1982 California gubernatorial election County results
Deukmejian: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
Bradley: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
The1982 California gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 1982. TheRepublican nominee,Attorney General George Deukmejian , narrowly defeated theDemocratic nominee,Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley . IncumbentGovernor Jerry Brown did not seek reelection to a third consecutive term; he later successfully ran again in2010 and2014 .
In the Democratic primary, Los Angeles MayorTom Bradley easily defeatedState Senator John Garamendi andMario G. Obledo . On the Republican side, it was a two-man race betweenLieutenant Governor Mike Curb andAttorney General George Deukmejian . Deukmejian won the primary with nearly 55% of the vote.
Democratic primary results[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Tom Bradley 1,726,985 61.08% Democratic John Garamendi 712,161 25.19% Democratic Mario G. Obledo 132,402 4.68% Democratic Frank L. Thomas 51,158 1.81% Democratic Linda Irene Parnell 45,607 1.61% Democratic Hugh G. Bagley 40,335 1.43% Democratic John Hancock Abbott 26,989 0.95% Democratic Ben Trevino 19,220 0.68% Democratic Genevieve Grafe Marcus 16,124 0.57% Democratic Raymond V. Liebenberg 15,267 0.54% Democratic Jules Kimmett 15,182 0.54% Democratic Josephum S. Ramos 12,948 0.46% Democratic Allen Lee Seaman 12,942 0.46% Democratic William A. Brown (write-in) 28 0.00% Total votes 2,827,348 100.00%
American Independent Party [ edit ] American Independent primary results[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % American Independent James C. Griffin 16,818 100.00% Total votes 16,818 100.00%
American Independent primary results[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Dan P. Dougherty 13,565 100.00% Total votes 13,565 100.00%
Peace and Freedom Party [ edit ] Early indications were that it would be a close race but as the campaign went on, Bradley slowly increased his lead in the polls. Despite this, the outcome was still in doubt as election night wore on. A large late surge of absentee ballots (many from conservativeOrange County and Deukmejian's home area ofLong Beach ) helped tip the balance in his favor. The incorrect polling numbers led to the theory — later dubbed "theBradley effect " — that a statistically significant number of voters had given inaccurate responses when questioned by pollsters.
1982 California gubernatorial election[ 2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican George Deukmejian 3,881,014 49.27% +12.77% Democratic Tom Bradley 3,787,669 48.09% −7.95% Libertarian Dan P. Dougherty 81,076 1.03% −4.43% Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Martinez 70,327 0.89% −0.13% American Independent Jim Griffin 56,249 0.71% −0.26% Scattering 363 0.00% Majority 93,345 1.19% Total votes 7,876,698 100.00% Republican gain fromDemocratic Swing +20.72%
County George Deukmejian Tom Bradley Dan P. Dougherty Elizabeth Martinez Jim Griffin Margin Total votes cast[ a] [ 2] # % # % # % # % # % # % Alameda 145,964 37.62% 225,578 58.91% 4,477 1.15% 5,845 1.51% 3,158 0.81% -82,614 -21.29% 388,022 Alpine 218 52.66% 185 44.69% 1 0.24% 3 0.72% 7 1.69% 33 7.97% 414 Amador 6,251 61.19% 3,643 35.66% 88 0.86% 87 0.85% 146 1.43% 2,608 25.53% 10,215 Butte 36,074 58.13% 23,734 38.25% 793 1.28% 813 1.31% 639 1.03% 12,340 19.89% 62,053 Calaveras 6,277 61.63% 3,501 34.37% 157 1.54% 126 1.24% 124 1.22% 2,776 27.26% 10,185 Colusa 3,036 62.95% 1,621 33.61% 53 1.10% 68 1.41% 45 0.93% 1,415 29.34% 4,823 Contra Costa 126,460 49.83% 119,712 47.17% 3,167 1.25% 2,249 0.89% 2,200 0.87% 6,748 2.66% 253,788 Del Norte 3,355 51.32% 2,934 44.88% 72 1.10% 107 1.64% 70 1.07% 421 6.44% 6,538 El Dorado 20,591 59.37% 12,999 37.48% 423 1.22% 284 0.82% 383 1.10% 7,592 21.89% 34,680 Fresno 80,171 52.59% 68,623 45.01% 1,468 0.96% 1,213 0.80% 978 0.64% 11,548 7.57% 152,453 Glenn 5,492 67.49% 2,398 29.47% 79 0.97% 43 0.53% 126 1.55% 3,094 38.02% 8,138 Humboldt 21,609 45.38% 23,991 50.38% 622 1.31% 748 1.57% 653 1.37% -2,382 -5.00% 47,623 Imperial 10,272 51.40% 9,133 45.70% 140 0.70% 204 1.02% 237 1.19% 1,139 5.70% 19,986 Inyo 5,008 63.87% 2.599 33.15% 88 1.12% 65 0.83% 81 1.03% 2,409 30.72% 7,841 Kern 70,095 55.30% 53,799 42.44% 935 0.74% 859 0.68% 1,065 0.84% 16,296 12.86% 126,753 Kings 9,938 54.64% 7,718 42.43% 140 0.77% 176 0.97% 217 1.19% 2,220 12.21% 18,189 Lake 8,867 53.24% 7,143 42.89% 233 1.40% 184 1.10% 227 1.36% 1,724 10.35% 16,654 Lassen 4,472 56.64% 3,003 38.03% 133 1.68% 72 0.91% 216 2.74% 1,469 18.60% 7,896 Los Angeles 1,024,946 45.67% 1,173,149 52.27% 16,794 0.75% 18,163 0.81% 11,184 0.50% -148,203 -6.60% 2,244,236 Madera 10,334 54.57% 7,889 41.66% 312 1.65% 152 0.80% 250 1.32% 2,445 12.91% 18,937 Marin 42,260 42.83% 52,534 53.24% 2,371 2.40% 1,066 1.08% 437 0.44% -10,274 -10.41% 98,668 Mariposa 3,255 56.39% 2,324 40.26% 64 1.11% 60 1.04% 69 1.20% 931 16.13% 5,772 Mendocino 12.398 46.82% 12,786 48.29% 422 1.59% 519 1.96% 353 1.33% -388 -1.47% 26,478 Merced 17,477 52.62% 14,649 44.10% 467 1.41% 261 0.79% 362 1.09% 2,828 8.51% 33,216 Modoc 2,599 68.83% 995 26.35% 64 1.69% 34 0.90% 84 2.22% 1,604 42.48% 3,776 Mono 1,977 59.58% 1,249 37.64% 26 0.78% 34 1.02% 32 0.96% 728 21.94% 3,318 Monterey 37,493 47.78% 38,301 48.81% 958 1.22% 1,067 1.36% 656 0.84% -808 -1.03% 78,475 Napa 21,812 54.20% 17,042 42.34% 494 1.23% 454 1.13% 445 1.11% 4,770 11.85% 40,247 Nevada 14,753 56.80% 10,262 39.51% 499 1.92% 234 0.90% 226 0.87% 4,491 17.29% 25,974 Orange 422,878 61.44% 252,572 36.70% 5,965 0.87% 3,346 0.49% 3,537 0.51% 170,306 24.74% 688,298 Placer 28,082 55.47% 20,832 41.15% 737 1.46% 425 0.84% 548 1.08% 7,250 14.32% 50,624 Plumas 4,237 53.53% 3,355 42.39% 161 2.03% 61 0.77% 101 1.28% 882 11.14% 7,915 Riverside 119,680 53.27% 100,370 44.68% 1,524 0.68% 1,538 0.68% 1,535 0.68% 19,310 8.60% 224,647 Sacramento 171,176 52.35% 146,167 44.70% 4,114 1.26% 2,820 0.86% 2,705 0.83% 25,009 7.65% 326,982 San Benito 3,608 46.67% 3,782 48.92% 167 2.16% 75 0.97% 99 1.28% -174 -2.25% 7,731 San Bernardino 144,096 53.29% 119,185 44.08% 2,393 0.88% 1,997 0.74% 2,727 1.01% 24,911 9.21% 270,398 San Diego 330,037 52.76% 279,113 44.62% 6,642 1.06% 5,043 0.81% 4,681 0.75% 50,924 8.14% 625,516 San Francisco 69,478 30.43% 151,769 66.47% 2,829 1.24% 3,218 1.41% 1,040 0.46% -82,291 -36.04% 228,334 San Joaquin 65,583 60.06% 40,002 36.63% 1,348 1.23% 994 0.91% 1.265 1.16% 25,581 23.43% 109,192 San Luis Obispo 33,457 52.94% 28,417 44.96% 556 0.88% 383 0.61% 388 0.61% 5,040 7.97% 63,201 San Mateo 99,527 46.36% 108,374 50.48% 2,977 1.39% 1,948 0.91% 1,843 0.86% -8,847 -4.12% 214,669 Santa Barbara 55,682 48.33% 57,164 49.62% 988 0.86% 801 0.70% 568 0.49% -1,482 -1.29% 115,203 Santa Clara 180,232 43.96% 216,781 52.87% 5,983 1.46% 3,858 0.94% 3,163 0.77% -36,549 -8.91% 410,017 Santa Cruz 29,545 38.09% 44,282 57.09% 1,221 1.57% 1,940 2.50% 577 0.74% -14,737 -19.00% 77,565 Shasta 26,902 57.61% 18,053 38.66% 707 1.51% 394 0.84% 642 1.37% 8,849 18.95% 46,698 Sierra 914 48.33% 907 47.96% 24 1.27% 20 1.06% 26 1.37% 7 0.37% 1,891 Siskiyou 9,457 58.40% 6,009 37.11% 259 1.60% 188 1.16% 281 1.74% 3,448 21.29% 16,194 Solano 36,968 50.31% 33,997 46.26% 979 1.33% 706 0.96% 837 1.14% 2,971 4.04% 73,487 Sonoma 55,968 45.10% 63,542 51.20% 1,735 1.40% 1,747 1.41% 1,115 0.90% -7,574 -6.10% 124,107 Stanislaus 43,639 55.94% 32,276 41.38% 687 0.88% 648 0.83% 758 0.97% 11,363 14.57% 78,008 Sutter 10,753 63.33% 5,660 33.33% 184 1.08% 235 1.38% 148 0.87% 5,093 29.99% 16,980 Tehama 9,628 58.55% 6,134 37.30% 250 1.52% 145 0.88% 288 1.75% 3,494 21.25% 16,445 Trinity 3,100 53.95% 2,351 40.92% 112 1.95% 66 1.15% 117 2.04% 749 13.04% 5,746 Tulare 38,901 56.69% 28,330 41.29% 415 0.60% 501 0.73% 470 0.68% 10,571 15.41% 68,617 Tuolumne 8,716 56.84% 6,107 39.82% 160 1.04% 148 0.97% 204 1.33% 2,609 17.01% 15,335 Ventura 99,130 55.22% 76,094 42.39% 1,782 0.99% 1,290 0.72% 1,228 0.68% 23,036 12.83% 179,524 Yolo 19,227 42.99% 24,150 54.00% 485 1.08% 445 1.00% 415 0.93% -4,923 -11.01% 44,722 Yuba 6,959 53.77% 5,400 41.73% 152 1.17% 157 1.21% 273 2.11% 1,559 12.05% 12,941 Total 3,881,014 49.27% 3,787,669 48.09% 81,076 1.03% 70,327 0.89% 56,249 0.71% 93,345 1.19% 7,876,698
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ] ^ County totals do not include the write-in votes, which are only given as statewide totals in the Statement Of Vote
