1950 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

1950 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

7 November 1950

Nominee Goodwin Knight Monroe Deutch Party Republican Write-in Popular vote 3,089,278 557 Percentage 99.90% 0.02%

Lieutenant Governor before election Goodwin Knight Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Goodwin Knight Republican

The 1950 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 7 November 1950 in order to elect the Lieutenant Governor of California. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Goodwin Knight easily won re-election against Write-in candidate Monroe Deutch.

General election

On election day, 7 November 1950, Republican nominee Goodwin Knight won re-election by a margin of over 3 million votes against write-in candidate Monroe Deutch, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of Lieutenant Governor. Knight was sworn in for his second term on 3 January 1951.

Results

California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1950

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Goodwin Knight (incumbent)	3,089,278	99.90
	Write-in	Monroe Deutch	557	0.02
	Scattering		2,593	0.08
Total votes			3,092,428	100.00
	Republican hold