1976 general · November 2, 1976
1976 Governors election results
Every Governors race in the 1976 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races14
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Governors
D 9 · R 5
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | David Pryor (D) | 66.5 | |
| Delaware | Pierre S. du Pont IV (R) | 14.5 | |
| Illinois | James R. Thompson (R) | 30.2 | |
| Indiana | Otis R. Bowen (R) | 14.3 | |
| Missouri | Joseph P. Teasdale (D) | 0.7 | |
| Montana | Thomas L. Judge (D) | 25.6 | |
| New Hampshire | Meldrim Thomson Jr (R) | 15.3 | |
| North Carolina | James B. Hunt Jr (D) | 31.4 | |
| North Dakota | Arthur A. Link (D) | 5.1 | |
| Rhode Island | J. Joseph Garrahy (D) | 10.2 | |
| Utah | Scott M. Matheson (D) | 6.2 | |
| Vermont | Richard A. Snelling (R) | 12.9 | |
| Washington | Dixy Lee Ray (D) | 8.9 | |
| West Virginia | John D. Rockefeller, IV (D) | 32.3 |
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); English Wikipedia