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1982 California gubernatorial election
County results
Deukmejian: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
Bradley: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
The 1982 California gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 1982. The Republican nominee, Attorney General George Deukmejian , narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley . Incumbent Governor Jerry Brown did not seek reelection to a third term; he later successfully ran again in 2010 and 2014 .
In the Democratic primary, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley easily defeated State Senator John Garamendi and Mario G. Obledo . On the Republican side, it was a two-man race between Lieutenant Governor Mike Curb and Attorney General George Deukmejian . Deukmejian won the primary with nearly 55% of the vote.
American Independent Party [ edit ]
Peace and Freedom Party [ edit ]
Early indications were that it would be a close race but as the campaign went on, Bradley slowly increased his lead in the polls. Despite this, the outcome was still in doubt as election night wore on. A large late surge of absentee ballots (many from conservative Orange County and Deukmejian's home area of Long Beach ) helped tip the balance in his favor. The incorrect polling numbers led to the theory — later dubbed "the Bradley effect " — that a statistically significant number of voters had given inaccurate responses when questioned by pollsters.
County
George Deukmejian Republican
Tom Bradley Democratic
Dan P. Dougherty Libertarian
Elizabeth Martinez Peace & Freedom
Jim Griffin American Independent
Margin
Total votes cast[ a] [ 2]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Alameda
145,964
37.62%
225,578
58.91%
4,477
1.15%
5,845
1.51%
3,158
0.81%
-82,614
-21.29%
388,022
Alpine
218
52.66%
185
44.69%
1
0.24%
3
0.72%
7
1.69%
33
7.97%
414
Amador
6,251
61.19%
3,643
35.66%
88
0.86%
87
0.85%
146
1.43%
2,608
25.53%
10,215
Butte
36,074
58.13%
23,734
38.25%
793
1.28%
813
1.31%
639
1.03%
12,340
19.89%
62,053
Calaveras
6,277
61.63%
3,501
34.37%
157
1.54%
126
1.24%
124
1.22%
2,776
27.26%
10,185
Colusa
3,036
62.95%
1,621
33.61%
53
1.10%
68
1.41%
45
0.93%
1,415
29.34%
4,823
Contra Costa
126,460
49.83%
119,712
47.17%
3,167
1.25%
2,249
0.89%
2,200
0.87%
6,748
2.66%
253,788
Del Norte
3,355
51.32%
2,934
44.88%
72
1.10%
107
1.64%
70
1.07%
421
6.44%
6,538
El Dorado
20,591
59.37%
12,999
37.48%
423
1.22%
284
0.82%
383
1.10%
7,592
21.89%
34,680
Fresno
80,171
52.59%
68,623
45.01%
1,468
0.96%
1,213
0.80%
978
0.64%
11,548
7.57%
152,453
Glenn
5,492
67.49%
2,398
29.47%
79
0.97%
43
0.53%
126
1.55%
3,094
38.02%
8,138
Humboldt
21,609
45.38%
23,991
50.38%
622
1.31%
748
1.57%
653
1.37%
-2,382
-5.00%
47,623
Imperial
10,272
51.40%
9,133
45.70%
140
0.70%
204
1.02%
237
1.19%
1,139
5.70%
19,986
Inyo
5,008
63.87%
2.599
33.15%
88
1.12%
65
0.83%
81
1.03%
2,409
30.72%
7,841
Kern
70,095
55.30%
53,799
42.44%
935
0.74%
859
0.68%
1,065
0.84%
16,296
12.86%
126,753
Kings
9,938
54.64%
7,718
42.43%
140
0.77%
176
0.97%
217
1.19%
2,220
12.21%
18,189
Lake
8,867
53.24%
7,143
42.89%
233
1.40%
184
1.10%
227
1.36%
1,724
10.35%
16,654
Lassen
4,472
56.64%
3,003
38.03%
133
1.68%
72
0.91%
216
2.74%
1,469
18.60%
7,896
Los Angeles
1,024,946
45.67%
1,173,149
52.27%
16,794
0.75%
18,163
0.81%
11,184
0.50%
-148,203
-6.60%
2,244,236
Madera
10,334
54.57%
7,889
41.66%
312
1.65%
152
0.80%
250
1.32%
2,445
12.91%
18,937
Marin
42,260
42.83%
52,534
53.24%
2,371
2.40%
1,066
1.08%
437
0.44%
-10,274
-10.41%
98,668
Mariposa
3,255
56.39%
2,324
40.26%
64
1.11%
60
1.04%
69
1.20%
931
16.13%
5,772
Mendocino
12.398
46.82%
12,786
48.29%
422
1.59%
519
1.96%
353
1.33%
-388
-1.47%
26,478
Merced
17,477
52.62%
14,649
44.10%
467
1.41%
261
0.79%
362
1.09%
2,828
8.51%
33,216
Modoc
2,599
68.83%
995
26.35%
64
1.69%
34
0.90%
84
2.22%
1,604
42.48%
3,776
Mono
1,977
59.58%
1,249
37.64%
26
0.78%
34
1.02%
32
0.96%
728
21.94%
3,318
Monterey
37,493
47.78%
38,301
48.81%
958
1.22%
1,067
1.36%
656
0.84%
-808
-1.03%
78,475
Napa
21,812
54.20%
17,042
42.34%
494
1.23%
454
1.13%
445
1.11%
4,770
11.85%
40,247
Nevada
14,753
56.80%
10,262
39.51%
499
1.92%
234
0.90%
226
0.87%
4,491
17.29%
25,974
Orange
422,878
61.44%
252,572
36.70%
5,965
0.87%
3,346
0.49%
3,537
0.51%
170,306
24.74%
688,298
Placer
28,082
55.47%
20,832
41.15%
737
1.46%
425
0.84%
548
1.08%
7,250
14.32%
50,624
Plumas
4,237
53.53%
3,355
42.39%
161
2.03%
61
0.77%
101
1.28%
882
11.14%
7,915
Riverside
119,680
53.27%
100,370
44.68%
1,524
0.68%
1,538
0.68%
1,535
0.68%
19,310
8.60%
224,647
Sacramento
171,176
52.35%
146,167
44.70%
4,114
1.26%
2,820
0.86%
2,705
0.83%
25,009
7.65%
326,982
San Benito
3,608
46.67%
3,782
48.92%
167
2.16%
75
0.97%
99
1.28%
-174
-2.25%
7,731
San Bernardino
144,096
53.29%
119,185
44.08%
2,393
0.88%
1,997
0.74%
2,727
1.01%
24,911
9.21%
270,398
San Diego
330,037
52.76%
279,113
44.62%
6,642
1.06%
5,043
0.81%
4,681
0.75%
50,924
8.14%
625,516
San Francisco
69,478
30.43%
151,769
66.47%
2,829
1.24%
3,218
1.41%
1,040
0.46%
-82,291
-36.04%
228,334
San Joaquin
65,583
60.06%
40,002
36.63%
1,348
1.23%
994
0.91%
1.265
1.16%
25,581
23.43%
109,192
San Luis Obispo
33,457
52.94%
28,417
44.96%
556
0.88%
383
0.61%
388
0.61%
5,040
7.97%
63,201
San Mateo
99,527
46.36%
108,374
50.48%
2,977
1.39%
1,948
0.91%
1,843
0.86%
-8,847
-4.12%
214,669
Santa Barbara
55,682
48.33%
57,164
49.62%
988
0.86%
801
0.70%
568
0.49%
-1,482
-1.29%
115,203
Santa Clara
180,232
43.96%
216,781
52.87%
5,983
1.46%
3,858
0.94%
3,163
0.77%
-36,549
-8.91%
410,017
Santa Cruz
29,545
38.09%
44,282
57.09%
1,221
1.57%
1,940
2.50%
577
0.74%
-14,737
-19.00%
77,565
Shasta
26,902
57.61%
18,053
38.66%
707
1.51%
394
0.84%
642
1.37%
8,849
18.95%
46,698
Sierra
914
48.33%
907
47.96%
24
1.27%
20
1.06%
26
1.37%
7
0.37%
1,891
Siskiyou
9,457
58.40%
6,009
37.11%
259
1.60%
188
1.16%
281
1.74%
3,448
21.29%
16,194
Solano
36,968
50.31%
33,997
46.26%
979
1.33%
706
0.96%
837
1.14%
2,971
4.04%
73,487
Sonoma
55,968
45.10%
63,542
51.20%
1,735
1.40%
1,747
1.41%
1,115
0.90%
-7,574
-6.10%
124,107
Stanislaus
43,639
55.94%
32,276
41.38%
687
0.88%
648
0.83%
758
0.97%
11,363
14.57%
78,008
Sutter
10,753
63.33%
5,660
33.33%
184
1.08%
235
1.38%
148
0.87%
5,093
29.99%
16,980
Tehama
9,628
58.55%
6,134
37.30%
250
1.52%
145
0.88%
288
1.75%
3,494
21.25%
16,445
Trinity
3,100
53.95%
2,351
40.92%
112
1.95%
66
1.15%
117
2.04%
749
13.04%
5,746
Tulare
38,901
56.69%
28,330
41.29%
415
0.60%
501
0.73%
470
0.68%
10,571
15.41%
68,617
Tuolumne
8,716
56.84%
6,107
39.82%
160
1.04%
148
0.97%
204
1.33%
2,609
17.01%
15,335
Ventura
99,130
55.22%
76,094
42.39%
1,782
0.99%
1,290
0.72%
1,228
0.68%
23,036
12.83%
179,524
Yolo
19,227
42.99%
24,150
54.00%
485
1.08%
445
1.00%
415
0.93%
-4,923
-11.01%
44,722
Yuba
6,959
53.77%
5,400
41.73%
152
1.17%
157
1.21%
273
2.11%
1,559
12.05%
12,941
Total
3,881,014
49.27%
3,787,669
48.09%
81,076
1.03%
70,327
0.89%
56,249
0.71%
93,345
1.19%
7,876,698
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ]
^ County totals do not include the write-in votes, which are only given as statewide totals in the Statement Of Vote