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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
Candidates
Walter Clarke Buchanan
Jack Clapper
Florence Douglas, mayor of Vallejo since 1955
Raymond Haight Jr., high school history teacher, anti-war advocate, and son of Raymond Haight
Harry May
Eddie Ramirez, Boyle Heights (Los Angeles) pharmacist
Joseph Ramos
Jesse M. Unruh , former Speaker of the California Assembly (1961–69) and Assemblyman from Marina del Rey
George Wagner
Sam Yorty , mayor of Los Angeles since 1961
Results
Other primaries
American Independent Party
Candidate
# of votes: 51
% of votes
William K. Shearer
14,069
61.5
Keith H. Greene
8,827
38.6
Peace and Freedom Party
Candidate
# of votes: 52
% of votes
Ricardo Romo
6,214
63.5
Warren A. Nielsen
3,569
36.5
General election results
Results by county
County results: 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
References
^ "Obituary for Florence Vallejos Douglas" . Escondido Times-Advocate . April 6, 1982. p. 19.
^ Fallows, James (December 15, 2009). "Raymond Haight Jr" . The Atlantic . Retrieved March 5, 2024 .
^ Ramos, George (July 31, 2000). "Heart of the Eastside" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 5, 2024 .
^ 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 .
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