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The1930 California gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930. San Francisco mayorJames Rolph was elected in a landslide over Milton K. Young. This was the last of three consecutive elections in which the incumbent lost the Republican primary.
In the Republican primary, Rolph defeated incumbent governorC. C. Young and Los Angeles County district attorneyBuron Fitts in a three-way race. Fitts won the Prohibition Party primary, but under the Hawson amendment, he was not able to accept the nomination, because he lost his own party's primary. Milton K. Young won the Democratic primary without intraparty opposition.
For the second consecutive election, the Republican nominee won a landslide. Rolph became the second candidate (after Young in 1926) to sweep every county in a governor's election, and set new records with over 72 percent of the vote and a majority of over 665,000 votes over Young.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Rolph Jr. | 377,390 | 36.15% | |
| Republican | C. C. Young (incumbent) | 356,765 | 34.17% | |
| Republican | Buron Fitts | 292,743 | 28.04% | |
| Republican | Milton K. Young | 15,583 | 1.30% | |
| Republican | Clara Shortridge Foltz | 3,570 | 0.34% | |
| Total votes | 1,044,051 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Milton K. Young | 93,499 | 81.35% | |
| Democratic | James Rolph Jr. (write-in) | 9,271 | 8.07% | |
| Democratic | C. C. Young (write-in) | 6,809 | 5.92% | |
| Democratic | Buron Fitts (write-in) | 5,357 | 4.66% | |
| Total votes | 114,936 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 3,367 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,367 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Buron Fitts (write-in)[a] | 1,967 | 67.62% | |
| Prohibition | C. C. Young (write-in) | 942 | 32.38% | |
| Total votes | 2,909 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Rolph Jr. | 999,393 | 72.15% | +0.93% | |
| Democratic | Milton K. Young | 333,973 | 24.11% | −0.58% | |
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 50,480 | 3.64% | −0.37% | |
| Scattering | 1,283 | 0.09% | |||
| Majority | 665,420 | 48.04% | |||
| Total votes | 1,385,129 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | +1.51% | |||
| County | James Rolph Republican | Milton K. Young Democratic | Upton Sinclair Socialist | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 108,258 | 81.08% | 18,797 | 14.08% | 6,139 | 4.60% | 334 | 0.25% | 89,461 | 67.00% | 133,528 |
| Alpine | 56 | 96.55% | 1 | 1.72% | 1 | 1.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 55 | 94.83% | 58 |
| Amador | 1,278 | 82.29% | 245 | 15.78% | 30 | 1.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,033 | 66.52% | 1,553 |
| Butte | 6,991 | 72.78% | 2,236 | 23.28% | 379 | 3.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,755 | 49.50% | 9,606 |
| Calaveras | 1,696 | 79.51% | 359 | 16.83% | 70 | 3.28% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,337 | 62.68% | 2,133 |
| Colusa | 2,214 | 73.46% | 745 | 24.72% | 55 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,469 | 48.74% | 3,014 |
| Contra Costa | 15,673 | 80.24% | 3,134 | 16.04% | 726 | 3.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 12,539 | 64.19% | 19,533 |
| Del Norte | 1,600 | 86.02% | 203 | 10.91% | 57 | 3.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,397 | 75.11% | 1,860 |
| El Dorado | 2,299 | 80.81% | 463 | 16.27% | 83 | 2.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,836 | 64.53% | 2,845 |
| Fresno | 25,211 | 69.60% | 9,925 | 27.40% | 1,068 | 2.95% | 18 | 0.05% | 15,286 | 42.20% | 36,222 |
| Glenn | 2,326 | 68.84% | 961 | 28.44% | 86 | 2.55% | 6 | 0.18% | 1,365 | 40.40% | 3,379 |
| Humboldt | 11,594 | 86.24% | 1,452 | 10.80% | 398 | 2.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,142 | 75.44% | 13,444 |
| Imperial | 6,509 | 70.44% | 2,475 | 26.78% | 257 | 2.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,034 | 43.65% | 9,241 |
| Inyo | 1,800 | 76.01% | 474 | 20.02% | 94 | 3.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,326 | 56.00% | 2,368 |
| Kern | 13,388 | 75.08% | 3,890 | 21.81% | 554 | 3.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,498 | 53.26% | 17,832 |
| Kings | 4,563 | 69.20% | 1,831 | 27.77% | 198 | 3.00% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,732 | 41.43% | 6,594 |
| Lake | 2,266 | 73.00% | 736 | 23.71% | 99 | 3.19% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,530 | 49.29% | 3,104 |
| Lassen | 2,223 | 77.40% | 542 | 18.87% | 107 | 3.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,681 | 58.53% | 2,872 |
| Los Angeles | 299,417 | 61.77% | 164,656 | 33.97% | 20,075 | 4.14% | 565 | 0.12% | 134,761 | 27.80% | 484,713 |
| Madera | 3,060 | 66.74% | 1,375 | 29.99% | 146 | 3.18% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,685 | 36.75% | 4,585 |
| Marin | 11,775 | 86.01% | 1,447 | 10.57% | 468 | 3.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,328 | 75.44% | 13,690 |
| Mariposa | 747 | 79.64% | 165 | 17.59% | 26 | 2.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 582 | 62.05% | 938 |
| Mendocino | 6,833 | 79.69% | 1,496 | 17.45% | 224 | 2.61% | 21 | 0.24% | 5,337 | 62.25% | 8,574 |
| Merced | 4,987 | 65.84% | 2,325 | 30.70% | 262 | 3.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,662 | 35.15% | 7,574 |
| Modoc | 1,181 | 76.14% | 322 | 20.76% | 48 | 3.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 859 | 55.38% | 1,551 |
| Mono | 394 | 82.95% | 58 | 12.21% | 23 | 4.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 336 | 70.74% | 475 |
| Monterey | 8,368 | 79.22% | 1,870 | 17.70% | 325 | 3.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,498 | 61.52% | 10,563 |
| Napa | 5,658 | 77.53% | 1,498 | 20.53% | 135 | 1.85% | 7 | 0.10% | 4,160 | 57.00% | 7,298 |
| Nevada | 3,482 | 82.20% | 614 | 14.49% | 140 | 3.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,868 | 67.71% | 4,236 |
| Orange | 18,039 | 55.22% | 14,019 | 42.91% | 601 | 1.84% | 8 | 0.02% | 4,020 | 12.31% | 32,667 |
| Placer | 4,847 | 76.81% | 1,194 | 18.92% | 269 | 4.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,653 | 57.89% | 6,310 |
| Plumas | 1,659 | 84.56% | 252 | 12.84% | 51 | 2.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,407 | 71.71% | 1,962 |
| Riverside | 10,789 | 72.42% | 3,612 | 24.24% | 497 | 3.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,177 | 48.17% | 14,898 |
| Sacramento | 30,685 | 86.13% | 4,082 | 11.46% | 858 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 26,603 | 74.68% | 35,625 |
| San Benito | 1,816 | 74.92% | 556 | 22.94% | 45 | 1.86% | 7 | 0.29% | 1,260 | 51.98% | 2,424 |
| San Bernardino | 19,457 | 67.99% | 8,242 | 28.80% | 919 | 3.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,215 | 39.19% | 28,618 |
| San Diego | 41,835 | 72.49% | 13,985 | 24.23% | 1,887 | 3.27% | 2 | 0.00% | 27,850 | 48.26% | 57,709 |
| San Francisco | 130,547 | 86.11% | 15,189 | 10.02% | 5,845 | 3.86% | 17 | 0.01% | 115,358 | 76.09% | 151,598 |
| San Joaquin | 24,704 | 81.30% | 4,891 | 16.10% | 760 | 2.50% | 33 | 0.11% | 19,813 | 65.20% | 30,388 |
| San Luis Obispo | 7,192 | 74.88% | 2,027 | 21.10% | 386 | 4.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,165 | 53.77% | 9,605 |
| San Mateo | 18,556 | 85.44% | 2,361 | 10.87% | 781 | 3.60% | 21 | 0.10% | 16,195 | 74.57% | 21,719 |
| Santa Barbara | 10,611 | 80.80% | 2,156 | 16.42% | 350 | 2.67% | 15 | 0.11% | 8,455 | 64.38% | 13,132 |
| Santa Clara | 35,991 | 79.21% | 8,088 | 17.80% | 1,277 | 2.81% | 83 | 0.18% | 27,903 | 61.41% | 45,439 |
| Santa Cruz | 8,222 | 73.86% | 2,598 | 23.34% | 296 | 2.66% | 16 | 0.14% | 5,624 | 50.52% | 11,132 |
| Shasta | 4,033 | 79.34% | 854 | 16.80% | 196 | 3.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,179 | 62.54% | 5,083 |
| Sierra | 827 | 81.88% | 157 | 15.54% | 26 | 2.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 670 | 66.34% | 1,010 |
| Siskiyou | 5.511 | 78.74% | 1,223 | 17.47% | 265 | 3.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,288 | 61.27% | 6,999 |
| Solano | 9,658 | 82.22% | 1,745 | 14.86% | 343 | 2.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,913 | 67.37% | 11,746 |
| Sonoma | 16,788 | 79.56% | 3,855 | 18.27% | 458 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 12,933 | 61.29% | 21,101 |
| Stanislaus | 7,860 | 54.89% | 5,866 | 40.97% | 546 | 3.81% | 47 | 0.33% | 1,994 | 13.93% | 14,319 |
| Sutter | 3,284 | 76.98% | 848 | 19.88% | 134 | 3.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,436 | 57.10% | 4,266 |
| Tehama | 2,488 | 60.34% | 1,444 | 35.02% | 183 | 4.44% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,044 | 25.32% | 4,123 |
| Trinity | 928 | 79.32% | 182 | 15.56% | 60 | 5.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 746 | 63.76% | 1,170 |
| Tulare | 10,286 | 62.76% | 5,517 | 33.66% | 557 | 3.40% | 30 | 0.18% | 4,769 | 29.10% | 16,390 |
| Tuolumne | 2,234 | 75.35% | 618 | 20.84% | 113 | 3.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,616 | 54.50% | 2,965 |
| Ventura | 8,130 | 73.24% | 2,610 | 23.51% | 345 | 3.11% | 16 | 0.14% | 5,520 | 49.73% | 11,101 |
| Yolo | 4,206 | 77.06% | 1,147 | 21.02% | 97 | 1.78% | 8 | 0.15% | 3,059 | 56.05% | 5,458 |
| Yuba | 2,363 | 84.73% | 360 | 12.91% | 62 | 2.22% | 4 | 0.14% | 2,003 | 71.82% | 2,789 |
| Total | 999,393 | 72.15% | 333,973 | 24.11% | 50,480 | 3.64% | 1,283 | 0.09% | 665,420 | 48.04% | 1,385,129 |
