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1976 California Democratic presidential primary California primary no 1972 California Democratic presidential primary 1972 June 8, 1976 1980 California Democratic presidential primary 1980 Jerry Brown 1975.jpg Jerry Brown 204 e56cbf California 2,013,210 59.0% Jimmy Carter Portrait by Bernard Gotfryd (cropped 2).jpg 150x150px e35e5e Jimmy Carter Georgia 67 697,092 20.4% Portrait_of_Frank_Church_(D-ID)_(cropped).png Frank Church 1c3f93 7 Idaho 250,581 7.3% File:Representative Mo Udall Listens (cropped).png Mo Udall e4df4a 2 Arizona 171,501 5% 275px County resultsBrown: #fad6e4 30-40% #eea4c0 40-50% #e66f9d 50-60% #db3575 60-70%
Democratic nominee George McGovern Jimmy Carter
The 1976 California Democratic presidential primary was held on June 8, 1976, as one of the Democratic Party presidential primaries ahead of the 1976 United States presidential election. The primary was held alongside the state's Republican Party presidential primary as well as primaries in New Jersey and Ohio.Effects of Tuesday Voting http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1976/06/10/75619340.html?pageNumber=41 2021-06-29 timesmachine.nytimes.com en It was one of the last elections before the 1976 Democratic National Convention the following month.
Then incumbent California governor Jerry Brown faced off against Georgia governor Jimmy Carter, as well as a small number of others. Brown won his home state in a blowout, winning every county, but ultimately failed to secure the nomination. Carter would go on to win the nomination and later the presidency, unseating incumbent president Gerald Ford.
Results
+1976 California Democratic presidential primaryCalifornia. Secretary of State http://archive.org/details/statementofvote1976cali Statement of vote 1968 Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary San Francisco Public LibraryCandidateVotes%DelegatesJerry Brown2,013,21059.0%204Jimmy Carter697,09220.4%67Frank Church250,5817.3%7Mo Udall171,5015.0%2George Wallace102,2923.0%0Uncommitted78,5952.3%0Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (withdrawn)38,6341.1%0Ellen McCormack29,4240.9%0Fred R. Harris (withdrawn)16,9200.5%0Birch Bayh (withdrawn)11,4190.3%0Total:3,409,668100.0280
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