Gavin Newsom won with 59.2% of the vote (6,469,743 votes), ahead of Brian Dahle with 40.8% (4,462,336 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 18.4 percentage points (2,007,407 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 18.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 5.5 points toward Republicans.
10,932,079 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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