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1976 California Democratic presidential primary

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1976 California Democratic presidential primary

← 1972 June 8, 1976 (1976-06-08) 1980 →
 
Candidate Jerry Brown Jimmy Carter
Home state California Georgia
Delegate count 204 67
Popular vote 2,013,210 697,092
Percentage 59.0% 20.4%

The 1976 California Democratic presidential primary was held on June 8, 1976, as one of the Democratic Party presidential primaries ahead of the 1976 United States presidential election. The primary was held alongside the state's Republican Party presidential primary as well as primaries in New Jersey and Ohio.[1] It was one of the last elections before the 1976 Democratic National Convention the following month.

Then incumbent California governor Jerry Brown faced off against Georgia governor Jimmy Carter, as well as a small number of others. Brown won his home state in a blowout, winning every county, but ultimately failed to secure the nomination. Carter would go on to win the nomination and later the presidency, unseating incumbent president Gerald Ford.

Results

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1976 California Democratic presidential primary[2]
Candidate Votes % Delegates
Jerry Brown 2,013,210 59.0% 204
Jimmy Carter 697,092 20.4% 67
Frank Church 250,581 7.3% 7
Mo Udall 171,501 5.0% 2
George Wallace 102,292 3.0% 0
Uncommitted 78,595 2.3% 0
Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (withdrawn) 38,634 1.1% 0
Ellen McCormack 29,424 0.9% 0
Fred R. Harris (withdrawn) 16,920 0.5% 0
Birch Bayh (withdrawn) 11,419 0.3% 0
Total: 3,409,668 100.0 280

Results by county

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County[2] Brown % Carter % Church % Udall % Wallace % Uncommitted % Others % Total vote
Alameda 124,759
Alpine 123
Amador 2,433
Butte 10,825
Calaveras 1,757
Colusa 1,121
Contra Costa 66,622
Del Norte 852
El Dorado 6,029
Fresno 34,395
Glenn
Humboldt
Imperial
Inyo
Kern
Kings
Lake
Lassen
Los Angeles
Madera
Marin
Mariposa
Mendocino
Merced
Modoc
Mono
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Plumas
Riverside
Sacramento
San Benito
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Shasta
Sierra
Siskiyou
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Sutter
Tehama
Trinity
Tulare
Tuolumne
Ventura
Yolo
Yuba

References

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  1. ^ "Effects of Tuesday Voting". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  2. ^ a b California. Secretary of State (1968). Statement of vote. San Francisco Public Library. Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary.