1970 California gubernatorial election County resultsReagan : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Unruh : 40–50% 50–60%
The 1970 California gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. The incumbent governor , Republican Ronald Reagan , won re-election over Democrat and Speaker of the Assembly Jesse Unruh . This would be the closest victory of Ronald Reagan's entire political career .
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Other primaries [ edit ] American Independent Party [ edit ] Peace and Freedom Party [ edit ] Candidate # of votes[4] : 52 % of votes Ricardo Romo 6,214 63.5 Warren A. Nielsen 3,569 36.5
General election results [ edit ] Results by county [ edit ] County results[4] : 43 County Reagan Votes Unruh Votes Others Votes Mono 73.09% 1,350 24.91% 460 2.00% 37 Orange 66.89% 308,982 31.48% 145,420 1.63% 7,538 Alpine 66.34% 203 29.08% 89 4.58% 14 Sutter 64.48% 9,084 34.15% 4,811 1.38% 194 Inyo 63.50% 4,006 34.90% 2,202 1.60% 101 Calaveras 63.10% 3,499 35.11% 1,947 1.79% 99 Butte 62.82% 22,656 34.82% 12,558 2.35% 849 San Diego 60.11% 253,378 37.51% 158,098 2.38% 10,047 Santa Barbara 60.10% 51,523 37.56% 32,202 2.33% 2,000 San Benito 59.54% 3,134 37.86% 1,993 2.60% 137 Nevada 59.45% 6,756 39.09% 4,442 1.46% 166 Modoc 59.40% 1,760 38.41% 1,138 2.19% 65 Glenn 59.37% 3,805 38.73% 2,482 1.90% 122 Ventura 58.64% 63,790 38.93% 42,350 2.44% 2,651 Sonoma 58.60% 44,823 39.16% 29,953 2.24% 1,711 Imperial 58.47% 10,636 38.51% 7,006 3.02% 550 Lake 58.18% 5,317 40.30% 3,683 1.52% 139 Santa Cruz 58.07% 26,679 39.58% 18,186 2.35% 1,079 Colusa 57.69% 2,302 40.78% 1,627 1.53% 61 Tulare 57.69% 27,564 40.45% 19,327 1.86% 888 Mariposa 57.46% 1,568 40.71% 1,111 1.83% 50 Del Norte 57.13% 2,755 41.00% 1,977 1.87% 90 Monterey 56.63% 33,691 41.19% 24,508 2.18% 1,297 Riverside 56.60% 81,768 41.13% 59,425 2.27% 3,273 El Dorado 56.59% 7,932 41.51% 5,818 1.90% 267 San Bernardino 56.57% 107,219 40.66% 77,069 2.76% 5,240 Marin 56.56% 43,092 41.38% 31,525 2.06% 1,571 San Luis Obispo 55.84% 18,301 41.98% 13,758 2.19% 717 Napa 55.29% 16,844 42.73% 13,018 1.98% 603 San Joaquin 55.25% 50,631 43.10% 39,495 1.65% 1,515 Kern 55.19% 54,216 42.52% 41,768 2.28% 2,244 Yuba 54.74% 5,305 43.93% 4,258 1.33% 129 San Mateo 54.31% 109,356 43.74% 88,069 1.96% 3,941 Tuolumne 53.74% 4,567 44.46% 3,779 1.80% 153 Mendocino 53.33% 9,134 44.46% 7,614 2.21% 378 Contra Costa 53.15% 106,965 45.30% 91,156 1.55% 3,123 Amador 53.12% 2,866 45.32% 2,445 1.56% 84 Tehama 52.46% 5,500 45.97% 4,819 1.57% 165 Santa Clara 51.47% 172,562 46.10% 154,570 2.43% 8,158 Humboldt 51.12% 16,778 46.41% 15,232 2.47% 810 Los Angeles 50.74% 1,173,161 47.40% 1,095,899 1.87% 43,203 Trinity 50.21% 1,643 47.34% 1,549 2.44% 80 Merced 49.64% 12,117 48.50% 11,840 1.86% 454 Siskiyou 49.58% 6,092 48.18% 5,920 2.25% 276 Placer 49.37% 13,886 48.89% 13,751 1.75% 491 Kings 49.11% 8,068 49.52% 8,134 1.37% 225 Madera 48.94% 6,205 49.72% 6,304 1.33% 169 Fresno 48.74% 60,644 49.67% 61,801 1.59% 1,979 Solano 48.43% 21,939 47.64% 21,583 3.93% 1,780 Sierra 46.92% 617 51.25% 674 1.83% 24 Sacramento 46.04% 105,523 52.52% 120,365 1.44% 3,303 Stanislaus 45.07% 29,157 53.34% 34,510 1.59% 1,031 Plumas 44.97% 2,280 52.82% 2,678 2.21% 112 Lassen 44.93% 2,494 52.44% 2,911 2.63% 146 Shasta 43.93% 11,864 54.22% 14,643 1.85% 499 Alameda 43.05% 162,727 54.68% 206,693 2.27% 8,566 San Francisco 41.97% 106,606 55.44% 140,829 2.59% 6,583 Yolo 41.01% 12,344 56.92% 17,135 2.07% 624
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Obituary for Florence Vallejos Douglas" . Escondido Times-Advocate . April 6, 1982. p. 19.{{cite news }}
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link ) ^ a b c d Scammon, Ricard M. (1972). America Votes 9: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics . Washington, D.C.: CQ Press . ISBN 0-87187-033-9 . ^ Anderson, Totton J.; Bell, Charles G. (June 1971). "The 1970 Election in California". The Western Political Quarterly . 24 (2): 252–273. doi :10.2307/446870 . JSTOR 446870 . ^ "1970 Gubernatorial General Election Results – California" . uselectionatlas.org . Retrieved December 5, 2015 . External links [ edit ]