1978 Arizona Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1978 Arizona Gubernatorial Election?
Bruce Babbitt won the 1978 Arizona Gubernatorial Election. Bruce Babbitt received 282,605 popular votes (52.5%). The main challenger was Evan Mecham (44.8%).
See the full head-to-head between Babbitt and Mecham
Babbitt +7.7 pts · won by 41,512 votes
282,605 votes
241,093 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.7% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.