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The 1886 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886, to elect the governor of California.

Results

California gubernatorial election, 1886^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Washington Bartlett	84,965	43.43
	Republican	John Franklin Swift	84,316	43.10
	Nonpartisan	Charles C. O'Donnell^[2]	12,227	6.25
	Know Nothing	Peter D. Wigginton	7,377	3.77
	Prohibition	Joel Russell	6,432	3.29
	Other	Write-ins	336	0.17
Total votes			195,653	100
	Democratic hold