1978 New York gubernatorial election

1978 New York gubernatorial election
	November 7, 1978
	County results ; Carey: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Duryea: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Governor before election; Hugh Carey; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Hugh Carey; Democratic

The 1978 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1978 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. It was the first reelection of a Democratic governor in New York since 1938.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jeremiah B. Bloom, state senator from Queens
Hugh L. Carey, incumbent governor since 1975
Mary Anne Krupsak, lieutenant governor

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugh L. Carey (incumbent)	376,457	51.98%
	Democratic	Mary Anne Krupsak	244,252	33.73%
	Democratic	Jeremiah B. Bloom	103,479	14.29%
	Democratic	Blank-Void-Scattering-Other	28,726	3.97%
Total votes			724,188	100.00%

Results

New York gubernatorial election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hugh Carey	2,305,815	48.36%
	Liberal	Hugh Carey	123,457	2.59%
	Total	Hugh Carey (incumbent)	2,429,272	50.95%	-6.27%
	Republican	Perry Duryea	1,913,432	40.13%
	Conservative	Perry Duryea	242,972	5.10%
	Total	Perry Duryea	2,156,404	45.22%	+3.28%
	Right to Life	Mary Jane Tobin	130,193	2.73%	N/A
	Libertarian	Gary Greenberg	18,990	0.40%	+0.20%
	Socialist Workers	Dianne M. Feeley	12,987	0.27%	+0.10%
	Communist	Jarvis Tyner	11,400	0.24%	+0.14%
	U.S. Labor	Paul Gallagher	9,073	0.19%	+0.13%
Majority			272,868	5.72%	−9.56%
Turnout			4,768,319
	Democratic hold

(1977 ←) 1978 United States elections (→ 1979)
U.S. Senate	Alabama Alabama (special) Alaska Arkansas Colorado Delaware Georgia Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Minnesota (special) Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Wyoming
U.S. House	Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York 18th sp 21st sp North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia United States Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Governors	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Lt. Gov Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Wisconsin Wyoming
Attorneys General	California Connecticut Michigan
State legislatures	Arizona Arizona House Arizona Senate Iowa Senate Minnesota House
Mayors	Anchorage, AK Cleveland, OH (recall) San Jose, CA Washington, DC

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Results

References