1982Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1982 election for California Governor
Governor · California
George Deukmejian (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Tom Bradley (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
George DeukmejianRepublican · winner
50.6%3,881,014
Tom BradleyDemocrat
49.4%3,787,669
7,668,683 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1982
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET