November 5, 1946
General Election
Note: A total of 2,759,963 Californians voted in this election.
| Governor | |||
| Archie Brown | Write-in | 0.9% | Lose |
| Albert Clark | Write-in | Lose | |
| Robert W. Kenny | Write-in | 0.1% | Lose |
| Robert W. Long | Write-in | Lose | |
| James Roosevelt | Write-in | 0.1% | Lose |
| Henry R. Schmidt | Prohibition | 7.1% | Lose |
| Earl Warren | Republican | 91.8% | Win |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| Goodwin J. Knight | Republican | 56.4% | Win |
| John F. Shelley | Democratic | 43.6% | Lose |
| Secretary of State | |||
| Frank M. Jordan | Republican | 100% | Win |
| Controller | |||
| Virgil G. Hinshaw | Prohibition | 8.9% | Lose |
| Thomas H. Kuchel | Republican | 91.1% | Win |
| Treasurer | |||
| Charles G. Johnson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| Attorney General | |||
| Edmund G. "Pat" Brown | Democratic | 41.6% | Lose |
| Fred N. Howser | Republican | 55% | Win |
| Claude A. Watson | Prohibition | 3.3% | Lose |
| SBOE1 | |||
| George R. Reilly | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SBOE2 | |||
| James H. Quinn | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SBOE3 | |||
| Jerrold L. Seawell | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SBOE4 | |||
| William G. Bonelli | Republican | 100% | Win |
| Senate1 | |||
| Douglas Corrigan | Prohibition | 1.6% | Lose |
| William F. Knowland | Republican | 54.1% | Win |
| Will Rogers Jr. | Democratic | 44.2% | Lose |
| Herbert Steiner | Write-in | Lose | |
| CD-01 | |||
| Clarence F. Lea | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-02 | |||
| Clair Engle | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-03 | |||
| Leroy Johnson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| CD-04 | |||
| Franck R. Havenner | Democratic | 52.9% | Win |
| Truman R. Young | Republican | 47.1% | Lose |
| CD-05 | |||
| Richard J. Welch | Republican | 100% | Win |
| CD-06 | |||
| George Paul Miller | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-07 | |||
| John J. Allen Jr. | Republican | 56.2% | Win |
| Patrick William McDonough | Democratic | 43.8% | Lose |
| CD-08 | |||
| John Z. "Jack" Anderson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| CD-09 | |||
| Bertrand W. Gearhart | Republican | 53.7% | Win |
| Cecil F. White | Democratic | 46.3% | Lose |
| CD-10 | |||
| Alfred J. Elliott | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-11 | |||
| Ernest K. Bramblett | Republican | 53.1% | Win |
| George E. Outland | Democratic | 46.9% | Lose |
| CD-12 | |||
| John Henry Hoeppel | Prohibition | 1.3% | Lose |
| Richard M. Nixon | Republican | 56% | Win |
| Jerry Voorhis | Democratic | 42.7% | Lose |
| CD-13 | |||
| Ned R. Healy | Democratic | 48.2% | Lose |
| Norris Poulson | Republican | 51.8% | Win |
| CD-14 | |||
| Helen Gahagan Douglas | Democratic | 54.4% | Win |
| Frederick M. Roberts | Republican | 45.6% | Lose |
| CD-15 | |||
| Gordon L. McDonough | Republican | 100% | Win |
| CD-16 | |||
| Harold Harby | Democratic | 31.7% | Lose |
| Donald L. Jackson | Republican | 53.9% | Win |
| Ellis E. Patterson | Write-in | 14.4% | Lose |
| CD-17 | |||
| Cecil R. King | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-18 | |||
| Willis W. Bradley | Republican | 52.8% | Win |
| Clyde Doyle | Democratic | 47.2% | Lose |
| CD-19 | |||
| Chet Holifield | Democratic | 97.6% | Win |
| Marshall J. Morrill | Write-in | 2.4% | Lose |
| CD-20 | |||
| Everett G. Burkhalter | Democratic | 40.7% | Lose |
| Carl Hinshaw | Republican | 59.3% | Win |
| CD-21 | |||
| Lowell E. Lathrop | Republican | 47.3% | Lose |
| Harry R. Sheppard | Democratic | 52.7% | Win |
| CD-22 | |||
| Ray Adkinson | Democratic | 37.9% | Lose |
| John R. Phillips | Republican | 62.1% | Win |
| CD-23 | |||
| Charles K. Fletcher | Republican | 56.3% | Win |
| Ed Izac | Democratic | 43.7% | Lose |
| SD-02 | |||
| Randolph Collier | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-04 | |||
| Burt W. Busch | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-06 | |||
| Charles H. Deuel | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-08 | |||
| Louis G. Sutton | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-10 | |||
| William P. Rich | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-12 | |||
| Herbert W. Slater | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-14 | |||
| Gerald J. O'Gara | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-16 | |||
| Arthur H. Breed Jr. | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-18 | |||
| Byrl R. Salsman | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-20 | |||
| Bradford S. Crittenden | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-22 | |||
| Hugh P. Donnelly | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-24 | |||
| George J. Hatfield | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-26 | |||
| Jesse M. Mayo | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-28 | |||
| Charles Brown | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-30 | |||
| Hugh M. Burns | Democratic | 53.1% | Win |
| Henry L. Suderman | Republican | 46.9% | Lose |
| SD-32 | |||
| Roy R. McLain | Democratic | 46.3% | Lose |
| J. Howard Williams | Republican | 53.7% | Win |
| SD-34 | |||
| Jess R. Dorsey | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-36 | |||
| Ralph E. Swing | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-38 | |||
| Charles Nettles | Write-in | 0.1% | Lose |
| Cynthia Rogalin | Write-in | 0.1% | Lose |
| Jack B. Tenney | Republican | 99.7% | Win |
| Clyde Welch | Write-in | 0.2% | Lose |
| SD-40 | |||
| Charles Calhoun Dail | Democratic | 45.1% | Lose |
| Fred H. Kraft | Republican | 54.9% | Win |
| AD-01 | |||
| Michael J. Burns | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-02 | |||
| Lester Thomas Davis | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-03 | |||
| Lloyd W. Lowrey | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-04 | |||
| Albert M. King | Democratic | 49.5% | Lose |
| Bert W. Loomis | Republican | 50.5% | 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 F. Gannon | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-09 | |||
| Dwight H. Stephenson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-10 | |||
| George Miller Jr. | Democratic | 54.1% | Win |
| Robert J. Pedder | Republican | 45.9% | Lose |
| AD-11 | |||
| John N. Riggs | Democratic | 48.3% | Lose |
| Charles M. Weber III | Republican | 51.7% | Win |
| AD-12 | |||
| James E. Thorp | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-13 | |||
| Francis Dunn Jr. | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-14 | |||
| Randal F. Dickey | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-15 | |||
| Bernard A. Sheridan | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-16 | |||
| Marvin Sherwin | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-17 | |||
| Claude Allen | Write-in | 13.7% | Lose |
| Edward J. Carey | Republican | 86.3% | Win |
| AD-18 | |||
| Thomas L. Bolster | Democratic | 36% | Lose |
| Thomas W. Caldecott | Republican | 64% | 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 | |||
| Edward F. O'Day | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-25 | |||
| Raymond W. Blosser | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-26 | |||
| Edward M. Gaffney | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-27 | |||
| Richard J. Dolwig | Republican | 65.7% | Win |
| Evans A. Fletcher | Democratic | 34.3% | Lose |
| AD-28 | |||
| James R. Bacigalupi | Democratic | 38.7% | Lose |
| Robert C. Kirkwood | Republican | 61.3% | Win |
| AD-29 | |||
| John F. "Jack" Thompson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-30 | |||
| Ralph M. Brown | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-31 | |||
| George A. Clarke | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-32 | |||
| Donald L. Grunsky | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-33 | |||
| Fred Emlay | Democratic | 43.1% | Lose |
| James W. Silliman | Republican | 56.9% | Win |
| AD-34 | |||
| James G. Chrichton | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-35 | |||
| S. L. Heisinger | Democratic | 55.1% | Win |
| Charles F. Huddleston | Republican | 44.9% | Lose |
| AD-36 | |||
| Harry J. Johnson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-37 | |||
| Alfred W. Robertson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-38 | |||
| John B. Cooke | Democratic | 51% | Win |
| W. Fred Newcomb | Republican | 49% | Lose |
| AD-39 | |||
| W. E. James | Republican | 56.2% | Win |
| Joe C. Lewis | Democratic | 43.8% | Lose |
| AD-40 | |||
| William H. Rosenthal | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-41 | |||
| Julian Beck | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-42 | |||
| Leland G. Hewitt | Democratic | 43.9% | Lose |
| Walter R. Hinton | Republican | 56.1% | Win |
| AD-43 | |||
| C. Don Field | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-44 | |||
| John B. Pelletier | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-45 | |||
| Thomas J. Doyle | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-46 | |||
| Glenn M. Anderson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-47 | |||
| Pyrns Hopkins | Democratic | 30.9% | Lose |
| Albert I. Stewart | Republican | 69.1% | Win |
| AD-48 | |||
| Dan W. Green | Democratic | 27.6% | Lose |
| T. Fenton Knight | Republican | 72.4% | Win |
| AD-49 | |||
| Ernest R. Geddes | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-50 | |||
| Thomas M. Erwin | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-51 | |||
| Elwyn S. Bennett | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-52 | |||
| Jonathan J. Hollibaugh | Republican | 60.8% | Win |
| Arthur J. Misner | Democratic | 39.2% | Lose |
| AD-53 | |||
| Montivel A. Burke | Republican | 64% | Win |
| Richard B. Richards | Democratic | 36% | Lose |
| AD-54 | |||
| Ralph A. Beal | Democratic | 47.1% | Lose |
| John L. E. "Bud" Collier | Republican | 52.9% | Win |
| AD-55 | |||
| Vernon Kilpatrick | Democratic | 54.1% | Win |
| Russell H. Reay | Republican | 45.9% | Lose |
| AD-56 | |||
| Ernest E. Debs | Democratic | 98.6% | Win |
| Harley E. MacDonald | Write-in | 1.4% | Lose |
| AD-57 | |||
| Charles J. Conrad | Republican | 58% | Win |
| Frank Scully | Democratic | 42% | Lose |
| AD-58 | |||
| Laughlin E. Waters | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-59 | |||
| Willard M. Huyck | Republican | 63.5% | Win |
| Gordon A. Williams | Democratic | 36.5% | Lose |
| AD-60 | |||
| M. Philip Davis | Republican | 66.3% | Win |
| William E. Hinchliff | Democratic | 33.7% | Lose |
| AD-61 | |||
| Lester A. McMillan | Democratic | 100% | 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 | 100% | Win |
| AD-65 | |||
| John W. Evans | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-66 | |||
| Gordon R. Hahn | Republican | 54.8% | Win |
| Jack Massion | Democratic | 45.2% | Lose |
| AD-67 | |||
| Clayton A. Dills | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-68 | |||
| Vincent Thomas | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-69 | |||
| Ralph C. Dills | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-70 | |||
| William S. "Bill" Grant | Republican | 55% | Win |
| Albert C. S. Ramsey | Democratic | 45% | Lose |
| AD-71 | |||
| Carl Fletcher | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-72 | |||
| R. Fred Price | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-73 | |||
| Stewart Hinckley | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-74 | |||
| Earl W. Stanley | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-75 | |||
| Sam L. Collins | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-76 | |||
| Philip L. Boyd | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-77 | |||
| George Roy Butters | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-78 | |||
| Vincent T. Godfrey | Democratic | 43.8% | Lose |
| Frank Luckel | Republican | 56.2% | Win |
| AD-79 | |||
| Kathryn T. Niehouse | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-80 | |||
| Howard K. Cramer | Republican | 100% | Win |
Special Election
Special Election to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Thomas H. Kuchel (SD-35) following his appointment as Controller.
| SD-35 | |||
| Jim Farquhar | Nonpartisan | 36.9% | Lose |
| Clyde A. Watson | Nonpartisan | 63.1% | Win |