1914 California gubernatorial election

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1914 California gubernatorial election
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Nominee Hiram Johnson John D. Fredericks
Party Progressive Republican
Popular vote 460,495 271,990
Percentage 49.6% 29.3%

 
Nominee J.B. Curtin Noble A. Richardson
Party Democratic Socialist
Popular vote 116,121 50,716
Percentage 12.5% 5.5%

1914 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Johnson:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
Fredericks:      30–40%      40–50%

Governor before election

Hiram Johnson
Progressive

Elected Governor

Hiram Johnson
Progressive

The 1914 California gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914. Hiram Johnson was elected in 1910 as a member of the Republican Party. Dissatisfaction with the conservatism of the Taft administration led many Republicans to join former President Roosevelt's Progressive Party, with Johnson served as the Vice-Presidential candidate in the 1912 presidential election. Despite losing the general election, and winning California by less than 200 votes, Johnson was supremely popular in California. He was re-elected in 1914 as governor under the Progressive Party ticket, nearly tripling his vote from 1910 as a Republican, and was elected and reelected as Senator many times until his death in 1945.

General election results[]

1914 gubernatorial election, California
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Hiram W. Johnson (incumbent) 460,495 49.69% New party
Republican John D. Fredericks 271,990 29.35% -16.59%
Democratic J. B. Curtin 116,121 12.53% -27.61%
Socialist Noble A. Richardson 50,716 5.47% -6.93%
Prohibition Clinton P. Moore 27,345 2.95 n/a
Total votes 926,667 100.0%
Progressive gain from Republican Swing

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