The 1938 California Attorney General election was held on November 8, 1938. Republican Alameda County District Attorney

Earl Warren Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953 and as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presid ...

defeated Democratic

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candidate Carl S. Kegley and

Townsend Party Francis Everett Townsend (; January 13, 1867 – September 1, 1960) was an American physician and political activist in California. In 1933, he devised an old-age pension scheme to help alleviate the Great Depression. Known as the "Townsend Pl ...

nominee Walter Emmett Barry with 66.16% of the vote.

Primary election results

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were held on August 30, 1938.

Candidates

(R),

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(R), former

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*Carl S. Kegley (D), attorney and

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advocate * William Moseley Jones (D),

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*Patrick J. Cooney (D) * James F. Brennan (D), State Assemblyman *Walter Emmett Barry (Townsend) *William C. Ring (Progressive) *Claude A. Watson (Prohibition)

Results

General election

Candidates

*Earl Warren, Republican *Carl S. Kegley, write-in *Walter Emmett Barry, Townsend *Claude A. Watson, Prohibition

Results

References

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November 1938 in the United States