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The 1930 California gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930. For the third consecutive election, the incumbent governor was defeated in the Republican primary. After ousting incumbent C. C. Young in the primary, Mayor of San Francisco James Rolph proceeded to win a landslide over Democratic nominee Milton K. Young. Upton Sinclair was the Socialist nominee for the second consecutive election.
Primary election results
Candidates
- Buron Fitts (R), Los Angeles County District Attorney
- James Rolph Jr. (R), Mayor of San Francisco
- C. C. Young (R), incumbent Governor
- Clara Shortridge Foltz (R), Deputy District Attorney of Los Angeles County
- Milton K. Young (D) (also cross-filed in Republican primary)
- Upton Sinclair (S), writer and activist
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Rolph Jr. | 377,390 | 36.15% | |
| Republican | C. C. Young (incumbent) | 356,765 | 34.17% | |
| Republican | Buron Fitts | 292,743 | 28.04% | |
| Republican | Milton K. Young | 15,583 | 1.30% | |
| Republican | Clara Shortridge Foltz | 3,570 | 0.34% | |
| Total votes | 1,044,051 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Milton K. Young | 93,499 | 81.35% | |
| Democratic | James Rolph Jr. (write-in) | 9,271 | 8.07% | |
| Democratic | C. C. Young (write-in) | 6,809 | 5.92% | |
| Democratic | Buron Fitts (write-in) | 5,357 | 4.66% | |
| Total votes | 114,936 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 3,367 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,367 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Buron Fitts (write-in)[a] | 1,967 | 67.62% | |
| Prohibition | C. C. Young (write-in) | 942 | 32.38% | |
| Total votes | 2,909 | 100.00% | ||
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Rolph Jr. | 999,393 | 72.15% | +0.93% | |
| Democratic | Milton K. Young | 333,973 | 24.11% | −0.58% | |
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 50,480 | 3.64% | −0.37% | |
| Scattering | 1,283 | 0.09% | |||
| Majority | 665,420 | 48.04% | |||
| Total votes | 1,385,129 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +1.51% | |||
Results by county
| County | James Rolph Republican |
Milton K. Young Democratic |
Upton Sinclair Socialist |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 108,258 | 81.08% | 18,797 | 14.08% | 6,139 | 4.60% | 334 | 0.25% | 89,461 | 67.00% | 133,528 |
| Alpine | 56 | 96.55% | 1 | 1.72% | 1 | 1.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 55 | 94.83% | 58 |
| Amador | 1,278 | 82.29% | 245 | 15.78% | 30 | 1.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,033 | 66.52% | 1,553 |
| Butte | 6,991 | 72.78% | 2,236 | 23.28% | 379 | 3.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,755 | 49.50% | 9,606 |
| Calaveras | 1,696 | 79.51% | 359 | 16.83% | 70 | 3.28% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,337 | 62.68% | 2,133 |
| Colusa | 2,214 | 73.46% | 745 | 24.72% | 55 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,469 | 48.74% | 3,014 |
| Contra Costa | 15,673 | 80.24% | 3,134 | 16.04% | 726 | 3.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 12,539 | 64.19% | 19,533 |
| Del Norte | 1,600 | 86.02% | 203 | 10.91% | 57 | 3.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,397 | 75.11% | 1,860 |
| El Dorado | 2,299 | 80.81% | 463 | 16.27% | 83 | 2.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,836 | 64.53% | 2,845 |
| Fresno | 25,211 | 69.60% | 9,925 | 27.40% | 1,068 | 2.95% | 18 | 0.05% | 15,286 | 42.20% | 36,222 |
| Glenn | 2,326 | 68.84% | 961 | 28.44% | 86 | 2.55% | 6 | 0.18% | 1,365 | 40.40% | 3,379 |
| Humboldt | 11,594 | 86.24% | 1,452 | 10.80% | 398 | 2.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,142 | 75.44% | 13,444 |
| Imperial | 6,509 | 70.44% | 2,475 | 26.78% | 257 | 2.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,034 | 43.65% | 9,241 |
| Inyo | 1,800 | 76.01% | 474 | 20.02% | 94 | 3.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,326 | 56.00% | 2,368 |
| Kern | 13,388 | 75.08% | 3,890 | 21.81% | 554 | 3.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,498 | 53.26% | 17,832 |
| Kings | 4,563 | 69.20% | 1,831 | 27.77% | 198 | 3.00% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,732 | 41.43% | 6,594 |
| Lake | 2,266 | 73.00% | 736 | 23.71% | 99 | 3.19% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,530 | 49.29% | 3,104 |
| Lassen | 2,223 | 77.40% | 542 | 18.87% | 107 | 3.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,681 | 58.53% | 2,872 |
| Los Angeles | 299,417 | 61.77% | 164,656 | 33.97% | 20,075 | 4.14% | 565 | 0.12% | 134,761 | 27.80% | 484,713 |
| Madera | 3,060 | 66.74% | 1,375 | 29.99% | 146 | 3.18% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,685 | 36.75% | 4,585 |
| Marin | 11,775 | 86.01% | 1,447 | 10.57% | 468 | 3.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,328 | 75.44% | 13,690 |
| Mariposa | 747 | 79.64% | 165 | 17.59% | 26 | 2.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 582 | 62.05% | 938 |
| Mendocino | 6,833 | 79.69% | 1,496 | 17.45% | 224 | 2.61% | 21 | 0.24% | 5,337 | 62.25% | 8,574 |
| Merced | 4,987 | 65.84% | 2,325 | 30.70% | 262 | 3.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,662 | 35.15% | 7,574 |
| Modoc | 1,181 | 76.14% | 322 | 20.76% | 48 | 3.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 859 | 55.38% | 1,551 |
| Mono | 394 | 82.95% | 58 | 12.21% | 23 | 4.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 336 | 70.74% | 475 |
| Monterey | 8,368 | 79.22% | 1,870 | 17.70% | 325 | 3.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,498 | 61.52% | 10,563 |
| Napa | 5,658 | 77.53% | 1,498 | 20.53% | 135 | 1.85% | 7 | 0.10% | 4,160 | 57.00% | 7,298 |
| Nevada | 3,482 | 82.20% | 614 | 14.49% | 140 | 3.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,868 | 67.71% | 4,236 |
| Orange | 18,039 | 55.22% | 14,019 | 42.91% | 601 | 1.84% | 8 | 0.02% | 4,020 | 12.31% | 32,667 |
| Placer | 4,847 | 76.81% | 1,194 | 18.92% | 269 | 4.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,653 | 57.89% | 6,310 |
| Plumas | 1,659 | 84.56% | 252 | 12.84% | 51 | 2.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,407 | 71.71% | 1,962 |
| Riverside | 10,789 | 72.42% | 3,612 | 24.24% | 497 | 3.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,177 | 48.17% | 14,898 |
| Sacramento | 30,685 | 86.13% | 4,082 | 11.46% | 858 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 26,603 | 74.68% | 35,625 |
| San Benito | 1,816 | 74.92% | 556 | 22.94% | 45 | 1.86% | 7 | 0.29% | 1,260 | 51.98% | 2,424 |
| San Bernardino | 19,457 | 67.99% | 8,242 | 28.80% | 919 | 3.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,215 | 39.19% | 28,618 |
| San Diego | 41,835 | 72.49% | 13,985 | 24.23% | 1,887 | 3.27% | 2 | 0.00% | 27,850 | 48.26% | 57,709 |
| San Francisco | 130,547 | 86.11% | 15,189 | 10.02% | 5,845 | 3.86% | 17 | 0.01% | 115,358 | 76.09% | 151,598 |
| San Joaquin | 24,704 | 81.30% | 4,891 | 16.10% | 760 | 2.50% | 33 | 0.11% | 19,813 | 65.20% | 30,388 |
| San Luis Obispo | 7,192 | 74.88% | 2,027 | 21.10% | 386 | 4.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,165 | 53.77% | 9,605 |
| San Mateo | 18,556 | 85.44% | 2,361 | 10.87% | 781 | 3.60% | 21 | 0.10% | 16,195 | 74.57% | 21,719 |
| Santa Barbara | 10,611 | 80.80% | 2,156 | 16.42% | 350 | 2.67% | 15 | 0.11% | 8,455 | 64.38% | 13,132 |
| Santa Clara | 35,991 | 79.21% | 8,088 | 17.80% | 1,277 | 2.81% | 83 | 0.18% | 27,903 | 61.41% | 45,439 |
| Santa Cruz | 8,222 | 73.86% | 2,598 | 23.34% | 296 | 2.66% | 16 | 0.14% | 5,624 | 50.52% | 11,132 |
| Shasta | 4,033 | 79.34% | 854 | 16.80% | 196 | 3.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,179 | 62.54% | 5,083 |
| Sierra | 827 | 81.88% | 157 | 15.54% | 26 | 2.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 670 | 66.34% | 1,010 |
| Siskiyou | 5.511 | 78.74% | 1,223 | 17.47% | 265 | 3.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,288 | 61.27% | 6,999 |
| Solano | 9,658 | 82.22% | 1,745 | 14.86% | 343 | 2.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,913 | 67.37% | 11,746 |
| Sonoma | 16,788 | 79.56% | 3,855 | 18.27% | 458 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 12,933 | 61.29% | 21,101 |
| Stanislaus | 7,860 | 54.89% | 5,866 | 40.97% | 546 | 3.81% | 47 | 0.33% | 1,994 | 13.93% | 14,319 |
| Sutter | 3,284 | 76.98% | 848 | 19.88% | 134 | 3.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,436 | 57.10% | 4,266 |
| Tehama | 2,488 | 60.34% | 1,444 | 35.02% | 183 | 4.44% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,044 | 25.32% | 4,123 |
| Trinity | 928 | 79.32% | 182 | 15.56% | 60 | 5.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 746 | 63.76% | 1,170 |
| Tulare | 10,286 | 62.76% | 5,517 | 33.66% | 557 | 3.40% | 30 | 0.18% | 4,769 | 29.10% | 16,390 |
| Tuolumne | 2,234 | 75.35% | 618 | 20.84% | 113 | 3.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,616 | 54.50% | 2,965 |
| Ventura | 8,130 | 73.24% | 2,610 | 23.51% | 345 | 3.11% | 16 | 0.14% | 5,520 | 49.73% | 11,101 |
| Yolo | 4,206 | 77.06% | 1,147 | 21.02% | 97 | 1.78% | 8 | 0.15% | 3,059 | 56.05% | 5,458 |
| Yuba | 2,363 | 84.73% | 360 | 12.91% | 62 | 2.22% | 4 | 0.14% | 2,003 | 71.82% | 2,789 |
| Total | 999,393 | 72.15% | 333,973 | 24.11% | 50,480 | 3.64% | 1,283 | 0.09% | 665,420 | 48.04% | 1,385,129 |
Notes
- ^ Disqualified after losing the Republican primary
References
- ^ a b c d California Secretary of State. Statement of Vote at Primary Election held on August 26, 1930 in the State of California. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. pp. 4–5. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ a b California Secretary of State. Statement of Vote at General Election held on November 4, 1930 in the State of California. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. p. 4. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
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