November 2, 1886
General Election
Note: A total of 195,660 Californians voted in this election.
| Governor | |||
| Washington Bartlett | Democratic | 43.5% | Win |
| Charles C. O'Donnell | Independent | 6.3% | Lose |
| Joel Russell | Prohibition | 3.3% | Lose |
| John F. Swift | Republican | 43.2% | Lose |
| P. D. Wigginton | Know Nothing | 3.8% | Lose |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| Horace Bell | Independent | 0.9% | Lose |
| A. D. Boren | Prohibition | 3% | Lose |
| M. F. Tarpey | Democratic | 47.4% | Lose |
| Robert W. Waterman | Republican | 48.7% | Win |
| Secretary of State | |||
| William C. Hendricks | Democratic | 48.8% | Win |
| Frank E. Kellogg | Prohibition | 2.3% | Lose |
| Walter S. Moore | Republican | 45.8% | Lose |
| C. N. Wilson | Know Nothing | 3.1% | Lose |
| Controller | |||
| J. E. Denny | Republican | 48.6% | Lose |
| John P. Dunn | Democratic | 48.9% | Win |
| J. A. Fairbanks | Prohibition | 2.5% | Lose |
| Treasurer | |||
| H. S. Graves | Prohibition | 3% | Lose |
| Adam Herold | Democratic | 47.2% | Win |
| Jacob H. Neff | Republican | 46.9% | Lose |
| George T. White | Know Nothing | 2.9% | Lose |
| Attorney General | |||
| George Babcock | Prohibition | 2.6% | Lose |
| Alfred Daggett | Know Nothing | 2.8% | Lose |
| W. H. H. Hart | Republican | 46.9% | Lose |
| George A. Johnson | Democratic | 47.6% | Win |
| Surveyor General | |||
| E. O. Miller | Democratic | 46.7% | Lose |
| Theodore Reichert | Republican | 50.2% | Win |
| George B. Tolman | Prohibition | 3.1% | Lose |
| Clerk of the Supreme Court | |||
| Samuel Frew | American | 2.7% | Lose |
| Julius Lyons | Prohibition | 2.7% | Lose |
| James A. Orr | Republican | 46.8% | Lose |
| John D. Spencer | Democratic | 47.8% | Win |
| Superintendent of Public Instruction | |||
| Ira G. Hoitt | Republican | 49% | Win |
| D. A. Mobley | Prohibition | 2% | Lose |
| Andrew J. Moulder | Democratic | 48.9% | Lose |
| RC-01 | |||
| Augustus Abbott | Republican | 50% | Win |
| C. C. Bateman | Independent | 0.8% | Lose |
| W. C. Damon | Prohibition | 0.2% | Lose |
| Joseph A. Filcher | Democratic | 48.2% | Lose |
| Henry C. Wilson | Know Nothing | 0.7% | Lose |
| RC-02 | |||
| John C. Green | Independent | 5.1% | Lose |
| J. M. Litchfield | Republican | 47.2% | Lose |
| P. J. White | Democratic | 47.7% | Win |
| RC-03 | |||
| William W. Foote | Democratic | 47.8% | Lose |
| S. M. McLean | Prohibition | 4.2% | Lose |
| James W. Rea | Republican | 48% | Win |
| SBOE1 | |||
| A. C. Dithmar | Republican | 45.6% | Lose |
| James S. Reynolds | Prohibition | 0.6% | Lose |
| Waldron Shear | Independent | 4.9% | Lose |
| Gordon E. Sloss | Democratic | 48.9% | Win |
| SBOE2 | |||
| A. J. Gregg | Prohibition | 2.4% | Lose |
| L. C. Morehouse | Republican | 51.2% | Win |
| Charles H. Randall (II) | Democratic | 46.5% | Lose |
| SBOE3 | |||
| Thomas Bair | Know Nothing | 1.2% | Lose |
| John Beattie Jr. | Republican | 47.7% | Lose |
| John L. Mansfield | Prohibition | 1.9% | Lose |
| C. E. Wilcoxon | Democratic | 49.2% | Win |
| SBOE4 | |||
| John T. Gaffey | Democratic | 50.2% | Win |
| M. D. Hamilton | Republican | 45.1% | Lose |
| L. B. Hogue | Prohibition | 4.8% | Lose |
| CD-01 | |||
| Charles A. Garter | Republican | 47.2% | Lose |
| L. W. Simmons | Prohibition | 2.6% | Lose |
| Thomas L. Thomas | Democratic | 50.2% | Win |
| CD-02 | |||
| Marion Biggs | Democratic | 50% | Win |
| J. C. Campbell | Republican | 47% | Lose |
| W. O. Clark | Prohibition | 3% | Lose |
| CD-03 | |||
| Joseph McKenna | Republican | 53.1% | Win |
| Henry C. McPike | Democratic | 44.6% | Lose |
| W. W. Smith | Prohibition | 2.4% | Lose |
| CD-04 | |||
| Frank McCoppin | Democratic | 42% | Lose |
| William W. Morrow | Republican | 48.7% | Win |
| Charles A. Sumner | Independent | 9% | Lose |
| Robert Thompson | Prohibition | 0.4% | Lose |
| CD-05 | |||
| Charles N. Felton | Republican | 48.8% | Win |
| C. Henderson | Prohibition | 1.4% | Lose |
| A. E. Redstone | Independent | 1.4% | Lose |
| Frank J. Sullivan | Democratic | 48.4% | Lose |
| CD-06 | |||
| W. A. Harris | Prohibition | 5.6% | Lose |
| Joseph D. Lynch | Democratic | 47.1% | Lose |
| William Vandever | Republican | 47.3% | Win |
| SD-02 | |||
| John M. Briceland | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-03 | |||
| W. H. Patterson | Republican | Win | |
| SD-04 | |||
| Albert F. Jones | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-05 | |||
| Austin Walrath | Republican | Win | |
| SD-06 | |||
| Archibald Yell | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-08 | |||
| John Boggs | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-09 | |||
| Henry C. Gesford | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-10 | |||
| Edward C. Hinshaw | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-11 | |||
| James McCudden | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-12 | |||
| Augustus L. Chandler | Republican | Win | |
| SD-13 | |||
| Findley R. Dray | Republican | Win | |
| SD-15 | |||
| J. P. Abbott | Republican | Win | |
| SD-16 | |||
| Frank J. Moffitt | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-17 | |||
| Henry Vrooman | Republican | Win | |
| SD-18 | |||
| M. W. Dixon | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-19 | |||
| John Lenahan | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-20 | |||
| Thomas J. Pinder | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-21 | |||
| J. J. Sullivan | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-22 | |||
| J. N. E. Wilson | Republican | Win | |
| SD-23 | |||
| P. J. Crimmins | Republican | Win | |
| SD-24 | |||
| P. J. Murphy | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-25 | |||
| D. J. McCarthy | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-26 | |||
| Thomas H. McDonald | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-27 | |||
| Thomas J. Clunie | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-28 | |||
| John Spellacy | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-29 | |||
| Benjamin F. Langford | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-30 | |||
| A. J. Meany | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-32 | |||
| E. B. Conklin | Republican | Win | |
| SD-34 | |||
| George G. Goucher | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-35 | |||
| B. V. Sargent | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-36 | |||
| John Roth | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-37 | |||
| George Steele | Republican | Win | |
| SD-38 | |||
| Stephen M. White | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-39 | |||
| L. J. Rose | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-40 | |||
| William W. Bowers | Republican | Win | |
| AD-01 | |||
| R. H. Campbell | Republican | Win | |
| AD-02 | |||
| George Williams | Republican | Win | |
| AD-03 | |||
| J. F. McGowan | Republican | Win | |
| AD-04 | |||
| T. W. H. Shanahan | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-05 | |||
| W. D. Morris | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-06 | |||
| R. H. F Variel | Republican | Win | |
| AD-07 | |||
| William P. Mathews | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-08 | |||
| Allen Henry | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-09 | |||
| Lewis C. Granger | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-10 | |||
| Thomas J. Hart | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-11 | |||
| Philo Handy | Republican | Win | |
| AD-12 | |||
| L. H. Gruwell | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-13 | |||
| George Ohleyer | Democratic | Win | |
| Daniel A. Ostrom | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-14 | |||
| Josiah Sims | Republican | Win | |
| AD-15 | |||
| John I. Sykes | Republican | Win | |
| AD-16 | |||
| John Davis | Republican | Win | |
| AD-17 | |||
| Henry Mahler | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-18 | |||
| Harry W. Carroll | Republican | Win | |
| AD-19 | |||
| L. S. Taylor | Republican | Win | |
| AD-20 | |||
| Seymour Carr | Republican | Win | |
| AD-21 | |||
| L. B. Adams | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-22 | |||
| Frank L. Coombs | Republican | Win | |
| AD-23 | |||
| George W. Morgan | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-24 | |||
| W. J. Hotchkiss | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-25 | |||
| James McDonnell Jr. | Republican | Win | |
| AD-26 | |||
| Frank O'Grady | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-27 | |||
| Robert J. Currey | Republican | Win | |
| AD-28 | |||
| John W. Atherton | Republican | Win | |
| AD-29 | |||
| James B. Brown | Republican | Win | |
| AD-30 | |||
| Joseph Burnett | Republican | Win | |
| AD-31 | |||
| Edwin Lewis | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-32 | |||
| A. M. Lawrence | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-33 | |||
| James J. Callaghan | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-34 | |||
| Michael H. Barry | Republican | Win | |
| AD-35 | |||
| John H. Colbert | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-36 | |||
| C. F. Curry | Republican | Win | |
| AD-37 | |||
| Thomas M. Searey | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-38 | |||
| Daniel S. Regan | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-39 | |||
| James E. Britt | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-40 | |||
| Andrew J. Martin | Republican | Win | |
| AD-41 | |||
| Henry R. Mann | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-42 | |||
| John La Blanc | Republican | Win | |
| AD-43 | |||
| Luther L. Ewing | Republican | Win | |
| AD-44 | |||
| Richard Cohen | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-45 | |||
| William A. Brown | Republican | Win | |
| AD-47 | |||
| Thomas F. Mitchell | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-48 | |||
| Joseph Windrow | Republican | Win | |
| AD-49 | |||
| W. Z. Price | Republican | Win | |
| AD-50 | |||
| Jesse Cope | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-51 | |||
| Hiram Bailey | Republican | Win | |
| AD-52 | |||
| John Ellsworth | Republican | Win | |
| AD-53 | |||
| M. D Hyde | Republican | Win | |
| AD-54 | |||
| F. M. Cooley | Republican | Win | |
| AD-55 | |||
| William H. Jordan | Republican | Win | |
| AD-56 | |||
| Charles O. Alexander | Republican | Win | |
| AD-57 | |||
| D. N. Sherburne | Republican | Win | |
| AD-58 | |||
| J. D. Young | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-59 | |||
| James R. Henry | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-60 | |||
| Judson C. Brusie | Republican | Win | |
| AD-61 | |||
| F. W. McClenahan | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-62 | |||
| Edward Smyth | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-63 | |||
| I. A. Wilcox | Republican | Win | |
| AD-64 | |||
| Charles M. Weber | Republican | Win | |
| AD-65 | |||
| Samuel Rucker | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-66 | |||
| C. C. Wright | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-67 | |||
| John W. Bost | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-68 | |||
| John H. Matthews | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-69 | |||
| Thomas Renison | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-70 | |||
| J. P. Vincent | Republican | Win | |
| AD-71 | |||
| A. B. Butler | Republican | Win | |
| AD-72 | |||
| Andrew J. Gould | Republican | Win | |
| AD-73 | |||
| McD. R. Venable | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-74 | |||
| Russell Heath | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-75 | |||
| J. Marion Brooks | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-76 | |||
| John R. Brierly | Republican | Win | |
| AD-77 | |||
| G. W. Knox | Republican | Win | |
| AD-78 | |||
| W. H. Spurgeon | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-79 | |||
| Hiram M. Barton | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-80 | |||
| Nestor A. Young | Republican | Win | |
Special Election
| SD-01 | |||
| John P. Haynes | Democratic | Win | |
| SD-07 | |||
| A. P. Hall | Republican | Win | |
| SD-31 | |||
| A. W. Crandall | Republican | Win | |
| SD-33 | |||
| James D. Byrnes | Republican | Win | |