1990 California gubernatorial election

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1990 California gubernatorial election
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Nominee Pete Wilson Dianne Feinstein
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote3,791,9043,525,197
Percentage49.25%45.78%
1990 California gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
1990 California gubernatorial election by Congressional District.svg
Wilson:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Feinstein:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Governor before election

George Deukmejian
Republican

Elected Governor

Pete Wilson
Republican

The 1990 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990. The Republican candidate, Senator Pete Wilson, defeated the Democratic candidate, former San Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein.

Contents

Feinstein won the Democratic nomination against opponents including California Attorney General John Van de Kamp. Wilson faced minimal opposition in his bid for the Republican nomination.

In 1992, Feinstein was elected to Wilson's former Senate seat and served in the Senate until her death in September 2023.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Wilson 1,856,614 87.50%
Republican David M. Williams107,3975.06%
Republican Jeffrey T. Greene79,0833.73%
Republican Donald L. Bullock54,5772.57%
Republican William B. Allen (write-in)24,0581.13%
Total votes2,121,729 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dianne Feinstein 1,361,360 52.26%
Democratic John Van de Kamp 1,067,89941.00%
Democratic Frank L. Thomas35,9001.38%
Democratic Charles Pineda Jr.25,3960.97%
Democratic Franklin R. Geraty24,2510.93%
Democratic John Hancock Abbott19,6970.76%
Democratic Charles A. Mahon III17,9870.69%
Democratic F. Frank Wong16,2800.62%
Democratic Eileen Anderson16,1160.62%
Democratic Lydon Byrne11,9750.46%
Democratic Mark Calney7,9230.30%
Democratic Sue Lockard Digre (write-in)680.00%
Total votes2,604,852 100.00%

Minor party primaries

American Independent Party

American Independent primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
American Independent Jerome McCready 8,921 54.12%
American Independent Chuck Morsa7,56345.88%
Total votes16,484 100.00%

Libertarian Party

Libertarian primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Dennis Thompson 11,857 100.00%
Total votes11,857 100.00%

Peace and Freedom Party

Peace and Freedom primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Peace and Freedom Maria Elizabeth Muñoz 3,461 56.66%
Peace and Freedom Merle Woo2,64743.34%
Total votes6,108 100.00%

General election results

Candidates

Results

1990 California gubernatorial election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Pete Wilson 3,791,904 49.25% −11.29%
Democratic Dianne Feinstein 3,525,19745.78%+8.41%
Libertarian Dennis Thompson145,6281.89%+1.18%
American Independent Jerome McCready139,6611.81%+1.13%
Peace and Freedom Maria Elizabeth Muñoz96,8421.26%+0.56%
Independent Joel Britton (write-in)980.00%
Independent Charles A. Mahon III (write-in)910.00%
Independent Franklin R. Geraty (write-in)340.00%
Independent Jerry Irwin Solomon (write-in)120.00%
Majority266,7073.46%
Total votes7,699,467 100.00%
Republican hold Swing -19.71%

Results by county

CountyPete Wilson
Republican		Dianne Feinstein
Democratic		Dennis Thompson
Libertarian		Jerome McCready
American Independent		Maria Elizabeth Muñoz
Peace & Freedom		All Others
Write-in		MarginTotal votes cast [2]
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Alameda 117,10731.64%237,34564.12%6,2611.69%4,0491.09%5,4051.46%11 [a] 0.00%-120,238-32.48%370,178
Alpine 24252.72%17437.91%143.05%163.49%132.83%00.00%6814.81%459
Amador 6,46953.99%4,79740.04%2612.18%3362.80%1180.98%00.00%1,67213.96%11,981
Butte 35,04854.93%25,42239.85%1,4582.29%1,2641.98%6070.95%2 [b] 0.00%9,62615.09%63,801
Calaveras 7,07152.99%5,42240.63%3912.93%3222.41%1391.04%00.00%1,64912.36%13,345
Colusa 2,79862.37%1,45532.43%932.07%1032.30%370.82%00.00%1,34329.94%4,486
Contra Costa 119,90143.94%144,26852.87%3,7031.36%2,7591.01%2,2350.82%17 [c] 0.01%-24,367-8.93%272,883
Del Norte 3,61553.21%2,71739.99%1402.06%2193.22%1031.52%00.00%89813.22%6,794
El Dorado 26,45255.81%18,39038.80%7801.65%1,3392.83%4320.91%3 [d] 0.01%8,06217.01%47,396
Fresno 77,69352.57%63,52342.98%2,1761.47%2,7721.88%1,6181.09%00.00%14,1709.59%147,782
Glenn 4,19061.06%2,18231.80%1852.70%2573.75%480.70%00.00%2,00829.26%6,862
Humboldt 22,94346.81%22,82346.57%9511.94%1,0422.13%1,2492.55%00.00%1200.24%49,008
Imperial 9,42252.22%7,46341.36%2491.38%2971.65%6133.40%00.00%1,95910.86%18,044
Inyo 4,56662.97%2,36932.67%1141.57%1191.64%831.14%00.00%2,19730.30%7,251
Kern 73,06560.08%41,76334.34%2,3591.94%2,8572.35%1,5681.29%1 [e] 0.00%31,30225.74%121,613
Kings 9,77156.09%6,73138.64%2251.29%3932.26%2991.72%00.00%3,04017.45%17,419
Lake 8,34447.11%8,47547.85%4362.46%2771.56%1781.01%00.00%-131-0.74%17,710
Lassen 4,79056.23%3,15237.00%1802.11%3113.65%861.01%00.00%1,63819.23%8,519
Los Angeles 867,78146.61%911,41348.95%30,1571.62%27,9311.50%24,5601.32%51 [f] 0.00%-43,632-2.34%1,861,893
Madera 11,21656.50%7,43137.44%3231.63%6513.28%2291.15%00.00%3,78519.07%19,850
Marin 35,56336.77%57,25559.20%1,7501.81%8750.90%1,2771.32%00.00%-21,692-22.43%96,720
Mariposa 3,33651.88%2,63440.96%1462.27%2503.89%641.00%00.00%70210.92%6,430
Mendocino 11,72340.86%14,51550.60%7002.44%6962.43%1,0543.67%00.00%-2,792-9.73%28,688
Merced 17,05450.64%15,00444.55%5141.53%6882.04%4191.24%00.00%2,0506.09%33,679
Modoc 2,11557.35%1,32035.79%832.25%1233.34%471.27%00.00%79521.56%3,688
Mono 1,77657.46%1,12436.36%782.52%642.07%491.59%00.00%65221.09%3,091
Monterey 34,93242.66%42,37151.74%1,5541.90%1,8102.21%1,2221.49%4 [g] 0.00%-7,439-9.08%81,893
Napa 18,93147.24%19,01747.45%9352.33%7171.79%4731.18%2 [h] 0.00%-86-0.21%40,075
Nevada 18,45854.20%13,58839.90%8452.48%8182.40%3491.02%00.00%4,87014.30%34,058
Orange 425,02563.72%208,88631.32%13,5892.04%13,1561.97%6,3670.95%7 [i] 0.00%216,13932.40%667,030
Placer 36,39756.53%24,57738.17%1,1711.82%1,5932.47%6411.00%3 [j] 0.00%11,82018.36%64,382
Plumas 4,24351.87%3,47742.51%1762.15%2052.51%780.95%1 [k] 0.01%7669.36%8,180
Riverside 157,21457.26%102,84737.46%5,0641.84%6,8092.48%2,6200.95%1 [l] 0.00%54,36719.80%274,555
Sacramento 167,98250.32%149,21544.70%5,3811.61%7,2482.17%3,9971.20%25 [m] 0.01%18,7675.62%333,848
San Benito 4,12045.23%4,44548.80%1852.03%1711.88%1872.05%00.00%-325-3.57%9,108
San Bernardino 169,02855.99%114,76438.02%6,6122.19%7,5362.50%3,8941.29%39 [n] 0.01%54,26417.98%301,873
San Diego 383,95957.09%244,75936.39%18,2172.71%16,9632.52%8,6241.28%15 [o] 0.00%139,20020.70%672,537
San Francisco 56,65225.00%161,62671.32%2,9381.30%1,4560.64%3,9521.74%3 [p] 0.00%-104,974-46.32%226,627
San Joaquin 62,24954.98%46,65341.21%1,4881.31%1,9161.69%9040.80%3 [q] 0.00%15,59613.78%113,213
San Luis Obispo 38,90953.54%30,14041.47%1,5132.08%1,2081.66%9001.24%3 [r] 0.00%8,76912.07%72,673
San Mateo 80,25340.45%109,96355.43%3,3471.69%2,5371.28%2,2901.15%6 [s] 0.00%-29,710-14.98%198,396
Santa Barbara 58,67753.11%46,97742.52%1,6671.51%1,4031.27%1,7461.58%4 [t] 0.00%11,70010.59%110,474
Santa Clara 178,31042.57%218,84352.24%9,9872.38%6,5441.56%5,1951.24%13 [u] 0.00%-40,533-9.68%418,892
Santa Cruz 26,79733.11%48,53059.96%2,1802.69%1,6942.09%1,7392.15%1 [v] 0.00%-21,733-26.85%80,941
Shasta 28,32257.85%17,79536.35%1,1952.44%1,3442.75%3050.62%00.00%10,52721.50%48,961
Sierra 81351.04%67142.12%342.13%543.39%211.32%00.00%1428.91%1,593
Siskiyou 8,32052.61%6,34640.13%4462.82%5593.54%1420.90%00.00%1,97412.48%15,813
Solano 36,75542.50%44,96952.00%1,7532.03%2,0202.34%9701.12%15 [w] 0.02%-8,214-9.50%86,482
Sonoma 54,70638.60%79,09355.81%2,9822.10%2,4361.72%2,5051.77%1 [x] 0.00%-24,387-17.21%141,723
Stanislaus 47,27553.49%37,18242.07%1,1871.34%1,9802.24%7570.86%1 [y] 0.00%10,09311.42%88,382
Sutter 12,64765.45%5,79630.00%3181.65%3992.06%1630.84%00.00%6,85135.46%19,323
Tehama 9,41556.94%5,91535.77%6213.76%4983.01%870.53%00.00%3,50021.17%16,536
Trinity 2,90851.73%2,25040.02%2083.70%1763.13%801.42%00.00%65811.70%5,622
Tulare 41,18662.76%21,67033.02%9401.43%1,0581.61%7751.18%00.00%19,51629.74%65,629
Tuolumne 10,46552.91%8,29441.93%3901.97%4642.35%1670.84%00.00%2,17110.98%19,780
Ventura 106,23457.58%68,13936.93%3,9622.15%3,7702.04%2,3981.30%2 [z] 0.00%38,09520.65%184,505
Yolo 19,31643.53%22,89051.59%7561.70%7721.74%6381.44%1 [aa] 0.00%-3,574-8.05%44,373
Yuba 7,35559.22%4,34234.96%2602.09%3372.71%1261.01%00.00%3,01324.26%12,420
Total3,791,90449.25%3,525,19745.78%145,6281.89%139,6611.81%96,8421.26%2350.00%266,7073.46%7,699,467

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Pete Wilson won 25 of California's 45 congressional districts including 8 districts that were won by Democrats and Dianne Feinstein won 20 of California's 45 congressional districts including 2 districts that were won by Republicans. [3]

DistrictWilsonFeinsteinRepresentative
1st 42.3%51.6% Frank Riggs (R)
2nd 56.3%37.4% Wally Herger (R)
3rd 49.3%46.1% Bob Matsui (D)
4th 48.7%45.5% Vic Fazio (D)
5th 26.7%69.7% Nancy Pelosi (D)
6th 32.0%63.7% Barbara Boxer (D)
7th 41.3%54.3% George Miller (D)
8th 29.0%67.7% Ron Dellums (D)
9th 37.2%58.4% Pete Stark (D)
10th 37.2%57.2% Don Edwards (D)
11th 38.2%57.4% Tom Lantos (D)
12th 45.2%50.1% Tom Campbell (R)
13th 43.7%50.9% Norman Mineta (D)
14th 56.6%38.4% John Doolittle (R)
15th 53.0%42.3% Gary Condit (D)
16th 39.6%54.6% Leon Panetta (D)
17th 59.7%35.9% Cal Dooley (D)
18th 48.3%46.8% Richard Lehman (D)
19th 52.4%42.5% Bob Lagomarsino (R)
20th 61.2%33.3% Bill Thomas (R)
21st 59.8%35.6% Elton Gallegly (R)
22nd 62.9%32.7% Carlos Moorhead (R)
23rd 41.0%55.7% Anthony Beilenson (D)
24th 33.7%62.5% Henry Waxman (D)
25th 34.5%60.0% Edward Roybal (D)
26th 42.4%53.4% Howard Berman (D)
27th 42.9%52.8% Mel Levine (D)
28th 27.4%69.2% Julian Dixon (D)
29th 22.2%74.3% Maxine Waters (D)
30th 46.7%48.0% Matthew Martinez (D)
31st 34.8%60.6% Mervyn Dymally (D)
32nd 50.3%44.4% Glenn Anderson (D)
33rd 59.4%35.5% David Dreier (R)
34th 47.0%46.8% Ed Torres (D)
35th 60.5%33.2% Jerry Lewis (R)
36th 48.3%46.1% George Brown (D)
37th 58.4%36.5% Al McCandless (R)
38th 57.4%36.6% Bob Dornan (R)
39th 66.6%28.2% William Dannemeyer (R)
40th 63.6%32.0% Christopher Cox (R)
41st 54.9%39.5% Bill Lowery (R)
42nd 62.0%33.8% Dana Rohrabacher (R)
43rd 64.0%30.0% Ron Packard (R)
44th 46.6%46.1% Duke Cunningham (R)
45th 60.5%32.3% Duncan Hunter (R)

Notes

  1. ↑ 9 for Britton, 1 for Mahon, 1 for Geraty
  2. ↑ 2 for Mahon
  3. ↑ 4 for Britton, 11 for Mahon, 2 for Geraty
  4. ↑ 3 for Mahon
  5. ↑ 1 for Mahon
  6. ↑ 41 for Britton, 4 for Mahon, 2 for Geraty, 4 for Solomon
  7. ↑ 1 for Britton, 3 for Mahon
  8. ↑ 1 for Mahon, 1 for Geraty
  9. ↑ 3 for Britton, 3 for Mahon, 1 for Solomon
  10. ↑ 1 for Britton, 2 for Geraty
  11. ↑ 1 for Mahon
  12. ↑ 1 for Mahon
  13. ↑ 1 for Britton, 12 for Mahon, 10 for Geraty, 2 for Solomon
  14. ↑ 10 for Britton, 15 for Mahon, 9 for Geraty, 5 for Solomon
  15. ↑ 13 for Britton, 2 for Mahon
  16. ↑ 2 for Britton, 1 for Geraty
  17. ↑ 3 for Mahon
  18. ↑ 2 for Britton, 1 for Mahon
  19. ↑ 3 for Britton, 2 for Mahon, 1 for Geraty
  20. ↑ 2 for Britton, 2 for Geraty
  21. ↑ 3 for Britton, 7 for Mahon, 3 for Geraty
  22. ↑ 1 for Britton
  23. ↑ 15 for Mahon
  24. ↑ 1 for Britton
  25. ↑ 1 for Mahon
  26. ↑ 1 for Britton, 1 for Mahon
  27. ↑ 1 for Mahon

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