1926 California gubernatorial election
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The 1926 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Republican lieutenant governor C. C. Young defeated Justus S. Wardell in a landslide.
In the Republican primary, incumbent governor Friend Richardson was challenged by C. C. Young and Rex B. Goodell. Young, a progressive ally of U.S. senator and former governor Hiram Johnson, narrowly defeated Richardson by just over 15,000 votes. Although Richardson won the Prohibition Party primary, he was unable to accept the nomination under the Hawson amendment because he had lost his own party's primary. This was the second of three consecutive elections in which the incumbent lost the Republican primary. In the Democratic primary, Justus S. Wardell narrowly defeated Carl A. Johnson.
In the general election, Young won a record landslide with over 71 percent of the vote and a majority of more than 630,000 votes over Wardell, the largest percentage of the vote and margin in California history. He was the first candidate in California history to sweep every county in the state in a gubernatorial election.
Primary election results
[edit]Lieutenant Governor C. C. Young challenged incumbent governor Friend William Richardson for the Republican nomination. Young was aligned with former governor and sitting United States Senator Hiram Johnson and the latter's Progressive wing of the Republican party in California. Young narrowly defeated Richardson in the Republican primary. Richardson won the Prohibition Party primary but state law prevented him from running on the Prohibition ticket due to his losing his own party's primary.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | C. C. Young | 327,596 | 42.71% | |
| Republican | Friend William Richardson (incumbent) | 312,324 | 40.72% | |
| Republican | Rex B. Goodell | 105,489 | 13.75% | |
| Republican | R. F. McClellan | 8,486 | 1.11% | |
| Republican | W. D. Mitchell | 7,858 | 1.02% | |
| Republican | Mayo Thomas | 5,269 | 0.69% | |
| Total votes | 767,022 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Justus S. Wardell | 67,875 | 52.94% | |
| Democratic | Carl Alexander Johnson | 60,329 | 47.06% | |
| Total votes | 128,204 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 5,099 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 5,099 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Friend William Richardson (write-in) | 2,999 | 73.22% | |
| Prohibition | C. C. Young (write-in) | 1,097 | 26.78% | |
| Total votes | 4,096 | 100.00% | ||
General election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | C. C. Young | 814,815 | 71.22% | +11.53% | |
| Democratic | Justus S. Wardell | 282,451 | 24.69% | −11.29% | |
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 45,972 | 4.02% | −0.27% | |
| Scattering | 874 | 0.08% | |||
| Majority | 532,364 | 46.53% | |||
| Total votes | 1,144,112 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +22.83% | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County | C. C. Young Republican |
Justus S. Wardell Democratic |
Upton Sinclair Socialist |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 85,412 | 69.26% | 32,686 | 26.51% | 5,221 | 4.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 52,726 | 42.76% | 123,319 |
| Alpine | 52 | 85.25% | 9 | 14.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 43 | 70.49% | 61 |
| Amador | 991 | 54.81% | 771 | 42.64% | 45 | 2.49% | 1 | 0.06% | 220 | 12.17% | 1,808 |
| Butte | 7,129 | 68.02% | 2,925 | 27.91% | 426 | 4.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,204 | 40.11% | 10,480 |
| Calaveras | 1,528 | 73.11% | 471 | 22.54% | 91 | 4.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,057 | 50.57% | 2,090 |
| Colusa | 1,681 | 54.74% | 1,336 | 43.50% | 54 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 345 | 11.23% | 3,071 |
| Contra Costa | 11,257 | 67.56% | 4,668 | 28.02% | 736 | 4.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,589 | 39.55% | 16,661 |
| Del Norte | 941 | 74.33% | 293 | 23.14% | 32 | 2.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 648 | 51.18% | 1,266 |
| El Dorado | 1,660 | 53.22% | 1,355 | 43.44% | 104 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 305 | 9.78% | 3,119 |
| Fresno | 24,469 | 72.43% | 8,181 | 24.22% | 1,132 | 3.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 16,288 | 48.22% | 33,782 |
| Glenn | 2,326 | 66.63% | 1,057 | 30.28% | 96 | 2.75% | 12 | 0.34% | 1,269 | 36.35% | 3,491 |
| Humboldt | 9,566 | 72.09% | 3,170 | 23.89% | 533 | 4.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,396 | 48.20% | 13,269 |
| Imperial | 6,303 | 82.51% | 1,116 | 14.61% | 220 | 2.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,187 | 67.90% | 7,639 |
| Inyo | 1,651 | 71.60% | 487 | 21.12% | 168 | 7.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,164 | 50.48% | 2,306 |
| Kern | 9,724 | 52.42% | 8,026 | 43.26% | 776 | 4.18% | 25 | 0.13% | 1,698 | 9.15% | 18,551 |
| Kings | 3,456 | 64.26% | 1,755 | 32.63% | 162 | 3.01% | 5 | 0.09% | 1,701 | 31.63% | 5,378 |
| Lake | 1,572 | 61.60% | 864 | 33.86% | 112 | 4.39% | 4 | 0.16% | 708 | 27.74% | 2,552 |
| Lassen | 2,198 | 73.81% | 687 | 23.07% | 93 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,511 | 50.74% | 2,978 |
| Los Angeles | 291,368 | 77.89% | 64,281 | 17.18% | 17,924 | 4.79% | 483 | 0.13% | 227,087 | 60.71% | 374,056 |
| Madera | 2,876 | 69.49% | 1,083 | 26.17% | 180 | 4.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,793 | 43.32% | 4,139 |
| Marin | 6,370 | 63.31% | 3,369 | 33.48% | 323 | 3.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,001 | 29.83% | 10,062 |
| Mariposa | 587 | 61.66% | 326 | 34.24% | 39 | 4.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 261 | 27.42% | 952 |
| Mendocino | 4,339 | 65.39% | 2,065 | 31.12% | 232 | 3.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,274 | 34.27% | 6,636 |
| Merced | 4,952 | 69.60% | 1,876 | 26.37% | 287 | 4.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,076 | 43.23% | 7,115 |
| Modoc | 1,022 | 64.56% | 517 | 32.66% | 44 | 2.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 505 | 31.90% | 1,583 |
| Mono | 236 | 81.66% | 38 | 13.15% | 15 | 5.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 198 | 68.51% | 289 |
| Monterey | 6,121 | 71.85% | 2,140 | 25.12% | 258 | 3.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,981 | 46.73% | 8,519 |
| Napa | 4,105 | 54.40% | 3,279 | 43.45% | 156 | 2.07% | 6 | 0.08% | 826 | 10.95% | 7,546 |
| Nevada | 2,515 | 67.08% | 1,044 | 27.85% | 190 | 5.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,471 | 39.24% | 3,749 |
| Orange | 19,110 | 78.29% | 4,466 | 18.30% | 794 | 3.25% | 40 | 0.16% | 14,644 | 59.99% | 24,410 |
| Placer | 4,263 | 71.42% | 1,501 | 25.15% | 198 | 3.32% | 7 | 0.12% | 2,762 | 46.27% | 5,969 |
| Plumas | 1,297 | 75.10% | 334 | 19.34% | 96 | 5.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 963 | 55.76% | 1,727 |
| Riverside | 10,306 | 79.61% | 2,235 | 17.27% | 404 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,071 | 62.35% | 12,945 |
| Sacramento | 20,679 | 66.39% | 9,675 | 31.06% | 756 | 2.43% | 37 | 0.12% | 11,004 | 35.33% | 31,147 |
| San Benito | 1,828 | 68.67% | 780 | 29.30% | 54 | 2.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,048 | 39.37% | 2,662 |
| San Bernardino | 17,561 | 75.82% | 4,666 | 20.15% | 902 | 3.89% | 32 | 0.14% | 12,895 | 55.68% | 23,161 |
| San Diego | 29,994 | 78.53% | 6,441 | 16.86% | 1,759 | 4.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 23,553 | 61.67% | 38,194 |
| San Francisco | 73,012 | 58.27% | 47,757 | 38.11% | 4,532 | 3.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 25,255 | 20.16% | 125,301 |
| San Joaquin | 16,586 | 70.22% | 6,349 | 26.88% | 670 | 2.84% | 15 | 0.06% | 10,237 | 43.34% | 23,620 |
| San Luis Obispo | 5,432 | 67.37% | 2,221 | 27.55% | 410 | 5.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,211 | 39.82% | 8,063 |
| San Mateo | 11,679 | 71.82% | 3,964 | 24.38% | 607 | 3.73% | 12 | 0.07% | 7,715 | 47.44% | 16,262 |
| Santa Barbara | 6,762 | 71.85% | 2,274 | 24.16% | 344 | 3.66% | 31 | 0.33% | 4,488 | 47.69% | 9,411 |
| Santa Clara | 25,837 | 77.45% | 6,592 | 19.76% | 905 | 2.71% | 24 | 0.07% | 19,245 | 57.69% | 33,358 |
| Santa Cruz | 6,986 | 69.40% | 2,658 | 26.40% | 396 | 3.93% | 27 | 0.27% | 4,328 | 42.99% | 10,067 |
| Shasta | 2,811 | 64.25% | 1,373 | 31.38% | 189 | 4.32% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,438 | 32.87% | 4,375 |
| Sierra | 668 | 72.14% | 217 | 23.43% | 38 | 4.10% | 3 | 0.32% | 451 | 48.70% | 926 |
| Siskiyou | 4,394 | 69.04% | 1,708 | 26.84% | 262 | 4.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,686 | 42.21% | 6,364 |
| Solano | 7,144 | 64.44% | 3,565 | 32.16% | 377 | 3.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,579 | 32.28% | 11,086 |
| Sonoma | 11,639 | 58.71% | 7,577 | 38.22% | 590 | 2.98% | 18 | 0.09% | 4,062 | 20.49% | 19,824 |
| Stanislaus | 9,133 | 69.08% | 3,489 | 26.39% | 547 | 4.14% | 52 | 0.39% | 5,644 | 42.69% | 13,221 |
| Sutter | 2,678 | 69.92% | 1,067 | 27.86% | 85 | 2.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,611 | 42.06% | 3,830 |
| Tehama | 2,974 | 64.43% | 1,406 | 30.46% | 236 | 5.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,568 | 33.97% | 4,616 |
| Trinity | 749 | 70.39% | 253 | 23.78% | 62 | 5.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 496 | 46.62% | 1,064 |
| Tulare | 10,754 | 65.28% | 5,101 | 30.96% | 589 | 3.58% | 30 | 0.18% | 5,653 | 34.31% | 16,474 |
| Tuolumne | 1,818 | 67.31% | 732 | 27.10% | 151 | 5.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,086 | 40.21% | 2,701 |
| Ventura | 6,125 | 80.07% | 1,336 | 17.46% | 185 | 2.42% | 4 | 0.05% | 4,789 | 62.60% | 7,650 |
| Yolo | 3,509 | 64.90% | 1,797 | 33.23% | 97 | 1.79% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,712 | 31.66% | 5,407 |
| Yuba | 2,680 | 70.34% | 1,042 | 27.35% | 88 | 2.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,638 | 42.99% | 3,810 |
| Total | 814,815 | 71.22% | 282,451 | 24.69% | 45,972 | 4.02% | 874 | 0.08% | 532,364 | 46.53% | 1,144,112 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d California Secretary of State. Statement of Vote at Primary Election held on August 31, 1926 in the State of California. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. p. 4. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ a b California Secretary of State. Statement of Vote at General Election held on November 2, 1926 in the State of California. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. p. 4. Retrieved July 19, 2024.