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1879 California gubernatorial election

The 1879 California gubernatorial election was held on September 3, 1879, to elect the governor of California. George Clement Perkins won a plurality of votes, marking the fourth consecutive election in which the incumbent governor's party was defeated. Earlier that year, on May 7, 1879, voters in California approved a new constitution which, effective in 1880, moved the dates of elections to even-numbered years to coincide with elections for federal offices. Thus, the next election for governor would be held on November 7, 1882. As such, Perkins' term as governor would last only three years.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Republican	67,965	42.42%	+16.95%
	Democratic	47,647	29.75%	−20.29%
	Workingmen's	44,482	27.76%	+27.76%
	Prohibition	119	0.07%	−0.22%
		2	0.00%
20,318	12.68%
160,215	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic	+37.23%

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Calaveras
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El Dorado
Marin
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Plumas
Sacramento
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Solano
Sutter
Trinity
Tuolumne
Yuba
Alpine
Mono
Sierra
Lassen
Humboldt
San Luis Obispo

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