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The1994 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, in the midst of that year's "Republican Revolution". IncumbentRepublicanPete Wilson easily won re-election over his main challenger,Democratic State TreasurerKathleen Brown, the daughter ofPat Brown and younger sister ofJerry Brown, both of whom had previously served as governor. Primaries were held on June 3, 1994.
Although Wilson initially trailed Brown in the polls as a result of the state's faltering economy, his signature opposition toaffirmative action and state services for illegal immigrants (with the associatedProposition 187) eventually led to his win. Wilson won 25% of theAfrican-American vote, a fairly strong performance for a Republican; however, he won only 25% of theLatino vote, a weak performance which was widely attributed to his support of Proposition 187. This was the first California gubernatorial election since1974 in which the winner was of a different party from the incumbent president.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Pete Wilson (incumbent) | 1,266,832 | 61.44% | |
| Republican | Ron Unz | 707,431 | 34.31% | |
| Republican | Jim Hart | 44,083 | 2.14% | |
| Republican | Louis Darrigo | 43,448 | 2.11% | |
| Republican | Mike Eagles (write-in) | 34 | 0.00% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 92,580 | 4.30% | ||
| Total votes | 2,061,828 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kathleen Brown | 1,110,372 | 48.38% | |
| Democratic | John Garamendi | 755,876 | 32.93% | |
| Democratic | Tom Hayden | 318,777 | 13.89% | |
| Democratic | Charles Pineda Jr. | 57,314 | 2.50% | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Trip | 31,716 | 1.38% | |
| Democratic | Mark Calney | 21,121 | 0.92% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 139,710 | 5.74% | ||
| Total votes | 2,295,176 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Independent | Jerome McCready | 18,984 | 100.00% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 19,710 | 50.94% | ||
| Total votes | 18,984 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | None of the Above | 8,185 | 46.18% | |
| Green | John T. Selawsky | 3,688 | 20.81% | |
| Green | James Ogle | 2,930 | 16.53% | |
| Green | John Lewallen | 2,923 | 16.49% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 4,527 | 20.34% | ||
| Total votes | 17,726 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libertarian | Richard Rider | 13,757 | 100.00% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 3,208 | 18.91% | ||
| Total votes | 13,757 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace and Freedom | Gloria Estela La Riva | 4,633 | 100.00% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 2,805 | 37.71% | ||
| Total votes | 4,633 | 100.00% | ||
| Source | Date | Pete Wilson | Kathleen Brown |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNBC-TV | November 4, 1994 | 48% | 44% |
| KCAL-TV | November 3, 1994 | 49% | 39% |
| Field Poll | November 1, 1994 | 50% | 41% |
| San Francisco Examiner | October 23, 1994 | 48% | 43% |
| Los Angeles Times | October 16, 1994 | 50% | 42% |
| KCAL-TV | October 7, 1994 | 48% | 38% |
| Los Angeles Times | September 16, 1994 | 46% | 44% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Pete Wilson (incumbent) | 4,781,766 | 55.18% | +5.93% | |
| Democratic | Kathleen Brown | 3,519,799 | 40.62% | −5.17% | |
| Libertarian | Richard Rider | 149,281 | 1.72% | −0.17% | |
| American Independent | Jerome McCready | 133,888[a] | 1.55% | −0.27% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Gloria Estela La Riva | 80,440 | 0.93% | −0.33% | |
| Independent | Aaron Boxerman (write-in) | 130 | 0.00% | ||
| Independent | Nick Miloslavich (write-in) | 46 | 0.00% | ||
| Independent | Thomas L. Sailers (write-in) | 16 | 0.00% | ||
| Independent | Tim Oster (write-in) | 9 | 0.00% | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | 235,261 | 2.64% | |||
| Majority | 1,261,967 | 14.56% | |||
| Total votes | 8,665,375 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | +14.56% | |||
| County | Pete Wilson Republican | Kathleen Brown Democratic | Richard Rider Libertarian | Jerome McCready AIP | Gloria La Riva PFP | All Others Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 147,238 | 36.61% | 240,490 | 59.80% | 5,810 | 1.44% | 4,161 | 1.03% | 4,460 | 1.11% | 6[b] | 0.00% | -93,252 | -23.19% | 402,165 |
| Alpine | 389 | 56.54% | 240 | 34.88% | 11 | 1.60% | 28 | 4.07% | 20 | 2.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 149 | 21.66% | 688 |
| Amador | 8,781 | 66.81% | 3,776 | 28.73% | 257 | 1.96% | 261 | 1.99% | 68 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,005 | 38.08% | 13,143 |
| Butte | 42,998 | 62.88% | 21,887 | 32.01% | 1,389 | 2.03% | 1,562 | 2.28% | 546 | 0.80% | 1[c] | 0.00% | 21,111 | 30.87% | 68,383 |
| Calaveras | 10,438 | 66.08% | 4,432 | 28.06% | 415 | 2.63% | 361 | 2.29% | 149 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,006 | 38.02% | 15,795 |
| Colusa | 3,691 | 72.70% | 1,202 | 23.68% | 72 | 1.42% | 83 | 1.63% | 29 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,489 | 49.03% | 5,077 |
| Contra Costa | 154,482 | 51.47% | 135,133 | 45.02% | 4,483 | 1.49% | 3,998 | 1.33% | 2,039 | 0.68% | 5[d] | 0.00% | 19,349 | 6.45% | 300,140 |
| Del Norte | 4,626 | 61.83% | 2,372 | 31.70% | 148 | 1.98% | 278 | 3.72% | 58 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,254 | 30.13% | 7,482 |
| El Dorado | 36,695 | 67.14% | 15,289 | 27.97% | 1,206 | 2.21% | 1,124 | 2.06% | 340 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 21,406 | 39.17% | 54,654 |
| Fresno | 112,851 | 62.83% | 60,958 | 33.94% | 2,153 | 1.20% | 2,146 | 1.19% | 1,496 | 0.83% | 14[e] | 0.01% | 51,893 | 28.89% | 179,618 |
| Glenn | 5,916 | 73.54% | 1,719 | 21.37% | 142 | 1.77% | 217 | 2.70% | 51 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,197 | 52.17% | 8,045 |
| Humboldt | 23,586 | 49.34% | 21,162 | 44.27% | 1,164 | 2.43% | 1,088 | 2.28% | 805 | 1.68% | 2[f] | 0.00% | 2,424 | 5.07% | 47,807 |
| Imperial | 13,208 | 54.97% | 9,525 | 39.64% | 286 | 1.19% | 341 | 1.42% | 667 | 2.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,683 | 15.33% | 24,027 |
| Inyo | 5,054 | 69.51% | 1,878 | 25.83% | 132 | 1.82% | 149 | 2.05% | 58 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,176 | 43.68% | 7,271 |
| Kern | 105,733 | 69.49% | 39,137 | 25.72% | 2,711 | 1.78% | 3,191 | 2.10% | 1,389 | 0.91% | 1[g] | 0.00% | 66,596 | 43.77% | 152,162 |
| Kings | 14,750 | 65.02% | 7,097 | 31.28% | 287 | 1.27% | 350 | 1.54% | 202 | 0.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,653 | 33.73% | 22,686 |
| Lake | 11,416 | 57.88% | 7,279 | 36.90% | 423 | 2.14% | 450 | 2.28% | 156 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,137 | 20.97% | 19,724 |
| Lassen | 4,827 | 58.63% | 2,671 | 32.44% | 277 | 3.36% | 383 | 4.65% | 75 | 0.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,156 | 26.19% | 8,233 |
| Los Angeles | 1,043,835 | 50.43% | 953,301 | 46.06% | 28,368 | 1.37% | 23,469 | 1.13% | 20,910 | 1.01% | 6[h] | 0.00% | 90,534 | 4.37% | 2,069,889 |
| Madera | 18,623 | 69.24% | 7,223 | 26.85% | 311 | 1.16% | 563 | 2.09% | 177 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,400 | 42.38% | 26,897 |
| Marin | 45,983 | 43.35% | 56,665 | 53.43% | 1,679 | 1.58% | 958 | 0.90% | 777 | 0.73% | 1[i] | 0.00% | -10,682 | -10.07% | 106,063 |
| Mariposa | 4,699 | 65.18% | 2,178 | 30.21% | 121 | 1.68% | 172 | 2.39% | 39 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,521 | 34.97% | 7,209 |
| Mendocino | 14,645 | 48.37% | 13,716 | 45.30% | 767 | 2.53% | 590 | 1.95% | 561 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 929 | 3.07% | 30,279 |
| Merced | 24,873 | 62.90% | 13,197 | 33.37% | 444 | 1.12% | 763 | 1.93% | 267 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,676 | 29.53% | 39,544 |
| Modoc | 1,972 | 51.47% | 1,257 | 32.81% | 217 | 5.66% | 337 | 8.80% | 48 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 715 | 18.66% | 3,831 |
| Mono | 2,263 | 64.88% | 1,051 | 30.13% | 88 | 2.52% | 60 | 1.72% | 26 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,212 | 34.75% | 3,488 |
| Monterey | 49,565 | 53.89% | 38,597 | 41.96% | 1,228 | 1.34% | 1,843 | 2.00% | 738 | 0.80% | 8[j] | 0.01% | 10,968 | 11.92% | 91,979 |
| Napa | 23,429 | 54.69% | 17,454 | 40.74% | 764 | 1.78% | 835 | 1.95% | 357 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,975 | 13.95% | 42,839 |
| Nevada | 25,159 | 65.97% | 11,283 | 29.59% | 805 | 2.11% | 658 | 1.73% | 230 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 13,876 | 36.39% | 38,135 |
| Orange | 516,811 | 67.72% | 211,132 | 27.67% | 16,351 | 2.14% | 13,566 | 1.78% | 5,274 | 0.69% | 5[k] | 0.00% | 305,679 | 40.06% | 763,139 |
| Placer | 51,213 | 67.02% | 21,915 | 28.68% | 1,570 | 2.05% | 1,299 | 1.70% | 413 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 29,298 | 38.34% | 76,410 |
| Plumas | 5,492 | 63.87% | 2,630 | 30.58% | 210 | 2.44% | 210 | 2.44% | 57 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,862 | 33.28% | 8,599 |
| Riverside | 221,027 | 64.17% | 107,207 | 31.13% | 6,085 | 1.77% | 7,182 | 2.09% | 2,858 | 0.83% | 58[l] | 0.02% | 113,820 | 33.05% | 344,417 |
| Sacramento | 196,229 | 54.79% | 146,423 | 40.88% | 6,507 | 1.82% | 5,881 | 1.64% | 3,111 | 0.87% | 5[m] | 0.00% | 49,806 | 13.91% | 358,156 |
| San Benito | 6,398 | 54.17% | 4,852 | 41.08% | 249 | 2.11% | 212 | 1.79% | 100 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,546 | 13.09% | 11,811 |
| San Bernardino | 217,085 | 62.30% | 112,636 | 32.32% | 7,148 | 2.05% | 7,916 | 2.27% | 3,691 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 104,449 | 29.97% | 348,476 |
| San Diego | 477,439 | 63.35% | 240,937 | 31.97% | 16,388 | 2.17% | 12,395 | 1.64% | 6,493 | 0.86% | 8[n] | 0.00% | 236,502 | 31.38% | 753,660 |
| San Francisco | 66,494 | 27.81% | 165,279 | 69.12% | 2,561 | 1.07% | 1,073 | 0.45% | 3,704 | 1.55% | 2[o] | 0.00% | -98,785 | -41.31% | 239,113 |
| San Joaquin | 78,682 | 61.35% | 44,787 | 34.92% | 1,669 | 1.30% | 2,119 | 1.65% | 984 | 0.77% | 2[p] | 0.00% | 33,895 | 26.43% | 128,243 |
| San Luis Obispo | 52,270 | 60.07% | 30,686 | 35.27% | 1,681 | 1.93% | 1,688 | 1.94% | 672 | 0.77% | 12[q] | 0.01% | 21,584 | 24.81% | 87,009 |
| San Mateo | 102,989 | 47.63% | 106,391 | 49.21% | 3,080 | 1.42% | 2,244 | 1.04% | 1,498 | 0.69% | 14[r] | 0.01% | -3,402 | -1.57% | 216,216 |
| Santa Barbara | 75,051 | 56.68% | 52,420 | 39.59% | 1,817 | 1.37% | 2,075 | 1.57% | 1,048 | 0.79% | 1[s] | 0.00% | 22,631 | 17.09% | 132,412 |
| Santa Clara | 212,075 | 47.50% | 211,904 | 47.46% | 10,143 | 2.27% | 7,393 | 1.66% | 4,922 | 1.10% | 32[t] | 0.01% | 171 | 0.04% | 446,469 |
| Santa Cruz | 37,927 | 41.09% | 49,272 | 53.39% | 2,159 | 2.34% | 1,490 | 1.61% | 1,439 | 1.56% | 7 | 0.01% | -11,345 | -12.29% | 92,294 |
| Shasta | 37,577 | 68.45% | 13,633 | 24.84% | 1,195 | 2.18% | 2,034 | 3.71% | 455 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 23,944 | 43.62% | 54,894 |
| Sierra | 1,018 | 61.77% | 528 | 32.04% | 41 | 2.49% | 51 | 3.09% | 10 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 490 | 29.73% | 1,648 |
| Siskiyou | 11,075 | 60.17% | 6,053 | 32.88% | 474 | 2.58% | 643 | 3.49% | 161 | 0.87% | 1[u] | 0.01% | 5,022 | 27.28% | 18,407 |
| Solano | 51,265 | 51.89% | 43,170 | 43.70% | 1,753 | 1.77% | 1,765 | 1.79% | 836 | 0.85% | 1[v] | 0.00% | 8,095 | 8.19% | 98,790 |
| Sonoma | 73,234 | 45.65% | 79,720 | 49.69% | 3,270 | 2.04% | 2,540 | 1.58% | 1,663 | 1.04% | 1[w] | 0.00% | -6,486 | -4.04% | 160,428 |
| Stanislaus | 60,992 | 60.68% | 35,080 | 34.90% | 1,569 | 1.56% | 2,146 | 2.14% | 722 | 0.72% | 1[x] | 0.00% | 25,912 | 25.78% | 100,510 |
| Sutter | 15,997 | 72.11% | 5,293 | 23.86% | 320 | 1.44% | 458 | 2.06% | 115 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,704 | 48.25% | 22,183 |
| Tehama | 12,836 | 68.77% | 4,626 | 24.78% | 440 | 2.36% | 631 | 3.38% | 133 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,210 | 43.98% | 18,666 |
| Trinity | 3,078 | 56.88% | 1,783 | 32.95% | 181 | 3.35% | 285 | 5.27% | 83 | 1.53% | 1[y] | 0.02% | 1,295 | 23.93% | 5,411 |
| Tulare | 54,267 | 69.02% | 21,634 | 27.52% | 856 | 1.09% | 1,241 | 1.58% | 628 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 32,633 | 41.50% | 78,626 |
| Tuolumne | 12,706 | 64.41% | 6,117 | 31.01% | 369 | 1.87% | 421 | 2.13% | 113 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,589 | 33.40% | 19,726 |
| Ventura | 136,417 | 62.36% | 73,163 | 33.44% | 3,894 | 1.78% | 3,366 | 1.54% | 1,927 | 0.88% | 1[z] | 0.00% | 63,254 | 28.91% | 218,768 |
| Yolo | 23,019 | 46.58% | 24,357 | 49.28% | 846 | 1.71% | 713 | 1.44% | 481 | 0.97% | 5[aa] | 0.01% | -1,338 | -2.71% | 49,421 |
| Yuba | 9,378 | 65.95% | 4,002 | 28.14% | 297 | 2.09% | 432 | 3.04% | 111 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,376 | 37.81% | 14,220 |
| Total | 4,781,766 | 55.18% | 3,519,799 | 40.62% | 149,281 | 1.72% | 133,888 | 1.55% | 80,440 | 0.93% | 201 | 0.00% | 1,261,967 | 14.56% | 8,665,375 |
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