1982 California gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1982 California gubernatorial election California presidential no 1978 California gubernatorial election 1978 1986 California gubernatorial election 1986 November 2, 1982 George-Deukmejian-Official-Photo-Cropped (cropped).jpg George Deukmejian Republican Party (United States) 3,881,014 49.28% Tom Bradley, 1980.jpg Tom Bradley Democratic Party (United States) 3,787,669 48.09% 1982 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsDeukmejian: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Bradley: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% Governor Jerry Brown Democratic Party (United States) George Deukmejian Republican Party (United States) The 1982 California gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 1982. The Republican nominee, Attorney General George Deukmejian, narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. Incumbent Governor Jerry Brown did not seek reelection to a third consecutive term; he later successfully ran again in 2010 and 2014. This election was notable for Deukmejian's upset victory against Bradley, who had led the polls during the campaign. The incorrect polling therefore led to the theory called the "Bradley effect". Primary election In the Democratic primary, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley easily defeated State Senator John Garamendi and Mario G. Obledo. On the Republican side, it was a two-man race between Lieutenant Governor Mike Curb and Attorney General George Deukmejian. Deukmejian won the primary with nearly 55% of the vote. Republican Party Republican primary resultsStatement of Vote Primary Election June 8, 1982 California Secretary of State Sacramento, California 8-9 https://archive.org/details/statementofvote81982cali/page/8/mode/2up?view=theater 21 July 2024 Republican Party (United States) George Deukmejian 1,165,266 51.08% Republican Party (United States) Mike Curb 1,020,935 44.76% Republican Party (United States) William H. R. Clark 44,998 1.97% Republican Party (United States) Michael Arthur Hirt 25,613 1.12% Republican Party (United States) James C. Mansfield 24,303 1.07% 2,281,115 100.00% Democratic Party Democratic primary results Democratic Party (United States) Tom Bradley 1,726,985 61.08% Democratic Party (United States) John Garamendi 712,161 25.19% Democratic Party (United States) Mario G. Obledo 132,402 4.68% Democratic Party (United States) Frank L. Thomas 51,158 1.81% Democratic Party (United States) Linda Irene Parnell 45,607 1.61% Democratic Party (United States) Hugh G. Bagley 40,335 1.43% Democratic Party (United States) John Hancock Abbott 26,989 0.95% Democratic Party (United States) Ben Trevino 19,220 0.68% Democratic Party (United States) Genevieve Grafe Marcus 16,124 0.57% Democratic Party (United States) Raymond V. Liebenberg 15,267 0.54% Democratic Party (United States) Jules Kimmett 15,182 0.54% Democratic Party (United States) Josephum S. Ramos 12,948 0.46% Democratic Party (United States) Allen Lee Seaman 12,942 0.46% Democratic Party (United States) William A. Brown (write-in) 28 0.00% 2,827,348 100.00% American Independent Party American Independent primary results James C. Griffin American Independent Party 16,818 100.00% 16,818 100.00% Libertarian Party American Independent primary results Dan P. Dougherty Libertarian Party of California 13,565 100.00% 13,565 100.00% Peace and Freedom Party Peace and Freedom primary results Peace and Freedom Party Elizabeth Martinez 4,353 55.07% Peace and Freedom Party Jan B. Tucker 3,552 44.93% 7,905 100.00% General election Early indications were that it would be a close race but as the campaign went on, Bradley slowly increased his lead in the polls. Despite this, the outcome was still in doubt as election night wore on. A large late surge of absentee ballots (many from conservative Orange County and Deukmejian's home area of Long Beach) helped tip the balance in his favor. The incorrect polling numbers led to the theory — later dubbed "the Bradley effect" — that a statistically significant number of voters had given inaccurate responses when questioned by pollsters. 1982 California gubernatorial electionStatement of Vote General Election, November 2, 1982 California Secretary of State Sacramento, California 1 https://archive.org/details/statementofvote21982cali/page/n21/mode/2up?view=theater 21 July 2024 Republican Party (United States) George Deukmejian 3,881,014 49.27% +12.77% Democratic Party (United States) Tom Bradley 3,787,669 48.09% -7.95% Libertarian Party of California Dan P. Dougherty 81,076 1.03% -4.43% Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Elizabeth Martinez 70,327 0.89% -0.13% American Independent Party Jim Griffin 56,249 0.71% -0.26% Scattering 363 0.00% 93,345 1.19% 7,876,698 100.00% California Republican Party California Democratic Party +20.72% Results by county County George DeukmejianRepublican Tom BradleyDemocratic Dan P. DoughertyLibertarian Elizabeth MartinezPeace & Freedom Jim GriffinAmerican Independent Margin Total votes castCounty totals do not include the write-in votes, which are only given as statewide totals in the Statement Of Vote # % # % # % # % # % # %Alameda145,96437.62%225,57858.91%4,4771.15%5,8451.51%3,1580.81%-82,614-21.29%388,022Alpine21852.66%18544.69%10.24%30.72%71.69%337.97%414Amador6,25161.19%3,64335.66%880.86%870.85%1461.43%2,60825.53%10,215Butte36,07458.13%23,73438.25%7931.28%8131.31%6391.03%12,34019.89%62,053Calaveras6,27761.63%3,50134.37%1571.54%1261.24%1241.22%2,77627.26%10,185Colusa3,03662.95%1,62133.61%531.10%681.41%450.93%1,41529.34%4,823Contra Costa126,46049.83%119,71247.17%3,1671.25%2,2490.89%2,2000.87%6,7482.66%253,788Del Norte3,35551.32%2,93444.88%721.10%1071.64%701.07%4216.44%6,538El Dorado20,59159.37%12,99937.48%4231.22%2840.82%3831.10%7,59221.89%34,680Fresno80,17152.59%68,62345.01%1,4680.96%1,2130.80%9780.64%11,5487.57%152,453Glenn5,49267.49%2,39829.47%790.97%430.53%1261.55%3,09438.02%8,138Humboldt21,60945.38%23,99150.38%6221.31%7481.57%6531.37%-2,382-5.00%47,623Imperial10,27251.40%9,13345.70%1400.70%2041.02%2371.19%1,1395.70%19,986Inyo5,00863.87%2.59933.15%881.12%650.83%811.03%2,40930.72%7,841Kern70,09555.30%53,79942.44%9350.74%8590.68%1,0650.84%16,29612.86%126,753Kings9,93854.64%7,71842.43%1400.77%1760.97%2171.19%2,22012.21%18,189Lake8,86753.24%7,14342.89%2331.40%1841.10%2271.36%1,72410.35%16,654Lassen4,47256.64%3,00338.03%1331.68%720.91%2162.74%1,46918.60%7,896Los Angeles1,024,94645.67%1,173,14952.27%16,7940.75%18,1630.81%11,1840.50%-148,203-6.60%2,244,236Madera10,33454.57%7,88941.66%3121.65%1520.80%2501.32%2,44512.91%18,937Marin42,26042.83%52,53453.24%2,3712.40%1,0661.08%4370.44%-10,274-10.41%98,668Mariposa3,25556.39%2,32440.26%641.11%601.04%691.20%93116.13%5,772Mendocino12.39846.82%12,78648.29%4221.59%5191.96%3531.33%-388-1.47%26,478Merced17,47752.62%14,64944.10%4671.41%2610.79%3621.09%2,8288.51%33,216Modoc2,59968.83%99526.35%641.69%340.90%842.22%1,60442.48%3,776Mono1,97759.58%1,24937.64%260.78%341.02%320.96%72821.94%3,318Monterey37,49347.78%38,30148.81%9581.22%1,0671.36%6560.84%-808-1.03%78,475Napa21,81254.20%17,04242.34%4941.23%4541.13%4451.11%4,77011.85%40,247Nevada14,75356.80%10,26239.51%4991.92%2340.90%2260.87%4,49117.29%25,974Orange422,87861.44%252,57236.70%5,9650.87%3,3460.49%3,5370.51%170,30624.74%688,298Placer28,08255.47%20,83241.15%7371.46%4250.84%5481.08%7,25014.32%50,624Plumas4,23753.53%3,35542.39%1612.03%610.77%1011.28%88211.14%7,915Riverside119,68053.27%100,37044.68%1,5240.68%1,5380.68%1,5350.68%19,3108.60%224,647Sacramento171,17652.35%146,16744.70%4,1141.26%2,8200.86%2,7050.83%25,0097.65%326,982San Benito3,60846.67%3,78248.92%1672.16%750.97%991.28%-174-2.25%7,731San Bernardino144,09653.29%119,18544.08%2,3930.88%1,9970.74%2,7271.01%24,9119.21%270,398San Diego330,03752.76%279,11344.62%6,6421.06%5,0430.81%4,6810.75%50,9248.14%625,516San Francisco69,47830.43%151,76966.47%2,8291.24%3,2181.41%1,0400.46%-82,291-36.04%228,334San Joaquin65,58360.06%40,00236.63%1,3481.23%9940.91%1.2651.16%25,58123.43%109,192San Luis Obispo33,45752.94%28,41744.96%5560.88%3830.61%3880.61%5,0407.97%63,201San Mateo99,52746.36%108,37450.48%2,9771.39%1,9480.91%1,8430.86%-8,847-4.12%214,669Santa Barbara55,68248.33%57,16449.62%9880.86%8010.70%5680.49%-1,482-1.29%115,203Santa Clara180,23243.96%216,78152.87%5,9831.46%3,8580.94%3,1630.77%-36,549-8.91%410,017Santa Cruz29,54538.09%44,28257.09%1,2211.57%1,9402.50%5770.74%-14,737-19.00%77,565Shasta26,90257.61%18,05338.66%7071.51%3940.84%6421.37%8,84918.95%46,698Sierra91448.33%90747.96%241.27%201.06%261.37%70.37%1,891Siskiyou9,45758.40%6,00937.11%2591.60%1881.16%2811.74%3,44821.29%16,194Solano36,96850.31%33,99746.26%9791.33%7060.96%8371.14%2,9714.04%73,487Sonoma55,96845.10%63,54251.20%1,7351.40%1,7471.41%1,1150.90%-7,574-6.10%124,107Stanislaus43,63955.94%32,27641.38%6870.88%6480.83%7580.97%11,36314.57%78,008Sutter10,75363.33%5,66033.33%1841.08%2351.38%1480.87%5,09329.99%16,980Tehama9,62858.55%6,13437.30%2501.52%1450.88%2881.75%3,49421.25%16,445Trinity3,10053.95%2,35140.92%1121.95%661.15%1172.04%74913.04%5,746Tulare38,90156.69%28,33041.29%4150.60%5010.73%4700.68%10,57115.41%68,617Tuolumne8,71656.84%6,10739.82%1601.04%1480.97%2041.33%2,60917.01%15,335Ventura99,13055.22%76,09442.39%1,7820.99%1,2900.72%1,2280.68%23,03612.83%179,524Yolo19,22742.99%24,15054.00%4851.08%4451.00%4150.93%-4,923-11.01%44,722Yuba6,95953.77%5,40041.73%1521.17%1571.21%2732.11%1,55912.05%12,941Total3,881,01449.27%3,787,66948.09%81,0761.03%70,3270.89%56,2490.71%93,3451.19%7,876,698 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Contra Costa El Dorado Fresno Kern Kings Lake Lassen Madera Marin Mariposa Merced Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Bernardino San Diego San Joaquin San Luis Obispo Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Stanislaus Tehama Trinity Tuolumne Ventura Yuba Notes References Gubernatorial 1982 Category:1982 United States gubernatorial elections