1982 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2, 1982 in 36 states and two territories. The Democratic party had a net gain of seven seats. This election coincided with the Senate and the House elections. This was the last election in which a Republican won the gubernatorial race in Oregon.
 | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
38 governorships 36 states; 2 territories | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||
 Republican holds
Republican pickups
Democratic holds
Democratic pickups | |||||||||||||||||||
Election results
A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Fob James | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | George Wallace (Democratic) 57.6% Emory Folmar (Republican) 39.1% Leo Suiter (Alabama Conservative) 1.6% Henry Klingler (Libertarian) 0.7% John Jackson (Alabama Nat'l Democrat) 0.4% John Dyer (Prohibition) 0.4% Martin J. Boyers (Socialist Workers) 0.2% |
| Alaska | Jay Hammond | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Bill Sheffield (Democratic) 46.1% Tom Fink (Republican) 37.1% Dick Randolph (Libertarian) 14.9% Joe Vogler (Alaskan Ind.) 1.7% |
| Arizona | Bruce Babbitt | Democratic | Re-elected, 62.5% | Leo Corbet (Republican) 32.5% Sam Steiger (Libertarian) 5.0% |
| Arkansas | Frank D. White | Republican | Defeated, 45.3% | Bill Clinton (Democratic) 54.7% |
| California | Jerry Brown | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | George Deukmejian (R) 49.3% Tom Bradley (D) 48.1% Don P. Dougherty (L) 1.0% Elizabeth Martinez (PF) 0.9% James C. Griffin (AI) 0.7% |
| Colorado | Richard Lamm | Democratic | Re-elected, 65.7% | John D. Fuhr (Republican) 31.2% Paul K. Grant (Libertarian) 2.0% Earl Dodge (Prohibition) 0.4% Alan Gummerson (Socialist Workers) 0.3% |
| Connecticut | William A. O'Neill | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.7% | Lewis B. Rome (Republican) 46.3% |
| Florida | Bob Graham | Democratic | Re-elected, 64.7% | Skip Bafalis (Republican) 35.3% |
| Georgia | George Busbee | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Joe Frank Harris (Democratic) 62.8% Robert H. Bell (Republican) 37.2% |
| Hawaii | George Ariyoshi | Democratic | Re-elected, 45.2% | Frank Fasi (Independent Democrat) 28.6% D. G. Anderson (Republican) 26.1% |
| Idaho | John Evans | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.9% | Phil Batt (Republican) 47.1% |
| Illinois | James R. Thompson | Republican | Re-elected, 49.44% | Adlai Stevenson III (Democratic) 49.30% Bea Armstrong (Libertarian) 0.67% John E. Roche (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.60% |
| Iowa | Robert D. Ray | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Terry Branstad (Republican) 52.8% Roxanne Conlin (Democratic) 46.6% Marcia Farrington (Libertarian) 0.3% Jim Bittner (Socialist) 0.3% |
| Kansas | John W. Carlin | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.2% | Sam Hardage (Republican) 44.5% James H. Ward (Libertarian) 1.0% Frank Shelton (American) 0.8% Warren C. Martin (Prohibition) 0.6% |
| Maine | Joseph E. Brennan | Democratic | Re-elected, 61.2% | Charles R. Cragin (Republican) 37.7% Venn Warren (Independent) 0.6% J. Martin "Marty" Vachon (Independent) 0.6% |
| Maryland | Harry Hughes | Democratic | Re-elected, 62.0% | Robert A. Pascal (Republican) 38.0% |
| Massachusetts | Edward J. King | Democratic | Defeated in primary, Democratic victory | Michael Dukakis (Democratic) 59.5% John W. Sears (Republican) 36.6% Frank Rich (Independent) 3.1% Rebecca Shipman (Libertarian) 0.9% |
| Michigan | William Milliken | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | James Blanchard (Democratic) 51.4% Richard Headlee (Republican) 45.1% Robert Tisch (Tisch Ind. Citizens) 2.6% Dick Jacobs (Libertarian) 0.5% James Phillips (American Ind.) 0.2% Leslie E. Craine (Socialist Workers) 0.1% Martin P. McLaughlin (Workers League) 0.1% |
| Minnesota | Al Quie | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Rudy Perpich (Democratic) 58.6% Wheelock Whitney (Republican) 40.0% Kathy Wheeler (Socialist Workers) 0.6% Tom McDonald (Honest Government) 0.5% Franklin H. Haws (Libertarian) 0.4% |
| Nebraska | Charles Thone | Republican | Defeated, 49.3% | Bob Kerrey (Democratic) 50.7% |
| Nevada | Robert List | Republican | Defeated, 41.8% | Richard Bryan (Democratic) 53.4% None of These Candidates 2.9% Dan Becan (Libertarian) 1.9% |
| New Hampshire | Hugh Gallen | Democratic | Defeated, 46.8% | John H. Sununu (Republican) 51.5% Meldrim Thomson Jr. (Independent) 1.7% |
| New Mexico | Bruce King | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Toney Anaya (Democratic) 53.0% John B. Irick (Republican) 47.0% |
| New York | Hugh Carey | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Mario Cuomo (Democratic) 50.9% Lewis Lehrman (Republican) 47.5% Robert J. Bohner (Right to Life) 1.0% John H. Northrup (Libertarian) 0.3% Jane Benedict (Unity) 0.1% Nancy Ross (New Alliance) 0.1% Diane Wang (Socialist Workers) 0.1% |
| Ohio | Jim Rhodes | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Dick Celeste (Democratic) 59.0% Bud Brown (Republican) 38.9% Phyllis Goetz (Libertarian) 1.2% Kurt O. Landefiled (Independent) 0.5% Erwin Reupert (Independent) 0.4% |
| Oklahoma | George Nigh | Democratic | Re-elected, 62.1% | Tom Daxon (Republican) 37.6% Allah-U Akbar Allah-U Wahid (Independent) 0.3% |
| Oregon | Victor Atiyeh | Republican | Re-elected, 63.1% | Ted Kulongoski (Democratic) 36.9% |
| Pennsylvania | Dick Thornburgh | Republican | Re-elected, 50.8% | Allen E. Ertel (Democratic) 48.1% Mark Zola (Socialist Workers) 0.4% Lee Frissell (Consumer) 0.4% Richard D. Fuerle (Libertarian) 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | J. Joseph Garrahy | Democratic | Re-elected, 73.3% | Vincent Marzullo (Republican) 23.6% Hilary R. Salk (Independent) 2.1% Peter Van Daam (Independent) 1.0% |
| South Carolina | Richard Riley | Democratic | Re-elected, 69.8% | W. D. Workman Jr. (Republican) 30.2% |
| South Dakota | Bill Janklow | Republican | Re-elected, 70.9% | Michael J. O'Connor (Democratic) 29.1% |
| Tennessee | Lamar Alexander | Republican | Re-elected, 59.6% | Randy Tyree (Democratic) 40.4% |
| Texas | Bill Clements | Republican | Defeated, 45.9% | Mark White (Democratic) 53.2% David Hutzelman (Libertarian) 0.6% Bob Poteet (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.3% |
| Vermont | Richard A. Snelling | Republican | Re-elected, 55.0% | Madeleine Kunin (Democratic) 44.0% Richard Gottlieb (Liberty Union) 0.5% John L. Buttolph III (Libertarian) 0.5% |
| Wisconsin | Lee S. Dreyfus | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Tony Earl (Democratic) 56.8% Terry Kohler (Republican) 42.0% Larry Smiley (Libertarian) 0.6% James Wickstrom (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.5% Peter Seidman (Socialist Workers) 0.2% |
| Wyoming | Edgar Herschler | Democratic | Re-elected, 63.1% | Warren A. Morton (Republican) 36.9% |
See also
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.