United States gubernatorial elections, 1982
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Governorships of AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IA, KS, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NE, NV, NH, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WI, WY, GU, and VI |
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The United States gubernatorial elections of 1982 were held on November 2, 1982 in thirty-six states. The Democratic party had a net gain of seven seats during the mid-term election of Ronald Reagan's first term. This election coincided with the Senate and the House elections.
Election results
A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.
State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
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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 O'Neill | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.7% | Lewis B. Rome (Republican) 46.3% |
Florida | Bob Graham | Democratic | Re-elected, 64.7% | Louis A. 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 V. 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 E. 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 L. 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 G. 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 | John 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% | Mike 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 M. 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% |