1942 California gubernatorial election

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The 1942 California gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942. The election pitted incumbent Democratic Governor Culbert Olson against state Attorney General Earl Warren. Warren won in a landslide to become the 30th governor of California, receiving 57% of the vote to Olson's 42%.

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1942 California gubernatorial election
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November 3, 1942
1946 →
 
Nominee Earl Warren Culbert Olson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,275,287 932,995
Percentage 57.07% 41.75%
County results
Warren:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Olson:      50–60%
Governor before election

Culbert Olson
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Earl Warren
Republican

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Primary election results

Candidates

  • Culbert L. Olson (D), incumbent governor
  • Ray G. Owens (D)
  • Alonzo J. Riggs (D)
  • William E. Riker (R), white supremacist preacher
  • Earl Warren (R), Attorney General of California
  • Nathan T. Porter (Townsend)
  • Fred Dyster (Prohibition)

Results

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Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Culbert L. Olson (incumbent) 514,144 52.04%
Democratic Earl Warren 404,778 40.97%
Democratic Ray G. Owens 50,780 5.14%
Democratic Nathan T. Porter 11,032 1.12%
Democratic Alonzo J. Riggs 7,231 0.73%
Total votes 987,965 100.00%
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Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Earl Warren 635,230 94.22%
Republican Nathan T. Porter 15,602 2.31%
Republican William E. Riker 10,004 1.48%
Republican Fred Dyster 9,824 1.46%
Republican Culbert L. Olson (write-in) 3,504 0.52%
Total votes 674,164 100.00%
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Townsend primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Townsend Nathan T. Porter 1,899 65.33%
Townsend Earl Warren (write-in) 747 25.70%
Townsend Culbert L. Olson (write-in) 261 8.98%
Total votes 2,907 100.00%
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Prohibition primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition Fred Dyster 1,561 100.00%
Total votes 1,561 100.00%
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General election results

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1942 California gubernatorial election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Earl Warren 1,275,287 57.07% +12.91%
Democratic Culbert Olson (incumbent) 932,995 41.75% −10.74%
Townsend Nathan T. Porter 15,501 0.69% +0.69%
Prohibition Fred Dyster 10,640 0.48% +0.48%
Scattering 122 0.01%
Majority 342,292 15.32%
Total votes 2,234,545 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic Swing +23.64%
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Results by county

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County Earl Warren
Republican		 Culbert L. Olson
Democratic		 Nathan T. Porter
Townsend		 Fred Dyster
Prohibition		 Scattering
Write-in		 Margin Total votes cast[2]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Alameda 110,438 55.23% 87,964 43.99% 963 0.48% 579 0.29% 18 0.01% 22,474 11.24% 199,962
Alpine 92 76.03% 27 22.31% 1 0.83% 1 0.83% 0 0.00% 65 53.72% 121
Amador 1,506 61.37% 926 37.73% 11 0.45% 11 0.45% 0 0.00% 580 23.63% 2,454
Butte 8,345 65.43% 4,198 32.91% 132 1.03% 80 0.63% 0 0.00% 4,147 32.51% 12,755
Calaveras 1,922 73.81% 664 25.50% 13 0.50% 5 0.19% 0 0.00% 1,258 48.31% 2,604
Colusa 2,102 71.59% 805 27.42% 22 0.75% 7 0.24% 0 0.00% 1,297 44.18% 2,936
Contra Costa 21,450 51.88% 19,542 47.27% 173 0.42% 175 0.42% 4 0.01% 1,908 4.61% 41,344
Del Norte 876 59.47% 568 38.56% 23 1.56% 6 0.41% 0 0.00% 308 20.91% 1,473
El Dorado 2,632 60.44% 1,662 38.16% 35 0.80% 26 0.60% 0 0.00% 970 22.27% 4,355
Fresno 23,002 51.39% 21,116 47.18% 384 0.86% 258 0.58% 0 0.00% 1,886 4.21% 44,760
Glenn 2,955 68.42% 1,321 30.59% 25 0.58% 18 0.42% 0 0.00% 1,634 37.83% 4,319
Humboldt 9,053 58.68% 6,242 40.46% 89 0.58% 43 0.28% 0 0.00% 2,811 18.22% 15,427
Imperial 5,490 67.21% 2,567 31.42% 69 0.84% 43 0.53% 0 0.00% 2,923 35.78% 8,169
Inyo 1,861 70.76% 734 27.91% 23 0.87% 12 0.46% 0 0.00% 1,127 42.85% 2,630
Kern 18,083 60.14% 11,707 38.94% 139 0.46% 138 0.46% 1 0.00% 6,376 21.21% 30,068
Kings 4,859 59.47% 3,222 39.43% 46 0.56% 44 0.54% 0 0.00% 1,637 20.03% 8,171
Lake 1,980 72.53% 676 24.76% 56 2.05% 18 0.66% 0 0.00% 1,304 47.77% 2,730
Lassen 2,151 54.26% 1,763 44.48% 43 1.08% 7 0.18% 0 0.00% 388 9.79% 3,964
Los Angeles 506,038 54.12% 417,360 44.64% 6,729 0.72% 4,866 0.52% 54 0.01% 88,678 9.48% 935,047
Madera 3,377 63.09% 1,903 35.55% 43 0.80% 30 0.56% 0 0.00% 1,474 27.54% 5,353
Marin 11,307 66.73% 5,531 32.64% 58 0.34% 48 0.28% 0 0.00% 5,776 34.09% 16,944
Mariposa 1,019 65.07% 521 33.27% 19 1.21% 7 0.45% 0 0.00% 498 31.80% 1,566
Mendocino 5,719 64.37% 3,056 34.40% 54 0.61% 55 0.62% 0 0.00% 2,663 29.98% 8,884
Merced 7,075 61.26% 4,310 37.32% 87 0.75% 76 0.66% 2 0.02% 2,765 23.94% 11,550
Modoc 1,203 60.15% 771 38.55% 19 0.95% 7 0.35% 0 0.00% 432 21.60% 2,000
Mono 393 72.78% 143 26.48% 1 0.19% 3 0.56% 0 0.00% 250 46.30% 540
Monterey 11,278 65.73% 5,738 33.44% 88 0.51% 52 0.30% 2 0.01% 5,540 32.29% 17,158
Napa 5,680[a] 62.74% 3,240 35.79% 88[b] 0.97% 45 0.50% 0 0.00% 2,440 26.95% 9,053
Nevada 3,974 67.14% 1,893 31.98% 28 0.47% 24 0.41% 0 0.00% 2,081 35.16% 5,919
Orange 31,065 69.54% 12,847 28.76% 377 0.84% 385 0.86% 1 0.00% 18,218 40.78% 44,675
Placer 4,709 52.60% 4,149 46.35% 57 0.64% 36 0.40% 1 0.01% 560 6.26% 8,952
Plumas 1,348 46.35% 1,537 52.85% 16 0.55% 7 0.24% 0 0.00% -189 -6.50% 2,908
Riverside 18,547 65.81% 9,000 31.94% 290 1.03% 342 1.21% 2 0.01% 9,547 33.88% 28,181
Sacramento 29,175 51.92% 26,475 47.11% 372 0.66% 173 0.31% 0 0.00% 2,700 4.80% 56,195
San Benito 2,592 74.06% 878 25.09% 11 0.31% 17 0.49% 2 0.06% 1,714 48.97% 3,500
San Bernardino 28,517 64.49% 14,880 33.65% 365 0.83% 453 1.02% 5 0.01% 13,637 30.84% 44,220
San Diego 51,709 58.56% 35,113 39.76% 906 1.03% 579 0.66% 0 0.00% 16,596 18.79% 88,307
San Francisco 120,979 53.40% 103,888 45.85% 1,178 0.52% 514 0.23% 1 0.00% 17,091 7.54% 226,560
San Joaquin 24,511 71.55% 9,380 27.38% 228 0.67% 138 0.40% 0 0.00% 15,131 44.17% 34,257
San Luis Obispo 7,121 64.28% 3,784 34.16% 100 0.90% 73 0.66% 0 0.00% 3,337 30.12% 11,078
San Mateo 26,037 63.43% 14,737 35.90% 175 0.43% 96 0.23% 5 0.01% 11,300 27.53% 41,050
Santa Barbara 14,657 68.71% 6,437 30.18% 152 0.71% 85 0.40% 1 0.00% 8,220 38.53% 21,332
Santa Clara 37,905 64.23% 20,367 34.51% 482 0.82% 244 0.41% 20 0.03% 17.538 29.72% 59,018
Santa Cruz 9,858 66.45% 4,761 32.09% 136 0.92% 80 0.54% 0 0.00% 5,097 34.36% 14,835
Shasta 4,591 56.48% 3,382 41.60% 119 1.46% 37 0.46% 0 0.00% 1,209 14.87% 8,129
Sierra 442 53.77% 376 45.74% 3 0.36% 1 0.12% 0 0.00% 66 8.03% 822
Siskiyou 5,217 61.03% 3,151 36.86% 150 1.75% 30 0.35% 0 0.00% 2,066 24.17% 8,548
Solano 9,453 53.25% 8,131 45.81% 123 0.69% 44 0.25% 0 0.00% 1,322 7.45% 17,751
Sonoma 14,299 60.94% 8,962 38.19% 132 0.56% 70 0.30% 2 0.01% 5,337 22.74% 23,465
Stanislaus 13,286 62.49% 7,624 35.86% 149 0.70% 201 0.95% 1 0.00% 5,662 26.63% 21,261
Sutter 3,552 73.13% 1,258 25.90% 30 0.62% 17 0.35% 0 0.00% 2,294 47.23% 4,857
Tehama 3,339 73.71% 1,133 25.01% 34 0.75% 24 0.53% 0 0.00% 2,206 48.70% 4,530
Trinity 948 58.74% 635 39.34% 26 1.61% 5 0.31% 0 0.00% 313 19.39% 1,614
Tulare 14,797 68.41% 6,498 30.04% 175 0.81% 160 0.74% 0 0.00% 8,299 38.38% 21,630
Tuolumne 2,624 65.13% 1,360 33.76% 33 0.82% 12 0.30% 0 0.00% 1,264 31.37% 4,029
Ventura 10,282 56.36% 7,730 42.37% 147 0.81% 86 0.47% 0 0.00% 2,552 13.99% 18,245
Yolo 4,853 61.93% 2,921 37.28% 35 0.45% 27 0.34% 0 0.00% 1,932 24.66% 7,836
Yuba 3,014 66.92% 1,431 31.77% 39 0.87% 20 0.44% 0 0.00% 1,583 35.15% 4,504
Total1,275,28757.07%932,99541.75%15,5010.69%10,6400.48%1220.01%342,29215.32%2,234,545
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. [a]
    The published Statement of Vote contains a typo for Warren in this county. The correct figure can be found on the original canvass at the State Archives.
  2. [b]
    The published Statement of Vote contains a typo for Porter in this county. The correct figure can be found on the original canvass at the State Archives.

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