November 3, 1942
General Election
Note: A total of 2,264,288 Californians voted in this election.
| Governor | |||
| Fred Dyster | Prohibition | 0.5% | Loss |
| Culbert L. Olson | Democratic | 41.8% | Loss |
| Nathan T. Porter | Townsend | 0.7% | Loss |
| Earl Warren | Republican | 57.1% | Win |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| Frederick F. Houser | Republican | 50.3% | Win |
| Ellis E. Patterson | Democratic | 49.7% | Loss |
| Secretary of State | |||
| Frank M. Jordan | Republican | 49.2% | Win |
| Paul Peek | Democratic | 48.9% | Loss |
| Pettis Perry | Communist | 1.8% | Loss |
| Controller | |||
| Harry B. Riley | Republican | 95.4% | Win |
| Anita Whitney | Communist | 4.6% | Loss |
| Treasurer | |||
| Charles G. Johnson | Republican | 95.8% | Win |
| Kenneth May | Communist | 4.2% | Loss |
| Attorney General | |||
| Robert W. Kenny | Democratic | 51.6% | Win |
| Wallace L. Ware | Republican | 44.4% | Loss |
| Claude A. Watson | Prohibition | 4% | Loss |
| Superintendent of Public Instruction | |||
| Richard F. Carlyle | Nonpartisan | 15.8% | Loss |
| Walter F. Dexter | Nonpartisan | 64.4% | Win |
| John T. McRuer | Nonpartisan | 9.3% | Loss |
| Robert Ziegler | Nonpartisan | 10.6% | Loss |
| SBOE1 | |||
| W. S. Hastings | Write-in | 2.9% | Loss |
| George R. Reilly | Democratic | 97.1% | Win |
| SBOE2 | |||
| James H. Quinn | Republican | 52.4% | Win |
| Ivan C. Sperbeck | Democratic | 47.6% | Loss |
| SBOE3 | |||
| Richard E. Collins | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SBOE4 | |||
| William G. Bonelli | Republican | 82.9% | Win |
| Henry R. Schmidt | Prohibition | 17.1% | Loss |
| CD-01 | |||
| Clarence F. Lea | Democratic | 93.2% | Win |
| Albert Jason Lima | Communist | 6.8% | Loss |
| CD-02 | |||
| Harry L. Englebright | Republican | 100% | Win |
| CD-03 | |||
| Leroy Johnson | Republican | 54.5% | Win |
| Joseph B. O'Neil | Democratic | 45.5% | Loss |
| CD-04 | |||
| Archie Brown | Write-in | 1.7% | Loss |
| Thomas Rolph | Republican | 98.3% | Win |
| CD-05 | |||
| Walter Raymond Lambert | Communist | 7.3% | Loss |
| Richard J. Welch | Republican | 92.7% | Win |
| CD-06 | |||
| Albert E. Carter | Republican | 92.6% | Win |
| William H. Hollander | Write-in | 0.2% | Loss |
| Clarence Patton | Communist | 7.3% | Loss |
| CD-07 | |||
| John H. Tolan | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-08 | |||
| John Z. "Jack" Anderson | Republican | 99.9% | Win |
| Elizabeth Nickels | Write-in | 0.1% | Loss |
| CD-09 | |||
| Bertrand W. Gearhart | Republican | 100% | Win |
| CD-10 | |||
| Alfred J. Elliott | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-11 | |||
| A. J. Dingeman | Republican | 49.3% | Loss |
| George E. Outland | Democratic | 50.7% | Win |
| CD-12 | |||
| Robert P. "Bob" Shuler | Prohibition | 43.2% | Loss |
| Jerry Voorhis | Democratic | 56.8% | Win |
| CD-13 | |||
| Charles Kramer | Democratic | 42.4% | Loss |
| Norris Poulson | Republican | 49.5% | Win |
| Calvert S. Wilson | Townsend | 8.1% | Loss |
| CD-14 | |||
| Thomas F. Ford | Democratic | 67% | Win |
| Herbert L. Herberts | Republican | 33% | Loss |
| CD-15 | |||
| John M. Costello | Democratic | 86.2% | Win |
| B. Tarkington Dowden | Prohibition | 9.9% | Loss |
| Philip Gardner | Communist | 3.9% | Loss |
| CD-16 | |||
| Leland Merritt Ford | Republican | 45.4% | Loss |
| Will Rogers Jr. | Democratic | 53.7% | Win |
| Allen L. Ryan | Communist | 0.9% | Loss |
| CD-17 | |||
| Cecil R. King | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-18 | |||
| Francis H. Gentry | Democratic | 43.2% | Loss |
| Ward Johnson | Republican | 56.8% | Win |
| CD-19 | |||
| Carlton H. Casjens | Republican | 36.9% | Loss |
| Chet Holifield | Democratic | 63.1% | Win |
| CD-20 | |||
| Joseph O. Donovan | Democratic | 42.9% | Loss |
| Carl Hinshaw | Republican | 48.4% | Win |
| Virgil G. Hinshaw | Prohibition | 5.3% | Loss |
| Orla E. Lair | Communist | 0.6% | Loss |
| Janie Belle McCarty | Townsend | 2.7% | Loss |
| CD-21 | |||
| Arthur E. Isham | Write-in | 3.4% | Loss |
| Harry R. Sheppard | Democratic | 96.6% | Win |
| CD-22 | |||
| John R. Phillips | Republican | 57.6% | Win |
| N. E. West | Democratic | 42.4% | Loss |
| CD-23 | |||
| James B. Abbey | Republican | 49.5% | Loss |
| Ed Izac | Democratic | 50.5% | Win |
| SD-02 | |||
| Randolph Collier | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-04 | |||
| George Milton Biggar | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-06 | |||
| Charles H. Deuel | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-08 | |||
| Clair Engle | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-10 | |||
| William P. Rich | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-12 | |||
| Herbert W. Slater | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-14 | |||
| John F. Shelley | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-16 | |||
| Arthur H. Breed Jr. | Republican | 53.2% | Win |
| Patrick William McDonough | Democratic | 46.8% | Loss |
| SD-18 | |||
| M. G. Del Mutolo | Democratic | 48.5% | Loss |
| Byrl R. Salsman | Republican | 51.5% | Win |
| SD-20 | |||
| Bradford S. Crittenden | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-22 | |||
| Hugh P. Donnelly | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-24 | |||
| George J. Hatfield | Republican | 52.4% | Win |
| Elmer B. Maze | Democratic | 47.6% | Loss |
| SD-26 | |||
| Jesse M. Mayo | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-28 | |||
| Charles Brown | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-30 | |||
| Hugh M. Burns | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-32 | |||
| Frank W. Mixter | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-34 | |||
| Jess R. Dorsey | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-36 | |||
| Ralph E. Swing | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-38 | |||
| Elmer E. Fredeen | Prohibition | 8.8% | Loss |
| La Rue McCormick | Communist | 4.7% | Loss |
| Jack B. Tenney | Democratic | 86.5% | Win |
| SD-40 | |||
| Charles Calhoun Dail | Democratic | 41.8% | Loss |
| Edward Fletcher | Republican | 58.2% | Win |
| AD-01 | |||
| Michael J. Burns | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-02 | |||
| Paul Denny | Republican | 52.4% | Win |
| William I. Gunlock | Republican | 47.6% | Loss |
| AD-03 | |||
| Lloyd W. Lowrey | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-04 | |||
| George Dalley | Write-in | 14% | Loss |
| Albert M. King | Democratic | 86% | Win |
| AD-05 | |||
| Ernest C. Crowley | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-06 | |||
| Allen G. Thurman | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-07 | |||
| Richard H. McCollister | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-08 | |||
| Chester M. Gannon | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-09 | |||
| Earl D. Desmond | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-10 | |||
| Thomas F. Fraga | Write-in | 33.4% | Loss |
| Harold F. Sawallisch | Democratic | 66.6% | Win |
| AD-11 | |||
| Charles M. Weber III | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-12 | |||
| James E. Thorp | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-13 | |||
| George J. Dugan Jr. | Republican | 47.7% | Loss |
| Francis Dunn Jr. | Democratic | 52.3% | Win |
| AD-14 | |||
| Frank F. Burke | Democratic | 41.3% | Loss |
| Randal F. Dickey | Republican | 58.7% | Win |
| AD-15 | |||
| Thomas R. Farrell | Communist | 10.6% | Loss |
| Bernard A. Sheridan | Republican | 89.4% | Win |
| AD-16 | |||
| Arthur W. Carlson | Republican | 68.4% | Win |
| John J. Haley Jr. | Democratic | 31.6% | Loss |
| AD-17 | |||
| Edward J. Carey | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-18 | |||
| Gardiner Johnson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-19 | |||
| Bernard R. Brady | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-20 | |||
| Thomas A. Maloney | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-21 | |||
| Albert C. Wollenberg | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-22 | |||
| George D. Collins Jr. | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-23 | |||
| William Clifton Berry | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-24 | |||
| Ray McAfee | Republican | 28.3% | Loss |
| Edward F. O'Day | Democratic | 71.7% | Win |
| AD-25 | |||
| Gerald P. Haggerty | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-26 | |||
| Edward M. Gaffney | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-27 | |||
| Harrison W. Call | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-28 | |||
| Raup Miller | Republican | 59.3% | Win |
| R. W. Sturtevant | Democratic | 40.7% | Loss |
| AD-29 | |||
| John F. "Jack" Thompson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-30 | |||
| Ralph M. Brown | Democratic | 54.2% | Win |
| Stewart W. Conover | Republican | 45.8% | Loss |
| AD-31 | |||
| George A. Clarke | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-32 | |||
| Jacob M. Leonard | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-33 | |||
| Frederick Weybret | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-34 | |||
| James G. Crichton | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-35 | |||
| S. L. Heisinger | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-36 | |||
| Charles Lester Guthrie | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-37 | |||
| Alfred W. Robertson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-38 | |||
| Walter J. Fourt | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-39 | |||
| Thomas H. Werdel | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-40 | |||
| Ella Maude Milton | Republican | 21.1% | Loss |
| William H. Rosenthal | Democratic | 78.9% | Win |
| AD-41 | |||
| Julian Beck | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-43 | |||
| C. Don Field | Republican | 62.9% | Win |
| Patrick Henry Ford | Democratic | 37.1% | Loss |
| AD-44 | |||
| G. Harvey Mydland | Republican | 32.3% | Loss |
| John B. Pelletier | Democratic | 67.7% | Win |
| AD-45 | |||
| Thomas J. Doyle | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-46 | |||
| Glenn M. Anderson | Democratic | 63.7% | Win |
| Charles E. Van Der Oef | Republican | 36.3% | Loss |
| AD-47 | |||
| Hawley N. Bidwell | Prohibition | 7.7% | Loss |
| Charles H. Kelley | Democratic | 29.9% | Loss |
| Willis Sargent | Republican | 62.4% | Win |
| AD-48 | |||
| T. Fenton Knight | Republican | 72.9% | Win |
| Virginia Timberlake Steinberger | Democratic | 27.1% | Loss |
| AD-49 | |||
| Lee T. Bashore | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-50 | |||
| Thomas M. Erwin | Republican | 58.4% | Win |
| Daily S. Stafford | Democratic | 41.6% | Loss |
| AD-51 | |||
| Elwyn S. Bennett | Democratic | 60.6% | Win |
| Joseph Francis Quigley | Republican | 39.4% | Loss |
| AD-52 | |||
| Everett G. Burkhalter | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-53 | |||
| Hugo A. Norin | Democratic | 41.3% | Loss |
| Lothrop Smith | Republican | 58.7% | Win |
| AD-54 | |||
| John B. Knight | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-55 | |||
| Vernon Kilpatrick | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-56 | |||
| Kay Cunningham | Republican | 48.7% | Loss |
| Ernest E. Debs | Democratic | 51.3% | Win |
| AD-57 | |||
| Franklin J. Potter | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-58 | |||
| Frank J. Waters Jr. | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-59 | |||
| Charles W. Lyon | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-60 | |||
| Jesse Randolph "John" Kellems | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-61 | |||
| Guy E. Heaton | Republican | 38.2% | Loss |
| Lester A. McMillan | Democratic | 61.8% | Win |
| AD-62 | |||
| Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-63 | |||
| Don A. Allen Sr. | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-64 | |||
| John C. Lyons | Republican | 50.6% | Win |
| Herbert L. Sweet | Townsend | 8.3% | Loss |
| Sam Yorty | Democratic | 41.1% | Loss |
| AD-65 | |||
| John W. Evans | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-66 | |||
| Jack Massion | Democratic | 64% | Win |
| Edward D. McCoy | Republican | 36% | Loss |
| AD-67 | |||
| Adele Arbo | Republican | 31.5% | Loss |
| Clayton A. Dills | Democratic | 68.5% | Win |
| AD-68 | |||
| Vincent Thomas | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-69 | |||
| Ralph C. Dills | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-70 | |||
| Lorne D. Middough | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-71 | |||
| Arthur A. Allen | Democratic | 45.2% | Loss |
| Fred N. Howser | Republican | 54.8% | Win |
| AD-72 | |||
| Eugene G. Nisbet | Democratic | 46.8% | Loss |
| R. Fred Price | Republican | 53.2% | Win |
| AD-73 | |||
| Douglas P. Armstrong | Republican | 55.4% | Win |
| Frank C. Russell | Democratic | 44.6% | Loss |
| AD-74 | |||
| Ross H. Boyd | Democratic | 100% | Loss |
| AD-75 | |||
| Sam L. Collins | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-76 | |||
| Nelson S. Dilworth | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-78 | |||
| Mary L. Fay | Democratic | 45.7% | Loss |
| Fred H. Kraft | Republican | 49.7% | Win |
| Carl B. Miller | Townsend | 4.7% | Loss |
| AD-79 | |||
| Royal B. Churchill | Prohibition | 5% | Loss |
| Kathryn T. Niehouse | Republican | 48.1% | Win |
| Paul A. Richie | Democratic | 46.9% | Loss |
| AD-80 | |||
| Charles W. Stream | Republican | 100% | Win |