1970 California gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1970 California gubernatorial election California presidential no 1966 California gubernatorial election 1966 1974 California gubernatorial election 1974 November 3, 1970 Ronald Reagan, 14 May 1974 (cropped1).jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) 3,439,174 52.84% Jesse M. Unruh, 1967 Edit.jpg Jesse Unruh Democratic Party (United States) 2,938,607 45.14% 300px County results 245px Congressional district results Reagan: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Unruh: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #0D0596 >90% Governor Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) The 1970 California gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. The incumbent governor, Republican Ronald Reagan, won re-election over Democrat and Speaker of the Assembly Jesse Unruh. This would be the closest victory of Ronald Reagan's entire political career. Republican primary Candidates Ronald Reagan, incumbent governor since 1967 Results Republican primary results Ronald Reagan (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 1,906,568 100.00% 1,906,568 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates Walter R. Buchanan Jack W. Clapper Florence E. Douglas, mayor of Vallejo since 19556 Apr 1982 Obituary for Florence Vallejos Douglas https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-advocate-obituary-for-florence-val/41405125/ Escondido Times-Advocate 19 Raymond L. Haight Jr., high school history teacher, anti-war advocate, and son of Raymond HaightFallows James December 15, 2009 Raymond Haight Jr. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2009/12/raymond-haight-jr-updated/31857/ March 5, 2024 The Atlantic Harry F. May Eddie M. Ramirez, Boyle Heights (Los Angeles) pharmacistRamos George July 31, 2000 Heart of the Eastside https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-31-me-62030-story.html March 5, 2024 Los Angeles Times Joseph S. Ramos Jesse M. Unruh, former Speaker of the California Assembly (196169) and Assemblyman from Marina del Rey George H. Wagner Samuel William Yorty, mayor of Los Angeles since 1961 Results Democratic primary resultsStatement of Vote State of California Direct Primary Election, June 2, 1970 California Secretary of State Sacramento, California 6-7 https://archive.org/details/statementofvote197072cali/page/n13/mode/2up?view=theater 21 July 2024 Jesse M. Unruh Democratic Party (United States) 1,602,690 64.03% Samuel William Yorty Democratic Party (United States) 659,494 26.35% George H. Wagner Democratic Party (United States) 44,118 1.76% Florence E. Douglas Democratic Party (United States) 43,456 1.74% Walter R. Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) 40,192 1.61% Eddie M. Ramirez Democratic Party (United States) 31,092 1.24% Joseph S. Ramos Democratic Party (United States) 25,874 1.03% Raymond L. Haight Democratic Party (United States) 20,328 0.81% Harry F. May Democratic Party (United States) 19,471 0.78% Jack W. Clapper Democratic Party (United States) 16,142 0.64% Samuel A. Reeve (write-in) Democratic Party (United States) 3 0.00% 2,502,861 100.00% Other primaries American Independent Party American Independent primary results William K. Shearer American Independent Party 14,069 61.45% Keith H. Greene American Independent Party 8,827 38.55% 22,896 100.00% Peace and Freedom Party Peace and Freedom primary results Ricardo Romo Peace and Freedom Party 6,214 63.52% Warren E. Nielsen Peace and Freedom Party 3,569 36.48% 9,783 100.00% General election results 1970 California gubernatorial electionStatement of Vote State of California General Election, November 3, 1970 California Secretary of State Sacramento, California 10 https://archive.org/details/statementofvote197072cali/page/n59/mode/2up?view=theater 21 July 2024 California Republican Party Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 3,439,664 52.84% -4.72% California Democratic Party Jesse M. Unruh 2,938,607 45.14% +2.87% Peace and Freedom Party Ricardo Romo 65,954 1.01% American Independent Party William K. Shearer 65,847 1.01% 501,057 7.70% 6,510,072 100.00% California Republican Party -7.58% Results by county County Ronald ReaganRepublican Jesse M. UnruhDemocratic Ricardo RomoPeace & Freedom William K. ShearerAmerican Independent Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Alameda162,72743.05%206,69354.68%5,5911.48%2,9750.79%-43,966-11.63%377,986Alpine20366.34%8929.08%41.31%103.27%11437.25%306Amador2,86653.12%2,44545.32%280.52%561.04%4217.80%5,395Butte22,65662.82%12,55834.82%4291.19%4201.16%10,09828.00%36,063Calaveras3,49963.10%1,94735.11%440.79%550.99%1,55227.99%5,545Colusa2,30257.69%1,62740.78%260.65%350.88%67516.92%3,990Contra Costa106,96553.15%91,15645.30%1,3230.66%1,8000.89%15,8097.86%201,244Del Norte2,75557.13%1,97741.00%370.77%531.10%77816.13%4,822El Dorado7,93256.59%5,81841.51%650.46%2021.44%2,11415.08%14,017Fresno60,64448.74%61,80149.67%7520.60%1,2270.99%-1,157-0.93%124,424Glenn3,80559.37%2,48238.73%390.61%831.30%1,32320.64%6,409Humboldt16,77851.12%15,23246.41%4001.22%4101.25%1,5464.71%32,820Imperial10,63658.47%7,00638.51%3521.93%1981.09%3,63019.95%18,192Inyo4,00663.50%2,20234.90%430.68%580.92%1,80428.59%6,309Kern54,21655.19%41,76842.52%5340.54%1,7101.74%12,44812.67%98,228Kings8,06849.11%8,13449.52%1070.65%1180.72%-66-0.40%16,427Lake5,31758.18%3,68340.30%460.50%931.02%1,63417.88%9,139Lassen2,49444.93%2,91152.44%440.79%1021.84%-417-7.51%5,551Los Angeles1,173,16150.74%1,095,89947.40%21,8910.95%21,3120.92%77,2623.34%2,312,263Madera6,20548.94%6,30449.72%730.58%960.76%-99-0.78%12,678Marin43,09256.56%31,52541.38%9391.23%6320.83%11,56715.18%76,188Mariposa1,56857.46%1,11140.71%140.51%361.32%45716.75%2,729Mendocino9,13453.33%7,61444.46%1260.74%2521.47%1,5208.88%17,126Merced12,11749.64%11,84048.50%2471.01%2070.85%2771.13%24,411Modoc1,76059.40%1,13838.41%240.81%411.38%62220.99%2,963Mono1,35073.09%46024.91%211.14%160.87%89048.19%1,847Monterey33,69156.63%24,50841.19%7221.21%5750.97%9,18315.43%59,496Napa16,84455.29%13,01842.73%1610.53%4421.45%3,82612.56%30,465Nevada6,75659.45%4,44239.09%770.68%890.78%2,31420.36%11,364Orange308,98266.89%145,42031.48%2,9810.65%4,5570.99%163,56235.41%461,940Placer13,88649.37%13,75148.89%1490.53%3421.22%1350.48%28,128Plumas2,28044.97%2,67852.82%270.53%851.68%-398-7.85%5,070Riverside81,76856.60%59,42541.13%1,7351.20%1,5381.06%22,34315.47%144,466Sacramento105,52346.04%120,36552.52%1,3780.60%1,9250.84%-14,842-6.48%229,191San Benito3,13459.54%1,99337.86%901.71%470.89%1,14121.68%5,264San Bernardino107,21956.57%77,06940.66%2,9461.55%2,2941.21%30,15015.91%189,528San Diego253,37860.11%158,09837.51%4,1610.99%5,8861.40%95,28022.60%421,523San Francisco106,60641.97%140,82955.44%3,9581.56%2,6251.03%-34,223-13.47%254,018San Joaquin50,63155.25%39,49543.10%6820.74%8330.91%11,13612.15%91,641San Luis Obispo18,30155.84%13,75841.98%2920.89%4251.30%4,54313.86%32,776San Mateo109,35654.31%88,06943.74%1,8200.90%2,1211.05%21,28710.57%201,366Santa Barbara51,52360.10%32,20237.56%1,3621.59%6380.74%19,32122.54%85,725Santa Clara172,56251.47%154,57046.10%4,6831.40%3,4751.04%17,9925.37%335,290Santa Cruz26,67958.07%18,18639.58%6341.38%4450.97%8,49318.49%45,944Shasta11,86443.93%14,64354.22%1560.58%3431.27%-2,779-10.29%27,006Sierra61746.92%67451.25%70.53%171.29%-57-4.33%1,315Siskiyou6,09249.58%5,92048.18%960.78%1801.46%1721.40%12,288Solano21,93948.43%21,58347.64%7741.71%1,0062.22%3560.79%45,302Sonoma44,82358.60%29,95339.16%8301.09%8811.15%14,87019.44%76,487Stanislaus29,15745.07%34,51053.34%6400.99%3910.60%-5,353-8.27%64,698Sutter9,08464.48%4,81134.15%760.54%1180.84%4,27330.33%14,089Tehama5,50052.46%4,81945.97%550.52%1101.05%6816.50%10,484Trinity1,64350.21%1,54947.34%150.46%651.99%942.87%3,272Tulare27,56457.69%19,32740.45%4320.90%4560.95%8,23717.24%47,779Tuolumne4,56753.74%3,77944.46%881.04%650.76%7889.27%8,499Ventura63,79058.64%42,35038.93%1,3431.23%1,3081.20%21,44019.71%108,791Yolo12,34441.01%17,13556.92%3381.12%2860.95%-4,791-15.92%30,103Yuba5,30554.74%4,25843.93%470.48%820.85%1,04710.80%9,692Total3,439,66452.84%2,938,60745.14%65,9541.01%65,8471.01%501,0577.70%6,510,072 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Fresno Kings Lassen Madera Sacramento Shasta Sierra Stanislaus Yolo See also 1970 Folsom Prison strike References External links California Elections Page Reagan's Heritage https://web.archive.org/web/20060708124909/http://www.reagansheritage.org/ 2006-07-08 Gubernatorial 1970 California Category:November 1970 elections in the United States Category:Ronald Reagan