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The 1994 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, in the midst of that year's "Republican Revolution". Incumbent Republican Pete Wilson easily won re-election over his main challenger, Democratic State Treasurer Kathleen Brown, the daughter of Pat Brown and younger sister of Jerry Brown, both of whom had previously served as governor. Although Wilson initially trailed Brown in the polls as a result of the state's faltering economy, his signature opposition to affirmative action and state services for illegal immigrants (with the associated Proposition 187) eventually led to his win. Wilson won 25% of the African American vote, a fairly strong performance for a Republican. However, he won only 25% of the Latino vote, a weak performance which was widely attributed to his support of Prop 187. This election was the first California gubernatorial election since 1974 in which the winner of the gubernatorial election was of a different party from the incumbent president.
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Primaries were held on June 3, 1994.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 D'Arrigo | 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 | % | |
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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 | % | |
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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 | % | |
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Libertarian | Richard Rider | 13,757 | 100.00% | |
Invalid or blank votes | 3,208 | 18.91% | ||
Total votes | 13,757 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 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% | |||
Republican hold | 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] | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alameda | 147,238 | 36.61% | 240,490 | 59.80% | 5,810 | 1.44% | 4,161 | 1.03% | 4,460 | 1.11% | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 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[lower-alpha 4] | 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[lower-alpha 5] | 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[lower-alpha 6] | 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[lower-alpha 7] | 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[lower-alpha 8] | 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[lower-alpha 9] | 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[lower-alpha 10] | 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[lower-alpha 11] | 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[lower-alpha 12] | 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[lower-alpha 13] | 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[lower-alpha 14] | 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[lower-alpha 15] | 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[lower-alpha 16] | 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[lower-alpha 17] | 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[lower-alpha 18] | 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[lower-alpha 19] | 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[lower-alpha 20] | 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[lower-alpha 21] | 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[lower-alpha 22] | 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[lower-alpha 23] | 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[lower-alpha 24] | 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[lower-alpha 25] | 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[lower-alpha 26] | 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[lower-alpha 27] | 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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