Democratic nominees for Governor of California

• 1849 Peter Hardeman Burnett
  Peter Hardeman Burnett
  Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and the first state governor of California, serving from December 20, 1849 to January 9, 1851. He was also the first California governor to resign from office...
  
  
• 1851 John Bigler
  John Bigler
  John Bigler was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as the third Governor of California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first California governor to complete an entire term in office successfully, as well as the first to win re-election...
  
  
• 1853 John Bigler
  John Bigler
  John Bigler was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as the third Governor of California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first California governor to complete an entire term in office successfully, as well as the first to win re-election...
  
  
• 1855 John Bigler
  John Bigler
  John Bigler was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as the third Governor of California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first California governor to complete an entire term in office successfully, as well as the first to win re-election...
  
  
• 1857 John B. Weller
  John B. Weller
  John B. Weller was the fifth Governor of California from January 8, 1858 to January 9, 1860 and a Congressman from Ohio, U.S. senator from California, and minister to Mexico.-Life:...
  
  
• 1859 Milton Latham
  Milton Latham
  Milton Slocum Latham was an American politician, and served as the sixth Governor of California and as a member of the federal U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Latham holds the distinction of having the shortest governorship in California history, lasting for five days between...
  
  
• 1861 John Conness
  John Conness
  John Conness was a first-generation Irish-American businessman who served as a U.S. Senator from California during the American Civil War and the early years of Reconstruction. He introduced a bill to establish Yosemite National Park and voted to abolish slavery...
  
  
• 1863 John G. Downey
  John G. Downey
  John Gately Downey was an Irish-American politician and the seventh Governor of California from January 14, 1860 to January 10, 1862. Until the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003, Downey was California's only foreign-born governor...
  
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• 1867 H. H. Haight
• 1871 H. H. Haight
• 1875 William Irwin
• 1879 Hugh J. Glenn
  Hugh J. Glenn
  Hugh James Glenn was a prominent businessman and politician in California. Glenn was born near Staunton, Virginia, and grew up in Monroe County, Missouri. He was educated as a physician at McDowell's Medical College in St. Louis, Missouri. Glenn served with Colonel Alexander William Doniphan's...
  
  
• 1882 George Stoneman
  George Stoneman
  George Stoneman, Jr. was a career United States Army officer, a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, and the 15th Governor of California between 1883 and 1887.-Early life:...
  
  
• 1886 Washington Bartlett
  Washington Bartlett
  Washington Montgomery Bartlett was the 20th Mayor of San Francisco, California from 1883–1887 and was California's first and to date only Jewish Governor of California.- Life and career :...
  
  
• 1890 Edward B. Pond
  Edward B. Pond
  Edward B. Pond was a Democratic politician from California. He was the 21st Mayor of San Francisco from 1887 to 1891. In 1890, he ran for Governor of California. At the California Democratic State Convention, San Francisco Boss Christopher Buckley backed Mayor Pond. Edward B. Pond defeated...
  
  
• 1894 James Budd
  James Budd
  James Herbert Budd was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. Involved in federal and state politics, Budd was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 2nd California district from 1883 to 1885, and later elected as the 19th Governor of California from 1895 until...
  
  
• 1898 James G. Maguire
  James G. Maguire
  James George Maguire was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Maguire moved with his parents to California in February 1854. He attended the public schools of Watsonville in Santa Cruz County and the private academy of Joseph K....
  
  
• 1902 Franklin K. Lane
• 1906 Theodore A. Bell
  Theodore A. Bell
  Theodore Arlington Bell was a Democratic politician from California.-Biography:Born in Vallejo, California, he began his political career as District Attorney of Napa County, California between 1895-1903. He served on the 58th congress from 1903 to 1905 representing the 2nd district. In the 1904...
  
  
• 1910 Theodore A. Bell
  Theodore A. Bell
  Theodore Arlington Bell was a Democratic politician from California.-Biography:Born in Vallejo, California, he began his political career as District Attorney of Napa County, California between 1895-1903. He served on the 58th congress from 1903 to 1905 representing the 2nd district. In the 1904...
  
  
• 1914 J. B. Curtin
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• 1922 Thomas Lee Woolwine
• 1926 Justus S. Wardell
• 1930 Milton K. Young
• 1934 Upton Sinclair
  Upton Sinclair
  Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. , was an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle . It exposed conditions in the U.S...
  
  
• 1938 Culbert Olson
  Culbert Olson
  Culbert Levy Olson was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Olson was involved in Utah and California politics and was elected as the 29th Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.-Personal background:...
  
  
• 1942 Culbert Olson
  Culbert Olson
  Culbert Levy Olson was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Olson was involved in Utah and California politics and was elected as the 29th Governor of California from 1939 to 1943.-Personal background:...
  
  
• 1946 Earl Warren
  Earl Warren
  Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.He is known for the sweeping decisions of the Warren Court, which ended school segregation and transformed many areas of American law, especially regarding the rights of the accused, ending public-school-sponsored prayer, and requiring...
  
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• 1950 James Roosevelt
  James Roosevelt
  James Roosevelt was the oldest son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was a United States Congressman, an officer in the United States Marine Corps, an aide to his father, the official Secretary to the President, a Democratic Party activist, and a businessman.-Early life:Roosevelt was...
  
  
• 1954 Richard P. Graves
  Richard P. Graves
  Richard P. Graves was a veteran director of man and women the League of California Cities. He became executive director in 1933. In 1954, he ran for Governor of California against incumbent Goodwin J. Knight. His campaign director was Pierre Salinger, who later served as JFK's press secretary...
  
  
• 1958 Edmund G. "Pat" Brown
• 1962 Edmund G. "Pat" Brown
• 1966 Edmund G. "Pat" Brown
• 1970 Jess Unruh
• 1974 Jerry Brown
• 1978 Jerry Brown
• 1982 Tom Bradley
  Tom Bradley (politician)
  Thomas J. "Tom" Bradley was the 38th Mayor of Los Angeles, California, serving in that office from 1973 to 1993. He was the first and to date only African American mayor of Los Angeles...
  
  
• 1986 Tom Bradley
  Tom Bradley (politician)
  Thomas J. "Tom" Bradley was the 38th Mayor of Los Angeles, California, serving in that office from 1973 to 1993. He was the first and to date only African American mayor of Los Angeles...
  
  
• 1990 Dianne Feinstein
  Dianne Feinstein
  Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein is the senior U.S. Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988....
  
  
• 1994 Kathleen Brown
  Kathleen Brown
  Kathleen Lynn Brown is a Democratic politician from California. She is the youngest of four children of former Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown and is the sister of current California Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr...
  
  
• 1998 Gray Davis
  Gray Davis
  Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr. is an American Democratic politician who served as California's 37th Governor from 1999 until being recalled in 2003...
  
  
• 2002 Gray Davis
  Gray Davis
  Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr. is an American Democratic politician who served as California's 37th Governor from 1999 until being recalled in 2003...
  
  
• 2006 Phil Angelides
  Phil Angelides
  Philip Nicholas "Phil" Angelides is an American politician who was California State Treasurer and the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of California in the 2006 elections...
  
  
• 2010 Jerry Brown (general election November, 2010)