1970 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held on 3 November 1970, in 35 states and two territories.

1970 United States gubernatorial elections
3 November 1970
37 governorships
35 states; 2 territories
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 18 32
Seats after 29 21
Seat change 11 11
Seats up 11 24
Seats won 22 13
  Republican hold
  Republican gain
  Democratic hold
  Democratic gain

During this election, the Democrats won a number of the governorships up for re-election via many ways, such as retirement of an incumbent, term limits, or the defeat of incumbent.

In 1970, Arizona, New Mexico and Wisconsin elected their governors to four-year terms for the first time, having previously elected them to two-year terms.

This election coincided with the Senate and the House elections.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.