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The 1978 California gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 1978. The Democratic incumbent, Jerry Brown, defeated the Republican nominee Attorney General Evelle J. Younger and independent candidate Ed Clark in a landslide.
In the Republican gubernatorial primary, California Attorney General Evelle Younger (who was the only Republican elected to a statewide office in the post-Watergate Democratic onslaught in the 1974 California general election) defeated Ed Davis (State Senator and former Los Angeles Police Chief), Ken Maddy (State Senate Minority Leader from Fresno), and Pete Wilson (Mayor of San Diego). Incumbent Jerry Brown had only minor opposition in the Democratic Primary. The primary election included Proposition 13, the initiative authored by Howard Jarvis which sought to drastically reduce property taxes and change the way property taxes were calculated. Younger and most Republicans supported Proposition 13 while Brown and most Democrats opposed it. The initiative passed with 64.8% of the vote; it is still in effect, and many other states passed similar laws.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Evelle J. Younger | 1,008,087 | 41.0 | |
| Republican | Edward M. Davis | 738,087 | 30.0 | |
| Republican | Kenneth Maddy | 484,583 | 19.7 | |
| Republican | Pete Wilson | 230,146 | 9.3 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Brown (incumbent) | 2,567,067 | 77.5 | |
| Democratic | David Rock | 132,706 | 4.0 | |
| Democratic | John Hancock Abbott | 127,506 | 3.9 | |
| Democratic | Others | 357,245 | 14.6 | |
The primary battle left Younger short of money, while Brown had a much larger campaign fund and won reelection in a landslide.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jerry Brown (Incumbent) | 3,878,812 | 56.05 | |
| Republican | Evelle J. Younger | 2,526,534 | 36.50 | |
| Independent | Ed Clark | 377,960 | 5.46 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Marilyn Seals | 70,864 | 1.02 | |
| American Independent | Theresa F. "Tena" Dietrich | 67,103 | 0.97 | |
| Total votes | 6,921,273 | 100.00 | ||
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Brown is the most recent Democratic California gubernatorial nominee to have won Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Tuolumne, and Yuba Counties. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate would not win Amador, Alpine, Kings, Merced, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, and Trinity Counties again until 1998, Nevada County again until 2014, and Orange County again until 2018.
| County | Brown | Votes | Younger | Votes | Clark | Votes | Others | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 69.46% | 156,601 | 22.81% | 51,429 | 5.13% | 11,577 | 2.60% | 5,858 |
| Alameda | 63.81% | 217,746 | 25.97% | 88,619 | 7.13% | 24,336 | 3.08% | 10,516 |
| Santa Clara | 61.35% | 227,493 | 29.79% | 110,444 | 6.89% | 25,550 | 1.97% | 7,296 |
| Santa Cruz | 60.85% | 40,490 | 31.11% | 20,698 | 5.21% | 3,470 | 2.83% | 1,882 |
| Yolo | 59.39% | 24,357 | 30.97% | 12,703 | 7.47% | 3,064 | 2.17% | 891 |
| Solano | 58.05% | 34,513 | 33.94% | 20,176 | 6.17% | 3,670 | 1.84% | 1,093 |
| San Diego | 57.49% | 316,223 | 35.85% | 197,167 | 4.72% | 25,964 | 1.94% | 10,653 |
| Los Angeles | 57.34% | 1,178,368 | 36.23% | 744,491 | 4.56% | 93,692 | 1.87% | 38,461 |
| Santa Barbara | 56.68% | 59,933 | 36.56% | 38,656 | 4.50% | 4,763 | 2.25% | 2,379 |
| San Mateo | 56.18% | 113,402 | 34.25% | 69,131 | 7.47% | 15,072 | 2.10% | 4,243 |
| Marin | 55.75% | 49,759 | 33.49% | 29,888 | 8.61% | 7,683 | 2.16% | 1,925 |
| Fresno | 55.67% | 71,657 | 39.58% | 50,950 | 2.84% | 3,653 | 1.91% | 2,459 |
| Merced | 55.62% | 16,825 | 40.21% | 12,165 | 2.50% | 756 | 1.67% | 505 |
| Stanislaus | 55.62% | 36,676 | 38.29% | 25,247 | 3.85% | 2,539 | 2.25% | 1,481 |
| Plumas | 55.48% | 3,599 | 39.17% | 2,541 | 3.21% | 208 | 2.14% | 139 |
| Shasta | 55.26% | 19,432 | 36.11% | 12,698 | 6.42% | 2,256 | 2.21% | 777 |
| Sacramento | 54.91% | 139,821 | 34.74% | 88,445 | 8.30% | 21,137 | 2.05% | 5,211 |
| Yuba | 54.84% | 6,434 | 37.52% | 4,402 | 5.75% | 675 | 1.88% | 221 |
| Sonoma | 54.29% | 56,920 | 35.85% | 37,584 | 7.16% | 7,506 | 2.70% | 2,836 |
| Contra Costa | 54.27% | 122,565 | 35.79% | 80,821 | 7.97% | 17,989 | 1.97% | 4,458 |
| Riverside | 54.23% | 101,377 | 40.42% | 75,564 | 3.74% | 6,982 | 1.61% | 3,007 |
| Mendocino | 54.14% | 11,877 | 36.09% | 7,916 | 6.57% | 1,442 | 3.20% | 702 |
| San Bernardino | 54.01% | 115,082 | 40.66% | 86,638 | 3.36% | 7,151 | 1.98% | 4,224 |
| Kings | 53.84% | 8,794 | 42.49% | 6,940 | 1.72% | 281 | 1.96% | 320 |
| Mariposa | 53.02% | 2,361 | 39.84% | 1,774 | 4.76% | 212 | 2.38% | 106 |
| Lake | 52.87% | 6,670 | 39.72% | 5,012 | 5.16% | 651 | 2.25% | 284 |
| Ventura | 52.78% | 75,173 | 40.57% | 57,777 | 4.86% | 6,916 | 1.80% | 2,557 |
| Alpine | 52.74% | 202 | 39.43% | 151 | 4.70% | 18 | 3.13% | 12 |
| Monterey | 52.35% | 34,649 | 41.07% | 27,180 | 4.95% | 3,278 | 1.63% | 1,080 |
| Madera | 52.17% | 7,529 | 43.16% | 6,230 | 2.87% | 414 | 1.80% | 260 |
| San Joaquin | 52.17% | 49,169 | 41.84% | 39,425 | 4.31% | 4,063 | 1.68% | 1,582 |
| San Luis Obispo | 51.20% | 25,695 | 43.22% | 21,689 | 3.53% | 1,772 | 2.05% | 1,030 |
| Placer | 51.12% | 20,384 | 39.03% | 15,563 | 8.38% | 3,342 | 1.48% | 589 |
| Siskiyou | 51.11% | 6,851 | 42.88% | 5,747 | 3.71% | 497 | 2.31% | 309 |
| Tuolumne | 51.09% | 6,772 | 43.44% | 5,757 | 3.61% | 478 | 1.86% | 247 |
| Napa | 50.53% | 19,202 | 41.11% | 15,621 | 6.48% | 2,461 | 1.89% | 717 |
| Trinity | 50.39% | 2,215 | 40.24% | 1,769 | 6.78% | 298 | 2.59% | 114 |
| Humboldt | 50.37% | 21,243 | 39.49% | 16,658 | 6.60% | 2,783 | 3.54% | 1,494 |
| Lassen | 50.34% | 3,377 | 42.47% | 2,849 | 4.83% | 324 | 2.37% | 159 |
| Tehama | 50.25% | 5,986 | 41.99% | 5,002 | 5.33% | 635 | 2.43% | 289 |
| Amador | 49.65% | 4,144 | 42.34% | 3,534 | 5.71% | 477 | 2.30% | 192 |
| Butte | 49.65% | 26,051 | 42.20% | 22,142 | 5.79% | 3,038 | 2.37% | 1,243 |
| Sierra | 49.45% | 725 | 43.93% | 644 | 4.84% | 71 | 1.77% | 26 |
| San Benito | 49.23% | 2,805 | 42.31% | 2,411 | 6.12% | 349 | 2.33% | 133 |
| Calaveras | 48.74% | 4,019 | 44.76% | 3,691 | 4.57% | 377 | 1.93% | 159 |
| Orange | 48.68% | 299,577 | 44.21% | 272,076 | 5.67% | 34,903 | 1.43% | 8,821 |
| El Dorado | 48.35% | 13,832 | 42.60% | 12,187 | 6.36% | 1,819 | 2.69% | 771 |
| Kern | 47.71% | 49,144 | 40.32% | 41,531 | 10.25% | 10,560 | 1.71% | 1,760 |
| Tulare | 46.80% | 24,989 | 48.95% | 26,136 | 2.48% | 1,322 | 1.78% | 949 |
| Imperial | 46.05% | 8,385 | 47.39% | 8,629 | 4.78% | 870 | 1.78% | 324 |
| Nevada | 45.36% | 9,016 | 42.09% | 8,365 | 11.25% | 2,236 | 1.30% | 259 |
| Colusa | 45.01% | 1,958 | 46.09% | 2,005 | 7.22% | 314 | 1.68% | 73 |
| Mono | 44.82% | 1,042 | 50.06% | 1,164 | 3.27% | 76 | 1.85% | 43 |
| Sutter | 44.09% | 6,357 | 47.65% | 6,871 | 6.96% | 1,003 | 1.30% | 188 |
| Glenn | 42.98% | 3,120 | 48.51% | 3,521 | 6.12% | 444 | 2.40% | 174 |
| Del Norte | 41.73% | 2,451 | 49.93% | 2,933 | 3.20% | 188 | 5.14% | 302 |
| Modoc | 40.28% | 1,235 | 52.71% | 1,616 | 4.47% | 137 | 2.54% | 78 |
| Inyo | 39.53% | 2,540 | 55.42% | 3,561 | 3.39% | 218 | 1.65% | 106 |
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