1978 New York Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1978 New York Gubernatorial Election?
Hugh Carey won the 1978 New York Gubernatorial Election. Hugh Carey received 2,429,272 popular votes (50.95%). The main challenger was Perry Duryea (45.22%).
See the full head-to-head between Carey and Duryea
Carey +5.7 pts · won by 272,868 votes
2,429,272 votes
2,156,404 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.8% 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.