1942 California gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	1942 California gubernatorial election
Country:	California
Flag Image:	Flag of California (1924–1953).pngborder
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1938 California gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	1938
Next Election:	1946 California gubernatorial election
Next Year:	1946
Election Date:	November 3, 1942
Image1:	Earl Warren, 1946.jpg
Nominee1:	Earl Warren
Party1:	California Republican Party
Popular Vote1:	1,275,287
Percentage1:	57.07%
Nominee2:	Culbert Olson
Party2:	California Democratic Party
Popular Vote2:	932,995
Percentage2:	41.75%
Map Size:	250px
Governor
Before Election:	Culbert Olson
Before Party:	California Democratic Party
After Election:	Earl Warren
After Party:	California Republican Party

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%.

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

General election results

Results by county

County	Earl Warren Republican		Culbert L. Olson Democratic		Nathan T. Porter Townsend		Fred Dyster Prohibition		Scattering Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	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		5,630		62.57%		3,240		36.01%	83	0.92%		45		0.50%		0		0.00%		2,390		26.56%		8,998
	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
Total	1,275,287	57.07%	932,995	41.75%	15,501	0.69%	10,640	0.48%	122	0.01%	342,292	15.32%	2,234,545

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Alameda
• Amador
• Butte
• Contra Costa
• El Dorado
• Fresno
• Kern
• Kings
• Lassen
• Los Angeles
• Madera
• Mariposa
• Merced
• Modoc
• Placer
• Sacramento
• San Bernardino
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• San Joaquin
• Shasta
• Sierra
• Siskiyou
• Solano
• Stanislaus
• Trinity
• Tulare
• Tuolumne
• Ventura
• Yuba