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1974 Governor election results

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

Every Governor contest in the 1974 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1974 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaGeorge WallaceD497,574 votes · +409,193 over Elvin McCary
AlaskaJay HammondR45,840 votes · +287 over William A. Egan
ArizonaRaúl Héctor CastroD278,375 votes · +4,701 over Russell Williams
ArkansasDavid H. PryorD358,018 votes · +170,146 over Ken Coon
CaliforniaJerry BrownD3,131,648 votes · +178,694 over Houston Flournoy
ColoradoRichard LammD441,199 votes · +62,292 over John Vanderhoof
ConnecticutElla GrassoD643,490 votes · +203,321 over Robert H. Steele
FloridaReubin AskewD1,118,954 votes · +409,516 over Jerry Thomas
GeorgiaGeorge BusbeeD646,777 votes · +357,664 over Ronnie Thompson
HawaiiGeorge AriyoshiD136,262 votes · +22,874 over Randolph Crossley
IdahoCecil AndrusD184,142 votes · +115,411 over Jack Murphy
IowaRobert D. RayR534,518 votes · +156,965 over James Schaben
KansasRobert F. BennettR387,792 votes · +3,677 over Vern Miller
MaineJames B. LongleyI142,464 votes · +10,245 over George J. Mitchell
MarylandMarvin MandelD602,648 votes · +256,199 over Louise Gore
MassachusettsMichael DukakisD992,284 votes · +207,931 over Francis Sargent
MichiganWilliam MillikenR1,356,865 votes · +114,618 over Sander Levin
MinnesotaWendell AndersonD786,787 votes · +410,065 over John Albert Johnson
NebraskaJames J. ExonD267,012 votes · +107,232 over Richard D. Marvel
NevadaMike O'CallaghanD114,114 votes · +85,155 over Shirley Crumpler
New HampshireMeldrim ThomsonR115,933 votes · +5,342 over Richard W. Leonard
New MexicoJerry ApodacaD164,172 votes · +3,742 over Joe Skeen
New YorkHugh CareyD3,028,503 votes · +808,836 over Malcolm Wilson
OhioJim RhodesR1,493,679 votes · +11,488 over John J. Gilligan
OklahomaDavid Lyle BorenD514,389 votes · +223,930 over Jim Inhofe
OregonRobert StraubD444,812 votes · +120,061 over Victor Atiyeh
PennsylvaniaMilton ShappD1,878,252 votes · +299,335 over Drew Lewis
Rhode IslandPhilip NoelD252,436 votes · +183,212 over James W. Nugent
South CarolinaJames B. EdwardsR266,338 votes · +17,477 over W.J. Bryan Dorn
South DakotaRichard F. KneipD149,151 votes · +20,074 over John E. Olson
TennesseeRay BlantonD576,833 votes · +121,366 over Lamar Alexander
TexasDolph BriscoeD1,016,334 votes · +501,609 over Jim Granberry
VermontThomas P. SalmonD79,842 votes · +26,170 over Walter L. Kennedy
WisconsinPatrick LuceyD628,639 votes · +131,444 over William Dyke
WyomingEdgar HerschlerD71,741 votes · +15,096 over Dick Jones