1930 California gubernatorial election
November 4, 1930
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The 1930 California gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930. San Francisco mayor James Rolph was elected in a landslide over Milton K. Young. This was the last of three consecutive elections in which the incumbent lost the Republican primary.
In the Republican primary, Rolph defeated incumbent governor C. C. Young and Los Angeles County district attorney Buron Fitts in a three-way race. Fitts won the Prohibition Party primary, but under the Hawson amendment, he was not able to accept the nomination, because he lost his own party's primary. Milton K. Young won the Democratic primary without intraparty opposition.
For the second consecutive election, the Republican nominee won a landslide. Rolph became the second candidate (after Young in 1926) to sweep every county in a governor's election, and set new records with over 72 percent of the vote and a majority of over 665,000 votes over Young.
Primary election results
Candidates
- Buron Fitts (R), Los Angeles County District Attorney
- James Rolph Jr. (R), Mayor of San Francisco
- C. C. Young (R), incumbent Governor
- Clara Shortridge Foltz (R), Deputy District Attorney of Los Angeles County
- Milton K. Young (D) (also cross-filed in Republican primary)
- Upton Sinclair (S), writer and activist
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Rolph Jr. | 377,390 | 36.15% | |
| Republican | C. C. Young (incumbent) | 356,765 | 34.17% | |
| Republican | Buron Fitts | 292,743 | 28.04% | |
| Republican | Milton K. Young | 15,583 | 1.30% | |
| Republican | Clara Shortridge Foltz | 3,570 | 0.34% | |
| Total votes | 1,044,051 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Milton K. Young | 93,499 | 81.35% | |
| Democratic | James Rolph Jr. (write-in) | 9,271 | 8.07% | |
| Democratic | C. C. Young (write-in) | 6,809 | 5.92% | |
| Democratic | Buron Fitts (write-in) | 5,357 | 4.66% | |
| Total votes | 114,936 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 3,367 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,367 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Buron Fitts (write-in)[a] | 1,967 | 67.62% | |
| Prohibition | C. C. Young (write-in) | 942 | 32.38% | |
| Total votes | 2,909 | 100.00% | ||
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Rolph Jr. | 999,393 | 72.15% | +0.93% | |
| Democratic | Milton K. Young | 333,973 | 24.11% | −0.58% | |
| Socialist | Upton Sinclair | 50,480 | 3.64% | −0.37% | |
| Scattering | 1,283 | 0.09% | |||
| Majority | 665,420 | 48.04% | |||
| Total votes | 1,385,129 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +1.51% | |||
Results by county
| County | James Rolph Republican |
Milton K. Young Democratic |
Upton Sinclair Socialist |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 108,258 | 81.08% | 18,797 | 14.08% | 6,139 | 4.60% | 334 | 0.25% | 89,461 | 67.00% | 133,528 |
| Alpine | 56 | 96.55% | 1 | 1.72% | 1 | 1.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 55 | 94.83% | 58 |
| Amador | 1,278 | 82.29% | 245 | 15.78% | 30 | 1.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,033 | 66.52% | 1,553 |
| Butte | 6,991 | 72.78% | 2,236 | 23.28% | 379 | 3.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,755 | 49.50% | 9,606 |
| Calaveras | 1,696 | 79.51% | 359 | 16.83% | 70 | 3.28% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,337 | 62.68% | 2,133 |
| Colusa | 2,214 | 73.46% | 745 | 24.72% | 55 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,469 | 48.74% | 3,014 |
| Contra Costa | 15,673 | 80.24% | 3,134 | 16.04% | 726 | 3.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 12,539 | 64.19% | 19,533 |
| Del Norte | 1,600 | 86.02% | 203 | 10.91% | 57 | 3.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,397 | 75.11% | 1,860 |
| El Dorado | 2,299 | 80.81% | 463 | 16.27% | 83 | 2.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,836 | 64.53% | 2,845 |
| Fresno | 25,211 | 69.60% | 9,925 | 27.40% | 1,068 | 2.95% | 18 | 0.05% | 15,286 | 42.20% | 36,222 |
| Glenn | 2,326 | 68.84% | 961 | 28.44% | 86 | 2.55% | 6 | 0.18% | 1,365 | 40.40% | 3,379 |
| Humboldt | 11,594 | 86.24% | 1,452 | 10.80% | 398 | 2.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,142 | 75.44% | 13,444 |
| Imperial | 6,509 | 70.44% | 2,475 | 26.78% | 257 | 2.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,034 | 43.65% | 9,241 |
| Inyo | 1,800 | 76.01% | 474 | 20.02% | 94 | 3.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,326 | 56.00% | 2,368 |
| Kern | 13,388 | 75.08% | 3,890 | 21.81% | 554 | 3.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,498 | 53.26% | 17,832 |
| Kings | 4,563 | 69.20% | 1,831 | 27.77% | 198 | 3.00% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,732 | 41.43% | 6,594 |
| Lake | 2,266 | 73.00% | 736 | 23.71% | 99 | 3.19% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,530 | 49.29% | 3,104 |
| Lassen | 2,223 | 77.40% | 542 | 18.87% | 107 | 3.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,681 | 58.53% | 2,872 |
| Los Angeles | 299,417 | 61.77% | 164,656 | 33.97% | 20,075 | 4.14% | 565 | 0.12% | 134,761 | 27.80% | 484,713 |
| Madera | 3,060 | 66.74% | 1,375 | 29.99% | 146 | 3.18% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,685 | 36.75% | 4,585 |
| Marin | 11,775 | 86.01% | 1,447 | 10.57% | 468 | 3.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,328 | 75.44% | 13,690 |
| Mariposa | 747 | 79.64% | 165 | 17.59% | 26 | 2.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 582 | 62.05% | 938 |
| Mendocino | 6,833 | 79.69% | 1,496 | 17.45% | 224 | 2.61% | 21 | 0.24% | 5,337 | 62.25% | 8,574 |
| Merced | 4,987 | 65.84% | 2,325 | 30.70% | 262 | 3.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,662 | 35.15% | 7,574 |
| Modoc | 1,181 | 76.14% | 322 | 20.76% | 48 | 3.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 859 | 55.38% | 1,551 |
| Mono | 394 | 82.95% | 58 | 12.21% | 23 | 4.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 336 | 70.74% | 475 |
| Monterey | 8,368 | 79.22% | 1,870 | 17.70% | 325 | 3.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,498 | 61.52% | 10,563 |
| Napa | 5,658 | 77.53% | 1,498 | 20.53% | 135 | 1.85% | 7 | 0.10% | 4,160 | 57.00% | 7,298 |
| Nevada | 3,482 | 82.20% | 614 | 14.49% | 140 | 3.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,868 | 67.71% | 4,236 |
| Orange | 18,039 | 55.22% | 14,019 | 42.91% | 601 | 1.84% | 8 | 0.02% | 4,020 | 12.31% | 32,667 |
| Placer | 4,847 | 76.81% | 1,194 | 18.92% | 269 | 4.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,653 | 57.89% | 6,310 |
| Plumas | 1,659 | 84.56% | 252 | 12.84% | 51 | 2.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,407 | 71.71% | 1,962 |
| Riverside | 10,789 | 72.42% | 3,612 | 24.24% | 497 | 3.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,177 | 48.17% | 14,898 |
| Sacramento | 30,685 | 86.13% | 4,082 | 11.46% | 858 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 26,603 | 74.68% | 35,625 |
| San Benito | 1,816 | 74.92% | 556 | 22.94% | 45 | 1.86% | 7 | 0.29% | 1,260 | 51.98% | 2,424 |
| San Bernardino | 19,457 | 67.99% | 8,242 | 28.80% | 919 | 3.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,215 | 39.19% | 28,618 |
| San Diego | 41,835 | 72.49% | 13,985 | 24.23% | 1,887 | 3.27% | 2 | 0.00% | 27,850 | 48.26% | 57,709 |
| San Francisco | 130,547 | 86.11% | 15,189 | 10.02% | 5,845 | 3.86% | 17 | 0.01% | 115,358 | 76.09% | 151,598 |
| San Joaquin | 24,704 | 81.30% | 4,891 | 16.10% | 760 | 2.50% | 33 | 0.11% | 19,813 | 65.20% | 30,388 |
| San Luis Obispo | 7,192 | 74.88% | 2,027 | 21.10% | 386 | 4.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,165 | 53.77% | 9,605 |
| San Mateo | 18,556 | 85.44% | 2,361 | 10.87% | 781 | 3.60% | 21 | 0.10% | 16,195 | 74.57% | 21,719 |
| Santa Barbara | 10,611 | 80.80% | 2,156 | 16.42% | 350 | 2.67% | 15 | 0.11% | 8,455 | 64.38% | 13,132 |
| Santa Clara | 35,991 | 79.21% | 8,088 | 17.80% | 1,277 | 2.81% | 83 | 0.18% | 27,903 | 61.41% | 45,439 |
| Santa Cruz | 8,222 | 73.86% | 2,598 | 23.34% | 296 | 2.66% | 16 | 0.14% | 5,624 | 50.52% | 11,132 |
| Shasta | 4,033 | 79.34% | 854 | 16.80% | 196 | 3.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,179 | 62.54% | 5,083 |
| Sierra | 827 | 81.88% | 157 | 15.54% | 26 | 2.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 670 | 66.34% | 1,010 |
| Siskiyou | 5.511 | 78.74% | 1,223 | 17.47% | 265 | 3.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,288 | 61.27% | 6,999 |
| Solano | 9,658 | 82.22% | 1,745 | 14.86% | 343 | 2.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,913 | 67.37% | 11,746 |
| Sonoma | 16,788 | 79.56% | 3,855 | 18.27% | 458 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 12,933 | 61.29% | 21,101 |
| Stanislaus | 7,860 | 54.89% | 5,866 | 40.97% | 546 | 3.81% | 47 | 0.33% | 1,994 | 13.93% | 14,319 |
| Sutter | 3,284 | 76.98% | 848 | 19.88% | 134 | 3.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,436 | 57.10% | 4,266 |
| Tehama | 2,488 | 60.34% | 1,444 | 35.02% | 183 | 4.44% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,044 | 25.32% | 4,123 |
| Trinity | 928 | 79.32% | 182 | 15.56% | 60 | 5.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 746 | 63.76% | 1,170 |
| Tulare | 10,286 | 62.76% | 5,517 | 33.66% | 557 | 3.40% | 30 | 0.18% | 4,769 | 29.10% | 16,390 |
| Tuolumne | 2,234 | 75.35% | 618 | 20.84% | 113 | 3.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,616 | 54.50% | 2,965 |
| Ventura | 8,130 | 73.24% | 2,610 | 23.51% | 345 | 3.11% | 16 | 0.14% | 5,520 | 49.73% | 11,101 |
| Yolo | 4,206 | 77.06% | 1,147 | 21.02% | 97 | 1.78% | 8 | 0.15% | 3,059 | 56.05% | 5,458 |
| Yuba | 2,363 | 84.73% | 360 | 12.91% | 62 | 2.22% | 4 | 0.14% | 2,003 | 71.82% | 2,789 |
| Total | 999,393 | 72.15% | 333,973 | 24.11% | 50,480 | 3.64% | 1,283 | 0.09% | 665,420 | 48.04% | 1,385,129 |
Notes
- ^ Disqualified after losing the Republican primary
References
- ^ a b c d California Secretary of State. Statement of Vote at Primary Election held on August 26, 1930 in the State of California. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. pp. 4–5. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ a b California Secretary of State. Statement of Vote at General Election held on November 4, 1930 in the State of California. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. p. 4. Retrieved July 19, 2024.