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The 1938 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938. Culbert L. Olson had defeated John F. Dockweiler and James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor for the Democratic nomination, while incumbent governor Frank F. Merriam defeated George J. Hatfield for the Republican nomination. Merriam had angered the left and the right throughout his tenure as governor. Due to this Olson won by a large margin, receiving 52% of the vote to Merriam's 44%. This was the first election since 1894 in which a Democrat was elected Governor of California, as well as the first election since 1882 in which a Democrat won with more than 50% of the vote. 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.

General election results

1938 gubernatorial election, California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Culbert L. Olson	1,391,734	52.49	+14.74
	Republican	Frank F. Merriam (incumbent)	1,171,019	44.17	-4.70
	Progressive	Raymond L. Haight	64,418	2.43	-10.56
	Commonwealth Party	Robert Noble	23,787	0.90	N/A
Total votes			2,650,958	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

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