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1946 California gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1946 California gubernatorial election
country	California
flag_image	Flag of California (1924–1953).pngborder
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1942 California gubernatorial election
previous_year	1942
next_election	1950 California gubernatorial election
next_year	1950
election_date	November 5, 1946
image1	Earl Warren Portrait, half figure, seated, facing front, as Governor (cropped 3x4).jpg
nominee1	Earl Warren
party1	California Republican Party
alliance1	Democratic
popular_vote1	2,344,542
percentage1	91.64%
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Henry R. Schmidt
party2	Prohibition Party
popular_vote2	180,579
percentage2	7.06%
map_image	1946 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results

title	Governor
before_election	Earl Warren
before_party	California Republican Party
after_election	Earl Warren
after_party	California Republican Party

Warren:
The 1946 California gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946. It is notable for the incumbent Governor, Earl Warren, being nominated by both the Republican and Democratic parties. Subsequently, Warren won re-election effectively unopposed, receiving more than 90% of the vote. He was the first governor of the state to win two elections since Hiram Johnson in 1914.

Primary election results

Republican primary

The Republican primary occurred on June 5, 1946. Incumbent Governor Earl Warren won 91.10% of the vote.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary occurred on June 5, 1946. Despite being a Republican, Earl Warren won 51.93% of the vote and the Democratic nomination.

Prohibition primary

General election results

Results by county

County	Earl Warren
Republican	Henry R. Schmidt
Prohibition	Archie Brown
Communist	All Others
Write-in	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	2,344,542	91.64%	180,579	7.06%	22,606	0.88%	10,672	0.42%	2,163,963	84.58%	2,558,399
	Alameda		179,864		88.32%		19,457		9.55%		3,776		1.85%		543		0.27%		160,407		78.77%		203,640
	Alpine		106		98.15%		2		1.85%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		104		96.30%		108
	Amador		2,416		92.39%		190		7.27%		0		0.00%		9		0.34%		2,226		85.12%		2,615
	Butte		12,534		94.13%		782		5.87%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		11,752		88.25%		13,316
	Calaveras		2,507		94.78%		135		5.10%		0		0.00%		3		0.11%		2,372		89.68%		2,645
	Colusa		2,750		95.52%		129		4.48%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,621		91.04%		2,879
	Contra Costa		44,668		89.92%		3,921		7.89%		1,010		2.03%		77		0.16%		40,747		82.03%		49,676
	Del Norte		2,138		95.02%		112		4.98%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,026		90.04%		2,250
	El Dorado		3,886		92.52%		314		7.48%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3,572		85.05%		4,200
	Fresno		48,151		92.05%		4,051		7.74%		90		0.17%		20		0.04%		44,100		84.30%		52,312
	Glenn		3,293		95.23%		155		4.48%		7		0.20%		3		0.09%		3,138		90.75%		3,458
	Humboldt		14,446		95.03%		677		4.45%		0		0.00%		79		0.52%		13,769		90.57%		15,202
	Imperial		7,167		93.91%		446		5.84%		0		0.00%		19		0.25%		6,721		88.06%		7,632
	Inyo		2,337		94.42%		125		5.05%		0		0.00%		13		0.53%		2,212		89.37%		2,475
	Kern		32,497		92.37%		2,608		7.41%		0		0.00%		78		0.22%		29,889		84.95%		35,183
	Kings		7,512		93.88%		472		5.90%		0		0.00%		18		0.22%		7,040		87.98%		8,002
	Lake		3,016		94.55%		164		5.14%		0		0.00%		10		0.31%		2,852		89.40%		3,190
	Lassen		3,565		93.94%		223		5.88%		0		0.00%		7		0.18%		3,342		88.06%		3,795
	Los Angeles		988,710		90.57%		81,301		7.45%		13,949		1.28%		7,670		0.70%		907,409		83.12%		1,091,630
	Madera		5,575		92.22%		457		7.56%		0		0.00%		13		0.22%		5,118		84.67%		6,045
	Marin		19,912		95.15%		762		3.64%		0		0.00%		252		1.20%		19,150		91.51%		20,926
	Mariposa		1,492		94.85%		75		4.77%		6		0.38%		0		0.00%		1,417		90.08%		1,573
	Mendocino		7,048		93.92%		373		4.97%		0		0.00%		83		1.11%		6,675		88.95%		7,504
	Merced		11,263		94.48%		658		5.52%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		10.605		88.96%		11,921
	Modoc		1,846		94.86%		100		5.14%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,746		89.72%		1,946
	Mono		502		94.36%		30		5.64%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		472		88.72%		532
	Monterey		20,674		95.67%		834		3.86%		0		0.00%		101		0.47%		19,840		91.81%		21,609
	Napa		10,786		95.30%		522		4.61%		0		0.00%		10		0.09%		10,264		90.69%		11,318
	Nevada		6,483		93.75%		432		6.25%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		6,051		87.51%		6,915
	Orange		51,058		93.13%		3,616		6.60%		0		0.00%		151		0.28%		47,442		86.53%		54,825
	Placer		9,209		92.33%		765		7.67%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		8,444		84.66%		9,974
	Plumas		3,652		93.28%		260		6.64%		0		0.00%		3		0.08%		3,392		86.64%		3,915
	Riverside		33,193		92.44%		2,552		7.11%		0		0.00%		162		0.45%		30,641		85.33%		35,907
	Sacramento		54,145		91.64%		4,464		7.56%		385		0.65%		89		0.15%		49,681		84.09%		59,083
	San Benito		3,807		96.80%		126		3.20%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3,681		93.59%		3,933
	San Bernardino		55,874		92.07%		4,500		7.41%		227		0.37%		88		0.15%		51,374		84.65%		60,689
	San Diego		115,666		93.48%		8,074		6.52%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		107,592		86.95%		123,740
	San Francisco		220,344		92.15%		16,716		6.99%		2,056		0.86%		0		0.00%		203,628		85.16%		239,116
	San Joaquin		37,291		93.90%		2,290		5.77%		103		0.26%		30		0.08%		35,001		88.13%		39,714
	San Luis Obispo		12,277		94.16%		698		5.35%		0		0.00%		64		0.49%		11,579		88.80%		13,039
	San Mateo		47,672		94.80%		2,183		4.34%		331		0.66%		99		0.20%		45,489		90.46%		50,285
	Santa Barbara		22,306		95.11%		1,020		4.35%		0		0.00%		128		0.55%		21,286		90.76%		23,454
	Santa Clara		62,641		94.28%		3,393		5.11%		410		0.62%		0		0.00%		59,248		89.17%		66,444
	Santa Cruz		17,224		94.22%		965		5.28%		0		0.00%		92		0.50%		16,259		88.94%		18,281
	Shasta		7,862		94.45%		447		5.37%		15		0.18%		0		0.00%		7,415		89.08%		8,324
	Sierra		836		95.65%		37		4.23%		0		0.00%		1		0.11%		799		91.42%		874
	Siskiyou		7,504		94.31%		453		5.69%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		7,051		88.61%		7,957
	Solano		21,609		94.93%		1,155		5.07%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		20,454		89.85%		22,764
	Sonoma		22,692		94.15%		1,219		5.06%		172		0.71%		20		0.08%		21,473		89.09%		24,103
	Stanislaus		21,608		92.67%		1,628		6.98%		57		0.24%		24		0.10%		19,980		85.69%		23,317
	Sutter		4,486		94.66%		253		5.34%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		4,233		89.32%		4,739
	Tehama		3,836		92.66%		304		7.34%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3,532		85.31%		4,140
	Trinity		1,799		93.80%		109		5.68%		0		0.00%		10		0.52%		1,690		88.11%		1,918
	Tulare		23,361		93.50%		1,587		6.35%		0		0.00%		36		0.14%		21,774		87.15%		24,984
	Tuolumne		4,301		95.24%		203		4.50%		12		0.27%		0		0.00%		4,098		90.74%		4,516
	Ventura		19,012		90.74%		1,340		6.40%		0		0.00%		601		2.87%		17,672		84.34%		20,953
	Yolo		7,719		94.28%		420		5.13%		0		0.00%		48		0.59%		7,299		89.15%		8,187
	Yuba		4,414		93.38%		295		6.24%		0		0.00%		18		0.38%		4,119		87.14%		4,727

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Plumas

Notes

References

Newton, Jim. (October 22, 2006). "The Earl Warren precedent". [[Los Angeles Times]].
California Secretary of State. "State of California Statement of Vote Primary Election June 4, 1946". State Printing Office.
California Secretary of State. "State of California Statement of Vote General Election November 5, 1946". State Printing Office.

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