1950 California gubernatorial election
The 1950 California gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. For the last time, Warren was reelected governor in a landslide over the Democratic opponent, James Roosevelt, the son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Warren is the last Republican gubernatorial nominee to have won Alameda County, along with being the last nominee of any party to sweep every county in the state.
General Election Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Republican | Earl Warren (incumbent) | 2,461,754 | 64.86 | -26.78 | |
| Democratic | James Roosevelt | 1,333,856 | 35.14 | +35.01 | |
| Total votes | 3,795,610 | 100.0% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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gollark: I don't think I agree, having direct input would expose it to the whims of whatever random controversy has happened *more*.
gollark: And "oh bees [BAD THING] happened so now we must immediately respond to it in some stupid way".
gollark: If you make law really easy to add to, you'll run into problems like "oh bees there are several million pages of law nobody has read".
gollark: My view is generally that the government should avoid doing too much and have law-writing and stuff handled such that it can't start jumping far ahead of popular opinion.
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