1990 California State Controller election

1990 California election February 2026 February 2026 1990 California State Controller election California presidential no 1986 California State Controller election 1986 1994 California State Controller election 1994 November 6, 1990 File:Gray Davis, portrait.jpg 150x150px Gray Davis Democratic Party (United States) 4,153,534 56.12% File:Mattfong.jpg Matt Fong Republican Party (United States) 2,700,696 36.49% 1990 California state controller election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsDavis: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Fong: #e27f7f 50–60% Controller Thomas W. Hayes Republican Party (United States) Kathleen Brown Democratic Party (United States) The 1990 California State Controller election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect the state controller of California. Primary elections took place on June 5, 1990.https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1990-primary/sov-complete.pdf STATEMENT OF VOTE - JUNE 5, 1990 Secretary of State of California September 6, 2025https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1990-general/sov-complete.pdf STATEMENT OF VOTE - General Election November 6, 1990 Secretary of State of California September 6, 2025 The incumbent Democrat Gray Davis, defeated the Republican nominee, Matt Fong.https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-matt-fong-20110602-story.html Matt Fong dies at 57; former California state treasurer Los Angeles Times June 2, 2011 York Anthony September 6, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20140911120710/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-matt-fong-20110602-story.html September 11, 2014 live Primary election Democratic Party results 1990 California State Controller Democratic primaryhttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1990-primary/controller.pdf June 5, 1990, Primary Election - Controller Secretary of State of California August 27, 2025 California Democratic Party Gray Davis (incumbent) 2,216,435 100.00 2,216,435 100.00 Republican Party results 1990 California State Controller Republican primary California Republican Party Matt Fong 1,690,208 100.00 1,690,208 100.00 Peace and Freedom Party results 1990 California State Controller Peace and Freedom primary Peace and Freedom Party Richard D. Rose 2,063 35.44 Peace and Freedom Party Genevieve Torres 1,903 32.69 Peace and Freedom Party Shirley Rachel Isaacson 1,855 31.87 5,821 100.00 American Independent Party results 1990 California State Controller American Independent primary American Independent Party Edmon V. Kaiser 14,493 100.00 14,493 100.00 Libertarian Party results 1990 California State Controller Libertarian primary Libertarian Party of California Thomas Tryon 11,758 100.00 11,758 100.00 General election Results 1990 California State Controller general electionhttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1990-general/controller.pdf November 6, 1990, General Election - Controller Secretary of State of California August 27, 2025 California Democratic Party Gray Davis (incumbent) 4,153,534 56.12 California Republican Party Matt Fong 2,700,696 36.49 Libertarian Party of California Thomas Tryon 273,524 3.70 Peace and Freedom Party Richard D. Rose 147,606 1.99 American Independent Party Edmon V. Kaiser 125,867 1.70 Nell Wheeler-Martenis (write-in) 58 0.00 7,401,285 100.00 California Democratic Party Results by county Final election results by county from the California Secretary of State: County Davis (D) Fong (R) Tryon (L) Rose (P&F) Kaiser (AI) Write-in (WI) Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes Alameda 240,637 65.95% 98,731 27.06% 10,850 2.97% 8,690 2.38% 5,965 1.63% 7 0.00% 364,880 Alpine 194 45.75% 165 38.92% 31 7.31% 18 4.25% 16 3.77% 0 0.00% 424 Amador 6,816 57.61% 3,805 32.16% 745 6.30% 203 1.72% 263 2.22% 0 0.00% 11,832 Butte 31,760 52.07% 24,332 39.89% 2,494 4.09% 1,047 1.72% 1,364 2.24% 0 0.00% 60,997 Calaveras 6,417 50.03% 3,569 27.83% 2,429 18.94% 175 1.36% 236 1.84% 0 0.00% 12,826 Colusa 2,375 54.74% 1,666 38.40% 193 4.45% 43 0.99% 62 1.43% 0 0.00% 4,339 Contra Costa 148,581 58.17% 89,405 35.01% 9,270 3.63% 4,580 1.79% 3,568 1.40% 1 0.00% 255,405 Del Norte 3,911 59.44% 1,982 30.12% 355 5.40% 155 2.36% 177 2.69% 0 0.00% 6,580 El Dorado 23,633 51.75% 18,091 39.62% 2,229 4.88% 838 1.84% 873 1.91% 0 0.00% 45,664 Fresno 85,359 59.44% 50,806 35.38% 3,192 2.22% 1,852 1.29% 2,394 1.67% 10 0.01% 143,613 Glenn 3,267 53.50% 2,114 34.62% 411 2.86% 116 1.90% 199 3.26% 0 0.00% 6,107 Humboldt 29,996 63.44% 12,420 26.27% 2,134 4.51% 1,764 3.73% 971 2.05% 0 0.00% 47,285 Imperial 9,762 56.17% 6,216 35.77% 568 3.27% 415 2.39% 417 2.40% 0 0.00% 17,378 Inyo 3,408 48.22% 3,179 44.98% 279 3.95% 119 1.68% 83 1.17% 0 0.00% 7,068 Kern 60,902 51.91% 48,194 41.08% 4,039 3.44% 1,767 1.51% 2,418 2.06% 0 0.00% 117,320 Kings 10,203 61.36% 5,380 32.36% 501 3.01% 292 1.76% 252 1.52% 0 0.00% 16,628 Lake 10,252 59.57% 5,409 31.43% 833 4.84% 374 2.17% 343 1.99% 0 0.00% 17,211 Lassen 4,565 56.46% 2,634 32.57% 528 6.53% 160 1.98% 259 3.20% 0 0.00% 8,086 Los Angeles 1,074,443 59.35% 629,726 34.79% 50,476 2.79% 31,859 1.76% 23,704 1.31% 22 0.00% 1,810,230 Madera 10,726 56.81% 6,824 36.15% 687 3.64% 286 1.51% 356 1.89% 0 0.00% 18,879 Marin 57,197 62.10% 27,636 30.00% 3,630 3.94% 2,547 2.77% 1,097 1.19% 0 0.00% 92,107 Mariposa 3,502 55.94% 2,165 34.58% 292 4.66% 119 1.90% 182 2.91% 0 0.00% 6,260 Mendocino 15,758 57.02% 7,819 28.29% 1,659 6.00% 1,744 6.31% 657 2.38% 0 0.00% 27,637 Merced 18,714 60.49% 9,933 32.11% 1,253 4.05% 527 1.70% 509 1.65% 0 0.00% 30,936 Modoc 1,740 49.50% 1,309 37.24% 256 7.28% 89 2.53% 121 3.44% 0 0.00% 3,515 Mono 1,460 49.81% 1,216 41.49% 127 4.33% 64 2.18% 64 2.18% 0 0.00% 2,931 Monterey 48,649 61.82% 23,916 30.39% 3,157 4.01% 1,619 2.06% 1,349 1.71% 1 0.00% 78,691 Napa 21,865 57.02% 13,300 34.68% 1,571 4.10% 806 2.10% 804 2.10% 0 0.00% 38,346 Nevada 16,365 49.45% 13,729 41.48% 1,681 5.08% 683 2.06% 639 1.93% 0 0.00% 33,097 Orange 266,561 42.17% 321,453 50.86% 23,406 3.70% 10,859 1.72% 9,807 1.55% 2 0.00% 632,088 Placer 31,837 51.38% 24,748 39.94% 3,243 5.23% 1,067 1.72% 1,069 1.73% 0 0.00% 61,964 Plumas 4,569 58.03% 2,632 33.43% 397 5.04% 146 1.85% 129 1.64% 0 0.00% 7,873 Riverside 131,563 49.72% 115,904 43.80% 8,361 3.16% 3,894 1.47% 4,888 1.85% 1 0.00% 264,611 Sacramento 184,912 56.48% 118,524 36.20% 13,309 4.06% 5,839 1.78% 4,828 1.47% 1 0.00% 327,412 San Benito 4,953 58.35% 2,724 32.09% 466 5.49% 189 2.22% 156 1.84% 0 0.00% 8,488 San Bernardino 147,142 49.75% 126,057 42.62% 11,084 3.75% 5,320 1.80% 6,159 2.08% 4 0.00% 295,766 San Diego 308,775 47.68% 272,897 42.14% 32,732 5.05% 15,849 2.45% 17,308 2.67% 2 0.00% 647,563 San Francisco 156,031 73.91% 42,910 20.32% 4,854 2.30% 5,026 2.38% 2,301 1.09% 0 0.00% 211,122 San Joaquin 65,961 60.27% 36,515 33.37% 3,989 3.65% 1,414 1.29% 1,555 1.42% 0 0.00% 109,434 San Luis Obispo 38,379 55.21% 25,834 37.16% 2,765 3.98% 1,446 2.08% 1,089 1.57% 0 0.00% 69,513 San Mateo 107,889 59.61% 59,152 32.68% 7,212 3.98% 3,647 2.01% 3,094 1.71% 1 0.00% 180,995 Santa Barbara 59,555 56.12% 39,682 37.40% 3,474 3.27% 2,055 1.94% 1,344 1.27% 2 0.00% 106,112 Santa Clara 236,776 58.85% 131,304 32.63% 17,439 4.33% 8,930 2.22% 7,906 1.96% 1 0.00% 402,356 Santa Cruz 48,261 67.41% 20,552 28.71% 3,610 5.04% 2,993 4.18% 1,461 2.04% 1 0.00% 71,591 Shasta 24,701 51.43% 19,248 40.07% 2,184 4.55% 741 1.54% 1,156 2.41% 0 0.00% 48,030 Sierra 893 58.10% 489 31.82% 105 6.83% 21 1.37% 29 1.89% 0 0.00% 1,537 Siskiyou 7,879 52.29% 5,352 35.52% 1,042 6.92% 335 2.22% 460 3.05% 0 0.00% 15,068 Solano 50,999 60.57% 25,135 29.85% 4,047 4.81% 2,173 2.58% 1,848 2.19% 0 0.00% 84,202 Sonoma 80,088 59.43% 40,213 29.84% 6,506 4.83% 5,144 3.82% 2,797 2.08% 1 0.00% 134,749 Stanislaus 52,927 62.68% 25,910 30.68% 3,103 3.67% 1,171 1.39% 1,329 1.57% 0 0.00% 84,440 Sutter 9,082 48.90% 8,248 44.41% 692 3.73% 242 1.30% 307 1.65% 0 0.00% 18,571 Tehama 8,757 55.10% 5,247 33.01% 1,169 7.36% 278 1.75% 442 2.78% 0 0.00% 15,893 Trinity 2,846 52.54% 1,815 33.51% 447 8.25% 155 2.86% 154 2.84% 0 0.00% 5,417 Tulare 37,178 57.82% 23,865 37.12% 1,432 2.23% 845 1.31% 975 1.52% 0 0.00% 64,295 Tuolumne 11,293 58.86% 5,937 30.94% 1,283 6.69% 300 1.56% 373 1.94% 0 0.00% 19,186 Ventura 88,455 49.97% 75,279 42.52% 7,187 4.06% 3,351 1.89% 2,756 1.56% 1 0.00% 177,029 Yolo 26,264 63.17% 12,165 29.26% 1,612 3.88% 1,026 2.47% 509 1.22% 0 0.00% 41,576 Yuba 6,491 54.53% 4,416 37.10% 504 4.23% 197 1.65% 296 2.49% 0 0.00% 11,904 Totals 4,153,534 56.12% 2,700,696 36.49% 273,524 3.70% 147,606 1.99% 125,867 1.70% 58 0.00% 7,401,285 References Category:1990 California elections Category:California State Controller elections Category:November 1990 in the United States California