1973 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held 6 November 1973, in two states.

1973 United States gubernatorial elections

November 6, 1973
2 governorships
Leader Wendell Ford Winfield Dunn Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Kentucky Tennessee Last election 31 governorships 19 governorships Seats before 31 19 Seats after 32 18 Seat change 1 1
Democratic pickups   Republican holds

In Virginia, former Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr., who was elected in the 1965 gubernatorial election as a Democrat,[1] ran and won as a Republican, defeating Howell, also a former Democrat.[2]

In New Jersey, the moderate incumbent Republican Cahill was defeated in the primary by Sandman.[3] Cahill did not campaign for Sandman, and Byrne defeated Sandman handily.[4]

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
New Jersey[5]	William T. Cahill	Republican	Defeated in primary,[6] Democratic victory	Brendan Byrne (Democratic) 66.40% Charles W. Sandman Jr. (Republican) 32.13% A. Howard Freund (American) 0.31% Alfred V. Colabella (Independent) 0.24% Robert Clement (Socialist Labor) 0.20% John A. Goodson (Libertarian) 0.15% James J. Terlizzi, Sr. (Independent Taxpayer's Watchdog) 0.13%
Virginia[7]	Linwood Holton	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Mills Godwin (Republican) 50.72% Henry Howell (Independent) 49.28%

References

1. "VA Governor". Retrieved 5 July 2012.
2. "Godwin Narrowly Leads In Va. Governor's Race". 7 November 1973. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
3. "Full of Grace – The governor from Camden Catholic High School". 12 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
4. "Brendan Byrne Sweeps N.J. Governor's Contest". 7 November 1973. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
5. "NJ Governor". Retrieved 4 July 2012.
6. "NJ Governor – R Primary". Retrieved 4 July 2012.
7. "VA Governor". Retrieved 5 July 2012.