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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1920, in 35 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 2, 1920. Elections took place on September 13 in Maine. In Massachusetts, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a one-year term. Every governorship ...
The 1920 United States elections was held on November 2. In the aftermath of World War I , the Republican Party re-established the dominant position it lost in the 1910 and 1912 elections. This was the first election after the ratification of the 19th Amendment , which granted women the constitutional right to vote.
Since being admitted to the Union in 1850, California has participated in 43 presidential elections. A bellwether from 1888 to 1996, voting for the losing candidates only three times in that span, California has become a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
Harding became the first of only two presidential nominees to sweep all of California's counties; the only other one was Franklin D. Roosevelt, the losing 1920 vice-presidential candidate, sixteen years later. Harding's 66.20 percent of the vote was the largest fraction for any presidential candidate in California until Roosevelt won with 66.95 ...
The year was 2002, and Democrat Gray Davis was struggling mightily to win a second term as California governor. “The night before the election, his favorability was only 39%,” his campaign ...
He received the largest number of popular votes ever received by a Socialist Party candidate in the United States, although not the largest percentage of the popular vote. Debs received double this percentage in the election of 1912. [7] The 1920 election was Debs's fifth and last attempt to become president. [8]
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.
Earl Warren, later chief justice of the United States, won an election with the nominations of the three major parties – the only person to run essentially unopposed for governor of California. Ronald Reagan , who was president of the Screen Actors Guild and later president of the United States , and Arnold Schwarzenegger both came to ...