The 1926 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926.

C. C. Young Clement Calhoun Young (April 28, 1869 – December 24, 1947) was an American educator and politician who was affiliated with the original Progressive Party (United States, 1912), Progressive Party and later the United States Republican Party, R ...

had defeated incumbent governor

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for the Republican nomination.

General election results

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