1994 California gubernatorial election
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The 1994 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, in the midst of that year's "Republican Revolution". Incumbent Republican Pete Wilson easily won re-election over his main challenger, Democratic State Treasurer Kathleen Brown, the daughter of Pat Brown and younger sister of Jerry Brown, both of whom had previously served as governor. Primaries were held on June 3, 1994.
Although Wilson initially trailed Brown in the polls as a result of the state's faltering economy, his signature opposition to affirmative action and state services for illegal immigrants (with the associated Proposition 187) eventually led to his win. Wilson won 25% of the African-American vote, a fairly strong performance for a Republican; however, he won only 25% of the Latino vote, a weak performance which was widely attributed to his support of Proposition 187. This election was the first California gubernatorial election since 1974 in which the winner of the gubernatorial election was of a different party from the incumbent president.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Louis Darrigo, Aptos farmer and contractor[1]
- Jim Hart, San Diego resident[1]
- Ron Unz, Palo Alto businessman[1]
- Pete Wilson, incumbent Governor
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Pete Wilson (incumbent) | 1,266,832 | 61.44% | |
| Republican | Ron Unz | 707,431 | 34.31% | |
| Republican | Jim Hart | 44,083 | 2.14% | |
| Republican | Louis Darrigo | 43,448 | 2.11% | |
| Republican | Mike Eagles (write-in) | 34 | 0.00% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 92,580 | 4.30% | ||
| Total votes | 2,061,828 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Kathleen Brown, California Treasurer
- Mark Calney, Los Angeles resident[1]
- John Garamendi, California Insurance Commissioner and candidate for Governor in 1982
- Tom Hayden, State Senator from Los Angeles
- Charles Pineda Jr., Sacramento criminal justice administrator[1]
- Jonathan Trip, Burbank business consultant[1]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kathleen Brown | 1,110,372 | 48.38% | |
| Democratic | John Garamendi | 755,876 | 32.93% | |
| Democratic | Tom Hayden | 318,777 | 13.89% | |
| Democratic | Charles Pineda Jr. | 57,314 | 2.50% | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Trip | 31,716 | 1.38% | |
| Democratic | Mark Calney | 21,121 | 0.92% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 139,710 | 5.74% | ||
| Total votes | 2,295,176 | 100.00% | ||
Minor party primaries
[edit]American Independent Party
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Independent | Jerome McCready | 18,984 | 100.00% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 19,710 | 50.94% | ||
| Total votes | 18,984 | 100.00% | ||
Green Party
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | None of the Above | 8,185 | 46.18% | |
| Green | John T. Selawsky | 3,688 | 20.81% | |
| Green | James Ogle | 2,930 | 16.53% | |
| Green | John Lewallen | 2,923 | 16.49% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 4,527 | 20.34% | ||
| Total votes | 17,726 | 100.00% | ||
Libertarian Party
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libertarian | Richard Rider | 13,757 | 100.00% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 3,208 | 18.91% | ||
| Total votes | 13,757 | 100.00% | ||
Peace and Freedom Party
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace and Freedom | Gloria Estela La Riva | 4,633 | 100.00% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 2,805 | 37.71% | ||
| Total votes | 4,633 | 100.00% | ||
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Kathleen Brown, California Treasurer (Democratic)
- Gloria Estela LaRiva, San Francisco political organizer and printer[1] (Peace and Freedom)
- Jerome McCready, Castroville businessman[1] (American Independent)
- Richard Rider, San Diego stockbroker and financial planner[1] (Libertarian)
- Pete Wilson, incumbent Governor and former U.S. Senator (Republican)
Polling
[edit]| Source | Date | Pete Wilson |
Kathleen Brown |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNBC-TV | November 4, 1994 | 48% | 44% |
| KCAL-TV | November 3, 1994 | 49% | 39% |
| Field Poll | November 1, 1994 | 50% | 41% |
| San Francisco Examiner | October 23, 1994 | 48% | 43% |
| Los Angeles Times | October 16, 1994 | 50% | 42% |
| KCAL-TV | October 7, 1994 | 48% | 38% |
| Los Angeles Times | September 16, 1994 | 46% | 44% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Pete Wilson (incumbent) | 4,781,766 | 55.18% | +5.93% | |
| Democratic | Kathleen Brown | 3,519,799 | 40.62% | −5.17% | |
| Libertarian | Richard Rider | 149,281 | 1.72% | −0.17% | |
| American Independent | Jerome McCready | 133,888[a] | 1.55% | −0.27% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Gloria Estela La Riva | 80,440 | 0.93% | −0.33% | |
| Independent | Aaron Boxerman (write-in) | 130 | 0.00% | ||
| Independent | Nick Miloslavich (write-in) | 46 | 0.00% | ||
| Independent | Thomas L. Sailers (write-in) | 16 | 0.00% | ||
| Independent | Tim Oster (write-in) | 9 | 0.00% | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | 235,261 | 2.64% | |||
| Majority | 1,261,967 | 14.56% | |||
| Total votes | 8,665,375 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +14.56% | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Pete Wilson Republican |
Kathleen Brown Democratic |
Richard Rider Libertarian |
Jerome McCready AIP |
Gloria La Riva PFP |
All Others Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 147,238 | 36.61% | 240,490 | 59.80% | 5,810 | 1.44% | 4,161 | 1.03% | 4,460 | 1.11% | 6[b] | 0.00% | -93,252 | -23.19% | 402,165 |
| Alpine | 389 | 56.54% | 240 | 34.88% | 11 | 1.60% | 28 | 4.07% | 20 | 2.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 149 | 21.66% | 688 |
| Amador | 8,781 | 66.81% | 3,776 | 28.73% | 257 | 1.96% | 261 | 1.99% | 68 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,005 | 38.08% | 13,143 |
| Butte | 42,998 | 62.88% | 21,887 | 32.01% | 1,389 | 2.03% | 1,562 | 2.28% | 546 | 0.80% | 1[c] | 0.00% | 21,111 | 30.87% | 68,383 |
| Calaveras | 10,438 | 66.08% | 4,432 | 28.06% | 415 | 2.63% | 361 | 2.29% | 149 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,006 | 38.02% | 15,795 |
| Colusa | 3,691 | 72.70% | 1,202 | 23.68% | 72 | 1.42% | 83 | 1.63% | 29 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,489 | 49.03% | 5,077 |
| Contra Costa | 154,482 | 51.47% | 135,133 | 45.02% | 4,483 | 1.49% | 3,998 | 1.33% | 2,039 | 0.68% | 5[d] | 0.00% | 19,349 | 6.45% | 300,140 |
| Del Norte | 4,626 | 61.83% | 2,372 | 31.70% | 148 | 1.98% | 278 | 3.72% | 58 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,254 | 30.13% | 7,482 |
| El Dorado | 36,695 | 67.14% | 15,289 | 27.97% | 1,206 | 2.21% | 1,124 | 2.06% | 340 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 21,406 | 39.17% | 54,654 |
| Fresno | 112,851 | 62.83% | 60,958 | 33.94% | 2,153 | 1.20% | 2,146 | 1.19% | 1,496 | 0.83% | 14[e] | 0.01% | 51,893 | 28.89% | 179,618 |
| Glenn | 5,916 | 73.54% | 1,719 | 21.37% | 142 | 1.77% | 217 | 2.70% | 51 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,197 | 52.17% | 8,045 |
| Humboldt | 23,586 | 49.34% | 21,162 | 44.27% | 1,164 | 2.43% | 1,088 | 2.28% | 805 | 1.68% | 2[f] | 0.00% | 2,424 | 5.07% | 47,807 |
| Imperial | 13,208 | 54.97% | 9,525 | 39.64% | 286 | 1.19% | 341 | 1.42% | 667 | 2.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,683 | 15.33% | 24,027 |
| Inyo | 5,054 | 69.51% | 1,878 | 25.83% | 132 | 1.82% | 149 | 2.05% | 58 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,176 | 43.68% | 7,271 |
| Kern | 105,733 | 69.49% | 39,137 | 25.72% | 2,711 | 1.78% | 3,191 | 2.10% | 1,389 | 0.91% | 1[g] | 0.00% | 66,596 | 43.77% | 152,162 |
| Kings | 14,750 | 65.02% | 7,097 | 31.28% | 287 | 1.27% | 350 | 1.54% | 202 | 0.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,653 | 33.73% | 22,686 |
| Lake | 11,416 | 57.88% | 7,279 | 36.90% | 423 | 2.14% | 450 | 2.28% | 156 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,137 | 20.97% | 19,724 |
| Lassen | 4,827 | 58.63% | 2,671 | 32.44% | 277 | 3.36% | 383 | 4.65% | 75 | 0.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,156 | 26.19% | 8,233 |
| Los Angeles | 1,043,835 | 50.43% | 953,301 | 46.06% | 28,368 | 1.37% | 23,469 | 1.13% | 20,910 | 1.01% | 6[h] | 0.00% | 90,534 | 4.37% | 2,069,889 |
| Madera | 18,623 | 69.24% | 7,223 | 26.85% | 311 | 1.16% | 563 | 2.09% | 177 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,400 | 42.38% | 26,897 |
| Marin | 45,983 | 43.35% | 56,665 | 53.43% | 1,679 | 1.58% | 958 | 0.90% | 777 | 0.73% | 1[i] | 0.00% | -10,682 | -10.07% | 106,063 |
| Mariposa | 4,699 | 65.18% | 2,178 | 30.21% | 121 | 1.68% | 172 | 2.39% | 39 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,521 | 34.97% | 7,209 |
| Mendocino | 14,645 | 48.37% | 13,716 | 45.30% | 767 | 2.53% | 590 | 1.95% | 561 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 929 | 3.07% | 30,279 |
| Merced | 24,873 | 62.90% | 13,197 | 33.37% | 444 | 1.12% | 763 | 1.93% | 267 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,676 | 29.53% | 39,544 |
| Modoc | 1,972 | 51.47% | 1,257 | 32.81% | 217 | 5.66% | 337 | 8.80% | 48 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 715 | 18.66% | 3,831 |
| Mono | 2,263 | 64.88% | 1,051 | 30.13% | 88 | 2.52% | 60 | 1.72% | 26 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,212 | 34.75% | 3,488 |
| Monterey | 49,565 | 53.89% | 38,597 | 41.96% | 1,228 | 1.34% | 1,843 | 2.00% | 738 | 0.80% | 8[j] | 0.01% | 10,968 | 11.92% | 91,979 |
| Napa | 23,429 | 54.69% | 17,454 | 40.74% | 764 | 1.78% | 835 | 1.95% | 357 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,975 | 13.95% | 42,839 |
| Nevada | 25,159 | 65.97% | 11,283 | 29.59% | 805 | 2.11% | 658 | 1.73% | 230 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 13,876 | 36.39% | 38,135 |
| Orange | 516,811 | 67.72% | 211,132 | 27.67% | 16,351 | 2.14% | 13,566 | 1.78% | 5,274 | 0.69% | 5[k] | 0.00% | 305,679 | 40.06% | 763,139 |
| Placer | 51,213 | 67.02% | 21,915 | 28.68% | 1,570 | 2.05% | 1,299 | 1.70% | 413 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 29,298 | 38.34% | 76,410 |
| Plumas | 5,492 | 63.87% | 2,630 | 30.58% | 210 | 2.44% | 210 | 2.44% | 57 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,862 | 33.28% | 8,599 |
| Riverside | 221,027 | 64.17% | 107,207 | 31.13% | 6,085 | 1.77% | 7,182 | 2.09% | 2,858 | 0.83% | 58[l] | 0.02% | 113,820 | 33.05% | 344,417 |
| Sacramento | 196,229 | 54.79% | 146,423 | 40.88% | 6,507 | 1.82% | 5,881 | 1.64% | 3,111 | 0.87% | 5[m] | 0.00% | 49,806 | 13.91% | 358,156 |
| San Benito | 6,398 | 54.17% | 4,852 | 41.08% | 249 | 2.11% | 212 | 1.79% | 100 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,546 | 13.09% | 11,811 |
| San Bernardino | 217,085 | 62.30% | 112,636 | 32.32% | 7,148 | 2.05% | 7,916 | 2.27% | 3,691 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 104,449 | 29.97% | 348,476 |
| San Diego | 477,439 | 63.35% | 240,937 | 31.97% | 16,388 | 2.17% | 12,395 | 1.64% | 6,493 | 0.86% | 8[n] | 0.00% | 236,502 | 31.38% | 753,660 |
| San Francisco | 66,494 | 27.81% | 165,279 | 69.12% | 2,561 | 1.07% | 1,073 | 0.45% | 3,704 | 1.55% | 2[o] | 0.00% | -98,785 | -41.31% | 239,113 |
| San Joaquin | 78,682 | 61.35% | 44,787 | 34.92% | 1,669 | 1.30% | 2,119 | 1.65% | 984 | 0.77% | 2[p] | 0.00% | 33,895 | 26.43% | 128,243 |
| San Luis Obispo | 52,270 | 60.07% | 30,686 | 35.27% | 1,681 | 1.93% | 1,688 | 1.94% | 672 | 0.77% | 12[q] | 0.01% | 21,584 | 24.81% | 87,009 |
| San Mateo | 102,989 | 47.63% | 106,391 | 49.21% | 3,080 | 1.42% | 2,244 | 1.04% | 1,498 | 0.69% | 14[r] | 0.01% | -3,402 | -1.57% | 216,216 |
| Santa Barbara | 75,051 | 56.68% | 52,420 | 39.59% | 1,817 | 1.37% | 2,075 | 1.57% | 1,048 | 0.79% | 1[s] | 0.00% | 22,631 | 17.09% | 132,412 |
| Santa Clara | 212,075 | 47.50% | 211,904 | 47.46% | 10,143 | 2.27% | 7,393 | 1.66% | 4,922 | 1.10% | 32[t] | 0.01% | 171 | 0.04% | 446,469 |
| Santa Cruz | 37,927 | 41.09% | 49,272 | 53.39% | 2,159 | 2.34% | 1,490 | 1.61% | 1,439 | 1.56% | 7 | 0.01% | -11,345 | -12.29% | 92,294 |
| Shasta | 37,577 | 68.45% | 13,633 | 24.84% | 1,195 | 2.18% | 2,034 | 3.71% | 455 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 23,944 | 43.62% | 54,894 |
| Sierra | 1,018 | 61.77% | 528 | 32.04% | 41 | 2.49% | 51 | 3.09% | 10 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 490 | 29.73% | 1,648 |
| Siskiyou | 11,075 | 60.17% | 6,053 | 32.88% | 474 | 2.58% | 643 | 3.49% | 161 | 0.87% | 1[u] | 0.01% | 5,022 | 27.28% | 18,407 |
| Solano | 51,265 | 51.89% | 43,170 | 43.70% | 1,753 | 1.77% | 1,765 | 1.79% | 836 | 0.85% | 1[v] | 0.00% | 8,095 | 8.19% | 98,790 |
| Sonoma | 73,234 | 45.65% | 79,720 | 49.69% | 3,270 | 2.04% | 2,540 | 1.58% | 1,663 | 1.04% | 1[w] | 0.00% | -6,486 | -4.04% | 160,428 |
| Stanislaus | 60,992 | 60.68% | 35,080 | 34.90% | 1,569 | 1.56% | 2,146 | 2.14% | 722 | 0.72% | 1[x] | 0.00% | 25,912 | 25.78% | 100,510 |
| Sutter | 15,997 | 72.11% | 5,293 | 23.86% | 320 | 1.44% | 458 | 2.06% | 115 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,704 | 48.25% | 22,183 |
| Tehama | 12,836 | 68.77% | 4,626 | 24.78% | 440 | 2.36% | 631 | 3.38% | 133 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,210 | 43.98% | 18,666 |
| Trinity | 3,078 | 56.88% | 1,783 | 32.95% | 181 | 3.35% | 285 | 5.27% | 83 | 1.53% | 1[y] | 0.02% | 1,295 | 23.93% | 5,411 |
| Tulare | 54,267 | 69.02% | 21,634 | 27.52% | 856 | 1.09% | 1,241 | 1.58% | 628 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 32,633 | 41.50% | 78,626 |
| Tuolumne | 12,706 | 64.41% | 6,117 | 31.01% | 369 | 1.87% | 421 | 2.13% | 113 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,589 | 33.40% | 19,726 |
| Ventura | 136,417 | 62.36% | 73,163 | 33.44% | 3,894 | 1.78% | 3,366 | 1.54% | 1,927 | 0.88% | 1[z] | 0.00% | 63,254 | 28.91% | 218,768 |
| Yolo | 23,019 | 46.58% | 24,357 | 49.28% | 846 | 1.71% | 713 | 1.44% | 481 | 0.97% | 5[aa] | 0.01% | -1,338 | -2.71% | 49,421 |
| Yuba | 9,378 | 65.95% | 4,002 | 28.14% | 297 | 2.09% | 432 | 3.04% | 111 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,376 | 37.81% | 14,220 |
| Total | 4,781,766 | 55.18% | 3,519,799 | 40.62% | 149,281 | 1.72% | 133,888 | 1.55% | 80,440 | 0.93% | 201 | 0.00% | 1,261,967 | 14.56% | 8,665,375 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Includes 18 write-in votes for "Jerome N. McCready"
- ^ 5 for Miloslavich, 1 for Sailers
- ^ 1 for Miloslavich
- ^ 1 for Boxerman, 4 for Miloslavich
- ^ 4 for Boxerman, 3 for Miloslavich, 3 for Sailers, 4 for Oster
- ^ 2 for Boxerman
- ^ 1 for Boxerman
- ^ 5 for Boxerman, 1 for Oster
- ^ 1 for Boxerman
- ^ 1 for Boxerman, 6 for Miloslavich, 1 for Oster
- ^ 5 for Boxerman
- ^ 57 for Boxerman, 1 for Miloslavich
- ^ 2 for Boxerman, 3 for Oster
- ^ 8 for Boxerman
- ^ 2 for Boxerman
- ^ 2 for Boxerman
- ^ 12 for Boxerman
- ^ 1 for Boxerman, 2 for Miloslavich, 11 for Sailers
- ^ 1 for Miloslavich
- ^ 15, Boxerman, 16 for Miloslavich, 1 for Sailers
- ^ 1 for Boxerman
- ^ 1 for Boxerman
- ^ 1 for Boxerman
- ^ 1 for Miloslavich
- ^ 1 for Boxerman
- ^ 1 for Boxerman
- ^ 5 for Boxerman
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Defying the Odds?". The Los Angeles Times. April 4, 1994. p. 74. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f California Secretary of State. Statement of Vote June 7, 1994 Primary Election. Sacramento, California. pp. 1–9. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ a b California Secretary of State. Statement of Vote November 8, 1994, General Election. Sacramento, California. pp. 1–6. Retrieved July 22, 2024.