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1986 California gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1986 California gubernatorial election
country	California
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1982 California gubernatorial election
previous_year	1982
next_election	1990 California gubernatorial election
next_year	1990
election_date	November 4, 1986
image1	File:George-Deukmejian-Official-Photo-Cropped.jpg
nominee1	George Deukmejian
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	4,505,601
percentage1	60.54%
image2	Tom Bradley portrait, 1986 (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Tom Bradley
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	2,781,714
percentage2	37.38%
map_image
map_caption	Deukmejian:

title	Governor
before_election	George Deukmejian
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	George Deukmejian
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Bradley:

The 1986 California gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1986. Incumbent Republican George Deukmejian won easily in this rematch over the Democratic challenger, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. This was the largest gubernatorial victory since that of Earl Warren in 1946, who won 91.64% of the vote.

Primary election

Both major party candidates from 1982 were renominated with only token opposition.

Republican Party

Democratic Party

American Independent Party

Libertarian Party

Peace and Freedom Party

General election results

Results by county

George Deukmejian carried all but two counties. As of 2024, this is most recent election in which a Republican gubernatorial candidate won Marin County, San Mateo County, and Santa Cruz County.

County	George Deukmejian
Republican	Tom Bradley
Democratic	Joseph Fuhrig
Libertarian	Maria Elizabeth Muñoz
Peace & Freedom	Gary V. Miller
American Independent	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	4,506,601	60.54%	2,781,714	37.37%	52,628	0.71%	51,995	0.70%	50,547	0.68%	1,724,887	23.17%	7,443,551
	Alameda		174,555		47.79%		181,445		49.68%		3,164		0.87%		3,783		1.04%		2,280		0.62%		-6,890		-1.89%		365,227
	Alpine		280		64.22%		128		29.36%		0		0.00%		16		3.67%		12		2.75%		152		34.86%		436
	Amador		7,357		74.43%		2,319		23.46%		60		0.61%		56		0.57%		93		0.94%		5,038		50.97%		9,885
	Butte		40,546		70.81%		15,518		27.10%		398		0.70%		348		0.61%		448		0.78%		25,028		43.71%		57,258
	Calaveras		8,221		74.77%		2,531		23.02%		73		0.66%		75		0.68%		95		0.86%		5,690		51.75%		10,995
	Colusa		3,729		79.49%		882		18.80%		16		0.34%		24		0.51%		40		0.85%		2,847		60.69%		4,691
	Contra Costa		159,105		63.31%		87,117		34.67%		1,491		0.59%		1,644		0.65%		1,951		0.78%		71,998		28.65%		251,308
	Del Norte		4,213		65.80%		2,026		31.64%		42		0.66%		51		0.80%		71		1.11%		2,187		34.16%		6,403
	El Dorado		26,068		73.57%		8,605		24.29%		206		0.58%		193		0.54%		361		1.02%		17,463		49.28%		35,433
	Fresno		96,959		66.28%		47,071		32.17%		546		0.37%		927		0.63%		795		0.54%		49,888		34.10%		146,298
	Glenn		5,728		80.45%		1,246		17.50%		38		0.53%		26		0.37%		82		1.15%		4,482		62.95%		7,120
	Humboldt		22,534		54.58%		17,608		42.65%		293		0.71%		491		1.19%		363		0.88%		4,926		11.93%		41,289
	Imperial		11,479		61.19%		6,915		36.86%		38		0.20%		214		1.14%		113		0.60%		4,564		24.33%		18.759
	Inyo		4,862		71.79%		1,753		25.88%		63		0.93%		45		0.66%		50		0.74%		3,109		45.90%		6,773
	Kern		86,547		68.23%		37,973		29.93%		716		0.56%		610		0.48%		1,007		0.79%		48,574		38.29%		126,853
	Kings		12,256		69.07%		5,205		29.33%		45		0.25%		125		0.70%		113		0.64%		7,051		39.74%		17,744
	Lake		10,994		67.42%		4,904		30.07%		99		0.61%		110		0.67%		199		1.22%		6,090		37.35%		16,306
	Lassen		5,154		68.96%		2,067		27.66%		45		0.60%		61		0.82%		147		1.97%		3,087		41.30%		7,474
	Los Angeles		1,090,138		52.96%		930,576		45.21%		12,862		0.62%		13,158		0.64%		11,514		0.56%		159,562		7.75%		2,058,248
	Madera		12,939		70.55%		4,951		27.00%		54		0.29%		165		0.90%		230		1.25%		7,988		43.56%		18,339
	Marin		51,693		56.47%		37,686		41.17%		1,001		1.09%		781		0.85%		379		0.41%		14,007		15.30%		91,450
	Mariposa		3,844		70.06%		1,513		27.57%		26		0.47%		45		0.82%		59		1.08%		2,331		42.48%		5,487
	Mendocino		13,710		55.96%		10,054		41.04%		209		0.85%		349		1.42%		177		0.72%		3,656		14.92%		24,499
	Merced		21,426		68.86%		9,105		29.26%		99		0.32%		199		0.64%		286		0.92%		12,321		39.60%		31,115
	Modoc		2,641		74.69%		810		22.91%		25		0.71%		20		0.57%		40		1.13%		1,831		51.78%		3,536
	Mono		1,847		70.66%		722		27.62%		15		0.57%		15		0.57%		15		0.57%		1,125		43.04%		2,614
	Monterey		46,195		63.30%		25,408		34.81%		414		0.57%		544		0.75%		421		0.58%		20,787		28.48%		72,982
	Napa		26,445		68.14%		11,456		29.52%		251		0.65%		282		0.73%		375		0.97%		14,989		38.62%		38,809
	Nevada		20,599		73.12%		6,928		24.59%		228		0.81%		182		0.65%		234		0.83%		13,671		48.53%		28,171
	Orange		468,092		71.89%		172,782		26.54%		3,445		0.53%		2,821		0.43%		3,956		0.61%		295,310		45.36%		651,096
	Placer		37,288		73.31%		12,542		24.66%		372		0.73%		280		0.55%		382		0.75%		24,746		48.65%		50,864
	Plumas		4,827		68.19%		2,096		29.61%		36		0.51%		78		1.10%		42		0.59%		2,731		38.58%		7,079
	Riverside		155,318		65.10%		78,891		33.06%		947		0.40%		1,092		0.46%		2,350		0.98%		76,427		32.03%		238,598
	Sacramento		207,086		68.05%		91,660		30.12%		1,592		0.52%		1,974		0.65%		2,014		0.66%		115,426		37.93%		304,326
	San Benito		5,284		66.42%		2,520		31.68%		46		0.58%		60		0.75%		45		0.57%		2,764		34.75%		7,955
	San Bernardino		166,483		63.76%		89,584		34.31%		1,206		0.46%		1,336		0.51%		2,490		0.95%		76,899		29.45%		261,099
	San Diego		381,094		65.17%		184,395		31.53%		8,769		1.50%		5,390		0.92%		5,126		0.88%		196,699		33.64%		584,774
	San Francisco		83,741		37.42%		134,738		60.20%		1,682		0.75%		2,743		1.23%		900		0.40%		-50,997		-22.79%		223,804
	San Joaquin		76,297		71.32%		28,817		26.94%		452		0.42%		623		0.58%		793		0.74%		47,480		44.38%		106,982
	San Luis Obispo		41,893		67.12%		19,281		30.89%		391		0.63%		382		0.61%		472		0.76%		22,612		36.23%		62,419
	San Mateo		121,910		61.84%		71,329		36.18%		1,498		0.76%		1,421		0.72%		987		0.50%		50,581		25.66%		197,145
	Santa Barbara		67,852		62.84%		38,046		35.23%		617		0.57%		1,015		0.94%		451		0.42%		29,806		27.60%		107,981
	Santa Clara		227,285		59.87%		142,907		37.64%		3,894		1.03%		2,920		0.77%		2,650		0.70%		84,378		22.22%		379,656
	Santa Cruz		37,525		50.54%		34,831		46.91%		615		0.83%		839		1.13%		434		0.58%		2,694		3.63%		74,244
	Shasta		29,447		71.01%		11,149		26.89%		289		0.70%		206		0.50%		378		0.91%		18,298		44.12%		41,469
	Sierra		1,053		66.98%		474		30.15%		7		0.45%		13		0.83%		25		1.59%		579		36.83%		1,572
	Siskiyou		10,515		67.95%		4,584		29.62%		103		0.67%		96		0.62%		176		1.14%		5,931		38.33%		15,474
	Solano		47,396		63.51%		25,382		34.01%		746		1.00%		513		0.69%		587		0.79%		22,014		29.50%		74,624
	Sonoma		75,003		59.43%		47,859		37.92%		1,015		0.80%		1,242		0.98%		1,091		0.86%		27,144		21.51%		126,210
	Stanislaus		53,505		71.05%		20,481		27.20%		342		0.45%		417		0.55%		556		0.74%		33,024		43.86%		75,301
	Sutter		12,616		78.67%		2,946		18.37%		136		0.85%		75		0.47%		263		1.64%		9,670		60.30%		16,036
	Tehama		10,463		71.10%		3,932		26.72%		83		0.56%		75		0.51%		163		1.11%		6,531		44.38%		14,716
	Trinity		3,720		66.48%		1,661		29.68%		72		1.29%		59		1.05%		84		1.50%		2,059		36.79%		5,596
	Tulare		44,335		71.72%		16,287		26.35%		344		0.56%		334		0.54%		519		0.84%		28,048		45.37%		61,819
	Tuolumne		11,121		71.29%		4,237		27.16%		67		0.43%		82		0.53%		92		0.59%		6,884		44.13%		15,599
	Ventura		118,640		67.20%		54,893		31.09%		966		0.55%		960		0.54%		1,098		0.62%		63,747		36.11%		176,557
	Yolo		26,154		60.79%		15,906		36.97%		308		0.72%		370		0.86%		285		0.66%		10,248		23.82%		43,023
	Yuba		8,594		72.37%		2,982		25.11%		71		0.60%		40		0.34%		188		1.58%		5,612		47.26%		11,875

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Humboldt
Los Angeles
Marin
Mendocino
Monterey
San Benito
San Mateo
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Sonoma
Yolo

Notes

References

California Secretary of State. "Statement of Vote June 3, 1986 Primary Election".
California Secretary of State. "Statement of Vote General Election, November 4, 1986".

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