1976 United States gubernatorial elections

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1976 United States gubernatorial elections
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  1975 November 2, 1976 1977  

15 governorships
14 states; 1 territory
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before3613
Seats after3712
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Seats up86
Seats won95

1976 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
  Republican hold
  Republican gain
  Democratic hold
  Democratic gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2, 1976, in 14 states and one territory. Democrats achieved a net gain of one in these elections. This coincided with the House, Senate elections and the presidential election.

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This was the last year in which Illinois held a gubernatorial election on the same year as the presidential election. The state of Illinois moved its gubernatorial election date to midterm congressional election years. As a result, the governor elected this year, served a term of only two years.

Election results

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

StateIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates
Arkansas David Pryor Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected. [1]
  • Green check.svgY David Pryor (Democratic) 83.24%
  • Leon Griffith (Republican) 16.74%
Delaware Sherman W. Tribbitt Democratic 1972 Incumbent lost re-election. [2]
New governor elected.
Republican gain.
Illinois Dan Walker Democratic 1972 Incumbent lost re-nomination. [3] [4]
New governor elected.
Republican gain.
Indiana Otis Bowen Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected. [5]
  • Green check.svgY Otis Bowen (Republican) 56.85%
  • Larry Conrad (Democratic) 42.63%
  • Daniel P. Talbot (American) 0.45%
  • Samuel L. Washington (U.S. Labor) 0.08%
Missouri Kit Bond Republican 1972 Incumbent lost re-election. [6]
New governor elected.
Democratic gain.
Montana Thomas Lee Judge Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected. [7]
New Hampshire Meldrim Thomson Jr. Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected. [8]
North Carolina James Holshouser Republican 1972 Incumbent term-limited. [9]
New governor elected.
Democratic gain.
North Dakota Arthur A. Link Democratic-NPL 1972 Incumbent re-elected. [10]
  • Green check.svgY Arthur A. Link (Democratic-NPL) 51.58%
  • Richard Elkin (Republican) 46.53%
  • Martin Vaaler (American) 1.89%
Rhode Island Philip Noel Democratic 1972 Incumbent retired. [11]
New governor elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY J. Joseph Garrahy (Democratic) 54.82%
  • James Taft (Republican) 44.71%
  • John C. Swift (Independent) 0.32%
Utah Cal Rampton Democratic 1964 Incumbent retired. [12]
New governor elected.
Democratic hold.
Vermont Thomas P. Salmon Democratic 1972 Incumbent retired. [13]
New governor elected.
Republican gain.
Washington Daniel J. Evans Republican 1964 Incumbent retired. [14]
New governor elected.
Democratic gain.
West Virginia Arch A. Moore Jr. Republican 1968 Incumbent term-limited. [15]
New governor elected.
Democratic gain.

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