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	Topics California gubernatorial election, 1970 Topic Home The California gubernatorial election, 1970 was held on November 3 1970. The incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent.... , Republican California Republican Party The California Republican Party is the California affiliate of the national Republican Party . Its chairman is Ron Nehring and is based in Burbank, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, California.... Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric .... , decisively won re-election over Democrat California Democratic Party The California Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the state of California. It is presently chaired by former State Senator Arthur Torres.... Jesse "Big Daddy" Unruh Jesse M. Unruh Jesse Marvin Unruh , also known as Big Daddy Unruh, was a prominent United States Democratic Party politician and the California State Treasurer.... . After leaving office in 1975, Reagan would be elected President of the United States President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition.... in 1980 United States presidential election, 1980 The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent United States Democratic Party Jimmy Carter and his United States Republican Party opponent, Ronald Reagan, along with Third party candidates, the Independent John B.... . le class="wikitable">
Jesse M. Unruh Jesse M. Unruh Jesse Marvin Unruh , also known as Big Daddy Unruh, was a prominent United States Democratic Party politician and the California State Treasurer....	1,602,690	64.0
Sam Yorty	659,494	26.4
George Wagner George Wagner George Raymond Wagner, or Gorgeous George was an United States Professional wrestling. In the United States, during the First Golden Age of Professional Wrestling in the 1940s-1950s, Gorgeous George gained mainstream popularity and became one of the biggest stars of this period, gaining media attention for his outrageous character, whi...	44,118	1.8
Florence Douglas Florence Douglas Florence Douglas was a West Indies cricketer from Trinidad and Tobago who played for her country in 1973.Douglas played in England for the Trinidad & Tobago Women's XI v....	43,456	1.7
Walter Clarke Buchanan Walter Clarke Buchanan Sir Walter Clarke Buchanan was a New Zealand politician. He was born in Kilmodan, Argyllshire, Scotland, attended Greenock Academy, and moved to Australia at the age of 18, where he became a farmer....	40,192	1.6
Eddie Ramirez	31,092	1.2
Joseph Ramos	25,874	1.0
Raymond Haight	20,328	0.8
Harry May	19,471	0.8
Jack Clapper	16,142	0.7
Samuel Reeve (write-in Write-in candidate A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person's name.... )	3	0.0

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# of votes

% of votes

William Kennedy Shearer

14,069

61.5

Keith H.

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The California gubernatorial election, 1970 was held on November 3 1970. The incumbent

Incumbent

The incumbent, in politics, is the holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent....
, Republican

California Republican Party

The California Republican Party is the California affiliate of the national Republican Party . Its chairman is Ron Nehring and is based in Burbank, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, California....
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
, decisively won re-election over Democrat

California Democratic Party

The California Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the state of California. It is presently chaired by former State Senator Arthur Torres....
Jesse "Big Daddy" Unruh

Jesse M. Unruh

Jesse Marvin Unruh , also known as Big Daddy Unruh, was a prominent United States Democratic Party politician and the California State Treasurer....
. After leaving office in 1975, Reagan would be elected President of the United States

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
in 1980

United States presidential election, 1980

The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent United States Democratic Party Jimmy Carter and his United States Republican Party opponent, Ronald Reagan, along with Third party candidates, the Independent John B....
.

Primary results

Democratic Party

Candidate	# of votes	% of votes
Jesse M. Unruh Jesse M. Unruh Jesse Marvin Unruh , also known as Big Daddy Unruh, was a prominent United States Democratic Party politician and the California State Treasurer....	1,602,690	64.0
Sam Yorty	659,494	26.4
George Wagner George Wagner George Raymond Wagner, or Gorgeous George was an United States Professional wrestling. In the United States, during the First Golden Age of Professional Wrestling in the 1940s-1950s, Gorgeous George gained mainstream popularity and became one of the biggest stars of this period, gaining media attention for his outrageous character, whi...	44,118	1.8
Florence Douglas Florence Douglas Florence Douglas was a West Indies cricketer from Trinidad and Tobago who played for her country in 1973.Douglas played in England for the Trinidad & Tobago Women's XI v....	43,456	1.7
Walter Clarke Buchanan Walter Clarke Buchanan Sir Walter Clarke Buchanan was a New Zealand politician. He was born in Kilmodan, Argyllshire, Scotland, attended Greenock Academy, and moved to Australia at the age of 18, where he became a farmer....	40,192	1.6
Eddie Ramirez	31,092	1.2
Joseph Ramos	25,874	1.0
Raymond Haight	20,328	0.8
Harry May	19,471	0.8
Jack Clapper	16,142	0.7
Samuel Reeve (write-in Write-in candidate A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person's name.... )	3	0.0

American Independent Party

Candidate	# of votes	% of votes
William Kennedy Shearer	14,069	61.5
Keith H. Greene	8,827	38.6

Peace and Freedom Party

Candidate	# of votes	% of votes
Ricardo Romo Ricardo Romo Dr. Ricardo Romo became the fifth president of The University of Texas at San Antonio in May 1999. As president, he leads one of the fastest growing institutions of higher education in Texas and the nation....	6,214	63.5
Warren A. Nielsen	3,569	36.5

General election results

Results by county

County	Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....	Votes	Unruh Jesse M. Unruh Jesse Marvin Unruh , also known as Big Daddy Unruh, was a prominent United States Democratic Party politician and the California State Treasurer....	Votes	Others	Votes
Mono Mono County, California Mono County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada....	73.09%	1,350	24.91%	460	2.00%	37
Orange Orange County, California Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....	66.89%	308,982	31.48%	145,420	1.63%	7,538
Alpine Alpine County, California Alpine County is the smallest List of California counties, by population, in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census , it had a population of 1,208....	66.34%	203	29.08%	89	4.58%	14
Sutter Sutter County, California Sutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento, California....	64.48%	9,084	34.15%	4,811	1.38%	194
Inyo Inyo County, California Inyo County is located in east-central California in the southwestern United States, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada and south of Yosemite National Park....	63.50%	4,006	34.90%	2,202	1.60%	101
Calaveras Calaveras County, California Calaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California. Calaveras is named for the Spanish word meaning skulls, reportedly for the bones of fighters left behind after an Indian war that were discovered by Captain Gabriel Moraga....	63.10%	3,499	35.11%	1,947	1.79%	99
Butte Butte County, California Butte County is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of the state capital, Sacramento, California....	62.82%	22,656	34.82%	12,558	2.35%	849
San Diego San Diego County, California San Diego County is a county located near the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California. The state of California estimates San Diego County's population as of 2008 to be 3,146,274 people, making it the second most populous county in California, ahead of its northwestern neighbor Orange County, California....	60.11%	253,378	37.51%	158,098	2.38%	10,047
Santa Barbara Santa Barbara County, California Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific Ocean coast of the Southern California portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County, California....	60.10%	51,523	37.56%	32,202	2.33%	2,000
San Benito San Benito County, California San Benito County is a county located in the California Coast Ranges Mountains of the U.S. state of California, south of San Jose, California. As of 2000 the population was 53,234....	59.54%	3,134	37.86%	1,993	2.60%	137
Nevada Nevada County, California Nevada County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, in the Mother Lode country. As of 2000 its population was 92,033....	59.45%	6,756	39.09%	4,442	1.46%	166
Modoc Modoc County, California Modoc County is a county located in the far northeast corner of the U.S. state of California, bounded by the state of Oregon to the north and the state of Nevada to the east....	59.40%	1,760	38.41%	1,138	2.19%	65
Glenn Glenn County, California Glenn County is a Counties of the United States located in the California Central Valley, in the northern part of the U.S. state of California....	59.37%	3,805	38.73%	2,482	1.90%	122
Ventura Ventura County, California Ventura County is a Counties of the United States in the southern part of the U.S. state of California . It is located on California's Pacific Ocean coast, and forms the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area....	58.64%	63,790	38.93%	42,350	2.44%	2,651
Sonoma Sonoma County, California Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of California, is one of the northernmost counties of the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, United States Its population at the 2000 census was 458,614....	58.60%	44,823	39.16%	29,953	2.24%	1,711
Imperial Imperial County, California Imperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley , in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, bordering both Arizona and Mexico....	58.47%	10,636	38.51%	7,006	3.02%	550
Lake Lake County, California Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. It takes its name from Clear Lake, the dominant geographic feature in the list of California counties and the largest natural lake wholly within California ....	58.18%	5,317	40.30%	3,683	1.52%	139
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz County, California Santa Cruz County is a county located on the Pacific Ocean coast of the U.S. state of California, just south of the San Francisco Bay Area. The county forms the northern coast of the Monterey Bay....	58.07%	26,679	39.58%	18,186	2.35%	1,079
Colusa Colusa County, California Colusa County is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, northwest of state capital Sacramento, California....	57.69%	2,302	40.78%	1,627	1.53%	61
Tulare Tulare County, California Tulare County is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno, California. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border ....	57.69%	27,564	40.45%	19,327	1.86%	888
Mariposa Mariposa County, California Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It lies north of Fresno, California, east of Merced, California, and southeast of Stockton, California....	57.46%	1,568	40.71%	1,111	1.83%	50
Del Norte Del Norte County, California Del Norte County is located at the far northwest corner of the U.S. state of California on the Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Oregon border. Del Norte is the abbreviated Spanish language nickname for "the land of the north" , and is known as "The Gateway to the Redwood Coast"....	57.13%	2,755	41.00%	1,977	1.87%	90
Monterey Monterey County, California Monterey County is a county located on the Pacific Ocean coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay....	56.63%	33,691	41.19%	24,508	2.18%	1,297
Riverside Riverside County, California Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County, California to the Colorado River , which is the border with Arizona....	56.60%	81,768	41.13%	59,425	2.27%	3,273
El Dorado El Dorado County, California El Dorado County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada . Its 2004 population was estimated to be 172,889, its 2000 population was 156,299....	56.59%	7,932	41.51%	5,818	1.90%	267
San Bernardino San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,709,434. As of 2007, the population was estimated by the California Department of Finance to have grown to 2,028,013....	56.57%	107,219	40.66%	77,069	2.76%	5,240
Marin Marin County, California Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, California....	56.56%	43,092	41.38%	31,525	2.06%	1,571
San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County, California San Luis Obispo County is a county located along the Pacific Ocean in the Central Coast of California of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles, California and the San Francisco Bay Area....	55.84%	18,301	41.98%	13,758	2.19%	717
Napa Napa County, California Napa County is a county located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is part of the Napa, California, Metropolitan Statistical Area....	55.29%	16,844	42.73%	13,018	1.98%	603
San Joaquin San Joaquin County, California San Joaquin County is a county located in California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of 2006, the population was approximately 620,000....	55.25%	50,631	43.10%	39,495	1.65%	1,515
Kern Kern County, California Kern County is a county located in the southern California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Established in 1866, it extends east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, and includes parts of the Indian Wells Valley, and the Antelope Valley, and has an area larger than the state of Connec...	55.19%	54,216	42.52%	41,768	2.28%	2,244
Yuba Yuba County, California Yuba County is located in the U.S. state of California's California Central Valley, north of Sacramento, California, along the Feather River. As of 2006 its population was 71,938 ....	54.74%	5,305	43.93%	4,258	1.33%	129
San Mateo San Mateo County, California San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, California, and north of Santa Clara County, California....	54.31%	109,356	43.74%	88,069	1.96%	3,941
Tuolumne Tuolumne County, California Tuolumne County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The northern half of Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of the county....	53.74%	4,567	44.46%	3,779	1.80%	153
Mendocino Mendocino County, California Mendocino County is a county located on the north coast of the U.S. state of California, north of the greater San Francisco Bay Area and west of the California Central Valley....	53.33%	9,134	44.46%	7,614	2.21%	378
Contra Costa Contra Costa County, California Contra Costa County is a primarily suburban list of California counties in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2006, the US Census Bureau estimated it had a population of 1,024,319....	53.15%	106,965	45.30%	91,156	1.55%	3,123
Amador Amador County, California Amador County is a list of California counties located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. As of 2005, the population was 38,471....	53.12%	2,866	45.32%	2,445	1.56%	84
Tehama Tehama County, California Tehama County is a county located in the Northern California part of the U.S. state of California. It is bisected by the Sacramento River. As of 2000 its population was 56,039....	52.46%	5,500	45.97%	4,819	1.57%	165
Santa Clara Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of 2000 it had a population of 1,682,585....	51.47%	172,562	46.10%	154,570	2.43%	8,158
Humboldt Humboldt County, California Humboldt County is located on the far North Coast, California of California. In the 2000 census , the list of California counties had a population of 126,518....	51.12%	16,778	46.41%	15,232	2.47%	810
Los Angeles Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County is a County in California, and is by far, the most List of the most populous counties in the United States in the United States....	50.74%	1,173,161	47.40%	1,095,899	1.87%	43,203
Trinity Trinity County, California Trinity County is a large, rugged and mountainous, heavily forested county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California, along the Trinity River and within the Salmon/Klamath Mountains....	50.21%	1,643	47.34%	1,549	2.44%	80
Merced Merced County, California Merced County , is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of Fresno, California and southeast of San Jose, California....	49.64%	12,117	48.50%	11,840	1.86%	454
Siskiyou Siskiyou County, California Siskiyou County is a county located in the far northernmost part of the U.S. state of California, in the Shasta Cascade region on the Oregon border....	49.58%	6,092	48.18%	5,920	2.25%	276
Placer Placer County, California Placer County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. It stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento, California to Lake Tahoe and the Nevada border....	49.37%	13,886	48.89%	13,751	1.75%	491
Kings Kings County, California Kings County is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. It is located in a rich agricultural region....	49.11%	8,068	49.52%	8,134	1.37%	225
Madera Madera County, California Madera County is a county of the U.S. state of California, located in the California Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada north of Fresno County, California....	48.94%	6,205	49.72%	6,304	1.33%	169
Fresno Fresno County, California Fresno County is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton, California and north of Bakersfield, California....	48.74%	60,644	49.67%	61,801	1.59%	1,979
Solano Solano County, California Solano County is a county located in Bay-Delta region of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco, California and Sacramento, California and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties....	48.43%	21,939	47.64%	21,583	3.93%	1,780
Sierra Sierra County, California Sierra County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, northeast of Sacramento, California on the border with Nevada....	46.92%	617	51.25%	674	1.83%	24
Sacramento Sacramento County, California Sacramento County is a List of California counties in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of Sacramento, California, the state capital....	46.04%	105,523	52.52%	120,365	1.44%	3,303
Stanislaus Stanislaus County, California Stanislaus County is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, between Stockton, California and Fresno, California....	45.07%	29,157	53.34%	34,510	1.59%	1,031
Plumas Plumas County, California Plumas County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The county gets its name from the Spanish language words for the Feather River , which flows through the county....	44.97%	2,280	52.82%	2,678	2.21%	112
Lassen Lassen County, California Lassen County is a county located in the Eastern California portion of the U.S. state of California. As of 2000 the population was 33,828. The county seat is Susanville, California, the only incorporated city in the county....	44.93%	2,494	52.44%	2,911	2.63%	146
Shasta Shasta County, California Shasta County is a county located in the Northern California portion of the U.S. state of California. The county occupies the northern reaches of the Sacramento Valley, with portions extending into the southern reaches of the Cascade Range....	43.93%	11,864	54.22%	14,643	1.85%	499
Alameda Alameda County, California Alameda County is a List of California counties in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area....	43.05%	162,727	54.68%	206,693	2.27%	8,566
San Francisco	41.97%	106,606	55.44%	140,829	2.59%	6,583
Yolo Yolo County, California Yolo County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the List of California counties of Sacramento County, California, Solano County, California, Napa County, California, Lake County, California, Colusa County, California, and Sutter County, California....	41.01%	12,344	56.92%	17,135	2.07%	624