How would you have voted?: California Gubernatorial Elections

[Phony Moderate]

1946: Earl Warren (Republican/Democratic/Progressive)
1950: Earl Warren (Republican)
1954: Goodwin Knight (Republican)
1958: Pat Brown (Democratic)
1962: Pat Brown (Democratic)
1966: Pat Brown (Democratic)
1970: Jesse Unruh (Democratic)
1974: Jerry Brown (Democratic)
1978: Jerry Brown (Democratic)
1982: Tom Bradley (Democratic)
1986: Tom Bradley (Democratic)
1990: Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)
1994: Kathleen Brown (Democratic)
1998: Gray Davis (Democratic)
2002: Peter Camejo (Green)
2003 (recall) No on recall, Peter Camejo (Green)
2006: Phil Angelides (Democratic)
2010: Jerry Brown (Democratic)

[Grumpier Than Thou]

1946: James Roosevelt
1950: James Roosevelt
1954: Goodwin Knight
1958: William Knowland
1962: Richard Nixon
1966: Ronald Reagan
1970: Ronald Reagan
1974: Jerry Brown
1978: Evelle Younger
1982: Dan Dougherty
1986: Joseph Fuhrig
1990: Pete Wilson
1994: Pete Wilson
1998: Gray Davis
2002: Gray Davis
2003 (recall): No on recall, Tom McClintock
2006: Art Oliver
2010: Meg Whitman

[Kitteh]

1910: Hiram Johnson (Republican)
1914: Hiram Johnson (Progressive)
1918: Henry Roser (Socialist)
1922: Alexander Horr (Socialist)
1926: Upton Sinclar (Socialist)
1930: Upton Sinclar (Socialist)
1934: Upton Sinclar (Democratic)
1938: Culbert L. Olson (Democratic)
1942: Culbert L. Olson (Democratic)
1946: Earl Warren (Republican/Democratic/Progressive)
1950: Earl Warren (Republican)
1954: Goodwin Knight (Republican)
1958: Pat Brown (Democratic)
1962: Pat Brown (Democratic)
1962: Pat Brown (Democratic)
1966: Pat Brown (Democratic)
1970: Jesse Unruh (Democratic)
1974: Jerry Brown (Democratic)
1978: Jerry Brown (Democratic)
1982: Tom Bradley (Democratic)
1986: Tom Bradley (Democratic)
1990: Maria Elizabeth Muñoz (Peace and Freedom)
1994: Kathleen Brown (Democratic)
1998: Gray Davis (Democratic)
2002: Peter Camejo (Green)
2003 Recall: No, Cruz Bustamante (Democratic)
2006: Phil Angelides (Democratic)
2010: Laura Wells (Green)

[TNF]

1946: James Roosevelt (D)
1950: James Roosevelt (D)
1954: Goodwin J. Knight (R)
1958: Pat Brown (D)
1962: Pat Brown (D)
1966: Pat Brown (D)
1970: Jesse Unruh (D)
1974: Jerry Brown (D)
1978: Jerry Brown (D)
1982: Tom Bradley (D)
1986: Tom Bradley (D)
1990: Dianne Feinstein (D)
1994: Pete Wilson (R)
1998: Gray Davis (D)
2002: Peter Camejo (G)
2003: Cruz Bustamante (D)
2006: Phil Angelides (D)
2010: Jerry Brown (D)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

1930: Jim Rolph (Republican)
1934: Frank Merriam (Republican)
1938: Frank Merriam (Republican)
1942: Earl Warren (Republican)
1946: Earl Warren (Republican)
1950: Earl Warren (Republican)
1954: Goodwin Knight (Republican)
1958: William Knowland (Republican)
1962: Richard Nixon (Republican) (Although I wouldn't have been enthusiastic about him)
1966: Ronald Reagan (Republican) (Reluctantly)
1970: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1974: Houston Flournoy (Republican)
1978: Evelle J. Younger (Republican)
1982: George Deukmejian (Republican)
1986: George Deukmejian (Republican)
1990: Pete Wilson (Republican)
1994: Pete Wilson (Republican)
1998: Dan Lungren (Republican)
2002: Bill Simon (Republican)
2003: Yes on recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican)
2006: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican)
2010: Meg Whitman (Republican)


I probably would've voted for Hiram Johnson, too (as a Republican, but not as a Progressive.)

1954: Earl Warren (R)

Don't you mean Goodwin Knight?  He was the Republican candidate that year, and Earl Warren was Chief Justice.

[Maxwell]

1942: Culbert Olson (Democrat)
1946: Robert Walker Kenney (Democrat in the Primary)
1950: Earl Warren (Republican)
1954: Goodwin Knight (Republican)
1958: Pat Brown (Democrat)
1962: Pat Brown (Democrat)
1966: Ronald Reagan (Republican) (Reluctantly)
1970: Ronald Reagan (Republican) (Reluctant, still)
1974: Jerry Brown (Democrat)
1978: Jerry Brown (Democrat)
1982: George Deukmejian (Republican)
1986: George Deukmejian (Republican)
1990: Pete Wilson (Republican)
1994: Pete Wilson (Republican)
1998: Dan Lungren (Republican)
2002: Bill Simon (Republican)
2003: Yes on recall, Tom McClintock (Republican)
2006: Art Olivier (Libertarian)
2010: Dale Ogden (Libertarian) (Though Brown's old libertarianish rhetoric almost makes me want to vote for him)

[Donerail]

1946: Robert W. Kenny (I) (concentration camps)
1950: James Roosevelt (D)
1954: Goodwin Knight (R)
1958: Pat Brown (D) (not a Nixon fan)
1962: Pat Brown (D)
1966: Pat Brown (D) (nor a Reagan fan)
1970: Jesse Unruh (D)
1974: Jerry Brown (D)
1978: Jerry Brown (D)
1982: George Deukmeijan (R) (fiscal stuff)
1986: George Deukmejian (R)
1990: Pete Wilson (R)
1994: Pete Wilson (R)
1998: Gray Davis (D) (education)
2002: Peter Camejo (G) (support 3rd parties)
2003: Yes on recall, Tom McClintock (R)
2006: Art Olivier (L)
2010: Jerry Brown (D)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Nobody seems to want to admit that they would've voted for Schwarzenegger (at least in the moment.)

[Peter the Lefty]

1906: Austin Lewis (Socialist)
1910: J. Stitt Wilson
1914: Noble A. Richardson (Socialist) (Johnson supported the Alien Land Law of 1913)
1918: Henry H. Roser (Socialist)
1922: Alexander Horr (Socialist)
1926: Upton Sinclair (Socialist)
1930: Upton Sinclair (Socialist)
1934: Upton Sinclair (Democratic)
1938: Culbert L. Olson (Democratic)
1942: Spoiled ballot.  They both supported the internment of Japanese Americans.
1946: Earl Warren (Progressive)
1950: Earl Warren (Republican)
1954: Richard P. Graves (Democratic)
1958: Pat Brown (Democratic) though reluctantly, since he was a social conservative
1962: Pat Brown (Democratic)
1966: Pat Brown (Democratic)
1970: Jesse M. Unruh (Democratic)
1974: Joseph Alioto in the Democratic Primary.  Jerry Brown (Democratic) in the general.  Elizabeth Kealey (Peace & Freedom) with hindsight.
1978: Marilyn Seals (Peace & Freedom)
1982: Tom Bradley (Democratic)
1986: Tom Bradley (Democratic)
1990: John Van De Kamp in the Dem primary.  Maria Elizabeth Munoz (Peace & Freedom) in the general.
1994: Tom Hayden in the primary.  Grudgingly Kathleen Brown (Democratic) in the general.
1998: Michael Palitz in the primary.  Dan Hamburg (Green) in the general.  
2002: Peter Camejo (Green)
2003: Peter Camejo (Green)
2006: Phil Angelides (Democratic)
2010: Laura Wells (Green)

[CountryRoads]

1946: Albert P. Clark (I)
1950: James Roosevelt (D)
1954: Richard P. Graves (D)
1958: William F. Knowland (R)
1962: Richard Nixon (R)
1966: Ronald Reagan (R)
1970: Ronald Reagan (R)
1974: Jerry Brown (D)
1978: Evelle Younger (R)
1982: George Deukmejian (R)
1986: George Deukmejian (R)
1990: Pete Wilson (R)
1994: Pete Wilson (R)
1998: Gray Davis (D)
2002: Bill Simon (R)
2003: (recall): Yes on recall, Tom McClintock (R)
2006: Edward C. Noonan (AI)
2010: John Ogden (L)


Last two elections had absolutely horrible GOP nominees. Tbh, I can not see myself supporting a major party in CA for the next few elections at least.

[angus]

Only two elections actually up during the years I lived there.  Well, only two for governor.  In November 2002 I voted for Peter Miguel Camejo.  He actually won over 5 percent of the votes that year, which is very impressive for a candidate for statewide office who isn't a Democrat or a Republican.  It probably says more about Davis than about Camejo, though.  Then in October of 2003 I voted for a gay socialist lawyer from Los Angeles for governor.  Man, I loved that election.  It had four questions.  I forget how I voted, but on each one I voted with a majority of the public.  California is the only state I've ever lived in where I generally vote with the majority on the yes/no questions.  That never happened in Massachusetts, Iowa, Mississippi, Texas, New York, or Florida.  I haven't lived in Pennsylvania long enough to find out, so I don't know if that'll be the case here.  Anyway, the first part of that ballot had four questions, one of which was something like, "Do you want to recall Gray Davis?"  The second part of the ballot had candidates that you vote for in the event that he is recalled by a majority of California voters.  There were about 125 named candidates and something like 40 legitimate write-in candidates.  165 choices for governor?!  How great is that?  There's something for everybody.  You almost never get a choice like that!  Usually there are four or five.  Or, as in the case with Pennsylvania, two.  So you have to hold your nose and pick the one you dislike the least.  But on that election there was everything from a Korean Elvis impersonator to a porn star.  I looked at the biographical sketches and answers of each one, and took it pretty seriously.  I think it was the first and only time I ever voted for a socialist for governor.  Anyway, my guy came in tenth.  10th out of 165.  Not too bad.

I'm not sure about the rest of those elections.  1946?  Who the hell knows?  I wasn't even born yet.  But I know who I actually did vote for when I was there.  And it certainly never was Gray Davis and it never was Arnold Schwarzenegger.  

[SPC]

1958: Bill Knowland
1962: Abstain
1966: Abstain
1970: Bill Shearer
1974: Elizabeth Keathley
1978: Ed Clark
1982: Dan Doherty
1986: Joseph Fuhrig
1990: Dennis Thompson
1994: Richard Rider
1998: Steve Kubby
2002: Gary Copeland
2003: Yes on recall, Tom McClintock
2006: Art Olivier
2010: Dale Ogden

[Supermariobros]

1934:Upton Sinclair Democrat
1938:Culbert Olson Democrat
1942:Culbert Olson Democrat
1946:Earl Warren Republican
1950:James Roosevelt Democrat
1954:Goodwin Night Republican
1958:Pat Brown Democrat
1962:Richard Nixon Republican
1966:Ronald Reagen Republican
1970:Ronald Reagen Republican
1974:Housin L Flourny Republican
1978:Eville J Younger Republican
1982:Bill Bradley Democrat
1986:George Deukmejin Republican
1990:Pete Wilson Republican
1994:Pete Wilson Republican
1998:Dan Lungren Republican
2002:Bill Simon Republican
2003:Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican + Yes on recall
2006:Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican
2010:Jerry Brown Democrat
2014:Republican nominee