The 1950 California gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. For the last time, Warren was reelected governor in a landslide over the Democratic opponent, James Roosevelt, the son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Warren is the last Republican gubernatorial nominee to have won Alameda County, along with being the last nominee of any party to sweep every county in the state.[1]
Primary elections
editPrimary elections were held on June 6, 1950.[2]
Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- Welburn Mayock, former counsel to the treasurer of the Democratic National Committee[3]
- Olindo R. Angelillo, engineer[4][5]
- Roy E. Land
- William E. Riker, perennial candidate
- James Roosevelt, Democratic National Committeeman, son of Franklin Roosevelt, insurance broker[6]
- Earl Warren, incumbent Governor
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James Roosevelt | 969,433 | 55.56% | |
Democratic | Earl Warren (incumbent) | 719,468 | 41.23% | |
Democratic | Welburn Mayock | 27,553 | 1.58% | |
Democratic | Olindo R. Angelillo | 10,534 | 0.60% | |
Democratic | Roy E. Land | 10,065 | 0.58% | |
Democratic | William E. Riker | 7,904 | 0.45% | |
Total votes | 1,744,957 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- Olindo R. Angelillo, engineer
- Roy E. Land
- William E. Riker, perennial candidate
- James Roosevelt, Democratic National Committeeman
- Earl Warren, incumbent Governor
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Earl Warren (incumbent) | 1,101,411 | 88.40% | |
Republican | James Roosevelt | 120,328 | 9.66% | |
Republican | Roy E. Land | 9,149 | 0.73% | |
Republican | Olindo R. Angelillo | 7,966 | 0.64% | |
Republican | William E. Riker | 7,053 | 0.57% | |
Total votes | 1,245,907 | 100.00% |
Independent–Progressive primary
editCandidates
editResults
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent-Progressive | James Roosevelt (write-in)[a] | 3,156 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 3,156 | 100.00% |
General election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Earl Warren (incumbent) | 2,461,754 | 64.85% | −26.79% | |
Democratic | James Roosevelt | 1,333,856 | 35.14% | +35.01% | |
Scattering | 480 | 0.01% | |||
Majority | 1,127,898 | 29.71% | |||
Total votes | 3,796,090 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing | -61.80% |
Results by county
editCounty | Earl Warren Republican |
James Roosevelt Democratic |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[8] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alameda | 177,330 | 61.52% | 110,876 | 38.47% | 31 | 0.01% | 66,454 | 23.06% | 288,237 |
Alpine | 109 | 80.74% | 26 | 19.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 83 | 61.48% | 135 |
Amador | 2,216 | 56.26% | 1,723 | 43.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 493 | 12.52% | 3,939 |
Butte | 14,365 | 62.07% | 8,779 | 37.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,586 | 24.14% | 23,144 |
Calaveras | 2,815 | 59.98% | 1,878 | 40.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 937 | 19.97% | 4,693 |
Colusa | 2,825 | 72.14% | 1,091 | 27.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,734 | 44.28% | 3,916 |
Contra Costa | 53,486 | 57.56% | 39,430 | 42.43% | 7 | 0.01% | 14,056 | 15.13% | 92,923 |
Del Norte | 2,091 | 65.16% | 1,118 | 34.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 973 | 30.32% | 3,209 |
El Dorado | 4,588 | 62.64% | 2,736 | 37.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,852 | 25.29% | 7,324 |
Fresno | 56,987 | 65.69% | 29,764 | 34.31% | 7 | 0.01% | 27,223 | 31.38% | 86,758 |
Glenn | 3,948 | 71.86% | 1,545 | 28.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,403 | 43.74% | 5,494 |
Humboldt | 14,946 | 62.04% | 9,143 | 37.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,803 | 24.09% | 24,089 |
Imperial | 8,879 | 69.22% | 3,947 | 30.77% | 1 | 0.01% | 4,932 | 38.45% | 12,827 |
Inyo | 2,886 | 74.55% | 985 | 25.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,901 | 49.11% | 3,871 |
Kern | 39,250 | 60.95% | 25,143 | 39.04% | 6 | 0.01% | 14,107 | 21.91% | 64,399 |
Kings | 7,694 | 62.82% | 4,552 | 37.17% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,142 | 25.66% | 12,247 |
Lake | 3,708 | 68.15% | 1,730 | 31.80% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,978 | 36.35% | 5,441 |
Lassen | 3,120 | 56.02% | 2,449 | 43.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 671 | 12.05% | 5,569 |
Los Angeles | 1,005,344 | 63.94% | 566,805 | 36.05% | 273 | 0.02% | 438,539 | 27.89% | 1,572,422 |
Madera | 6,102 | 62.45% | 3,669 | 37.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,433 | 24.90% | 9,771 |
Marin | 25,347 | 77.31% | 7,435 | 22.68% | 6 | 0.02% | 17,912 | 54.63% | 32,788 |
Mariposa | 1,603 | 65.91% | 829 | 34.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 774 | 31.83% | 2,432 |
Mendocino | 7,824 | 61.09% | 4,983 | 38.91% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,841 | 22.18% | 12,808 |
Merced | 11,476 | 64.00% | 6,454 | 35.99% | 1 | 0.01% | 5,022 | 28.01% | 17,931 |
Modoc | 2,275 | 65.13% | 1,218 | 34.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,057 | 30.26% | 3,493 |
Mono | 702 | 76.89% | 211 | 23.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 491 | 53.78% | 913 |
Monterey | 22,858 | 66.10% | 11,721 | 33.89% | 4 | 0.01% | 11,137 | 32.20% | 34,583 |
Napa | 11,429 | 70.14% | 4,866 | 29.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,563 | 40.28% | 16,295 |
Nevada | 5,276 | 65.32% | 2,801 | 34.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,475 | 30.64% | 8,077 |
Orange | 57,335 | 75.38% | 18,720 | 24.61% | 4 | 0.01% | 38,615 | 50.77% | 76,059 |
Placer | 9,361 | 58.12% | 6,744 | 41.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,617 | 16.25% | 16,105 |
Plumas | 2,923 | 51.51% | 2,749 | 48.44% | 3 | 0.05% | 174 | 3.07% | 5,675 |
Riverside | 37,334 | 66.92% | 18,449 | 33.07% | 8 | 0.01% | 18,885 | 33.85% | 55,791 |
Sacramento | 65,748 | 64.98% | 35,441 | 35.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 30,307 | 29.95% | 101,189 |
San Benito | 3,231 | 71.28% | 1,302 | 28.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,929 | 42.55% | 4,533 |
San Bernardino | 59,138 | 63.39% | 34,135 | 36.59% | 12 | 0.01% | 25,003 | 26.80% | 93,285 |
San Diego | 128,309 | 67.20% | 62,598 | 32.79% | 26 | 0.01% | 65,711 | 34.42% | 190,933 |
San Francisco | 200,323 | 65.22% | 106,809 | 34.78% | 6 | 0.00% | 93,514 | 30.45% | 307,138 |
San Joaquin | 36,275 | 60.96% | 23,221 | 39.02% | 9 | 0.02% | 13,054 | 21.94% | 59,505 |
San Luis Obispo | 13,043 | 66.75% | 6,496 | 33.24% | 2 | 0.01% | 6,547 | 33.50% | 19,541 |
San Mateo | 68,548 | 75.79% | 21,880 | 24.19% | 16 | 0.02% | 46,668 | 51.60% | 90,444 |
Santa Barbara | 25,519 | 73.98% | 8,976 | 26.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 16,543 | 47.96% | 34,495 |
Santa Clara | 67,548 | 70.77% | 27,876 | 29.21% | 19 | 0.02% | 39,672 | 41.57% | 95,443 |
Santa Cruz | 18,926 | 68.39% | 8,746 | 31.60% | 2 | 0.01% | 10,180 | 36.79% | 27,674 |
Shasta | 7,155 | 53.24% | 6,282 | 46.75% | 1 | 0.01% | 873 | 6.50% | 13,438 |
Sierra | 741 | 61.14% | 470 | 38.78% | 1 | 0.08% | 271 | 22.36% | 1,212 |
Siskiyou | 8,141 | 63.72% | 4,635 | 36.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,506 | 27.44% | 12,776 |
Solano | 20,261 | 59.42% | 13,838 | 40.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,423 | 18.84% | 34,099 |
Sonoma | 27,896 | 70.55% | 11,629 | 29.41% | 14 | 0.04% | 16,267 | 41.14% | 39,539 |
Stanislaus | 27,121 | 69.73% | 11,773 | 30.27% | 3 | 0.01% | 15,348 | 39.46% | 38,897 |
Sutter | 5,400 | 68.92% | 2,435 | 31.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,965 | 37.84% | 7,835 |
Tehama | 4,443 | 62.24% | 2,694 | 37.74% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,749 | 24.50% | 7,138 |
Trinity | 1,434 | 59.60% | 972 | 40.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 462 | 19.20% | 2,406 |
Tulare | 27,050 | 64.29% | 15,018 | 35.69% | 9 | 0.02% | 12,032 | 28.60% | 42,077 |
Tuolumne | 3,660 | 62.39% | 2,206 | 37.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,454 | 24.79% | 5,866 |
Ventura | 20,231 | 61.70% | 12,556 | 38.29% | 2 | 0.01% | 7,675 | 23.41% | 32,789 |
Yolo | 8,654 | 67.83% | 4,104 | 32.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,660 | 35.66% | 12,758 |
Yuba | 4,527 | 58.62% | 3,195 | 41.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,332 | 17.25% | 7,722 |
Total | 2,461,754 | 64.85% | 1,333,856 | 35.14% | 480 | 0.01% | 1,127,898 | 29.71% | 3,796,090 |
Notes
edit- ^ Was not listed as Independent-Progressive in the general election
References
edit- ^ "CA Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ Burton, p. 68.
- ^ "Welburn Mayock, Ex-Democratic Aide". New York Times. New York, NY. March 14, 1970. p. 31. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Angelillo, Olindo R." Social Networks and Archival Context. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Democrats! These Republicans are Riding the DONKEY on Your Ballot!". Bakersfield Californian. Bakersfield, CA. June 5, 1950. p. 32. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Political Muddle". Milford Chronicle. Milford, Del. June 16, 1950. p. 25. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ a b c California Secretary of State. State of California Statement of Vote Direct Primary Election and Special State-Wide Election June 6, 1950. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. pp. 4–5. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
- ^ a b California Secretary of State. State of California Statement of Vote General Election November 7, 1950. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. p. 4. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
Bibliography
edit- Brazil, Burton R. (March 1951). "The 1950 Elections in California". The Western Political Quarterly. 4 (1). University of Utah: 67–71. Retrieved July 11, 2023.