United States gubernatorial elections, 1984

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1984

November 6, 1984

15 governorships 13 states; 2 territories

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	35 governorships	15 governorships
Seats before	35	15
Seats after	34	16
Seat change	1	1

Republican holds

Republican pickups

Democratic holds

Democratic pickups

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 6, 1984 in 13 states and two territories. The Republican party had a net gain of one seat in this election which coincided with the presidential election.

This was the last year in which Arkansas held a gubernatorial election on the same year as the presidential election. The length of gubernatorial terms for Arkansas' governor would be extended from two-years to four years with elections taking place in Midterm election years following the passage of the Sixty-third Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution.^[1]

Election results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Arkansas	Bill Clinton	Democratic	Re-elected, 62.5%	Elwood A."Woody" Freeman (Republican) 37.4%
Delaware	Pierre S. du Pont, IV	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Michael N. Castle (Republican) 55.0% William J. Quillen (Democratic) 45.0%
Indiana	Robert D. Orr	Republican	Re-elected, 52.16%	Wayne Townsend (Democratic) 47.18% Rockland Snyder (American) 0.34% James A. Ridenour (Libertarian) 0.32%
Missouri	Kit Bond	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	John Ashcroft (Republican) 56.7% Ken Rothman (Democratic) 43.3%
Montana	Ted Schwinden	Democratic	Re-elected, 70.3%	Pat M. Goodover (Republican) 26.4% Larry Dodge (Libertarian) 3.3%
New Hampshire	John H. Sununu	Republican	Re-elected, 66.8%	Chris Spirou (Democratic) 33.1%
North Carolina	Jim Hunt	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	James G. Martin (Republican) 54.3% Rufus L. Edmisten (Democratic) 45.4%
North Dakota	Allen I. Olson	Republican	Defeated, 44.7%	George Sinner (Democratic) 55.3%
Rhode Island	John Garrahy	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	Edward D. DiPrete (Republican) 60.0% Anthony J. Solomon (Democratic) 40.0%
Utah	Scott M. Matheson	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	Norman H. Bangerter (Republican) 55.9% Wayne Owens (Democratic) 43.8%
Vermont	Richard A. Snelling	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Madeleine M. Kunin (Democratic) 50.0% John J. Easton, Jr. (Republican) 48.5% William E. Wicker (Libertarian) 0.8%
Washington	John Spellman	Republican	Defeated, 46.7%	Booth Gardner (Democratic) 53.3%
West Virginia	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Arch A. Moore, Jr. (Republican) 53.3% Clyde M. See, Jr. (Democratic) 46.7%

References

↑ AR Const. amendment 63

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