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1970 Governor election results

35 races · 35 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1970 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1970 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaGeorge WallaceD637,046 votes · +511,555 over John L. Cashin Jr.
AlaskaWilliam A. EganD42,309 votes · +5,045 over Keith H. Miller
ArizonaJack WilliamsR209,355 votes · +7,302 over Raúl Héctor Castro
ArkansasDale BumpersD375,648 votes · +178,230 over Winthrop Rockefeller
CaliforniaRonald ReaganR3,439,174 votes · +500,567 over Jesse Unruh
ColoradoJohn Arthur LoveR350,690 votes · +48,258 over Mark Anthony Hogan
ConnecticutThomas J. MeskillR582,160 votes · +81,599 over Emilio Q. Daddario
FloridaReubin AskewD984,305 votes · +238,062 over Claude R. Kirk Jr.
GeorgiaJimmy CarterD620,419 votes · +195,436 over Hal Suit
HawaiiJohn A. BurnsD137,812 votes · +36,563 over Samuel King
IdahoCecil AndrusD128,004 votes · +10,896 over Don Samuelson
IowaRobert D. RayR403,394 votes · +34,483 over Robert D. Fulton
KansasRobert DockingD404,611 votes · +71,384 over Kent Frizzell
MaineKenneth CurtisD163,138 votes · +890 over James Erwin
MarylandMarvin MandelD639,579 votes · +325,243 over Charles Stanley Blair
MassachusettsFrancis SargentR1,058,623 votes · +259,354 over Kevin White
MichiganWilliam MillikenR1,339,047 votes · +44,409 over Sander Levin
MinnesotaWendell AndersonD737,921 votes · +116,141 over Douglas M. Head
NebraskaJames J. ExonD248,552 votes · +46,558 over Norbert Tiemann
NevadaMike O'CallaghanD70,697 votes · +6,297 over Ed Fike
New HampshireWalter R. Peterson Jr.R102,298 votes · +4,200 over Roger J. Crowley
New MexicoBruce KingD148,835 votes · +14,195 over Pete V Domenici
New YorkNelson RockefellerR3,151,432 votes · +730,006 over Arthur Goldberg
OhioJohn J. GilliganD1,725,560 votes · +342,901 over Roger Cloud
OklahomaDavid HallD338,338 votes · +2,181 over Dewey F. Bartlett
OregonTom McCallR369,964 votes · +76,072 over Robert Straub
PennsylvaniaMilton ShappD2,043,029 votes · +500,175 over Ray Broderick
Rhode IslandFrank LichtD173,420 votes · +1,871 over Herbert DeSimone
South CarolinaJohn C. WestD251,151 votes · +29,915 over Albert Watson
South DakotaRichard F. KneipD131,616 votes · +23,269 over Frank Farrar
TennesseeWinfield DunnR575,777 votes · +66,256 over John Jay Hooker
TexasPreston SmithD1,232,506 votes · +158,675 over Paul Eggers
VermontDeane C. DavisR87,458 votes · +21,430 over Leo O'Brien Jr.
WisconsinPatrick LuceyD728,403 votes · +125,786 over Jack B. Olson
WyomingStanley HathawayR74,249 votes · +30,241 over John J. Rooney