1978 California Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1978 California Gubernatorial Election?
Jerry Brown won the 1978 California Gubernatorial Election. Jerry Brown received 3,878,812 popular votes (56.05%). The main challenger was Evelle Younger (36.5%).
See the full head-to-head between Brown and Younger
Brown +19.5 pts · won by 1,352,278 votes
3,878,812 votes
2,526,534 votes
377,960 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.