1976 Governor election results

14 races · 14 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1976 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1976 Governor results by state
State	Winner	Result
Arkansas	David H. Pryor D	605,083 votes · +483,367 over Leon Griffith
Delaware	Pete du Pont R	130,531 votes · +33,051 over Sherman W. Tribbitt
Illinois	Jim Thompson R	3,000,395 votes · +1,390,137 over Michael Howlett
Indiana	Otis Bowen R	1,236,555 votes · +309,312 over Larry A. Conrad
Missouri	Joseph Teasdale D	971,184 votes · +13,074 over Kit Bond
Montana	Thomas Lee Judge D	195,420 votes · +79,572 over Bob Woodahl
New Hampshire	Meldrim Thomson R	197,589 votes · +52,574 over Harry V. Spanos
North Carolina	Jim Hunt D	1,081,293 votes · +517,191 over David Flaherty
North Dakota	Arthur A. Link D	153,309 votes · +14,988 over Richard Elkin
Rhode Island	J. Joseph Garrahy D	218,561 votes · +40,307 over James L. Taft Jr.
Utah	Scott Matheson Jr.D	280,706 votes · +32,679 over Vernon B. Romney
Vermont	Richard Snelling R	99,268 votes · +24,006 over Stella B. Hackel
Washington	Dixy Lee Ray D	821,797 votes · +134,758 over John Spellman
West Virginia	Jay Rockefeller D	495,661 votes · +242,241 over Cecil H. Underwood