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The California gubernatorial election, 1974 took place on November 5, 1974. The primary elections occurred on June 4, 1974. Incumbent Governor and former actor Ronald Reagan was retiring after two terms. Democratic Secretary of State Jerry Brown, son of former Governor Pat Brown, defeated Republican Controller Houston I. Flournoy in the general election.
[edit] Primary Results
[edit] Democratic Primary
[edit] Republican Party
[edit] Peace and Freedom Party
| Candidate |
# of votes[3] |
% of votes |
| Elizabeth Keathley |
2,111 |
28.1 |
| Lester Higby |
1,855 |
24.7 |
| C. T. Weber |
1,822 |
24.2 |
| Trudy Saposhnek |
1,417 |
18.8 |
| Scattering |
319 |
4.2 |
[edit] General Election Results
| 1974 gubernatorial election, California[4] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Democratic |
Jerry Brown |
3,131,648 |
50.1 |
+5.0 |
|
Republican |
Houston I. Flournoy |
2,952,954 |
47.3 |
-5.5 |
|
American Independent |
Edmon V. Kaiser |
83,869 |
1.3 |
+0.3 |
|
Peace and Freedom |
Elizabeth Keathley |
75,004 |
1.2 |
+0.2 |
| Total votes |
6,249,370 |
100.0% |
|
| Majority |
178,694 |
2.8 |
-4.9 |
| Turnout |
6,364,597 |
46.5 |
-8.0 |
|
Democratic gain from Republican |
Swing |
|
|
[edit] References
