The 1882 California gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882, to elect the governor of California. This was the first election held under California's 1879 constitution which moved the election date for state officers to coincide with federal elections in non-presidential even-numbered years. The Democratic Party's nominee, George Stoneman won a decisive victory over the Republican Morris M. Estee. This was the fifth consecutive gubernatorial election in California in which the incumbent party was defeated.
Results
Results by county County George StonemanDemocratic Morris M. EsteeRepublican R. H. McDonaldProhibition Thomas J. McQuiddyGreenback ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Alameda4,61750.04%4,23945.94%3694.00%20.02%00.00%3784.10%9,227Alpine4245.16%5154.84%00.00%00.00%00.00%-9-9.68%93Amador1,39153.01%1,12642.91%1074.08%00.00%00.00%26510.10%2,624Butte1,95452.34%1,58542.46%1945.20%00.00%00.00%3699.88%3,733Calaveras1,18852.38%1,05446.47%241.06%20.09%00.00%1345.91%2,268Colusa1,61965.52%65626.55%1957.89%00.00%10.04%96338.97%2,471Contra Costa1,18650.62%1,09746.82%582.48%20.09%00.00%893.80%2,343Del Norte31856.58%18332.56%5810.32%30.53%00.00%13524.02%562El Dorado1,51754.73%1,17142.24%672.42%170.61%00.00%34612.48%2,772Fresno1,41862.58%77534.20%652.87%80.35%00.00%64328.38%2,266Humboldt1,27241.68%1,28842.20%1735.67%31910.45%00.00%-16-0.52%3,052Inyo31250.24%30048.31%91.45%00.00%00.00%121.93%621Kern87165.98%42532.20%221.67%00.00%20.15%44633.79%1,320Lake73061.92%42035.62%292.46%00.00%00.00%31026.29%1,179Lassen40454.82%27937.86%293.93%253.39%00.00%12516.96%737Los Angeles3,94356.02%2,91241.37%1311.86%530.75%00.00%1,03114.65%7,039Marin66351.76%59246.21%221.72%40.31%00.00%715.54%1,281Mariposa62959.56%40738.54%191.80%10.09%00.00%22221.02%1,056Mendocino1,51561.91%78832.20%1445.88%00.00%00.00%72729.71%2,447Merced88461.60%51635.96%322.23%30.21%00.00%36825.64%1,435Modoc46656.48%30136.48%587.03%00.00%00.00%16520.00%825Mono68947.55%73750.86%120.83%110.76%00.00%-48-3.31%1,449Monterey1,30252.67%1,07143.33%923.72%70.28%00.00%2319.34%2,472Napa1,14247.80%1,22251.15%241.00%10.04%00.00%-80-3.35%2,389Nevada2,01347.10%2,18251.05%781.82%10.02%00.00%-169-3.95%4,274Placer1,46350.38%1,27343.84%1485.10%200.69%00.00%1906.54%2,904Plumas64850.00%56743.75%816.25%00.00%00.00%816.25%1,296Sacramento3,24848.37%3,04845.39%3615.38%580.86%00.00%2002.98%6,715San Benito66060.89%42238.93%20.18%00.00%00.00%23821.96%1,084San Bernardino1,02950.27%94346.07%361.76%391.91%00.00%864.20%2,047San Diego78248.33%80349.63%321.98%10.06%00.00%-21-1.30%1,618San Francisco24,25762.34%13,73535.30%8292.13%770.20%150.04%10,52227.04%38,913San Joaquin2,71253.17%2,18642.85%2023.96%10.02%00.00%52610.31%5,101San Luis Obispo1,03751.90%89644.84%572.85%80.40%00.00%1417.06%1,998San Mateo79154.82%61542.62%372.56%00.00%00.00%17612.20%1,443Santa Barbara1,01445.01%1,00644.65%1426.30%914.04%00.00%80.36%2,253Santa Clara3,30853.61%2,69343.64%1342.17%360.58%00.00%6159.97%6,171Santa Cruz1,31652.94%1,08043.44%863.46%40.16%00.00%2369.49%2,486Shasta95451.07%84245.07%683.64%40.21%00.00%1126.00%1,868Sierra64741.93%81652.88%694.47%110.71%00.00%-169-10.95%1,543Siskiyou1,00055.56%76042.22%211.17%191.06%00.00%24013.33%1,800Solano1,78146.09%1,95150.49%1273.29%50.13%00.00%-170-4.40%3,864Sonoma2,82956.16%1,96138.93%2034.03%440.87%00.00%86817.23%5,037Stanislaus1,36062.85%71432.99%894.11%10.05%00.00%64629.85%2,164Sutter57646.87%42634.66%18715.22%403.25%00.00%15012.21%1,229Tehama1,02955.98%75441.02%542.94%10.05%00.00%27514.96%1,838Trinity48754.84%36841.44%333.72%00.00%00.00%11913.40%888Tulare1,56659.84%80330.68%1606.11%883.36%00.00%76329.16%2,617Tuolumne1,13756.12%80839.88%803.95%10.05%00.00%32916.24%2,026Ventura57449.87%54046.92%353.04%20.17%00.00%342.95%1,151Yolo1,33651.94%99638.72%2339.06%70.27%00.00%34013.22%2,572Yuba1,06850.42%79237.39%25512.04%30.14%00.00%27613.03%2,118Total90,69455.07%67,17540.79%5,7723.51%1,0200.62%180.01%23,51914.28%164,679
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Alameda Butte Calaveras Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Marin Monterey Placer Plumas Sacramento San Francisco San Joaquin San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Sutter Trinity Tuolumne Yuba
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican San Diego
Counties that flipped from Workingmen's to Democratic San Luis Obispo
Counties that flipped from Workingmen's to Republican Humboldt
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