1974 California gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1974 California gubernatorial election California presidential no 1970 California gubernatorial election 1970 1978 California gubernatorial election 1978 November 5, 1974 Jerry Brown 1974.jpg Jerry Brown Democratic Party (United States) 3,131,648 50.11% Houston I. Flournoy, 1971 Color Correction.jpg Houston Flournoy Republican Party (United States) 2,952,954 47.25% 300px County results 300px Congressional district results Brown: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Flournoy: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Jerry Brown Democratic Party (United States) The 1974 California gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Governor Ronald Reagan retired after two terms. Jerry Brown, the secretary of state and son of former Governor Pat Brown, defeated Houston Flournoy. Primary elections were held on June 4. Flournoy won the Republican primary over Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke. Brown won a plurality of the Democratic vote over a field of candidates including San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto and assembly Speaker Bob Moretti. This was the first election since 1958 not to feature an incumbent governor or to feature presidents Richard Nixon or Ronald Reagan as the Republican nominee. With Brown's election, California had a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators (John V. Tunney and Alan Cranston) for the first time since the Civil War. This is the earliest California gubernatorial election to feature a major party candidate who is still alive, as of . Republican primary Candidates Houston Flournoy, California state controller Glenn Mitchel William Nelson Ed Reinecke, lieutenant governor of California J. F. Stay James Ware Results Republican primary results Republican Party (United States) Houston I. Flournoy 1,164,015 62.96% Republican Party (United States) Ed Reinecke 556,259 30.09% Republican Party (United States) James Ware 36,784 1.99% Republican Party (United States) Glenn Mitchel 31,518 1.70% Republican Party (United States) J. F. Stay 29,297 1.58% Republican Party (United States) William Nelson 22,597 1.22% Republican Party (United States) Scattering 8,355 0.45% 1,848,825 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates John Hancock Abbott Joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco Alex A. Aloia Eileen Anderson Joseph Francis Brouillette Jerry Brown, secretary of state of California and son of former Governor Pat Brown Herbert Hafif, Claremont personal injury attorney and restauranteur Bob Moretti, assemblyman from Van Nuys and speaker of the California State Assembly Chris Musun Russ Priebe Josephum S. Ramos Conie R. Robertson William M. Roth, former United States trade representative and regent of the University of California George Henry Wagner Jerome Waldie, U.S. representative from Antioch Baxter Ward, member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and candidate for mayor of Los Angeles in 1969 Jim Wedworth Results Democratic primary resultsStatement of Vote Primary Election June 4, 1974 California Secretary of State Sacramento, California 5-8 https://archive.org/details/statementofvote197374cali/page/n45/mode/2up?view=theater 21 July 2024 Democratic Party (United States) Jerry Brown 1,085,752 37.86% Democratic Party (United States) Joseph Alioto 544,007 18.97% Democratic Party (United States) Bob Moretti 478,469 16.68% Democratic Party (United States) William M. Roth 293,686 10.24% Democratic Party (United States) Jerome R. Waldie 227,489 7.93% Democratic Party (United States) Baxter Ward 79,745 2.78% Democratic Party (United States) Herbert Hafif 77,505 2.70% Democratic Party (United States) Alex A. Aloia 18,400 0.64% Democratic Party (United States) Conie R. Robertson 11,493 0.40% Democratic Party (United States) George Henry Wagner 8,955 0.31% Democratic Party (United States) Jim Wedworth 7,973 0.28% Democratic Party (United States) Joseph Francis Brouillette 7,906 0.28% Democratic Party (United States) John Hancock Abbott 6,961 0.24% Democratic Party (United States) Josephum S. Ramos 6,721 0.23% Democratic Party (United States) Eileen Anderson 6,666 0.23% Democratic Party (United States) Chris Musun 3,495 0.12% Democratic Party (United States) Russ Priebe 1,427 0.05% Democratic Party (United States) Scattering 1,349 0.05% 2,867,999 100.00% Other primaries American Independent Party American Independent primary results Edmon V. Kasier American Independent Party 12,408 95.15% Scattering American Independent Party 633 4.85% 13,041 100.00% Peace and Freedom Party Peace and Freedom primary results Peace and Freedom Party Elizabeth Keathley 2,111 28.06% Peace and Freedom Party Lester Higby 1,855 24.65% Peace and Freedom Party C. T. Weber 1,822 24.22% Peace and Freedom Party Trudy Saposhnek 1,417 18.83% Peace and Freedom Party Scattering 319 4.24% 7,524 100.00% General election results Candidates Jerry Brown, secretary of state of California and son of former Governor Pat Brown (Democratic) Houston Flournoy, California state controller (Republican) Edmon V. Kaiser (American Independent) Elizabeth Keathley (Peace and Freedom) Campaign Brown had statewide name recognition, benefited from the fact Democrats outnumbered Republicans in California, and maintained a lead in most of the early polls. Flournoy began to gain in the polls as the election approached, but Brown won, although by a much smaller margin than predicted. Coincidentally, when Brown ran for secretary of Sstate four years earlier, he defeated James Flournoy – no relation to Houston – in a very close election. Results 1974 California gubernatorial electionStatement of Vote General Election, November 5, 1974 California Secretary of State Sacramento, California 7 https://archive.org/details/statementofvote197072cali/page/n59/mode/2up?view=theater 21 July 2024 California Democratic Party Jerry Brown 3,131,648 50.12% +4.98% California Republican Party Houston I. Flournoy 2,952,954 47.26% -5.57% American Independent Party Edmon V. Kaiser 83,869 1.34% +0.33% Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Elizabeth Keathley 75,004 1.20% +0.19% Scattering 4,595 0.07% 178,694 2.86% 6,248,070 100.00% California Democratic Party California Republican Party +10.56% Results by county County Jerry BrownDemocratic Houston I. FlournoyRepublican Edmon V. KaiserAmerican Independent Elizabeth KeathleyPeace & Freedom Margin Total votes castCounty totals do not include the write-in votes, which are only given as statewide totals in the Statement of Vote. # % # % # % # % # %Alameda200,16560.15%123,65637.16%3,5881.08%5,3411.61%76,50922.99%332,750Alpine18544.90%21251.46%51.21%102.43%-27-6.55%412Amador3,19846.48%3,48350.63%1412.05%580.84%-285-4.14%6,880Butte17,00741.47%22,49954.86%8592.09%6431.57%-5,492-13.39%41,008Calaveras2,70241.25%3,70956.63%871.33%520.79%-1,007-15.37%6,550Colusa1,88442.16%2,50356.01%541.21%280.63%-619-13.85%4,469Contra Costa97,03848.31%99,47049.52%2,3721.18%1,9750.98%-2,432-1.21%200,855Del Norte2,14951.60%1,92146.12%541.30%410.98%2285.47%4,165El Dorado8,07646.09%8,92250.92%3421.95%1831.04%-846-4.83%17,523Fresno61,59652.41%53,30845.36%1,3371.14%1,2771.09%8,2887.05%117,518Glenn2,64540.86%3,67556.77%1151.78%390.60%-1,030-15.91%6,474Humboldt22,80558.66%14,95838.48%3190.82%7922.04%7,84720.19%38,875Imperial9,03349.04%9,01148.92%2031.10%1710.93%220.12%18,418Inyo2,41741.54%3,23855.65%1061.82%581.00%-821-14.11%5,819Kern44,82848.29%45,77549.31%1,6161.74%6210.67%-947-1.02%92,840Kings7,44452.11%6,54045.78%1631.14%1380.97%9046.33%14,285Lake4,73345.71%5,38151.97%1591.54%810.78%-648-6.26%10,354Lassen3,11157.13%2,16539.76%1172.15%520.96%94617.37%5,445Los Angeles1,059,53352.84%898,80844.82%24,6011.23%22,2231.11%160,7258.02%2,005,165Madera5,58451.17%5,13747.08%1241.14%670.61%4474.10%10,912Marin36,38445.84%40,61951.18%9051.14%1,4561.83%-4,235-5.34%79,364Mariposa1,65845.28%1,89351.69%661.80%451.23%-235-6.42%3,662Mendocino9,15850.31%8,37346.00%3121.71%3601.98%7854.31%18,203Merced12,77951.89%11,33946.05%3181.29%1890.77%1,4405.85%24,625Modoc1,39544.16%1,70553.97%411.30%180.57%-310-9.81%3,159Mono81739.45%1,16156.06%552.66%381.83%-344-16.61%2,071Monterey28,83246.09%32,21851.50%7481.20%7641.22%-3,386-5.41%62,562Napa15,20047.44%16,04850.09%4411.38%3501.09%-848-2.65%32,039Nevada5,22541.00%7,10155.72%2491.95%1691.33%-1,876-14.72%12,744Orange212,63840.60%297,87056.87%8,1981.57%5,0900.97%-85,232-16.27%523,796Placer15,74450.50%14,51046.54%5661.82%3581.15%1,2343.96%31,178Plumas3,03155.77%2,27941.93%661.21%591.09%75213.84%5,435Riverside70,51547.93%73,10249.69%2,1151.44%1,3740.93%-2,587-1.76%147,106Sacramento117,71151.62%104,59545.86%2,8121.23%2,9341.29%13,1165.75%228,052San Benito2,72245.05%3,19952.95%600.99%611.01%-477-7.89%6,042San Bernardino87,13349.85%82,61147.27%3,6242.07%1,4130.81%4,5222.59%174,782San Diego196,93042.82%249,44454.24%7,9991.74%5,5011.20%-52,514-11.42%459,874San Francisco136,89661.81%78,75935.56%1,8060.82%4,0091.81%58,13726.25%221,470San Joaquin38,42945.69%43,74452.01%1,2841.53%6430.76%-5,315-6.32%84,100San Luis Obispo19,42947.82%20,30049.96%3940.97%5101.26%-871-2.14%40,633San Mateo91,80849.62%88,23547.69%2,6221.42%2,3611.28%3,5731.93%185,026Santa Barbara42,22145.99%47,26351.48%8540.93%1,4701.60%-5,042-5.49%91,808Santa Clara166,76050.63%153,76146.69%4,6281.41%4,2011.28%12,9993.95%329,350Santa Cruz28,60048.67%27,75047.23%8221.40%1,5872.70%8501.45%58,789Shasta15,76455.51%11,71641.25%6372.24%2841.00%4,04814.25%28,401Sierra62952.99%51343.22%262.19%191.60%1169.77%1,187Siskiyou6,51553.93%5,22943.28%2011.66%1361.13%1,28610.64%12,081Solano24,95554.43%19,52442.58%5911.29%7811.70%5,43111.84%45,851Sonoma40,75648.48%40,33947.98%1,0771.28%1,8982.26%4170.50%84,070Stanislaus27,93147.97%29,18650.13%6731.16%4300.74%-1,255-2.16%58,220Sutter5,14139.32%7,64258.45%1821.39%1100.84%-2,501-19.13%13,075Tehama5,61849.73%5,37347.56%2191.94%870.77%2452.17%11,297Trinity1,76251.24%1,51944.17%1043.02%541.57%2437.07%3,439Tulare20,58944.93%24,10352.60%6921.51%4400.96%-3,514-7.67%45,824Tuolumne4,16540.16%5,95257.39%1621.56%930.90%-1,787-17.23%10,372Ventura56,18947.20%60,12250.50%1,5541.31%1,1840.99%-3,933-3.30%119,049Yolo18,24954.00%14,73443.60%2300.68%5791.71%3,51510.40%33,792Yuba5,23751.04%4,75246.32%1731.69%980.96%4854.73%10,260Total3,131,64850.12%2,952,95447.26%83,8691.34%75,0041.20%178,6942.86%6,248,070 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Del Norte Humboldt Imperial Los Angeles Mendocino Merced Placer San Bernardino San Mateo Santa Clara Santa Cruz Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Tehama Trinity Yuba Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Stanislaus Notes References California Gubernatorial 1974 Category:November 1974 elections in the United States Category:Jerry Brown