Battle of Backbone Mountain

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The 1910 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1910. It saw Republican Hiram Johnson elected as the state's governor. Johnson, the favored candidate of the progressive faction of the GOP and the Lincoln–Roosevelt League, had defeated Charles F. Curry and Alden Anderson in the primary for the Republican nomination.

General election results

1910 gubernatorial election, California
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Hiram W. Johnson 177,191 45.94% +5.58%
Democratic Theodore Arlington Bell 154,835 40.14% +2.42%
Socialist J. Stitt Wilson 47,819 12.40% +7.26%
Prohibition Simeon P. Meads 5,807 1.51% -0.85%
Total votes 385,652 100.0%
Republican hold Swing

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