United States gubernatorial elections, 1974

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1974

November 5, 1974

37 governorships 35 states; 2 territories   Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 32 governorships 18 governorships Seats before 32 18 Seats after 36 13 Seat change 4 5

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 1974 in 35 states and two territories. The Democrats achieved a net gain of four, Republicans took a net loss of five, and one Independent was elected to the governorship of a state.

In Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas, governors were elected to 4 year terms for the first time, instead of 2 year terms.

Election results 1974

A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Alabama[1]	George Wallace	Democratic	Re-elected, 83.16%	Elvin McCary (Republican) 14.77% Jim Partain (Prohibition) 2.06%
Alaska[2]	William Allen Egan	Democratic	Defeated, 47.37%	Jay Hammond (Republican) 47.67% Joe Vogler (Alaskan Ind.) 4.96%
Arizona[3]	Jack Richard Williams	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Raul Hector Castro (Democratic) 50.41% Russell Williams (Republican) 49.56%
Arkansas[4]	Dale Bumpers	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	David Pryor (Democratic) 65.57% Ken Coon (Republican) 34.41%
California	Ronald Reagan	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Jerry Brown (Democratic) 50.11% Houston I. Flournoy (Republican) 47.25% Edmon Kaiser (AI) 1.34% Elizabeth Keathley (PF) 1.2%
Colorado[5]	John David Vanderhoof	Republican	Defeated, 45.69%	Richard Lamm (Democratic) 53.26% Earl Dodge (Prohibition) 0.77% Lann Meyers (U.S. Labor) 0.28%
Connecticut[6]	Thomas Joseph Meskill	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Ella T. Grasso (Democratic) 58.35% Robert H. Steele (Republican) 39.91% Thomas Pallone (George Wallace Party) 1.51% Allen Peichert (American) 0.21%
Florida	Reubin O'Donovan Askew	Democratic	Re-elected, 61.2%	Jerry Thomas (Republican) 38.8%
Georgia[7]	Jimmy Carter	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	George Busbee (Democratic) 69.07% Ronnie Thompson (Republican) 30.87%
Hawaii[8]	John A. Burns	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	George Ariyoshi (Democratic) 54.58% Randolph Crossley (Republican) 45.42%
Idaho	Cecil D. Andrus	Democratic	Re-elected, 70.92%	Jack M. Murphy (Republican) 26.47% Nolan Victor (American) 2.6%
Iowa[9]	Robert D. Ray	Republican	Re-elected, 58.07%	James Schaben (Democratic) 41.02% Ralph Scott (American) 0.9%
Kansas[10]	Robert Docking	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Robert Frederick Bennett (Republican) 49.47% Vern Miller (Democratic) 49% Marshall Uncapher (Prohibition) 1.53%
Maine	Kenneth M. Curtis	Democratic	Term-limited, Independent victory	James B. Longley (Independent) 39.14% George J. Mitchell (Democratic) 36.33% James Erwin (Republican) 23.13% Stanley Leen (Independent) 0.79% William B. Hughes (Independent) 0.36%
Maryland[11]	Marvin Mandel	Democratic	Re-elected, 63.5%	Louise Gore (Republican) 36.5%
Massachusetts	Francis W. Sargent	Republican	Defeated, 42.29%	Michael Dukakis (Democratic) 53.5% Leo Kahian (American) 3.4% Donald Gurewitz (Socialist Workers) .81%
Michigan[12]	William Milliken	Republican	Re-elected, 51.07%	Sander M. Levin (Democratic) 46.75% Zolton Ferency (Human Rights) 1.08% Hugh M. Davidson (American Independent) .76% Eldon Andrews (Conservative) .16%
Minnesota	Wendell Anderson	Democratic	Re-elected, 62.8%	John W. Johnson (Republican) 29.35% James Miles (Independent) 4.8% Harry Pool (American) 1.63% Jane VanDeusen (Socialist Workers) .74% Erwin Marquit (Communist) .28%
Nebraska[13]	J. James Exon	Democratic	Re-elected, 59.16%	Richard Marvel (Republican) 35.4% Ernie Chambers (Independent) 5.39%
Nevada[14]	Mike O'Callaghan	Democratic	Re-elected, 67.38%	Shirley Crumpler (Republican) 17.1% James R. Houston (Ind. American) 15.52%
New Hampshire[15]	Meldrim Thomson, Jr.	Republican	Re-elected, 51.15%	Richard W. Leonard (Democratic) 48.79%
New Mexico[16]	Bruce King	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Jerry Apodaca (Democratic) 49.94% Joe Skeen (Republican) 48.8% Gene Gonzales (American Independent) 1.26%
New York	Malcolm Wilson	Republican	Defeated, 41.94%	Hugh Carey (Democratic) 57.22% Wayne Amato (Courage) 0.24%
Ohio[17]	John J. Gilligan	Democratic	Defeated, 48.25%	Jim Rhodes (Republican) 48.62% Nancy Lazar (Independent) 3.11%
Oklahoma[18]	David Hall	Democratic	Defeated in primary, Democratic victory	David L. Boren (Democratic) 63.91% Jim Inhofe (Republican) 36.09%
Oregon	Tom McCall	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Robert W. Straub (Democratic) 57.73% Victor G. Atiyeh (Republican) 42.14%
Pennsylvania	Milton Shapp	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.66%	Andrew L. Lewis, Jr. (Republican) 45.11% Stephen Depue (Constitutionalist) 0.96% Frederick L. Stanton (Socialist Workers) 0.26%
Rhode Island[19]	Philip W. Noel	Democratic	Re-elected, 78.48%	James Nugent (Republican) 21.52%
South Carolina	John C. West	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	James B. Edwards (Republican) 50.68% William Jennings Bryan Dorn (Democratic) 47.41% Penny Jennings (Independent) 1.58% Charles Ravenel (Write-in) .12%
South Dakota[20]	Richard F. Kneip	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.61%	John E. Olson (Republican) 46.39%
Tennessee[21]	Winfield Dunn	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Ray Blanton (Democratic) 55.88% Lamar Alexander (Republican) 44.12%
Texas[22]	Dolph Briscoe	Democratic	Re-elected, 61.41%	Jim Granberry (Republican) 31.1% Ramsey Muniz (La Raza Unida) 5.64% Sam McDonnell (American) 1.34% Sherry Smith (Socialist Workers) 0.2%
Vermont[23]	Thomas P. Salmon	Democratic	Re-elected, 63.03%	Walter L. Kennedy (Republican) 32.36% Martha Abbott (Liberty Union) 4.6%
Wisconsin	Patrick Lucey	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.2%	William Dyke (Republican) 42.08% William H. Upham Jr. (American) 2.84% Crazy Jim (Independent) 1.03% William O. Hart (Socialist) 0.43%
Wyoming[24]	Stanley K. Hathaway	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Edgar Herschler (Democratic) 55.88% Dick Jones (Republican) 44.12%

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1974
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1974

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