1975 United States gubernatorial elections

1975 United States gubernatorial elections

←  1974 November 1 and 4, 1975 1976  →
4 governorships 3 states; 1 territory
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 36 13 Seats after 36 13 Seat change Seats up 3 0 Seats won 3 0
Democratic hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in three states and one territory, on November 1, 1975, in Louisiana, and three days later in Kentucky and Mississippi. No governorships changed hands in these elections, as all three southern states remained under Democratic control.

Election results

State	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kentucky	Julian Carroll	Democratic	1974 [a]	Incumbent elected to full term. [1]	Y Julian Carroll (Democratic) 62.84% Bob Gable (Republican) 37.16%
Louisiana	Edwin Edwards	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edwin Edwards (Democratic) 62.35% Robert G. Jones (Democratic) 24.29% Wade O. Martin Jr. (Democratic) 12.17% Ken Lewis (Democratic) 0.44%
Mississippi	Bill Waller	Democratic	1971	Incumbent term-limited. [2] New governor elected. Democratic hold.	Y Cliff Finch (Democratic) 52.19% Gil Carmichael (Republican) 45.14% Henry Kirksey (Independent) 2.67%

Close states

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. Mississippi, 7.05%

Notes

1. Carroll took office after his predecessor (Wendell Ford) resigned.

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
2. "Our Campaigns - MS Governor Race - Nov 04, 1975".