1914 California gubernatorial election
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 County results Johnson: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% Fredericks: 30–40% 40–50% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1914 California gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914. Hiram Johnson was elected in 1910 as a member of the Republican Party. Dissatisfaction with the conservatism of the William Howard Taft administration led many Republicans to join former President Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party, with Johnson running as the vice-presidential nominee in the 1912 presidential election. Despite losing the election, and winning California by fewer than 200 votes, Johnson was supremely popular in California. He was re-elected in 1914 as governor on the Progressive Party ticket, nearly tripling his vote from 1910 as a Republican, and was elected and reelected as U.S. senator many times until his death in 1945.
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Progressive | Hiram W. Johnson (incumbent) | 460,495 | 49.69% | New party | |
| Republican | John D. Fredericks | 271,990 | 29.35% | -16.59% | |
| Democratic | John B. Curtin | 116,121 | 12.53% | -27.61% | |
| Socialist | Noble A. Richardson | 50,716 | 5.47% | -6.93% | |
| Prohibition | Clinton P. Moore | 27,345 | 2.95% | n/a | |
| Total votes | 926,667 | 100.0% | |||
| Progressive gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
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