Election Name: | 1975 United States gubernatorial elections |
Country: | United States |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | No |
Previous Election: | 1974 United States gubernatorial elections |
Previous Year: | 1974 |
Next Election: | 1976 United States gubernatorial elections |
Next Year: | 1976 |
Seats For Election: | 4 governorships 3 states; 1 territory |
Election Date: | November 1 and 4, 1975 |
1Blank: | Seats up |
2Blank: | Seats won |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Seats Before1: | 36 |
Seats After1: | 36 |
1Data1: | 3 |
2Data1: | 3 |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Seats Before2: | 13 |
Seats After2: | 13 |
1Data2: | 0 |
2Data2: | 0 |
Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in three states and one territory, on November 1, 1975, in Louisiana, and three days later in Kentucky and Mississippi. No governorships changed hands in these elections, as all three southern states remained under Democratic control.
This was the first gubernatorial election in Louisiana's history which was conducted under the nonpartisan blanket primary (a.k.a. "jungle primary") format.
A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.
State | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates | |||
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Kentucky | Julian Carroll | 1974 | Incumbent elected to full term.[1] | nowrap |
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Louisiana | Edwin Edwards | 1972 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
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Mississippi | Bill Waller | 1971 | Incumbent term-limited.[2] New governor elected. Democratic hold. | nowrap |
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