1938 California gubernatorial election County resultsOlson : 40–50% 50–60%Merriam : 40–50% 50–60% 70–80%
The 1938 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938. Culbert L. Olson defeated incumbent governor Frank F. Merriam to become the first Democrat elected Governor of California since James Budd in 1894 . Merriam had angered the left and the right throughout his tenure as governor, leading a significant swing in favor of the Democratic party.
Olson was the first Democrat since George Stoneman in 1882 to receive an absolute majority of the vote. For the first time since 1882, Alameda County , Los Angeles County , and Ventura County were carried by a Democrat and San Diego County backed a Democrat for governor for the first time since 1879 . California would not elect a Democrat as governor again until 1958 . This was the last time until Gray Davis in 1998 that a Democrat who was not a member of the Brown family won the governorship.
Primary election results [ edit ] General election results [ edit ] County Culbert L. Olson Frank F. Merriam Raymond L. Haight Robert Noble Scattering Margin Total votes cast[ 2] # % # % # % # % # % # % Alameda 109,010 49.48% 106,694 48.43% 3,825 1.74% 753 0.34% 39 0.02% 2,316 1.05% 220,321 Alpine 29 18.95% 110 71.90% 14 9.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -81 -52.94% 153 Amador 1,803 52.47% 1,486 43.25% 132 3.84% 15 0.44% 0 0.00% 317 9.23% 3,436 Butte 8,408 48.45% 8,249 47.53% 542 3.12% 155 0.89% 0 0.00% 159 0.92% 17,354 Calaveras 1,818 46.44% 1,866 47.66% 207 5.29% 24 0.61% 0 0.00% -48 -1.23% 3,915 Colusa 1,768 41.11% 2,339 54.38% 168 3.91% 26 0.60% 0 0.00% -571 -13.28% 4,301 Contra Costa 23,782 56.82% 17,096 40.84% 835 1.99% 139 0.33% 4 0.01% 6,686 15.97% 41,856 Del Norte 1,092 43.58% 1,325 52.87% 73 2.91% 16 0.64% 0 0.00% -233 -9.30% 2,506 El Dorado 3,375 57.23% 2,079 35.26% 402 6.82% 41 0.70% 0 0.00% 1,296 21.98% 5,897 Fresno 32,937 55.52% 22,728 38.31% 3,370 5.68% 294 0.50% 0 0.00% 10,209 17.21% 59,329 Glenn 2,068 39.88% 2,924 56.39% 168 3.24% 25 0.48% 0 0.00% -856 -16.51% 5,185 Humboldt 8,795 46.00% 9,617 50.30% 571 2.99% 137 0.72% 0 0.00% -822 -4.30% 19,120 Imperial 5,495 45.47% 6,259 51.79% 203 1.68% 129 1.07% 0 0.00% -764 -6.32% 12,086 Inyo 1,184 42.44% 1,456 52.19% 135 4.84% 15 0.54% 0 0.00% -272 -9.75% 2,790 Kern 25,392 58.66% 16,116 37.23% 1,332 3.08% 448 1.03% 1 0.00% 9,276 21.43% 43,289 Kings 5,545 53.35% 4,395 42.28% 359 3.45% 92 0.89% 3 0.03% 1,150 11.06% 10,394 Lake 1,571 37.72% 2,438 58.54% 91 2.18% 65 1.56% 0 0.00% -867 -20.82% 4,165 Lassen 2,764 48.53% 2,624 46.08% 258 4.53% 49 0.86% 0 0.00% 140 2.46% 5,695 Los Angeles 612,499 55.76% 446,069 40.61% 24,958 2.27% 14,552 1.32% 339 0.03% 166,430 15.15% 1,098,417 Madera 4,148 57.11% 2,805 38.62% 273 3.76% 37 0.51% 0 0.00% 1,343 18.49% 7,263 Marin 8,340 43.46% 10,445 54.42% 351 1.83% 52 0.27% 4 0.02% -2,105 -10.97% 19,192 Mariposa 1,362 54.50% 1,043 41.74% 59 2.36% 35 1.40% 0 0.00% 319 12.77% 2,499 Mendocino 5,355 45.92% 5,897 50.57% 286 2.45% 123 1.05% 0 0.00% -542 -4.65% 11,661 Merced 8,303 54.05% 6,367 41.45% 547 3.56% 140 0.91% 4 0.03% 1,936 12.60% 15,361 Modoc 1,472 48.26% 1,416 46.43% 132 4.33% 30 0.98% 0 0.00% 56 1.84% 3,050 Mono 445 47.39% 446 47.50% 42 4.47% 6 0.64% 0 0.00% -1 -0.11% 939 Monterey 9,736 44.82% 11,436 52.65% 428 1.97% 122 0.56% 0 0.00% -1,700 -7.83% 21,722 Napa 4,786 42.03% 6,275 55.10% 261 2.29% 65 0.57% 1 0.01% -1,489 -13.08% 11,388 Nevada 3,494 43.84% 4,052 50.84% 379 4.76% 45 0.56% 0 0.00% -558 -7.00% 7,970 Orange 24,257 43.27% 29,774 53.11% 1,166 2.08% 863 1.54% 4 0.01% -5,517 -9.84% 56,064 Placer 6,653 58.92% 3,834 33.96% 747 6.62% 57 0.50% 0 0.00% 2,819 24.97% 11,291 Plumas 2,373 56.25% 1,607 38.09% 198 4.69% 41 0.97% 0 0.00% 766 18.16% 4,219 Riverside 17,026 45.93% 18,895 50.97% 737 1.99% 409 1.10% 2 0.01% -1,869 -5.04% 37,069 Sacramento 32,885 54.07% 25,836 42.48% 1,921 3.16% 174 0.29% 5 0.01% 7,049 11.59% 60,821 San Benito 1,910 42.25% 2,466 54.55% 124 2.74% 21 0.46% 0 0.00% -556 -12.30% 4,521 San Bernardino 30,696 51.47% 27,515 46.14% 1,001 1.68% 409 0.69% 13 0.02% 3,181 5.33% 59,634 San Diego 54,552 52.84% 45,891 44.45% 1,749 1.69% 1,039 1.01% 2 0.00% 8,661 8.39% 103,233 San Francisco 132,346 53.36% 111,046 44.77% 3,843 1.55% 781 0.31% 19 0.01% 21,300 8.59% 248,035 San Joaquin 22,340 50.34% 20,990 47.30% 895 2.02% 147 0.33% 5 0.01% 1,350 3.04% 44,377 San Luis Obispo 6,660 45.91% 7,046 48.57% 608 4.19% 192 1.32% 0 0.00% -386 -2.66% 14,506 San Mateo 20,723 47.85% 21,579 49.82% 801 1.85% 200 0.46% 8 0.02% -856 -1.98% 43,311 Santa Barbara 10,870 41.81% 14,325 55.10% 689 2.65% 107 0.41% 5 0.02% -3,455 -13.29% 25,996 Santa Clara 32,994 46.70% 36,191 51.23% 1,217 1.72% 226 0.32% 20 0.03% -3,197 -4.53% 70,648 Santa Cruz 8,962 45.17% 10,198 51.40% 531 2.68% 150 0.76% 0 0.00% -1,236 -6.23% 19,841 Shasta 4,994 56.26% 3,445 38.81% 344 3.88% 94 1.06% 0 0.00% 1,549 17.45% 8,877 Sierra 719 49.72% 565 39.07% 149 10.30% 13 0.90% 0 0.00% 154 10.65% 1,446 Siskiyou 5,882 48.97% 5,146 42.84% 794 6.61% 190 1.58% 0 0.00% 736 6.13% 12,012 Solano 9,037 50.92% 8,051 45.36% 586 3.30% 74 0.42% 0 0.00% 986 5.56% 17,748 Sonoma 12,207 42.25% 15,582 53.93% 957 3.31% 140 0.48% 9 0.03% -3,375 -11.68% 28,895 Stanislaus 12,730 47.34% 12,333 45.86% 1,598 5.94% 226 0.84% 6 0.02% 397 1.48% 26,893 Sutter 3,093 43.97% 3,691 52.47% 224 3.18% 27 0.38% 0 0.00% -598 -8.50% 7,035 Tehama 2,740 44.99% 2,882 47.32% 427 7.01% 41 0.67% 0 0.00% -142 -2.33% 6,090 Trinity 1,081 53.36% 808 39.88% 107 5.28% 30 1.48% 0 0.00% 273 13.47% 2,026 Tulare 16,162 50.29% 14,571 45.34% 1,113 3.46% 283 0.88% 8 0.02% 1,591 4.95% 32,137 Tuolumne 2,672 53.80% 2,091 42.10% 168 3.38% 36 0.72% 0 0.00% 581 11.70% 4,967 Ventura 11,264 49.31% 10,647 46.61% 789 3.45% 139 0.61% 2 0.01% 617 2.70% 22,841 Yolo 3,997 43.28% 4,865 52.67% 352 3.81% 22 0.24% 0 0.00% -868 -9.40% 9,236 Yuba 3,133 48.65% 3,097 48.09% 182 2.83% 26 0.40% 2 0.03% 36 0.56% 6,440 Total 1,391,734 52.49% 1,171,019 44.17% 64,418 2.43% 23,787 0.90% 505 0.02% 220,715 8.32% 2,651,463
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ] Counties that flipped from Progressive to Democratic [ edit ] ^ Was not listed under Townsend in the general election
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