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The California gubernatorial election, 1994 was held on November 8, 1994, in the midst of that year's Republican Revolution. In California's election for Governor, incumbent Republican Pete Wilson easily won re-election over his main challenger, Democrat State Treasurer Kathleen Brown.
[edit] Candidates
[edit] General Election
[edit] Primary elections
Held on June 3, 1994. Source: California Secretary of State[1]
[edit] Democratic Party
| Candidate |
# of votes |
% of votes |
| Kathleen Brown |
1,110,372 |
48.4 |
| John Garamendi |
755,876 |
32.9 |
| Tom Hayden |
318,777 |
13.9 |
| (Votes not cast) |
139,710 |
5.7 |
| Charles Pineda, Jr. |
57,314 |
2.5 |
| Jonathan Trip |
31,716 |
1.4 |
| Mark Calney |
21,121 |
1.0 |
[edit] Republican Party
| Candidate |
# of votes |
% of votes |
| Pete Wilson |
1,266,832 |
61.4 |
| Ron K. Unz |
707,431 |
34.3 |
| (Votes not cast) |
92,580 |
4.3 |
| Jim Hart |
44,083 |
2.1 |
| Louis D'Arrigo |
43,448 |
2.1 |
| Mike Eagles (write-in) |
34 |
0.0 |
[edit] General Election Results
Final results from the Secretary of State of California[2].
| 1994 gubernatorial election, California |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Republican |
Pete Wilson (incumbent) |
4,781,766 |
55.2 |
+5.9 |
|
Democratic |
Kathleen Brown |
3,519,799 |
40.6 |
-5.2 |
|
Libertarian |
Richard Rider |
149,281 |
1.7 |
+1.3 |
|
American Independent |
Jerome McCready |
133,870 |
1.5 |
+0.7 |
|
Peace and Freedom |
Gloria Estela LaRiva |
80,440 |
0.9 |
+0.8 |
| Total votes |
8,900,636 |
100.0% |
|
| Majority |
1,261,967 |
14.6 |
+10.9 |
| Turnout |
8,900,636 |
|
|
|
Republican hold |
Swing |
|
|
[edit] References
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- ^ [2]
[edit] External links
