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1994 California gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1994 California gubernatorial election
country	California
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1990 California gubernatorial election
previous_year	1990
next_election	1998 California gubernatorial election
next_year	1998
election_date	November 8, 1994
image_size	x150px
image1	Pete Wilson official portrait, 1991 (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Pete Wilson
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	4,781,766
percentage1	55.18%
image2	File:KathleenBrown (3x4a).png
nominee2	Kathleen Brown
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	3,519,799
percentage2	40.62%
map_image
map_caption	Wilson:
Brown:
title	Governor
before_election	Pete Wilson
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Pete Wilson
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Brown:
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. 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 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 Proposition 187. This was the first California gubernatorial election since 1974 in which the winner was of a different party from the incumbent president.

Republican primary

Candidates

Louis Darrigo, Aptos farmer and contractor
Jim Hart, San Diego resident
Ron Unz, Palo Alto businessman
Pete Wilson, incumbent Governor

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Kathleen Brown, California Treasurer
Mark Calney, Los Angeles resident
John Garamendi, California Insurance Commissioner and candidate for Governor in 1982
Tom Hayden, State Senator from Los Angeles
Charles Pineda Jr., Sacramento criminal justice administrator
Jonathan Trip, Burbank business consultant

Results

Minor party primaries

American Independent Party

Green Party

Libertarian Party

Peace and Freedom Party

General election

Candidates

Kathleen Brown, California Treasurer (Democratic)
Gloria Estela LaRiva, San Francisco political organizer and printer (Peace and Freedom)
Jerome McCready, Castroville businessman (American Independent)
Richard Rider, San Diego stockbroker and financial planner (Libertarian)
Pete Wilson, incumbent Governor and former U.S. Senator (Republican)

Polling

Source	Date
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%

Results

Results by county

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	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	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
	Alameda		147,238		36.61%		240,490		59.80%		5,810		1.44%		4,161		1.03%		4,460		1.11%		6		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Contra Costa
Lake
Los Angeles
Mendocino
Monterey
Napa
San Benito
Santa Clara
Solano

Notes

References

(April 4, 1994). "Defying the Odds?". [[The Los Angeles Times]].
California Secretary of State. "Statement of Vote June 7, 1994 Primary Election".
California Secretary of State. "Statement of Vote November 8, 1994, General Election".

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