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1962 Governor election results

33 races · 33 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1962 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1962 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaGeorge WallaceD303,987 votes
AlaskaWilliam A. EganD29,627 votes · +2,573 over Mike Stepovich
ArizonaPaul FanninR200,578 votes · +35,315 over Samuel Goddard
ArkansasOrval FaubusD225,743 votes · +143,394 over Willis Ricketts
CaliforniaPat BrownD3,037,109 votes · +296,758 over Richard Nixon
ColoradoJohn Arthur LoveR349,342 votes · +86,452 over Stephen McNichols
ConnecticutJohn N. DempseyD549,027 votes · +66,175 over John deKoven Alsop
HawaiiJohn A. BurnsD114,308 votes · +32,601 over William Quinn
IdahoRobert E. SmylieR139,578 votes · +23,702 over Vernon K. Smith
IowaHarold HughesD430,899 votes · +41,944 over Norman A. Erbe
KansasJohn Anderson Jr.R341,257 votes · +49,972 over Dale E. Saffels
MaineJohn H. ReedR146,604 votes · +483 over Maynard Dolloff
MarylandJ. Millard TawesD428,071 votes · +86,800 over Frank Small Jr.
MassachusettsEndicott PeabodyD1,052,322 votes · +4,431 over John A. Volpe
MichiganGeorge W. RomneyR1,420,086 votes · +80,573 over John B. Swainson
MinnesotaKarl RolvaagD619,842 votes · +91 over Elmer Andersen
NebraskaFrank B. MorrisonD242,669 votes · +20,784 over Fred A. Seaton
NevadaGrant SawyerD64,784 votes · +32,639 over Oran K. Gragson
New HampshireJohn W. KingD135,481 votes · +40,914 over John Pillsbury
New MexicoJack M. CampbellD130,933 votes · +14,759 over Edwin L. Mechem
New YorkNelson RockefellerR3,081,587 votes · +529,169 over Robert Morgenthau
North DakotaWilliam L. GuyD115,258 votes · +2,007 over Mark Andrews
OhioJim RhodesR1,836,432 votes · +555,911 over Michael DiSalle
OklahomaHenry BellmonR392,316 votes · +76,959 over W. P. Atkinson
OregonMark O. HatfieldR345,497 votes · +80,138 over Robert Y. Thornton
PennsylvaniaBill ScrantonR2,424,918 votes · +486,291 over Richardson Dilworth
Rhode IslandJohn H. ChafeeR163,952 votes · +398 over John A. Notte Jr.
South DakotaArchie M. GubbrudR143,682 votes · +31,244 over Ralph Herseth
TennesseeFrank G. ClementD315,648 votes · +111,883 over William Anderson
TexasJohn ConnallyD847,038 votes · +132,013 over Jack Cox
VermontPhilip H. HoffD61,350 votes · +1,315 over F. Ray Keyser Jr.
WisconsinJohn W. ReynoldsD637,491 votes · +11,955 over Philip G. Kuehn
WyomingClifford HansenR64,970 votes · +10,672 over Jack R. Gage