California gubernatorial election, 1990

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California gubernatorial election, 1990
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  1986 November 6, 1990 1994  
  PeteWilson.jpg DianneFeinstein.jpg
Nominee Pete Wilson Dianne Feinstein
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote3,791,9043,525,197
Percentage49.25%45.78%

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County Results
Wilson:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Feinstein:      40-50%     50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election

George Deukmejian
Republican

Elected Governor

Pete Wilson
Republican

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Contents

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

Primary elections

General election results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California: [1]

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1990 gubernatorial election, California
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Wilson 3,791,90449.25
Democratic Dianne Feinstein 3,525,19745.78
Libertarian Dennis Thompson145,6281.89
American Independent Jerome McCready139,6611.81
Peace and Freedom Maria Elizabeth Muñoz 96,8421.26
Total votes7,699,467100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

Results by county:

County Wilson Votes Feinstein VotesOthersVotes
Sutter 65.45%12,64730.00%5,7964.55%880
Orange 63.72%425,02531.32%208,8864.97%33,119
Inyo 62.97%4,56632.67%2,3694.36%316
Tulare 62.76%41,18633.02%21,6704.23%2,773
Colusa 62.37%2,79832.43%1,4555.19%233
Glenn 61.06%4,19031.80%2,1827.14%490
Kern 60.08%73,06534.34%41,7635.58%6,785
Yuba 59.22%7,35534.96%4,3425.82%723
Shasta 57.85%28,32236.35%17,7955.81%2,844
Ventura 57.58%106,23436.93%68,1395.49%10,132
Mono 57.46%1,77636.36%1,1246.18%191
Modoc 57.35%2,11535.79%1,3206.86%253
Riverside 57.26%157,21437.46%102,8475.28%14,494
San Diego 57.09%383,95936.39%244,7596.52%43,819
Tehama 56.94%9,41535.77%5,9157.29%1,206
Placer 56.53%36,39738.17%24,5775.29%3,408
Madera 56.50%11,21637.44%7,4316.06%1,203
Lassen 56.23%4,79037.00%3,1526.77%577
Kings 56.09%9,77138.64%6,7315.26%917
San Bernardino 55.99%169,02838.02%114,7645.99%18,081
El Dorado 55.81%26,45238.80%18,3905.39%2,554
San Joaquin 54.98%62,24941.21%46,6533.81%4,311
Butte 54.93%35,04839.85%25,4225.22%3,331
Nevada 54.20%18,45839.90%13,5885.91%2,012
Amador 53.99%6,46940.04%4,7975.97%715
San Luis Obispo 53.54%38,90941.47%30,1404.99%3,624
Stanislaus 53.49%47,27542.07%37,1824.44%3,925
Del Norte 53.21%3,61539.99%2,7176.80%462
Santa Barbara 53.11%58,67742.52%46,9774.36%4,820
Calaveras 52.99%7,07140.63%5,4226.38%852
Tuolumne 52.91%10,46541.93%8,2945.16%1,021
Alpine 52.72%24237.91%1749.37%43
Siskiyou 52.61%8,32040.13%6,3467.25%1,147
Fresno 52.57%77,69342.98%63,5234.44%6,566
Imperial 52.22%9,42241.36%7,4636.42%1,159
Mariposa 51.88%3,33640.96%2,6347.15%460
Plumas 51.87%4,24342.51%3,4775.62%460
Trinity 51.73%2,90840.02%2,2508.25%464
Sierra 51.04%81342.12%6716.84%109
Merced 50.64%17,05444.55%15,0044.81%1,621
Sacramento 50.32%167,98244.70%149,2154.99%16,651
Napa 47.24%18,93147.45%19,0175.31%2,127
Lake 47.11%8,34447.85%8,4755.03%891
Humboldt 46.81%22,94346.57%22,8236.62%3,242
Los Angeles 46.61%867,78148.95%911,4134.44%82,699
San Benito 45.23%4,12048.80%4,4455.96%543
Contra Costa 43.94%119,90152.87%144,2683.19%8,714
Yolo 43.53%19,31651.59%22,8904.88%2,167
Monterey 42.66%34,93251.74%42,3715.60%4,590
Santa Clara 42.57%178,31052.24%218,8435.19%21,739
Solano 42.50%36,75552.00%44,9695.50%4,758
Mendocino 40.86%11,72350.60%14,5158.54%2,450
San Mateo 40.45%80,25355.43%109,9634.12%8,180
Sonoma 38.60%54,70655.81%79,0935.59%7,924
Marin 36.77%35,56359.20%57,2554.03%3,902
Santa Cruz 33.11%26,79759.96%48,5306.94%5,614
Alameda 31.64%117,10764.12%237,3454.25%15,726
San Francisco 25.00%56,65271.32%161,6263.68%8,349

By congressional district

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)

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