New York gubernatorial election, 1974
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1974 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Incumbent Republican governor Malcolm Wilson was defeated by Democratic Hugh Carey. Democratic Party remained in power for the next twenty years.
Contested Nominations
Democratic
Democratic primary results[1] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Hugh Carey | 600,283 | 60.78 | |
Democratic | Howard J. Samuels | 387,369 | 39.22 | |
Total votes | 987,652 | 100.00 |
Conservative
Conservative convention results[2] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Conservative | Malcolm Wilson | 21,279 | 59.79 | |
Conservative | T. David Bullard | 14,312 | 40.21 | |
Total votes | 35,591 | 100.00 |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Hugh Carey | 2,807,724 | 53.05% | ||
Liberal | Hugh Carey | 220,779 | 4.17% | ||
Total | Hugh Carey | 3,028,503 | 57.22% | +16.95% | |
Republican | Malcolm Wilson | 1,950,587 | 36.85% | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Wilson | 269,080 | 5.08% | ||
Total | Malcolm Wilson | 2,219,667 | 41.94% | -10.47% | |
Courage | Wayne S. Amato | 12,459 | 0.24% | N/A | |
Libertarian | Jerome Tuccille | 10,503 | 0.20% | N/A | |
Socialist Workers | Derrick Morrison | 8,857 | 0.17% | +0.07% | |
Communist | Jose A. Ristorrucci | 5,232 | 0.24% | -0.03% | |
Socialist Labor | John Emanuel | 4,574 | 0.09% | +0.02% | |
U.S. Labor | Anton Chaitkin | 3,151 | 0.06% | N/A | |
Majority | 808,836 | 15.28% | +3.14% | ||
Turnout | 5,292,946 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
References
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