Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The most recent member of a third party (not an independent) elected to a governorship is Jesse Ventura, a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota who was elected Governor of Minnesota in 1998. While there have been few third parties that have gained traction at the national level, several states have been three-party systems at one point ...
In the 369 gubernatorial elections since 1990, third party or independent candidates have won at least 5.0% of the vote 53 times (14%), while six candidates have won election (2%). The most recent third party or independent governor to win was Alaska's Bill Walker, a Republican turned independent, in 2014.
In 1972, the party considered suing county clerks in Placer and Butte counties for refusing to allow voters to register as Libertarians. [9] In 1978, Ed Clark, who had been the affiliate's chairman from 1973 to 1974 and later the national presidential candidate in 1980, ran as an independent for governor of California to gain party recognition and received over five percent. [10]
Welcome to your guide to the 2026 California governor’s race. The election may be a long way off, but campaigns for the state's most coveted political prize already are underway.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, while speaking in Bluffton on Wednesday, presented a simple dichotomy between President Joe Biden and his likely opponent in this year’s election, former President ...
Candidates % Vote Winner; Joe Biden: 63.5%: ... Governor. Next gubernational election in California will take place on November 2022.
California 2026 governor candidates rush to campaign on Trump including candidate Tony Thurmond and Rob Bonta, who has not declared but is considered a top hopeful. California voters shifted ...
The Republican candidate won California in every presidential election in the next 36 years except the election of 1964, often by a margin similar to the national one. In these years, the GOP nominated two Californians as presidential candidates during four presidential elections: Richard Nixon in 1960 , 1968 and 1972 , and Ronald Reagan in ...