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1994 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
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1994 California lieutenant gubernatorial election California presidential no 1990 California lieutenant gubernatorial election 1990 1998 California lieutenant gubernatorial election 1998 November 8, 1994 Lt. Gray Davis.jpg Gray Davis Democratic Party (United States) 4,441,429 52.42% Cathie Wright, 2000.jpg Cathie Wright Republican Party (United States) 3,412,777 40.28% 1994 California lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsDavis: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Wright: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% Lieutenant Governor Leo T. McCarthy Democratic Party (United States) Gray Davis Democratic Party (United States)
The 1994 California lieutenant gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 1994. The primary elections took place on March 8, 1994. State Controller Gray Davis, the Democratic nominee, decisively defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Cathie Wright, to succeed incumbent Leo T. McCarthy, who was retiring after three terms.
Primary results
Final results from the Secretary of State of CaliforniaCA Secretary of State - Vote98 - Official Results https://web.archive.org/web/20090202041654/http://primary98.sos.ca.gov/Final/P98_SOV.pdf February 2, 2009
Democratic
California Lt. Governor Democratic primary, 1994
Gray Davis
1,992,320
80.79
Philip R. Ashamallah
473,848
18.21
2,466,168
100.00
Republican
California Lt. Governor Republican primary, 1994
Cathie Wright
1,178,369
62.72
Stan Statham
700,451
37.28
1,878,820
100.00
Green
California Lt. Governor Green primary, 1994
Daniel Moses
12,186
71.40
None of the above
4,881
28.60
17,067
100.00
Others
California Lt. Governor primary, 1994 (Others)
American Independent Party
Robert W. Lewis
18,171
100.00
Libertarian Party of California
Bob New
13,753
100.00
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Jamie Luis Gomez
4,465
100.00
General election results
Final results from the Secretary of State of California.http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1994_general/sov_94_gen_complete.pdf Archived copy 2008-08-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080730213903/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1994_general/sov_94_gen_complete.pdf 2008-07-30
1994 lieutenant governor election, California
Democratic Party (United States)
Gray Davis
4,441,429
52.42%
Republican Party (United States)
Cathie Wright
3,412,777
40.28%
Peace and Freedom Party (United States)
Jaime Luis Gomez
185,254
2.19%
Libertarian Party (United States)
Bob New
180,896
2.13%
Green Party of the United States
Daniel Moses
160,093
1.89%
American Independent Party
Robert W. Lewis
92,642
1.09%
235,261
2.64%
8,473,091
100.00%
45.96%
Democratic Party (United States)
Results by county
County Davis Votes Wright Votes Gomez Votes New Votes Others VotesSan Francisco69.68%158,442 16.94%38,516 2.56%5,812 1.64%3,732 9.18%20,881Alameda67.21%262,947 23.82%93,184 2.12%8,294 1.85%7,235 5.01%19,589San Mateo61.70%129,434 30.93%64,878 1.80%3,777 2.02%4,241 3.55%7,458Marin59.89%61,795 28.75%29,661 1.21%1,248 2.30%2,368 7.85%8,105Sonoma59.69%93,746 31.34%49,231 1.83%2,878 2.50%3,927 4.64%7,280Yolo58.64%28,557 32.91%16,027 2.39%1,165 2.08%1,011 3.98%1,940Los Angeles58.05%1,170,122 35.34%712,252 2.78%55,958 1.72%34,655 2.11%42,601Solano57.75%56,311 35.59%34,698 1.87%1,826 1.94%1,890 2.85%2,778Santa Clara57.60%250,445 34.06%148,092 2.11%9,181 2.90%12,593 3.34%14,517Santa Cruz56.87%51,155 30.24%27,203 2.90%2,612 3.52%3,170 6.46%5,813Napa56.36%23,756 36.67%15,457 1.41%596 2.23%938 3.34%1,406Mendocino56.27%16,530 32.13%9,439 2.90%852 3.24%953 5.45%1,602Contra Costa56.06%165,014 37.82%111,301 1.43%4,208 1.88%5,541 2.81%8,264Lake55.60%10,847 37.82%7,379 1.16%227 2.55%498 2.86%559Sacramento55.58%196,514 38.68%136,768 1.50%5,290 1.97%6,958 2.27%8,046Stanislaus53.35%53,120 41.17%40,992 1.78%1,769 1.43%1,428 2.27%2,257Del Norte53.19%3,936 40.30%2,982 1.11%82 2.45%181 2.96%219Amador52.97%6,925 42.06%5,498 0.67%88 2.30%301 1.99%261Monterey52.87%47,979 39.86%36,172 2.40%2,178 1.98%1,799 2.89%2,620San Joaquin52.65%66,801 42.29%53,649 1.90%2,407 1.40%1,776 1.77%2,238San Benito52.13%6,057 39.17%4,551 3.13%364 2.96%344 2.62%304Humboldt52.12%24,544 34.55%16,272 1.72%811 2.44%1,147 9.17%4,319Tuolumne51.06%9,989 43.72%8,554 0.72%140 2.03%397 2.47%484Merced50.67%19,709 43.57%16,947 2.33%908 1.47%571 1.96%762Imperial49.14%11,626 39.29%9,294 7.54%1,784 1.33%315 2.70%638Fresno48.80%86,265 45.60%80,608 2.50%4,425 1.15%2,041 1.94%3,429Kings48.67%10,925 45.43%10,199 2.62%588 1.14%256 2.13%480Calaveras47.74%7,503 45.09%7,086 1.05%165 3.14%493 2.98%469Lassen47.33%3,839 44.17%3,583 1.47%119 3.43%278 3.60%192Mariposa47.17%3,360 46.37%3,303 0.86%61 2.18%155 3.42%244Santa Barbara46.80%60,516 46.09%59,602 2.39%3,094 2.06%2,666 2.66%3,436Plumas46.44%3,939 46.42%3,937 1.20%102 2.52%214 3.41%289Siskiyou46.10%8,349 45.05%8,158 1.29%233 2.86%518 4.70%852San Bernardino 45.91%157,44946.45%159,297 2.66%9,119 2.31%7,935 1.67%9,162Trinity45.67%2,460 41.49%2,235 1.95%105 4.42%238 6.47%349Riverside 45.43%154,59147.81%162,715 2.24%7,609 2.24%7,621 2.28%6,776Colusa 45.06%2,25449.64%2,483 1.60%80 1.64%82 2.06%103San Luis Obispo 44.95%38,47247.47%40,626 1.56%1,333 2.57%2,197 3.46%2,962Madera 44.86%11,93950.04%13,318 1.83%488 1.38%366 1.89%503Butte 44.79%30,33248.52%32,856 1.46%988 2.28%1,541 2.96%2,005Sierra 44.77%72745.38%737 1.48%24 3.88%63 4.50%73Yuba 44.63%6,30747.71%6,742 1.80%254 2.55%360 3.31%468Ventura 44.47%95,57148.54%104,321 2.22%4,775 2.36%5,071 2.42%5,188Placer 44.40%33,62649.52%37,509 0.95%719 2.85%2,160 2.28%1,728Alpine44.39%289 43.63%284 2.76%18 4.92%32 4.30%28Tehama 44.32%8,18648.34%8,927 1.02%188 2.96%546 3.37%622San Diego 43.92%320,86749.05%358,361 1.95%14,263 2.52%18,402 2.57%18,722Tulare 43.83%33,97049.53%38,381 3.11%2,407 1.50%1,159 2.04%1,581El Dorado 43.40%23,51449.84%27,005 0.95%515 3.10%1,677 2.71%1,473Nevada 42.80%16,06749.31%18,508 0.97%365 2.63%987 4.29%1,610Mono 41.26%1,41950.89%1,750 1.08%37 3.49%120 3.29%113Shasta 41.23%22,26551.68%27,907 1.15%623 2.57%1,388 3.37%1,818Kern 41.09%61,81351.38%77,284 2.62%3,946 2.31%3,470 2.61%3,918Inyo 40.96%2,94052.77%3,788 1.20%86 2.24%161 2.83%203Modoc 40.70%1,56449.05%1,885 1.41%54 3.93%151 4.92%189Glenn 40.40%3,21253.98%4,292 0.99%79 2.02%161 2.60%207Sutter 40.17%8,84854.77%12,065 1.46%321 1.73%380 1.88%414Orange 39.08%291,75054.12%404,028 1.82%13,616 2.68%20,038 2.29%17,088
See also
1994 California elections
State of California
Lieutenant Governor of California
List of lieutenant governors of California
References
External links
VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians
Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State
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