Gavin Newsom won with 61.9% of the vote (7,721,410 votes), ahead of John H. Cox with 38.0% (4,742,825 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 23.9 percentage points (2,978,585 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 23.9 points.
12,464,235 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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