The 1954 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Republican governor Goodwin Knight , who had ascended to the office after Earl Warren resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States the previous year, won the election to serve his sole term as Governor of California.
1954 California gubernatorial election
County results
Knight: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Graves: 50–60%
Knight remains the last Republican gubernatorial candidate as of to date to carry San Francisco .
Primary elections were held on June 8, 1954.
Independent–Progressive primary
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Galbrish was disqualified from the general election as he had not won his own party's nomination.
General election results
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Knight is the last Republican gubernatorial nominee to have won San Francisco County.
County
Knight
Votes
Graves
Votes
Others
Votes
Kings
88.20%
50,760
11.80%
6,789
0.00%
0
Alpine
80.88%
110
19.12%
26
0.00%
0
Mono
76.20%
602
23.80%
188
0.00%
0
Orange
69.65%
63,148
30.34%
27,511
0.01%
7
Inyo
66.45%
2,662
33.55%
1,344
0.00%
0
Lake
64.98%
3,409
35.02%
1,837
0.00%
0
Del Norte
64.86%
2,584
35.14%
1,400
0.00%
0
San Benito
64.86%
2,911
35.14%
1,577
0.00%
0
Sonoma
64.55%
26,766
35.45%
14,699
0.01%
3
San Diego
64.23%
139,769
35.76%
77,817
0.00%
6
Santa Cruz
64.17%
19,008
35.83%
10,613
0.00%
1
Marin
64.01%
23,830
35.97%
13,392
0.01%
4
Santa Clara
63.41%
72,965
36.58%
42,088
0.01%
9
Humboldt
63.39%
16,324
36.61%
9,426
0.00%
0
Riverside
63.22%
39,047
36.77%
22,706
0.01%
6
San Mateo
63.02%
71,440
36.97%
41,910
0.01%
13
Santa Barbara
62.63%
23,368
37.36%
13,941
0.01%
2
Mariposa
60.80%
1,405
39.20%
906
0.00%
0
Napa
60.59%
10,992
39.41%
7,149
0.00%
0
Mendocino
59.94%
9,146
40.05%
6,111
0.01%
1
Monterey
59.45%
22,593
40.55%
15,411
0.01%
2
Tehama
59.20%
4,566
40.80%
3,147
0.00%
0
Butte
58.92%
14,390
41.08%
10,035
0.00%
0
San Bernardino
58.39%
60,417
41.61%
43,058
0.00%
5
San Luis Obispo
58.34%
12,808
41.65%
9,145
0.01%
2
Imperial
58.25%
7,664
41.75%
5,494
0.00%
0
Sutter
58.15%
4,704
41.85%
3,386
0.00%
0
Colusa
57.76%
2,337
42.24%
1,709
0.00%
0
Glenn
57.45%
3,197
42.55%
2,368
0.00%
0
Los Angeles
57.31%
950,611
42.67%
707,734
0.02%
303
Nevada
57.13%
4,376
42.87%
3,284
0.00%
0
San Joaquin
55.99%
36,111
44.01%
28,384
0.01%
6
San Francisco
55.97%
151,458
44.03%
119,138
0.00%
13
El Dorado
54.87%
3,968
45.13%
3,264
0.00%
0
Modoc
54.70%
1,763
45.30%
1,460
0.00%
0
Tulare
54.64%
21,491
45.36%
17,842
0.00%
1
Calaveras
53.64%
2,574
46.36%
2,225
0.00%
0
Ventura
53.33%
19,926
46.66%
17,434
0.01%
4
Siskiyou
52.72%
6,019
47.28%
5,397
0.00%
0
Kern
51.69%
35,301
48.31%
32,997
0.00%
1
Contra Costa
51.61%
58,340
48.37%
54,681
0.01%
15
Stanislaus
50.77%
21,487
49.22%
20,828
0.01%
4
Alameda
49.93%
143,007
50.05%
143,350
0.02%
52
Yolo
49.77%
7,053
50.20%
7,114
0.04%
5
Sacramento
49.61%
55,277
50.38%
56,137
0.01%
12
Yuba
49.30%
3,462
50.70%
3,561
0.00%
0
Trinity
49.16%
1,137
50.84%
1,176
0.00%
0
Sierra
49.15%
579
50.85%
599
0.00%
0
Fresno
49.12%
44,581
50.87%
46,168
0.00%
2
Solano
48.87%
16,537
51.13%
17,303
0.00%
0
Merced
48.46%
9,924
51.53%
10,553
0.00%
1
Tuolumne
47.60%
2,773
52.40%
3,053
0.00%
0
Placer
46.97%
7,459
53.03%
8,420
0.00%
0
Madera
46.94%
5,147
53.06%
5,817
0.00%
0
Amador
45.86%
1,964
54.14%
2,319
0.00%
0
Lassen
45.30%
2,597
54.70%
3,136
0.00%
0
Shasta
44.69%
6,582
55.30%
8,144
0.01%
1
Plumas
43.50%
2,053
56.50%
2,667
0.00%
0