45.15% 914 1.29% Template:Party shading/Independent|68 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.10% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,878 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|8.32% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|70,658
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Yolo style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|13,334 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|60.67% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|8,311 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|37.82% 293 1.33% Template:Party shading/Independent|39 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.18% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,023 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|22.86% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|21,977
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Yuba style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|5,028 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|53.77% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|4,184 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|44.74% 131 1.40% Template:Party shading/Independent|8 Template:Party shading/Independent|0.09% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|844 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|9.03% style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|9,351
Total 3,037,109 51.89% 2,740,351 46.82% 69,700 1.19% 6,072 0.10% 296,758 5.07% 5,853,232

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Aftermath

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Brown was the first Democratic Party governor reelected in California since 1853, and only the third governor of any party reelected since California extended gubernatorial terms to four-years in 1862 (after only Hiram Johnson and Earl Warren).[3] In the coinciding California State Legislature elections, the Democratic Party retained control of the State Legislature, marking the first time in the 20th century that the Democratic Party would hold control of the state's legislature for longer than a four-year period. The party won 53.9% of the cumulative popular vote in the State Legislature elections. In the coinciding United States House of Representatives elections in the state, Democrats gained nine seats, while Republicans lost one (the state had gained eight new seats in reapportionment after the 1960 United States census), and won 51.8% of the state's cumulative votes in its congressional races. All of the state's incumbent congressmen sought reelection, with three Republican incumbents and one Democratic incumbent losing reelection. The Democrats won seven of the eight newly created congressional seats, while Republicans won one. Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel won reelection as expected in the coinciding United States Senate election, capturing an overwhelming share of the vote in that election.[3]

Brown served out his second term, but failed to win a third term in 1966, losing reelection to future president Ronald Reagan.[18]

Nixon later re-entered politics when he ran for president again in 1968; he won that election, and was later re-elected, but he resigned in disgrace in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal.[17]

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Further reading

  • Ambrose, Stephen E. Nixon Volume II: The Triumph of a Politician 1962-1972 (1989).
  • Anderson, Totton J., and Eugene C. Lee. “The 1962 Election in California.” Western Political Quarterly, 16#2 (1963), pp. 396–420. online
  • Anderson, Totton J. "Extremism in California Politics: The Brown-Knowland and Brown-Nixon Campaigns Compared." Political Research Quarterly 16.2 (1963): 371.
  • Pawel, Miriam. (2018). The Browns of California : the family dynasty that transformed a state and shaped a nation. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing.
  • Rapoport, R. California Dreaming: The Political Odyssey of Pat & Jerry Brown. Berkeley: Nolo Press (1982) Template:ISBN.
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  • Rarick, Ethan. "The Brown Dynasty." in Modern American Political Dynasties: A Study of Power, Family, and Political Influence ed by Kathleen Gronnerud and Scott J. Spitzer. (2018): 211-30.
  • Rice, Richard B. (2012). The Elusive Eden: A New History of California. New York: McGraw-Hill. Template:ISBN.
  • Rogin, Michael Paul, John L. Shover. Political Change in California: Critical Elections and Social Movements, 1890-1966 (Greenwood, 1970).
  • Schuparra, Kurt. Triumph of the Right: The Rise of the California Conservative Movement, 1945-1966 (M.E. Sharpe, 1998).

Statistics

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External links

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