1974 New York gubernatorial election
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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.
Contested Nominations
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Hugh Carey | 600,283 | 60.78 | |
Democratic | Howard J. Samuels | 387,369 | 39.22 | |
Total votes | 987,652 | 100.00 |
Conservative
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
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