1994 California gubernatorial election

none January 2025 June 2023 1994 California gubernatorial election California presidential no 1990 California gubernatorial election 1990 1998 California gubernatorial election 1998 November 8, 1994 150x150px Pete Wilson official portrait, 1991 (cropped).jpg Pete Wilson Republican Party (United States) 4,781,766 55.18% File:KathleenBrown (3x4a).png Kathleen Brown Democratic Party (United States) 3,519,799 40.62% 300px County results Wilson: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Brown: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Pete Wilson Republican Party (United States) Pete Wilson Republican Party (United States) The 1994 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, in the midst of that year's "Republican Revolution". Incumbent Republican Pete Wilson easily won re-election over his main challenger, Democratic State Treasurer Kathleen Brown, the daughter of Pat Brown and younger sister of Jerry Brown, both of whom had previously served as governor. Primaries were held on June 3, 1994. Although Wilson initially trailed Brown in the polls as a result of the state's faltering economy, his signature opposition to affirmative action and state services for illegal immigrants (with the associated Proposition 187) eventually led to his win. Wilson won 25% of the African-American vote, a fairly strong performance for a Republican; however, he won only 25% of the Latino vote, a weak performance which was widely attributed to his support of Proposition 187. This was the first California gubernatorial election since 1974 in which the winner was of a different party from the incumbent president. Republican primary Candidates Louis Darrigo, Aptos farmer and contractorDefying the Odds? The Los Angeles Times 74 https://www.newspapers.com/image/158931579/ subscription May 26, 2023 April 4, 1994 Jim Hart, San Diego resident Ron Unz, Palo Alto businessman Pete Wilson, incumbent Governor Results Republican primary resultsStatement of Vote June 7, 1994 Primary Election California Secretary of State Sacramento, California 1-9 https://archive.org/details/statementofvote71994cali/page/n45/mode/2up?view=theater 22 July 2024 Republican Party (US) Pete Wilson (incumbent) 1,266,832 61.44% Republican Party (US) Ron Unz 707,431 34.31% Republican Party (US) Jim Hart 44,083 2.14% Republican Party (US) Louis Darrigo 43,448 2.11% Republican Party (US) Mike Eagles (write-in) 34 0.00% 92,580 4.30% 2,061,828 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates Kathleen Brown, California Treasurer Mark Calney, Los Angeles resident John Garamendi, California Insurance Commissioner and candidate for Governor in 1982 Tom Hayden, State Senator from Los Angeles Charles Pineda Jr., Sacramento criminal justice administrator Jonathan Trip, Burbank business consultant Results Democratic primary results Democratic Party (US) Kathleen Brown 1,110,372 48.38% Democratic Party (US) John Garamendi 755,876 32.93% Democratic Party (US) Tom Hayden 318,777 13.89% Democratic Party (US) Charles Pineda Jr. 57,314 2.50% Democratic Party (US) Jonathan Trip 31,716 1.38% Democratic Party (US) Mark Calney 21,121 0.92% 139,710 5.74% 2,295,176 100.00% Minor party primaries American Independent Party American Independent primary results Jerome McCready American Independent Party 18,984 100.00% 19,710 50.94% 18,984 100.00% Green Party Green primary results None of the Above Green Party of California 8,185 46.18% John T. Selawsky Green Party of California 3,688 20.81% James Ogle Green Party of California 2,930 16.53% John Lewallen Green Party of California 2,923 16.49% 4,527 20.34% 17,726 100.00% Libertarian Party Libertarian primary results Richard Rider Libertarian Party of California 13,757 100.00% 3,208 18.91% 13,757 100.00% Peace and Freedom Party Peace and Freedom primary results Peace and Freedom Party Gloria Estela La Riva 4,633 100.00% 2,805 37.71% 4,633 100.00% General election Candidates Kathleen Brown, California Treasurer (Democratic) Gloria Estela LaRiva, San Francisco political organizer and printer (Peace and Freedom) Jerome McCready, Castroville businessman (American Independent) Richard Rider, San Diego stockbroker and financial planner (Libertarian) Pete Wilson, incumbent Governor and former U.S. Senator (Republican) Polling Source Date PeteWilson KathleenBrown KNBC-TV November 4, 199448% 44% KCAL-TV November 3, 199449% 39% Field Poll November 1, 199450% 41% San Francisco Examiner October 23, 199448% 43% Los Angeles Times October 16, 199450% 42% KCAL-TV October 7, 199448% 38% Los Angeles Times September 16, 199446% 44% Results right 300px Shift by county 300px Trend by county Legend #d40000 Republican — >15% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5−15% #ff2a2a Republican — +10−12.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5−10% #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5−5% #77e3ff Democratic — +5−7.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #09ceff Democratic — +10−12.5% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5−15% #00a1c8 Democratic — >15% 300px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip 1994 California gubernatorial electionStatement of Vote November 8, 1994, General Election California Secretary of State Sacramento, California 1-6 https://archive.org/details/statementofvote81994cali/page/n33/mode/2up?view=theater 22 July 2024 California Republican Party Pete Wilson (incumbent) 4,781,766 55.18% +5.93% California Democratic Party Kathleen Brown 3,519,799 40.62% -5.17% Libertarian Party of California Richard Rider 149,281 1.72% -0.17% American Independent Party Jerome McCready 133,888Includes 18 write-in votes for "Jerome N. McCready" 1.55% -0.27% Peace and Freedom Party Gloria Estela La Riva 80,440 0.93% -0.33% Independent Aaron Boxerman (write-in) 130 0.00% Independent Nick Miloslavich (write-in) 46 0.00% Independent Thomas L. Sailers (write-in) 16 0.00% Independent Tim Oster (write-in) 9 0.00% 235,261 2.64% 1,261,967 14.56% 8,665,375 100.00% California Republican Party +14.56% Results by county County Pete WilsonRepublican Kathleen BrownDemocratic Richard RiderLibertarian Jerome McCreadyAIP Gloria La RivaPFP All OthersWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Alameda147,23836.61%240,49059.80%5,8101.44%4,1611.03%4,4601.11%65 for Miloslavich, 1 for Sailers0.00%-93,252-23.19%402,165Alpine38956.54%24034.88%111.60%284.07%202.91%00.00%14921.66%688Amador8,78166.81%3,77628.73%2571.96%2611.99%680.52%00.00%5,00538.08%13,143Butte42,99862.88%21,88732.01%1,3892.03%1,5622.28%5460.80%11 for Miloslavich0.00%21,11130.87%68,383Calaveras10,43866.08%4,43228.06%4152.63%3612.29%1490.94%00.00%6,00638.02%15,795Colusa3,69172.70%1,20223.68%721.42%831.63%290.57%00.00%2,48949.03%5,077Contra Costa154,48251.47%135,13345.02%4,4831.49%3,9981.33%2,0390.68%51 for Boxerman, 4 for Miloslavich0.00%19,3496.45%300,140Del Norte4,62661.83%2,37231.70%1481.98%2783.72%580.78%00.00%2,25430.13%7,482El Dorado36,69567.14%15,28927.97%1,2062.21%1,1242.06%3400.62%00.00%21,40639.17%54,654Fresno112,85162.83%60,95833.94%2,1531.20%2,1461.19%1,4960.83%144 for Boxerman, 3 for Miloslavich, 3 for Sailers, 4 for Oster0.01%51,89328.89%179,618Glenn5,91673.54%1,71921.37%1421.77%2172.70%510.63%00.00%4,19752.17%8,045Humboldt23,58649.34%21,16244.27%1,1642.43%1,0882.28%8051.68%22 for Boxerman0.00%2,4245.07%47,807Imperial13,20854.97%9,52539.64%2861.19%3411.42%6672.78%00.00%3,68315.33%24,027Inyo5,05469.51%1,87825.83%1321.82%1492.05%580.80%00.00%3,17643.68%7,271Kern105,73369.49%39,13725.72%2,7111.78%3,1912.10%1,3890.91%11 for Boxerman0.00%66,59643.77%152,162Kings14,75065.02%7,09731.28%2871.27%3501.54%2020.89%00.00%7,65333.73%22,686Lake11,41657.88%7,27936.90%4232.14%4502.28%1560.79%00.00%4,13720.97%19,724Lassen4,82758.63%2,67132.44%2773.36%3834.65%750.91%00.00%2,15626.19%8,233Los Angeles1,043,83550.43%953,30146.06%28,3681.37%23,4691.13%20,9101.01%65 for Boxerman, 1 for Oster0.00%90,5344.37%2,069,889Madera18,62369.24%7,22326.85%3111.16%5632.09%1770.66%00.00%11,40042.38%26,897Marin45,98343.35%56,66553.43%1,6791.58%9580.90%7770.73%11 for Boxerman0.00%-10,682-10.07%106,063Mariposa4,69965.18%2,17830.21%1211.68%1722.39%390.54%00.00%2,52134.97%7,209Mendocino14,64548.37%13,71645.30%7672.53%5901.95%5611.85%00.00%9293.07%30,279Merced24,87362.90%13,19733.37%4441.12%7631.93%2670.68%00.00%11,67629.53%39,544Modoc1,97251.47%1,25732.81%2175.66%3378.80%481.25%00.00%71518.66%3,831Mono2,26364.88%1,05130.13%882.52%601.72%260.75%00.00%1,21234.75%3,488Monterey49,56553.89%38,59741.96%1,2281.34%1,8432.00%7380.80%81 for Boxerman, 6 for Miloslavich, 1 for Oster0.01%10,96811.92%91,979Napa23,42954.69%17,45440.74%7641.78%8351.95%3570.83%00.00%5,97513.95%42,839Nevada25,15965.97%11,28329.59%8052.11%6581.73%2300.30%00.00%13,87636.39%38,135Orange516,81167.72%211,13227.67%16,3512.14%13,5661.78%5,2740.69%55 for Boxerman0.00%305,67940.06%763,139Placer51,21367.02%21,91528.68%1,5702.05%1,2991.70%4130.54%00.00%29,29838.34%76,410Plumas5,49263.87%2,63030.58%2102.44%2102.44%570.66%00.00%2,86233.28%8,599Riverside221,02764.17%107,20731.13%6,0851.77%7,1822.09%2,8580.83%5857 for Boxerman, 1 for Miloslavich0.02%113,82033.05%344,417Sacramento196,22954.79%146,42340.88%6,5071.82%5,8811.64%3,1110.87%52 for Boxerman, 3 for Oster0.00%49,80613.91%358,156San Benito6,39854.17%4,85241.08%2492.11%2121.79%1000.85%00.00%1,54613.09%11,811San Bernardino217,08562.30%112,63632.32%7,1482.05%7,9162.27%3,6911.06%00.00%104,44929.97%348,476San Diego477,43963.35%240,93731.97%16,3882.17%12,3951.64%6,4930.86%88 for Boxerman0.00%236,50231.38%753,660San Francisco66,49427.81%165,27969.12%2,5611.07%1,0730.45%3,7041.55%22 for Boxerman0.00%-98,785-41.31%239,113San Joaquin78,68261.35%44,78734.92%1,6691.30%2,1191.65%9840.77%22 for Boxerman0.00%33,89526.43%128,243San Luis Obispo52,27060.07%30,68635.27%1,6811.93%1,6881.94%6720.77%1212 for Boxerman0.01%21,58424.81%87,009San Mateo102,98947.63%106,39149.21%3,0801.42%2,2441.04%1,4980.69%141 for Boxerman, 2 for Miloslavich, 11 for Sailers0.01%-3,402-1.57%216,216Santa Barbara75,05156.68%52,42039.59%1,8171.37%2,0751.57%1,0480.79%11 for Miloslavich0.00%22,63117.09%132,412Santa Clara212,07547.50%211,90447.46%10,1432.27%7,3931.66%4,9221.10%3215, Boxerman, 16 for Miloslavich, 1 for Sailers0.01%1710.04%446,469Santa Cruz37,92741.09%49,27253.39%2,1592.34%1,4901.61%1,4391.56%70.01%-11,345-12.29%92,294Shasta37,57768.45%13,63324.84%1,1952.18%2,0343.71%4550.83%00.00%23,94443.62%54,894Sierra1,01861.77%52832.04%412.49%513.09%100.61%00.00%49029.73%1,648Siskiyou11,07560.17%6,05332.88%4742.58%6433.49%1610.87%11 for Boxerman0.01%5,02227.28%18,407Solano51,26551.89%43,17043.70%1,7531.77%1,7651.79%8360.85%11 for Boxerman0.00%8,0958.19%98,790Sonoma73,23445.65%79,72049.69%3,2702.04%2,5401.58%1,6631.04%11 for Boxerman0.00%-6,486-4.04%160,428Stanislaus60,99260.68%35,08034.90%1,5691.56%2,1462.14%7220.72%11 for Miloslavich0.00%25,91225.78%100,510Sutter15,99772.11%5,29323.86%3201.44%4582.06%1150.52%00.00%10,70448.25%22,183Tehama12,83668.77%4,62624.78%4402.36%6313.38%1330.71%00.00%8,21043.98%18,666Trinity3,07856.88%1,78332.95%1813.35%2855.27%831.53%11 for Boxerman0.02%1,29523.93%5,411Tulare54,26769.02%21,63427.52%8561.09%1,2411.58%6280.80%00.00%32,63341.50%78,626Tuolumne12,70664.41%6,11731.01%3691.87%4212.13%1130.57%00.00%6,58933.40%19,726Ventura136,41762.36%73,16333.44%3,8941.78%3,3661.54%1,9270.88%11 for Boxerman0.00%63,25428.91%218,768Yolo23,01946.58%24,35749.28%8461.71%7131.44%4810.97%55 for Boxerman0.01%-1,338-2.71%49,421Yuba9,37865.95%4,00228.14%2972.09%4323.04%1110.78%00.00%5,37637.81%14,220Total4,781,76655.18%3,519,79940.62%149,2811.72%133,8881.55%80,4400.93%2010.00%1,261,96714.56%8,665,375 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Contra Costa Lake Los Angeles Mendocino Monterey Napa San Benito Santa Clara Solano Notes References Gubernatorial 1994 Category:1994 United States gubernatorial elections External links Digitized political advertisements on California Revealed