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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.
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 | 2,154,408 | 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 | 2,434,866 | 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 | |
Democratic | Kathleen Brown | 3,519,799 | 40.62 | |
Libertarian | Richard Rider | 149,281 | 1.72 | |
American Independent | Jerome McCready | 133,870 | 1.54 | |
Peace and Freedom | Gloria Estela LaRiva | 80,440 | 0.93 | |
No party | Write-ins | 219 | 0.00 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 235,261 | 2.64 | ||
Total votes | 8,900,855 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
County | Wilson | Votes | Brown | Votes | Others | Votes |
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Glenn | 73.54% | 5,916 | 21.37% | 1,719 | 5.10% | 410 |
Colusa | 72.70% | 3,691 | 23.68% | 1,202 | 3.62% | 184 |
Sutter | 72.11% | 15,997 | 23.86% | 5,293 | 4.02% | 893 |
Inyo | 69.51% | 5,054 | 25.83% | 1,878 | 4.67% | 339 |
Kern | 69.49% | 105,733 | 25.72% | 39,137 | 4.79% | 7,292 |
Madera | 69.24% | 18,623 | 26.85% | 7,223 | 3.91% | 1,051 |
Tulare | 69.02% | 54,267 | 27.52% | 21,634 | 3.47% | 2,725 |
Tehama | 68.77% | 12,836 | 24.78% | 4,626 | 6.45% | 1,204 |
Shasta | 68.45% | 37,577 | 24.84% | 13,633 | 6.72% | 3,684 |
Orange | 67.72% | 516,811 | 27.67% | 211,132 | 4.61% | 35,196 |
El Dorado | 67.14% | 36,695 | 27.97% | 15,289 | 4.89% | 2,670 |
Placer | 67.02% | 51,213 | 28.68% | 21,915 | 4.29% | 3,282 |
Amador | 66.81% | 8,781 | 28.73% | 3,776 | 4.47% | 586 |
Calaveras | 66.08% | 10,438 | 28.06% | 4,432 | 5.86% | 925 |
Nevada | 65.97% | 25,159 | 29.59% | 11,283 | 4.44% | 1,693 |
Yuba | 65.95% | 9,378 | 28.14% | 4,002 | 5.91% | 840 |
Mariposa | 65.18% | 4,699 | 30.21% | 2,178 | 4.61% | 332 |
Kings | 65.02% | 14,750 | 31.28% | 7,097 | 3.70% | 839 |
Mono | 64.88% | 2,263 | 30.13% | 1,051 | 4.99% | 174 |
Tuolumne | 64.41% | 12,706 | 31.01% | 6,117 | 4.57% | 903 |
Riverside | 64.17% | 221,027 | 31.13% | 107,207 | 4.68% | 16,183 |
Plumas | 63.87% | 5,492 | 30.58% | 2,630 | 5.54% | 477 |
San Diego | 63.35% | 477,439 | 31.97% | 240,937 | 4.67% | 35,284 |
Merced | 62.90% | 24,873 | 33.37% | 13,197 | 3.73% | 1,474 |
Butte | 62.88% | 42,998 | 32.01% | 21,887 | 5.11% | 3,498 |
Fresno | 62.83% | 112,851 | 33.94% | 60,958 | 3.22% | 5,809 |
Ventura | 62.36% | 136,417 | 33.44% | 73,163 | 4.20% | 9,188 |
San Bernardino | 62.30% | 217,085 | 32.32% | 112,636 | 5.38% | 18,755 |
Del Norte | 61.83% | 4,626 | 31.70% | 2,372 | 6.48% | 484 |
Sierra | 61.77% | 1,018 | 32.04% | 528 | 6.19% | 102 |
San Joaquin | 61.35% | 78,682 | 34.92% | 44,787 | 3.72% | 4,774 |
Stanislaus | 60.68% | 60,992 | 34.90% | 35,080 | 4.41% | 4,438 |
Siskiyou | 60.17% | 11,075 | 32.88% | 6,053 | 6.94% | 1,279 |
San Luis Obispo | 60.07% | 52,270 | 35.27% | 30,686 | 4.64% | 4,053 |
Lassen | 58.63% | 4,827 | 32.44% | 2,671 | 8.92% | 735 |
Lake | 57.88% | 11,416 | 36.90% | 7,279 | 5.21% | 1,029 |
Trinity | 56.88% | 3,078 | 32.95% | 1,783 | 10.15% | 550 |
Santa Barbara | 56.68% | 75,051 | 39.59% | 52,420 | 3.73% | 4,941 |
Alpine | 56.54% | 389 | 34.88% | 240 | 8.58% | 59 |
Imperial | 54.97% | 13,208 | 39.64% | 9,525 | 5.39% | 1,294 |
Sacramento | 54.79% | 196,229 | 40.88% | 146,423 | 4.33% | 15,504 |
Napa | 54.69% | 23,429 | 40.74% | 17,454 | 4.56% | 1,956 |
San Benito | 54.17% | 6,398 | 41.08% | 4,852 | 4.75% | 561 |
Monterey | 53.89% | 49,565 | 41.96% | 38,597 | 4.14% | 3,817 |
Solano | 51.89% | 51,265 | 43.70% | 43,170 | 4.41% | 4,355 |
Modoc | 51.47% | 1,972 | 32.81% | 1,257 | 15.71% | 602 |
Contra Costa | 51.47% | 154,482 | 45.02% | 135,133 | 3.50% | 10,525 |
Los Angeles | 50.43% | 1,043,835 | 46.06% | 953,301 | 3.51% | 72,753 |
Humboldt | 49.34% | 23,586 | 44.27% | 21,162 | 6.39% | 3,059 |
Mendocino | 48.37% | 14,645 | 45.30% | 13,716 | 6.33% | 1,918 |
San Mateo | 47.63% | 102,989 | 49.21% | 106,391 | 3.15% | 6,836 |
Santa Clara | 47.50% | 212,075 | 47.46% | 211,904 | 5.03% | 22,490 |
Yolo | 46.58% | 23,019 | 49.28% | 24,357 | 4.12% | 2,045 |
Sonoma | 45.65% | 73,234 | 49.69% | 79,720 | 4.66% | 7,474 |
Marin | 43.35% | 45,983 | 53.43% | 56,665 | 3.21% | 3,415 |
Santa Cruz | 41.09% | 37,927 | 53.39% | 49,272 | 5.51% | 5,095 |
Alameda | 36.61% | 147,238 | 59.80% | 240,490 | 3.58% | 14,437 |
San Francisco | 27.81% | 66,494 | 69.12% | 165,279 | 3.07% | 7,340 |
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