November 2, 1954
General Election
Note: A total of 4,101,692 Californians voted in this election.
| Governor | |||
| Richard Perrin Graves | Democratic | 43.2% | Loss |
| Goodwin J. Knight | Republican | 56.8% | Win |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| Harold J. Powers | Republican | 55.3% | Win |
| Edward R. Roybal | Democratic | 44.7% | Loss |
| Secretary of State | |||
| Horace V. Alexander | Independent Progressive | 1.8% | Loss |
| Frank M. Jordan | Republican | 55.3% | Win |
| Daniel Raeburn | Democratic | 41.1% | Loss |
| Frank G. H. Stevens | Prohibition | 1.8% | Loss |
| Controller | |||
| George D. Collins Jr. | Democratic | 44.6% | Loss |
| Robert C. Kirkwood | Republican | 54.2% | Win |
| Fred H. Ross | Prohibition | 1.2% | Loss |
| Treasurer | |||
| Herbert S. Cohn | Independent Progressive | 1.5% | Loss |
| Charles G. Johnson | Republican | 55.2% | Win |
| George E. Johnson | Democratic | 43.3% | Loss |
| Attorney General | |||
| Edmund G. "Pat" Brown | Democratic | 94.5% | Win |
| Edwin M. Copper | Prohibition | 5.5% | Loss |
| SBOE1 | |||
| Stuart L. McClure | Republican | 45.5% | Loss |
| George R. Reilly | Democratic | 54.5% | Win |
| SBOE2 | |||
| James H. Quinn | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SBOE3 | |||
| Clinton T. Duffy | Republican | 35.7% | Loss |
| Paul R. Leake | Democratic | 64.3% | Win |
| SBOE4 | |||
| William G. Bonelli | Democratic | 39.4% | Loss |
| Robert E. McDavid | Republican | 60.6% | Win |
| Senate3 | |||
| Isobel M. Cerney | Independent Progressive | 1.3% | Loss |
| Thomas H. Kuchel | Republican | 53.2% | Win |
| Sam Yorty | Democratic | 45.5% | Loss |
| CD-01 | |||
| Max Kortum | Democratic | 40.9% | Loss |
| Hubert B. Scudder | Republican | 59.1% | Win |
| CD-02 | |||
| Clair Engle | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-03 | |||
| John E. Moss | Democratic | 65.3% | Win |
| James H. Phillips | Republican | 34.7% | Loss |
| CD-04 | |||
| George R. Andersen | Independent Progressive | 2.1% | Loss |
| William S. Mailliard | Republican | 61.2% | Win |
| Philip A. O'Rourke | Democratic | 36.7% | Loss |
| CD-05 | |||
| John F. Shelley | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-06 | |||
| John F. Baldwin Jr. | Republican | 50.9% | Win |
| Robert L. Condon | Democratic | 49.1% | Loss |
| CD-07 | |||
| John J. Allen Jr. | Republican | 53% | Win |
| Stanley K. Crook | Democratic | 47% | Loss |
| CD-08 | |||
| George Paul Miller | Democratic | 65.4% | Win |
| Jess M. Ritchie | Republican | 34.6% | Loss |
| CD-09 | |||
| Harold F. Taggart | Democratic | 45.5% | Loss |
| J. Arthur Younger | Republican | 54.5% | Win |
| CD-10 | |||
| Paul V. Birmingham | Democratic | 38.8% | Loss |
| Charles S. Gubser | Republican | 61.2% | Win |
| CD-11 | |||
| Leroy Johnson | Republican | 52.6% | Win |
| Carl Sugar | Democratic | 47.4% | Loss |
| CD-12 | |||
| Allan O. Hunter | Republican | 46.2% | Loss |
| B. F. Sisk | Democratic | 53.8% | Win |
| CD-13 | |||
| Timothy I. O'Reilly | Democratic | 47.5% | Loss |
| Charles M. Teague | Republican | 52.5% | Win |
| CD-14 | |||
| Al Blain | Republican | 34.9% | Loss |
| Harlan Hagen | Democratic | 65.1% | Win |
| CD-15 | |||
| Gordon L. McDonough | Republican | 56.9% | Win |
| Frank P. O'Sullivan | Democratic | 43.1% | Loss |
| CD-16 | |||
| S. Mark Hogue | Democratic | 39.2% | Loss |
| Donald L. Jackson | Republican | 60.8% | Win |
| CD-17 | |||
| Robert H. Finch | Republican | 39.9% | Loss |
| Cecil R. King | Democratic | 60.1% | Win |
| CD-18 | |||
| Craig Hosmer | Republican | 55% | Win |
| Joseph M. Kennick | Democratic | 45% | Loss |
| CD-19 | |||
| Chet Holifield | Democratic | 74.8% | Win |
| Raymond R. Pritchard | Republican | 25.2% | Loss |
| CD-20 | |||
| Carl Hinshaw | Republican | 71.2% | Win |
| Eugene Radding | Democratic | 28.8% | Loss |
| CD-21 | |||
| Edgar W. Hiestand | Republican | 58.7% | Win |
| William E. "Bill" Roskam | Democratic | 41.3% | Loss |
| CD-22 | |||
| William M. "Bill" Costley | Democratic | 41.8% | Loss |
| Joseph F. "Joe" Holt | Republican | 58.2% | Win |
| CD-23 | |||
| Frank G. Bussing | Republican | 27.3% | Loss |
| Clyde Doyle | Democratic | 70.9% | Win |
| Olive T. Thompson | Independent Progressive | 1.8% | Loss |
| CD-24 | |||
| George Arnold | Democratic | 43.1% | Loss |
| Glenard P. Lipscomb | Republican | 56.9% | Win |
| CD-25 | |||
| Patrick J. Hillings | Republican | 65.2% | Win |
| John G. Sobieski | Democratic | 34.8% | Loss |
| CD-26 | |||
| Theodore R. "Ted" Owings | Republican | 39.9% | Loss |
| James Roosevelt | Democratic | 60.1% | Win |
| CD-27 | |||
| Martin K. Barrett | Republican | 35.2% | Loss |
| Harry R. Sheppard | Democratic | 64.8% | Win |
| CD-28 | |||
| Harriet Enderle | Democratic | 33.8% | Loss |
| James B. Utt | Republican | 66.2% | Win |
| CD-29 | |||
| John R. Phillips | Republican | 58% | Win |
| Bruce Shangle | Democratic | 42% | Loss |
| CD-30 | |||
| Ross T. McIntire | Democratic | 39.6% | Loss |
| Robert C. "Bob" Wilson | Republican | 60.4% | Win |
| SD-02 | |||
| Randolph Collier | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-04 | |||
| James E. "Jim" Busch | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-06 | |||
| Paul L. Byrne | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-08 | |||
| Louis G. Sutton | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-10 | |||
| Edward C. Johnson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-12 | |||
| F. Presley Abshire | Republican | 57% | Win |
| Charles E. Greenfield Jr. | Democratic | 43% | Loss |
| SD-14 | |||
| Donald J. Bruce | Republican | 31.8% | Loss |
| Robert I. McCarthy | Democratic | 68.2% | Win |
| SD-16 | |||
| Anga Bjornson | Democratic | 48.3% | Loss |
| Arthur H. Breed Jr. | Republican | 51.7% | Win |
| SD-18 | |||
| Jack P. D'Angelo | Democratic | 41.5% | Loss |
| John F. "Jack" Thompson | Republican | 58.5% | Win |
| SD-20 | |||
| Verne W. Hoffman | Republican | 49.8% | Loss |
| Alan Short | Democratic | 50.2% | Win |
| SD-22 | |||
| Hugh P. Donnelly | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-24 | |||
| James A. Cobey | Democratic | 59% | Win |
| Milton M. Reiman | Republican | 41% | Loss |
| SD-26 | |||
| Stephen P. Teale | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-28 | |||
| Charles Brown | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-30 | |||
| Hugh M. Burns | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| SD-32 | |||
| Earl Miles | Democratic | 38.7% | Loss |
| J. Howard Williams | Republican | 61.3% | Win |
| SD-34 | |||
| Jess R. Dorsey | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-36 | |||
| James E. Cunningham Sr. | Republican | 100% | Win |
| SD-38 | |||
| Frank Nelson | Prohibition | 2.9% | Loss |
| Richard B. Richards | Democratic | 49.1% | Win |
| Mildred Younger | Republican | 48% | Loss |
| SD-40 | |||
| James M. "Jim" Edmunds | Democratic | 41.2% | Loss |
| Fred H. Kraft | Republican | 58.8% | Win |
| AD-01 | |||
| Frank P. Belotti | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-02 | |||
| Pauline L. Davis | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-03 | |||
| Lloyd W. Lowrey | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-04 | |||
| Don Hobbie | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-05 | |||
| Samuel R. Geddes | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-06 | |||
| Francis C. Lindsay | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-07 | |||
| Richard H. McCollister | Republican | 61% | Win |
| Worth Seymour | Democratic | 39% | Loss |
| AD-08 | |||
| Gordon A. Fleury | Republican | 53.4% | Win |
| Jesse E. Fluharty | Democratic | 46.6% | Loss |
| AD-09 | |||
| Roy J. Nielsen | Republican | 55.2% | Win |
| John J. Reynolds | Democratic | 44.8% | Loss |
| AD-10 | |||
| Donald D. Doyle | Republican | 62.5% | Win |
| Edward N. Munns | Democratic | 37.5% | Loss |
| AD-11 | |||
| Frederick G. Cole | Republican | 30% | Loss |
| S. C. Masterson | Democratic | 70% | Win |
| AD-12 | |||
| John J. McFall | Democratic | Win | |
| AD-13 | |||
| Carlos Bee | Democratic | 67.9% | Win |
| Edward A. "Ed" Robey | Republican | 32.1% | Loss |
| AD-14 | |||
| Robert W. Crown | Democratic | 49.9% | Loss |
| Randal F. Dickey | Republican | 50.1% | Win |
| AD-15 | |||
| Luther H. Lincoln | Republican | 52.1% | Win |
| Robert B. "Bob" River | Democratic | 47.9% | Loss |
| AD-16 | |||
| Sam W. Blanford | Democratic | 28.2% | Loss |
| Walter I. Dahl | Republican | 71.8% | Win |
| AD-17 | |||
| William Byron Rumford | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-18 | |||
| Thomas W. Caldecott | Republican | 57.2% | Win |
| Winton McKibben | Democratic | 42.8% | Loss |
| AD-19 | |||
| Milton Marks | Republican | 49% | Loss |
| Charlie Meyers | Democratic | 51% | Win |
| AD-20 | |||
| Republican | 100% | Win | |
| AD-21 | |||
| Caspar W. Weinberger | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-22 | |||
| Bernard R. Brady | Democratic | 50.2% | Win |
| John A. Busterud | Republican | 49.8% | Loss |
| AD-23 | |||
| George T. Alvers | Republican | 21.9% | Loss |
| Joseph O. Gilmore | Independent | 20.5% | Loss |
| John A. O'Connell | Democratic | 57.6% | Win |
| AD-24 | |||
| Edward M. Gaffney | Democratic | 64% | Win |
| Irving Shore | Republican | 36% | Loss |
| AD-25 | |||
| Daniel J. Creedon | Republican | 54.1% | Win |
| James B. Daly | Democratic | 45.9% | Loss |
| AD-26 | |||
| Richard J. Dolwig | Republican | 62.8% | Win |
| Frank Groves | Democratic | 37.2% | Loss |
| AD-27 | |||
| Glenn E. Coolidge | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-28 | |||
| Clark L. Bradley | Republican | 60% | Win |
| Curtis H. Perry | Democratic | 40% | Loss |
| AD-29 | |||
| Bruce F. Allen | Republican | 54.5% | Win |
| Michael di Leonardo | Democratic | 45.5% | Loss |
| AD-30 | |||
| Ralph M. Brown | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-31 | |||
| George A. Clarke | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-32 | |||
| Wallace D. Henderson | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-33 | |||
| William W. Hansen | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-34 | |||
| Fred Farr | Democratic | 49.1% | Loss |
| Alan G. Pattee | Republican | 50.9% | Win |
| AD-35 | |||
| Myron H. Frew | Democratic | 47.2% | Loss |
| Roscoe L. Patterson | Republican | 52.8% | Win |
| AD-36 | |||
| Bobbe Campbell Dorsey | Democratic | 49.4% | Loss |
| James L. Holmes | Republican | 50.6% | Win |
| AD-37 | |||
| Rex M. Cunningham | Democratic | 55.8% | Win |
| Carl A. Phleger | Republican | 44.2% | Loss |
| AD-38 | |||
| Dorothy M. Donahoe | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-39 | |||
| H. W. "Pat" Kelly | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-40 | |||
| Raimund D. Alvarado | Republican | 21.6% | Loss |
| Edward E. Elliott | Democratic | 78.4% | Win |
| AD-41 | |||
| Allen Miller | Democratic | 59% | Win |
| Ferdinand L. "Ferd" Sturtevant | Republican | 41% | Loss |
| AD-42 | |||
| William F. "Bill" Marsh | Republican | 53.3% | Win |
| Jess Nathan | Democratic | 46.7% | Loss |
| AD-43 | |||
| John F. Gayer | Democratic | 28.5% | Loss |
| H. Allen Smith | Republican | 71.5% | Win |
| AD-44 | |||
| Herbert R. Klocksiem | Republican | 53.5% | Win |
| Richard J. "Dick" Nussell | Democratic | 46.5% | Loss |
| AD-45 | |||
| Thomas J. Doyle | Democratic | 69.9% | Win |
| Floyd Vinson | Republican | 30.1% | Loss |
| AD-46 | |||
| Charles Edward Chapel | Republican | 56.9% | Win |
| Allan K. Jonas | Democratic | 43.1% | Loss |
| AD-47 | |||
| Elsie C. Kroesche | Democratic | 30.6% | Loss |
| Albert I. Stewart | Republican | 69.4% | Win |
| AD-48 | |||
| Peter M. Haxell | Democratic | 28.5% | Loss |
| Frank D. Lanterman | Republican | 71.5% | Win |
| AD-49 | |||
| Gilbert L. Cook | Democratic | 33.5% | Loss |
| Ernest R. Geddes | Republican | 66.5% | Win |
| AD-50 | |||
| Richard D. DuBois | Democratic | 41.5% | Loss |
| Thomas M. Erwin | Republican | 58.5% | Win |
| AD-51 | |||
| William A. Munnell | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-52 | |||
| Frank G. Bonelli | Democratic | 61.4% | Win |
| Nils Helgren | Republican | 38.6% | Loss |
| AD-53 | |||
| Montivel A. Burke | Republican | 64.3% | Win |
| Frank J. Thompson | Democratic | 35.7% | Loss |
| AD-54 | |||
| John L. E. "Bud" Collier | Republican | 57.5% | Win |
| Prudence R. Thrift | Democratic | 42.5% | Loss |
| AD-55 | |||
| Vernon Kilpatrick | Democratic | 70% | Win |
| Rayfield Lundy | Republican | 30% | Loss |
| AD-56 | |||
| Seth J. Johnson | Republican | 54.2% | Win |
| Philip J. Schlessinger | Democratic | 45.8% | Loss |
| AD-57 | |||
| Charles J. Conrad | Republican | 57.6% | Win |
| Clifford H. Marker | Democratic | 42.4% | Loss |
| AD-58 | |||
| Joseph C. Shell | Republican | 59.8% | Win |
| Donald G. Tollefson | Democratic | 40.2% | Loss |
| AD-59 | |||
| Harold L. George | Write-in | 31.2% | Loss |
| Charles W. Lyon | Republican | 19.3% | Loss |
| Thomas M. Rees | Democratic | 49.5% | Win |
| AD-60 | |||
| Harold K. Levering | Republican | 60.3% | Win |
| Henry J. Olson | Democratic | 39.7% | Loss |
| AD-61 | |||
| Carl E. Lindstrom | Republican | 33% | Loss |
| Lester A. McMillan | Democratic | 67% | Win |
| AD-62 | |||
| Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-63 | |||
| Lucius Lomax Jr. | Democratic | 47.1% | Loss |
| G. Delbert Morris | Republican | 52.9% | Win |
| AD-64 | |||
| Patrick D. McGee | Republican | 57.3% | Win |
| Paul Roest | Democratic | 42.7% | Loss |
| AD-65 | |||
| John W. Evans | Republican | 46.9% | Loss |
| Jesse M. Unruh | Democratic | 53.1% | Win |
| AD-66 | |||
| Kenneth A. Ross Jr. | Republican | 47.8% | Loss |
| Charles H. Wilson | Democratic | 52.2% | Win |
| AD-67 | |||
| Clayton A. Dills | Democratic | 65.2% | Win |
| Richard L. Tretheway | Republican | 34.8% | Loss |
| AD-68 | |||
| Vincent Thomas | Democratic | 74.3% | Win |
| John A. Wild | Republican | 25.7% | Loss |
| AD-69 | |||
| Carley V. Porter | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-70 | |||
| Ven O. Fahreney | Democratic | 46.4% | Loss |
| William S. "Bill" Grant | Republican | 53.6% | Win |
| AD-71 | |||
| Lee Backstrand | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-72 | |||
| Ray W. Ferguson | Republican | 43.5% | Loss |
| Eugene G. Nisbet | Democratic | 56.5% | Win |
| AD-73 | |||
| Jack A. Beaver | Republican | 53.2% | Win |
| Milton J. "Milt" Bell | Democratic | 46.8% | Loss |
| AD-74 | |||
| Oland W. Carrick | Democratic | 36.9% | Loss |
| Earl W. Stanley | Republican | 63.1% | Win |
| AD-75 | |||
| Harry R. Fox | Democratic | 38.1% | Loss |
| LeRoy E. Lyon Jr. | Republican | 61.9% | Win |
| AD-76 | |||
| J. Ward Casey | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-77 | |||
| Edwin S. "Ed" Bulen | Republican | 49.1% | Loss |
| Sheridan N. Hegland | Democratic | 50.9% | Win |
| AD-78 | |||
| Frank Luckel | Republican | 63.7% | Win |
| Tom Sherrard | Democratic | 36.3% | Loss |
| AD-79 | |||
| Wanda Sankary | Democratic | 50.4% | Win |
| Chester E. Schneider | Republican | 49.6% | Loss |
| AD-80 | |||
| John E. Hunter | Democratic | 45.3% | Loss |
| Jack Schrade | Republican | 54.7% | Win |