November 5, 1946
General Election
Note: A total of 2,759,963 Californians voted in this election.
| Governor | |||
| Archie Brown | Write-in | 0.9% | Loss |
| Albert Clark | Write-in | Loss | |
| Robert W. Kenny | Write-in | 0.1% | Loss |
| Robert W. Long | Write-in | Loss | |
| James Roosevelt | Write-in | 0.1% | Loss |
| Henry R. Schmidt | Prohibition | 7.1% | Loss |
| Earl Warren | Republican | 91.8% | Win |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| Goodwin J. Knight | Republican | 56.4% | Win |
| John F. Shelley | Democratic | 43.6% | Loss |
| Secretary of State | |||
| Frank M. Jordan | Republican | 100% | Win |
| Controller | |||
| Virgil G. Hinshaw | Prohibition | 8.9% | Loss |
| Thomas H. Kuchel | Republican | 91.1% | Win |
| Treasurer | |||
| Charles G. Johnson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| Attorney General | |||
| Edmund G. "Pat" Brown | Democratic | 41.6% | Loss |
| Fred N. Howser | Republican | 55% | Win |
| Claude A. Watson | Prohibition | 3.3% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| William F. Knowland | Republican | 54.1% | Win |
| Will Rogers Jr. | Democratic | 44.2% | Loss |
| Herbert Steiner | Write-in | Loss | |
| 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% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| CD-08 | |||
| John Z. "Jack" Anderson | Republican | 100% | Win |
| CD-09 | |||
| Bertrand W. Gearhart | Republican | 53.7% | Win |
| Cecil F. White | Democratic | 46.3% | Loss |
| CD-10 | |||
| Alfred J. Elliott | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-11 | |||
| Ernest K. Bramblett | Republican | 53.1% | Win |
| George E. Outland | Democratic | 46.9% | Loss |
| CD-12 | |||
| John Henry Hoeppel | Prohibition | 1.3% | Loss |
| Richard M. Nixon | Republican | 56% | Win |
| Jerry Voorhis | Democratic | 42.7% | Loss |
| CD-13 | |||
| Ned R. Healy | Democratic | 48.2% | Loss |
| Norris Poulson | Republican | 51.8% | Win |
| CD-14 | |||
| Helen Gahagan Douglas | Democratic | 54.4% | Win |
| Frederick M. Roberts | Republican | 45.6% | Loss |
| CD-15 | |||
| Gordon L. McDonough | Republican | 100% | Win |
| CD-16 | |||
| Harold Harby | Democratic | 31.7% | Loss |
| Donald L. Jackson | Republican | 53.9% | Win |
| Ellis E. Patterson | Write-in | 14.4% | Loss |
| CD-17 | |||
| Cecil R. King | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| CD-18 | |||
| Willis W. Bradley | Republican | 52.8% | Win |
| Clyde Doyle | Democratic | 47.2% | Loss |
| CD-19 | |||
| Chet Holifield | Democratic | 97.6% | Win |
| Marshall J. Morrill | Write-in | 2.4% | Loss |
| CD-20 | |||
| Everett G. Burkhalter | Democratic | 40.7% | Loss |
| Carl Hinshaw | Republican | 59.3% | Win |
| CD-21 | |||
| Lowell E. Lathrop | Republican | 47.3% | Loss |
| Harry R. Sheppard | Democratic | 52.7% | Win |
| CD-22 | |||
| Ray Adkinson | Democratic | 37.9% | Loss |
| John R. Phillips | Republican | 62.1% | Win |
| CD-23 | |||
| Charles K. Fletcher | Republican | 56.3% | Win |
| Ed Izac | Democratic | 43.7% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| SD-32 | |||
| Roy R. McLain | Democratic | 46.3% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| Cynthia Rogalin | Write-in | 0.1% | Loss |
| Jack B. Tenney | Republican | 99.7% | Win |
| Clyde Welch | Write-in | 0.2% | Loss |
| SD-40 | |||
| Charles Calhoun Dail | Democratic | 45.1% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| 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 M. 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% | Loss |
| AD-11 | |||
| John N. Riggs | Democratic | 48.3% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| Edward J. Carey | Republican | 86.3% | Win |
| AD-18 | |||
| Thomas L. Bolster | Democratic | 36% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| AD-28 | |||
| James R. Bacigalupi | Democratic | 38.7% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| James W. Silliman | Republican | 56.9% | Win |
| AD-34 | |||
| James G. Crichton | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-35 | |||
| S. L. Heisinger | Democratic | 55.1% | Win |
| Charles F. Huddleston | Republican | 44.9% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| AD-39 | |||
| W. E. James | Republican | 56.2% | Win |
| Joe C. Lewis | Democratic | 43.8% | Loss |
| AD-40 | |||
| William H. Rosenthal | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-41 | |||
| Julian Beck | Democratic | 100% | Win |
| AD-42 | |||
| Leland G. Hewitt | Democratic | 43.9% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| Albert I. Stewart | Republican | 69.1% | Win |
| AD-48 | |||
| Dan W. Green | Democratic | 27.6% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| AD-53 | |||
| Montivel A. Burke | Republican | 64% | Win |
| Richard B. Richards | Democratic | 36% | Loss |
| AD-54 | |||
| Ralph A. Beal | Democratic | 47.1% | Loss |
| John L. E. "Bud" Collier | Republican | 52.9% | Win |
| AD-55 | |||
| Vernon Kilpatrick | Democratic | 54.1% | Win |
| Russell H. Reay | Republican | 45.9% | Loss |
| AD-56 | |||
| Ernest E. Debs | Democratic | 98.6% | Win |
| Harley E. MacDonald | Write-in | 1.4% | Loss |
| AD-57 | |||
| Charles J. Conrad | Republican | 58% | Win |
| Frank Scully | Democratic | 42% | Loss |
| AD-58 | |||
| Laughlin E. Waters | Republican | 100% | Win |
| AD-59 | |||
| Willard M. Huyck | Republican | 63.5% | Win |
| Gordon A. Williams | Democratic | 36.5% | Loss |
| AD-60 | |||
| M. Philip Davis | Republican | 66.3% | Win |
| William E. Hinchliff | Democratic | 33.7% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| 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% | Loss |
| 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 vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Senator Hiram Johnson.
Special Election to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of State Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (SD-35). Kuchel resigned after being appointed Controller.
| Senate1 | |||
| Douglas Corrigan | Write-in | 0.4% | Loss |
| George C. Highley | Write-in | 0.2% | Loss |
| William F. Knowland | Write-in | 77.5% | Win |
| Aubrey D. Lewis | Write-in | 0.1% | Loss |
| George H. McLain | Write-in | 3.3% | Loss |
| Frank F. Merriam | Write-in | 0.1% | Loss |
| James Moran | Write-in | 0.2% | Loss |
| Ellis E. Patterson | Write-in | 0.7% | Loss |
| Vic Paulsen | Write-in | 0.3% | Loss |
| Hartley F. Peart | Write-in | 0.3% | Loss |
| Ben Rinaldo | Write-in | 0.1% | Loss |
| Will Rogers Jr. | Write-in | 16.5% | Loss |
| Moody Staten | Write-in | 0.3% | Loss |
| SD-35 | |||
| Jim Farquhar | Nonpartisan | 36.9% | Loss |
| Clyde A. Watson | Nonpartisan | 63.1% | Win |