2014 California gubernatorial election
County Brown % Kashkari %
Alameda 293,081 82.2 63,593 17.8
Alpine 284 61.9 175 38.1
Amador 5,682 44.6 7,071 55.4
Butte 29,520 47.8 32,249 52.2
Calaveras 6,870 43.7 8,841 56.3
Colusa 1,789 42.7 2,398 57.3
Contra Costa 174,403 68.6 79,660 31.4
Del Norte 3,488 49.6 3,539 50.4
El Dorado 27,916 45.5 33,443 54.5
Fresno 76,143 47.6 83,744 52.4
Glenn 2,049 34.4 3,908 65.6
Humboldt 24,003 64.6 13,146 35.4
Imperial 13,457 64.3 7,484 35.7
Inyo 2,317 42.7 3,112 57.3
Kern 54,269 40.9 78,417 59.1
Kings 8,752 39.2 13,575 60.8
Lake 10,722 61.3 6,775 38.7
Lassen 2,213 32.4 4,609 67.6
Los Angeles 978,142 66.8 485,186 33.2
Madera 9,974 37.2 16,825 62.8
General election -- Results by County
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The 2014 California gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of California, concurrently with elections for the rest of California's executive branch, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jerry Brown ran for re-election to a second consecutive and fourth overall term in office. Although governors are limited to lifetime service of two terms in office, Brown previously served as governor from 1975 to 1983, and the law only affects terms served after 1990. A primary election was held on June 3, 2014. Under California's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers - regardless of party - advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. Washington is the only other state with this system, a so-called top two primary (Louisiana has a similar jungle primary). Brown and Republican Neel Kashkari finished first and second, respectively, and contested in the general election, which Brown won. He won the largest gubernatorial victory since 1986, despite running a virtually nonexistent campaign.