1979 United States gubernatorial elections

1979 United States gubernatorial elections
4 governorships ; 3 states; 1 territory
	Democratic hold Republican gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in the fall of 1979, in three states and one territory.

Republicans gained one gubernatorial seat in this year with Dave Treen's victory in Louisiana, who as a result became the first Republican Governor of that state since the Reconstruction era (1865–1877). Treen led a field of six major candidates in the October 27 primary, and narrowly edged state senator Louis Lambert in the December 8 general election (or "runoff").

Democrats held control of the governor's mansions in Kentucky and Mississippi in the November 6 general elections.

Election results

A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.

State	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kentucky^[1]	Julian Carroll	Democratic	1974^[a]	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Democratic hold.	Y John Y. Brown Jr. (Democratic) 59.41% Louie Nunn (Republican) 40.59%
Louisiana	Edwin Edwards	Democratic	1972	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Republican gain.	Y Dave Treen (Republican) 21.79% (50.35% in Runoff) Louis Lambert (Democratic) 20.74% (49.65% in Runoff) Jimmy Fitzmorris (Democratic) 20.56% Paul Hardy (Democratic) 16.62% E. L. Henry (Democratic) 9.94 Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr. (Democratic) 9.103% L. D. Knox (Democratic) 0.46%
Mississippi	Cliff Finch	Democratic	1975	Incumbent term-limited.^[2] New governor elected. Democratic hold.	Y William Winter (Democratic) 61.07% Gil Carmichael (Republican) 38.93%

Notes

^ Carroll took office after his predecessor (Wendell Ford) resigned.

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2010-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Our Campaigns - MS Governor Race - Nov 07, 1979".

[2] Carroll took office after his predecessor (Wendell Ford) resigned.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2010-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Our Campaigns - MS Governor Race - Nov 07, 1979".

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