1926 California gubernatorial election

1926 California gubernatorial election

November 2, 1926
 
Nominee C. C. Young Justus S. Wardell
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 814,815 282,451
Percentage 71.22% 24.69%

County results
Young:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

Governor before election

Friend Richardson
Republican

Elected Governor

C. C. Young
Republican

The 1926 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. After ousting incumbent governor Friend William Richardson in the Republican primary, lieutenant governor C. C. Young defeated Justus S. Wardell in a landslide, sweeping every county in the state, the first time this had occurred in a gubernatorial election in California. Writer and activist Upton Sinclair ran on the Socialist ticket, the first of three consecutive gubernatorial elections in which he appeared on the ballot.