1914 California gubernatorial election

1914 California gubernatorial election

November 3, 1914

Nominee Hiram Johnson John D. Fredericks Party Progressive Republican Popular vote 460,495 271,990 Percentage 49.6% 29.3%   Nominee John B. Curtin Noble A. Richardson Party Democratic Socialist Popular vote 116,121 50,716 Percentage 12.5% 5.5%

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 William Howard Taft administration led many Republicans to join former President Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party, with Johnson running as the vice-presidential nominee in the 1912 presidential election. Despite losing the election, and winning California by fewer than 200 votes, Johnson was supremely popular in California. He was re-elected in 1914 as governor on the Progressive Party ticket, nearly tripling his vote from 1910 as a Republican, and was elected and reelected as U.S. 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	John 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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