| Election Name: | 1946 California gubernatorial election |
| Country: | California |
| Flag Image: | Flag of California (1924–1953).pngborder |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1942 California gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1942 |
| Next Election: | 1950 California gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1950 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1946 |
| Image1: | Earl Warren Portrait, half figure, seated, facing front, as Governor (cropped 3x4).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Earl Warren |
| Party1: | California Republican Party |
| Alliance1: | Democratic |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,344,542 |
| Percentage1: | 91.64% |
| Nominee2: | Henry R. Schmidt |
| Party2: | Prohibition Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 180,579 |
| Percentage2: | 7.06% |
| Map Size: | 240px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Earl Warren |
| Before Party: | California Republican Party |
| After Election: | Earl Warren |
| After Party: | California Republican Party |
The 1946 California gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946.
It is notable for the incumbent Governor, Earl Warren, being nominated by both the Republican and Democratic parties.[1] Subsequently, Warren won re-election effectively unopposed, receiving more than 90% of the vote. He was the first Governor of the state to win two elections since Hiram Johnson in 1914.
The Republican primary occurred on June 5, 1946. Incumbent Governor Earl Warren won 91.10% of the vote.
The Democratic primary occurred on June 5, 1946. Despite being a Republican, Earl Warren won 51.93% of the vote and the Democratic nomination.
| County | Earl Warren Republican | Henry R. Schmidt Prohibition | Archie Brown Communist | All Others Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alameda | 179,864 | 88.32% | 19,457 | 9.55% | 3,776 | 1.85% | 543 | 0.27% | 160,407 | 78.77% | 203,640 | ||||||||||||
| Alpine | 106 | 98.15% | 2 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 104 | 96.30% | 108 | ||||||||||||
| Amador | 2,416 | 92.39% | 190 | 7.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.34% | 2,226 | 85.12% | 2,615 | ||||||||||||
| Butte | 12,534 | 94.13% | 782 | 5.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,752 | 88.25% | 13,316 | ||||||||||||
| Calaveras | 2,507 | 94.78% | 135 | 5.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.11% | 2,372 | 89.68% | 2,645 | ||||||||||||
| Colusa | 2,750 | 95.52% | 129 | 4.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,621 | 91.04% | 2,879 | ||||||||||||
| Contra Costa | 44,668 | 89.92% | 3,921 | 7.89% | 1,010 | 2.03% | 77 | 0.16% | 40,747 | 82.03% | 49,676 | ||||||||||||
| Del Norte | 2,138 | 95.02% | 112 | 4.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,026 | 90.04% | 2,250 | ||||||||||||
| El Dorado | 3,886 | 92.52% | 314 | 7.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,572 | 85.05% | 4,200 | ||||||||||||
| Fresno | 48,151 | 92.05% | 4,051 | 7.74% | 90 | 0.17% | 20 | 0.04% | 44,100 | 84.30% | 52,312 | ||||||||||||
| Glenn | 3,293 | 95.23% | 155 | 4.48% | 7 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.09% | 3,138 | 90.75% | 3,458 | ||||||||||||
| Humboldt | 14,446 | 95.03% | 677 | 4.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 79 | 0.52% | 13,769 | 90.57% | 15,202 | ||||||||||||
| Imperial | 7,167 | 93.91% | 446 | 5.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 19 | 0.25% | 6,721 | 88.06% | 7,632 | ||||||||||||
| Inyo | 2,337 | 94.42% | 125 | 5.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.53% | 2,212 | 89.37% | 2,475 | ||||||||||||
| Kern | 32,497 | 92.37% | 2,608 | 7.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 0.22% | 29,889 | 84.95% | 35,183 | ||||||||||||
| Kings | 7,512 | 93.88% | 472 | 5.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 18 | 0.22% | 7,040 | 87.98% | 8,002 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 3,016 | 94.55% | 164 | 5.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.31% | 2,852 | 89.40% | 3,190 | ||||||||||||
| Lassen | 3,565 | 93.94% | 223 | 5.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 0.18% | 3,342 | 88.06% | 3,795 | ||||||||||||
| Los Angeles | 988,710 | 90.57% | 81,301 | 7.45% | 13,949 | 1.28% | 7,670 | 0.70% | 907,409 | 83.12% | 1,091,630 | ||||||||||||
| Madera | 5,575 | 92.22% | 457 | 7.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.22% | 5,118 | 84.67% | 6,045 | ||||||||||||
| Marin | 19,912 | 95.15% | 762 | 3.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 252 | 1.20% | 19,150 | 91.51% | 20,926 | ||||||||||||
| Mariposa | 1,492 | 94.85% | 75 | 4.77% | 6 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,417 | 90.08% | 1,573 | ||||||||||||
| Mendocino | 7,048 | 93.92% | 373 | 4.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 83 | 1.11% | 6,675 | 88.95% | 7,504 | ||||||||||||
| Merced | 11,263 | 94.48% | 658 | 5.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 10.605 | 88.96% | 11,921 | ||||||||||||
| Modoc | 1,846 | 94.86% | 100 | 5.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,746 | 89.72% | 1,946 | ||||||||||||
| Mono | 502 | 94.36% | 30 | 5.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 472 | 88.72% | 532 | ||||||||||||
| Monterey | 20,674 | 95.67% | 834 | 3.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 101 | 0.47% | 19,840 | 91.81% | 21,609 | ||||||||||||
| Napa | 10,786 | 95.30% | 522 | 4.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.09% | 10,264 | 90.69% | 11,318 | ||||||||||||
| Nevada | 6,483 | 93.75% | 432 | 6.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,051 | 87.51% | 6,915 | ||||||||||||
| Orange | 51,058 | 93.13% | 3,616 | 6.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 151 | 0.28% | 47,442 | 86.53% | 54,825 | ||||||||||||
| Placer | 9,209 | 92.33% | 765 | 7.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,444 | 84.66% | 9,974 | ||||||||||||
| Plumas | 3,652 | 93.28% | 260 | 6.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.08% | 3,392 | 86.64% | 3,915 | ||||||||||||
| Riverside | 33,193 | 92.44% | 2,552 | 7.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 162 | 0.45% | 30,641 | 85.33% | 35,907 | ||||||||||||
| Sacramento | 54,145 | 91.64% | 4,464 | 7.56% | 385 | 0.65% | 89 | 0.15% | 49,681 | 84.09% | 59,083 | ||||||||||||
| San Benito | 3,807 | 96.80% | 126 | 3.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,681 | 93.59% | 3,933 | ||||||||||||
| San Bernardino | 55,874 | 92.07% | 4,500 | 7.41% | 227 | 0.37% | 88 | 0.15% | 51,374 | 84.65% | 60,689 | ||||||||||||
| San Diego | 115,666 | 93.48% | 8,074 | 6.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 107,592 | 86.95% | 123,740 | ||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 220,344 | 92.15% | 16,716 | 6.99% | 2,056 | 0.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 203,628 | 85.16% | 239,116 | ||||||||||||
| San Joaquin | 37,291 | 93.90% | 2,290 | 5.77% | 103 | 0.26% | 30 | 0.08% | 35,001 | 88.13% | 39,714 | ||||||||||||
| San Luis Obispo | 12,277 | 94.16% | 698 | 5.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 64 | 0.49% | 11,579 | 88.80% | 13,039 | ||||||||||||
| San Mateo | 47,672 | 94.80% | 2,183 | 4.34% | 331 | 0.66% | 99 | 0.20% | 45,489 | 90.46% | 50,285 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 22,306 | 95.11% | 1,020 | 4.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 128 | 0.55% | 21,286 | 90.76% | 23,454 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 62,641 | 94.28% | 3,393 | 5.11% | 410 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 59,248 | 89.17% | 66,444 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Cruz | 17,224 | 94.22% | 965 | 5.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 92 | 0.50% | 16,259 | 88.94% | 18,281 | ||||||||||||
| Shasta | 7,862 | 94.45% | 447 | 5.37% | 15 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,415 | 89.08% | 8,324 | ||||||||||||
| Sierra | 836 | 95.65% | 37 | 4.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.11% | 799 | 91.42% | 874 | ||||||||||||
| Siskiyou | 7,504 | 94.31% | 453 | 5.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,051 | 88.61% | 7,957 | ||||||||||||
| Solano | 21,609 | 94.93% | 1,155 | 5.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 20,454 | 89.85% | 22,764 | ||||||||||||
| Sonoma | 22,692 | 94.15% | 1,219 | 5.06% | 172 | 0.71% | 20 | 0.08% | 21,473 | 89.09% | 24,103 | ||||||||||||
| Stanislaus | 21,608 | 92.67% | 1,628 | 6.98% | 57 | 0.24% | 24 | 0.10% | 19,980 | 85.69% | 23,317 | ||||||||||||
| Sutter | 4,486 | 94.66% | 253 | 5.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,233 | 89.32% | 4,739 | ||||||||||||
| Tehama | 3,836 | 92.66% | 304 | 7.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,532 | 85.31% | 4,140 | ||||||||||||
| Trinity | 1,799 | 93.80% | 109 | 5.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.52% | 1,690 | 88.11% | 1,918 | ||||||||||||
| Tulare | 23,361 | 93.50% | 1,587 | 6.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 36 | 0.14% | 21,774 | 87.15% | 24,984 | ||||||||||||
| Tuolumne | 4,301 | 95.24% | 203 | 4.50% | 12 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,098 | 90.74% | 4,516 | ||||||||||||
| Ventura | 19,012 | 90.74% | 1,340 | 6.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 601 | 2.87% | 17,672 | 84.34% | 20,953 | ||||||||||||
| Yolo | 7,719 | 94.28% | 420 | 5.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 48 | 0.59% | 7,299 | 89.15% | 8,187 | ||||||||||||
| Yuba | 4,414 | 93.38% | 295 | 6.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 18 | 0.38% | 4,119 | 87.14% | 4,727 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2,344,542 | 91.64% | 180,579 | 7.06% | 22,606 | 0.88% | 10,672 | 0.42% | 2,163,963 | 84.58% | 2,558,399 | ||||||||||||