1926 California gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1926 California gubernatorial election California Flag of California (1911–1953).svgborder presidential no 1922 California gubernatorial election 1922 1930 California gubernatorial election 1930 November 2, 1926 C. C. Young (cropped) (cropped).jpg 150x150px C. C. Young Republican Party (United States) 814,815 71.22% File:Justus Wardell, 1933.jpg Justus S. Wardell Democratic Party (United States) 282,451 24.69% 1926 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County results Young: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Governor Friend Richardson Republican Party (United States) C. C. Young Republican Party (United States) The 1926 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Republican lieutenant governor C. C. Young defeated Justus S. Wardell in a landslide. In the Republican primary, incumbent governor Friend Richardson was challenged by C. C. Young and Rex B. Goodell. Young, a progressive ally of U.S. senator and former governor Hiram Johnson, narrowly defeated Richardson by just over 15,000 votes. Although Richardson won the Prohibition Party primary, he was unable to accept the nomination under the Hawson amendment because he had lost his own party's primary. This was the second of three consecutive elections in which the incumbent lost the Republican primary. In the Democratic primary, Justus S. Wardell narrowly defeated Carl A. Johnson. In the general election, Young won a record landslide with over 71 percent of the vote and a majority of more than 630,000 votes over Wardell, the largest percentage of the vote and margin in California history. He was the first candidate in California history to sweep every county in the state in a gubernatorial election. Primary election results Lieutenant Governor C. C. Young challenged incumbent governor Friend William Richardson for the Republican nomination. Young was aligned with former governor and sitting United States Senator Hiram Johnson and the latter's Progressive wing of the Republican party in California. Young narrowly defeated Richardson in the Republican primary. Richardson won the Prohibition Party primary but state law prevented him from running on the Prohibition ticket due to his losing his own party's primary. Republican primary resultsStatement of Vote at Primary Election held on August 31, 1926 in the State of California California Secretary of State State Printing Office Sacramento, California 4 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31158006563729&seq=6 19 July 2024 C. C. Young Republican Party (United States) 327,596 42.71% Friend William Richardson (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 312,324 40.72% Rex B. Goodell Republican Party (United States) 105,489 13.75% R. F. McClellan Republican Party (United States) 8,486 1.11% W. D. Mitchell Republican Party (United States) 7,858 1.02% Mayo Thomas Republican Party (United States) 5,269 0.69% 767,022 100.00% Democratic primary results Justus S. Wardell Democratic Party (United States) 67,875 52.94% Carl Alexander Johnson Democratic Party (United States) 60,329 47.06% 128,204 100.00% Socialist primary results Upton Sinclair Socialist Party of America 5,099 100.00% 5,099 100.00% Prohibition primary results Friend William Richardson (write-in) Prohibition Party 2,999 73.22% C. C. Young (write-in) Prohibition Party 1,097 26.78% 4,096 100.00% General election results 1926 California gubernatorial electionStatement of Vote at General Election held on November 2, 1926 in the State of California California Secretary of State State Printing Office Sacramento, California 4 https://archive.org/details/statementofvote192430cali/page/n205/mode/2up?view=theater 19 July 2024 Republican Party (United States) C. C. Young 814,815 71.22% +11.53% Democratic Party (United States) Justus S. Wardell 282,451 24.69% -11.29% Socialist Party of America Upton Sinclair 45,972 4.02% -0.27% Scattering 874 0.08% 532,364 46.53% 1,144,112 100.00% Republican Party (United States) +22.83% Results by county County C. C. YoungRepublican Justus S. WardellDemocratic Upton SinclairSocialist ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Alameda85,41269.26%32,68626.51%5,2214.23%00.00%52,72642.76%123,319Alpine5285.25%914.75%00.00%00.00%4370.49%61Amador99154.81%77142.64%452.49%10.06%22012.17%1,808Butte7,12968.02%2,92527.91%4264.06%00.00%4,20440.11%10,480Calaveras1,52873.11%47122.54%914.35%00.00%1,05750.57%2,090Colusa1,68154.74%1,33643.50%541.76%00.00%34511.23%3,071Contra Costa11,25767.56%4,66828.02%7364.42%00.00%6,58939.55%16,661Del Norte94174.33%29323.14%322.53%00.00%64851.18%1,266El Dorado1,66053.22%1,35543.44%1043.33%00.00%3059.78%3,119Fresno24,46972.43%8,18124.22%1,1323.35%00.00%16,28848.22%33,782Glenn2,32666.63%1,05730.28%962.75%120.34%1,26936.35%3,491Humboldt9,56672.09%3,17023.89%5334.02%00.00%6,39648.20%13,269Imperial6,30382.51%1,11614.61%2202.88%00.00%5,18767.90%7,639Inyo1,65171.60%48721.12%1687.29%00.00%1,16450.48%2,306Kern9,72452.42%8,02643.26%7764.18%250.13%1,6989.15%18,551Kings3,45664.26%1,75532.63%1623.01%50.09%1,70131.63%5,378Lake1,57261.60%86433.86%1124.39%40.16%70827.74%2,552Lassen2,19873.81%68723.07%933.12%00.00%1,51150.74%2,978Los Angeles291,36877.89%64,28117.18%17,9244.79%4830.13%227,08760.71%374,056Madera2,87669.49%1,08326.17%1804.35%00.00%1,79343.32%4,139Marin6,37063.31%3,36933.48%3233.21%00.00%3,00129.83%10,062Mariposa58761.66%32634.24%394.10%00.00%26127.42%952Mendocino4,33965.39%2,06531.12%2323.50%00.00%2,27434.27%6,636Merced4,95269.60%1,87626.37%2874.03%00.00%3,07643.23%7,115Modoc1,02264.56%51732.66%442.78%00.00%50531.90%1,583Mono23681.66%3813.15%155.19%00.00%19868.51%289Monterey6,12171.85%2,14025.12%2583.03%00.00%3,98146.73%8,519Napa4,10554.40%3,27943.45%1562.07%60.08%82610.95%7,546Nevada2,51567.08%1,04427.85%1905.07%00.00%1,47139.24%3,749Orange19,11078.29%4,46618.30%7943.25%400.16%14,64459.99%24,410Placer4,26371.42%1,50125.15%1983.32%70.12%2,76246.27%5,969Plumas1,29775.10%33419.34%965.56%00.00%96355.76%1,727Riverside10,30679.61%2,23517.27%4043.12%00.00%8,07162.35%12,945Sacramento20,67966.39%9,67531.06%7562.43%370.12%11,00435.33%31,147San Benito1,82868.67%78029.30%542.03%00.00%1,04839.37%2,662San Bernardino17,56175.82%4,66620.15%9023.89%320.14%12,89555.68%23,161San Diego29,99478.53%6,44116.86%1,7594.61%00.00%23,55361.67%38,194San Francisco73,01258.27%47,75738.11%4,5323.62%00.00%25,25520.16%125,301San Joaquin16,58670.22%6,34926.88%6702.84%150.06%10,23743.34%23,620San Luis Obispo5,43267.37%2,22127.55%4105.08%00.00%3,21139.82%8,063San Mateo11,67971.82%3,96424.38%6073.73%120.07%7,71547.44%16,262Santa Barbara6,76271.85%2,27424.16%3443.66%310.33%4,48847.69%9,411Santa Clara25,83777.45%6,59219.76%9052.71%240.07%19,24557.69%33,358Santa Cruz6,98669.40%2,65826.40%3963.93%270.27%4,32842.99%10,067Shasta2,81164.25%1,37331.38%1894.32%20.05%1,43832.87%4,375Sierra66872.14%21723.43%384.10%30.32%45148.70%926Siskiyou4,39469.04%1,70826.84%2624.12%00.00%2,68642.21%6,364Solano7,14464.44%3,56532.16%3773.40%00.00%3,57932.28%11,086Sonoma11,63958.71%7,57738.22%5902.98%180.09%4,06220.49%19,824Stanislaus9,13369.08%3,48926.39%5474.14%520.39%5,64442.69%13,221Sutter2,67869.92%1,06727.86%852.22%00.00%1,61142.06%3,830Tehama2,97464.43%1,40630.46%2365.11%00.00%1,56833.97%4,616Trinity74970.39%25323.78%625.83%00.00%49646.62%1,064Tulare10,75465.28%5,10130.96%5893.58%300.18%5,65334.31%16,474Tuolumne1,81867.31%73227.10%1515.59%00.00%1,08640.21%2,701Ventura6,12580.07%1,33617.46%1852.42%40.05%4,78962.60%7,650Yolo3,50964.90%1,79733.23%971.79%40.07%1,71231.66%5,407Yuba2,68070.34%1,04227.35%882.31%00.00%1,63842.99%3,810Total814,81571.22%282,45124.69%45,9724.02%8740.08%532,36446.53%1,144,112 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican El Dorado Mariposa San Francisco Solano References California 1926 Gubernatorial Category:November 1926 in the United States