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1982 Governor election results

36 races · 36 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1982 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1982 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaGeorge WallaceD650,538 votes · +209,723 over Emory Folmar
AlaskaBill SheffieldD89,918 votes · +17,627 over Tom Fink
ArizonaBruce BabbittD453,795 votes · +217,918 over Leo Corbet
ArkansasBill ClintonD431,855 votes · +74,359 over Frank D. White
CaliforniaGeorge DeukmejianR3,881,014 votes · +93,345 over Tom Bradley
ColoradoRichard LammD627,960 votes · +325,220 over John Fuhr
ConnecticutBill O'NeillD578,264 votes · +80,491 over Lewis Rome
FloridaBob GrahamD1,739,553 votes · +790,540 over Skip Bafalis
GeorgiaJoe Frank HarrisD734,090 votes · +299,594 over Robert H. Bell
HawaiiGeorge AriyoshiD141,043 votes · +51,740 over Frank Fasi
IdahoJohn V. EvansD165,365 votes · +4,208 over Phil Batt
IllinoisJim ThompsonR1,816,101 votes · +5,074 over Adlai Stevenson III
IowaTerry BranstadR548,313 votes · +65,022 over Roxanne Conlin
KansasJohn W. CarlinD405,772 votes · +66,416 over Sam Hardage
MaineJoseph BrennanD281,066 votes · +108,117 over Charles Cragin
MarylandHarry HughesD705,910 votes · +273,084 over Robert A. Pascal
MassachusettsMichael DukakisD1,219,109 votes · +469,430 over John W. Sears
MichiganJames J. BlanchardD1,561,291 votes · +191,709 over Richard Headlee
MinnesotaRudy PerpichD1,049,104 votes · +337,308 over Wheelock Whitney Jr.
NebraskaBob KerreyD277,436 votes · +7,233 over Charles Thone
NevadaRichard H. BryanD128,132 votes · +28,028 over Robert List
New HampshireJohn H. SununuR145,389 votes · +13,072 over Hugh Gallen
New MexicoToney AnayaD215,840 votes · +24,214 over John B. Irick
New YorkMario CuomoD2,675,213 votes · +180,386 over Lewis Lehrman
OhioDick CelesteD1,981,882 votes · +677,920 over Bud Brown
OklahomaGeorge NighD548,159 votes · +215,952 over Tom Daxon
OregonVictor AtiyehR639,841 votes · +265,525 over Ted Kulongoski
PennsylvaniaDick ThornburghR1,872,784 votes · +100,431 over Allen Ertel
Rhode IslandJ. Joseph GarrahyD247,208 votes · +167,606 over Vincent Marzullo
South CarolinaRichard RileyD468,787 votes · +265,981 over W. D. Workman Jr.
South DakotaBill JanklowR197,429 votes · +116,293 over Mike O'Connor
TennesseeLamar AlexanderR737,693 votes · +236,756 over Randy Tyree
TexasMark WhiteD1,697,870 votes · +231,933 over Bill Clements
VermontRichard SnellingR93,111 votes · +18,717 over Madeleine Kunin
WisconsinAnthony S. EarlD896,872 votes · +234,134 over Terry J. Kohler
WyomingEdgar HerschlerD106,427 votes · +44,299 over Warren A. Morton