1918 California gubernatorial election
November 5, 1918
 
Nominee William Stephens Theodore Arlington Bell
Party Republican Independent
Alliance Prohibition
Progressive
Popular vote 387,547 251,189
Percentage 56.2% 36.4%
County results
Stephens:      40–50%      50–60      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Bell:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

William Stephens
Republican

 Elected Governor

William Stephens
Republican

The 1918 California gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918. William Stephens had defeated James Rolph for the Republican nomination.

Primary election

San Francisco mayor James Rolph, a Republican, cross-filed in both the Republican and Democratic primaries, won the Democratic primary, and received the most overall votes of any candidate in the primary election across all parties. However, because he failed to win his own party's nomination, he was barred from receiving the Democratic nomination thanks to the 1917 Hawson amendment to California electoral law, leaving the Democratic Party without a candidate. Incumbent Republican governor William Stephens won the Republican, Prohibition, and Progressive nominations. The only other primary candidate to advance to the general election was Socialist Henry H. Roser, running unopposed.

1918 California gubernatorial primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic primary
Republican James Rolph 74,955 45.56%
Democratic Francis J. Heney 60,662 36.87%
Democratic Thomas L. Woolwine 28,897 17.57%
Progressive primary
Republican William Stephens 5,142 60.07%
Democratic Francis J. Heney 3,418 39.93%
Prohibition primary
Republican William Stephens 12,853 100.00%
Republican primary
Republican William Stephens 168,942 45.06%
Republican James Rolph 146,990 39.21%
Republican Jay Orley Hayes 24,676 6.58%
Republican Walter Bordwell 17,038 4.54%
Republican Charles Fickert 13,259 3.54%
Republican Charles McGee 4,014 1.07%
Socialist primary
Socialist Henry H. Roser 7,931 100.00%
Primary total
Republican James Rolph 221,945 39.02%
Republican William Stephens 186,937 32.87%
Democratic Francis J. Heney 64,080 11.27%
Democratic Thomas L. Woolwine 28,897 5.08%
Republican Jay Orley Hayes 24,676 4.34%
Republican Walter Bordwell 17,038 3.00%
Republican Charles Fickert 13,259 2.33%
Socialist Henry H. Roser 7,931 1.39%
Republican Charles McGee 4,014 0.71%
Source Melendy, H. Brett (1964). "California's Cross-Filing Nightmare: The 1918 Gubernatorial Election". Pacific Historical Review. University of California Press. 33 (3): 317–330. doi:10.2307/3636839. ISSN 0030-8684. JSTOR 3636839.

General election results

1918 California gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican William Stephens (incumbent) 387,547 56.28% +26.93%
Independent Theodore Arlington Bell 251,189 36.48% N/A
Socialist Henry H. Roser 29,003 4.21% -1.26%
Republican James Rolph (write-in) 20,605 2.99% N/A
Total votes 688,344 100.0%
Republican gain from Progressive Swing

References


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