1978 Governor

35 contests

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35 contests|D won 21|R won 14

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	JamesDEM	72.6%	551,886	HuntREP	25.9%	196,963	D+46.7	↓ R+21.7
▶	Arizona	BabbittDEM	52.5%	282,605	MechamREP	44.8%	241,093	D+7.7	↑ D+6.9
▶	Arkansas	ClintonDEM	63.4%	335,101	LoweREP	36.6%	193,746	D+26.7	↓ R+4.4
▶	California	BrownDEM	56.0%	3,878,812	YoungerREP	36.5%	2,526,534	D+19.5	↑ D+16.7
▶	Colorado	LammDEM	58.8%	483,985	StricklandREP	38.5%	317,292	D+20.2	↑ D+12.7
▶	Connecticut	GrassoDEM	59.1%	613,109	SarasinREP	40.7%	422,316	D+18.4	→ Even
▶	Florida	GrahamDEM	55.6%	1,406,580	EckerdREP	44.4%	1,123,888	D+11.2	↓ R+11.2
▶	Georgia	BusbeeDEM	80.7%	534,572	CookREP	19.3%	128,139	D+61.3	↑ D+23.1
▶	Hawaii	AriyoshiDEM	54.5%	153,394	LeopoldREP	44.3%	124,610	D+10.2	↑ D+1.1
▶	Idaho	EvansDEM	58.8%	169,540	LarsenREP	39.6%	114,149	D+19.2	↓ R+25.3
▶	Illinois	ThompsonREP	59.0%	1,859,684	BakalisDEM	40.1%	1,263,134	R+18.9	—
▶	Iowa	RayREP	58.3%	491,713	FitzgeraldDEM	41.0%	345,519	R+17.3	↓ R+0.3
▶	Kansas	CarlinDEM	49.4%	363,835	BennettREP	47.3%	348,015	D+2.1	↑ D+2.6
▶	Maine	BrennanDEM	47.7%	176,493	PalmerREP	34.3%	126,862	D+13.4	↑ D+0.2
▶	Maryland	HughesDEM	71.0%	718,328	BeallREP	29.0%	293,635	D+42.0	↑ D+15.0
▶	Massachusetts	KingDEM	52.5%	1,030,294	HatchREP	47.2%	926,072	D+5.3	↓ R+5.9
▶	Michigan	MillikenREP	56.8%	1,628,485	FitzgeraldDEM	43.1%	1,237,256	R+13.6	↓ R+9.3
▶	Minnesota	QuieREP	52.3%	830,019	PerpichDEM	45.3%	718,244	R+7.0	↓ R+40.5
▶	Nebraska	ThoneREP	55.9%	275,473	WhelanDEM	44.0%	216,754	R+11.9	↓ R+35.7
▶	Nevada	ListREP	56.2%	108,097	RoseDEM	39.7%	76,361	R+16.5	↓ R+66.8
▶	New Hampshire	GallenDEM	49.4%	133,133	ThomsonREP	45.4%	122,464	D+4.0	↑ D+6.3
▶	New Mexico	KingDEM	50.5%	174,631	SkeenREP	49.4%	170,848	D+1.1	↓ R+0.1
▶	New York	CareyDEM	50.9%	2,429,272	DuryeaREP	45.2%	2,156,404	D+5.7	↓ R+9.6
▶	Ohio	RhodesREP	49.3%	1,402,167	CelesteDEM	47.6%	1,354,631	R+1.7	↓ R+1.3
▶	Oklahoma	NighDEM	51.7%	402,240	ShottsREP	47.2%	367,055	D+4.5	↓ R+23.3
▶	Oregon	AtiyehREP	54.7%	498,452	StraubDEM	44.9%	409,411	R+9.8	↓ R+25.4
▶	Pennsylvania	ThornburghREP	52.5%	1,966,042	FlahertyDEM	46.4%	1,737,888	R+6.1	↓ R+14.7
▶	Rhode Island	GarrahyDEM	62.8%	197,386	AlmondREP	30.7%	96,596	D+32.1	↓ R+24.9
▶	South Carolina	RileyDEM	61.4%	384,898	YoungREP	37.8%	236,946	D+23.6	↑ D+26.9
▶	South Dakota	JanklowREP	56.6%	147,116	McKellipsDEM	43.4%	112,679	R+13.3	↓ R+20.5
▶	Tennessee	AlexanderREP	55.6%	661,959	ButcherDEM	44.0%	523,495	R+11.6	↓ R+23.3
▶	Texas	ClementsREP	50.0%	1,183,839	HillDEM	49.2%	1,166,979	R+0.7	↓ R+31.0
▶	Vermont	SnellingREP	62.8%	78,181	GranaiDEM	34.1%	42,482	R+28.7	↓ R+47.2
▶	Wisconsin	DreyfusREP	54.4%	816,056	SchreiberDEM	44.9%	673,813	R+9.5	↓ R+20.6
▶	Wyoming	HerschlerDEM	50.9%	69,972	OstlundREP	49.1%	67,595	D+1.7	↓ R+10.0

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