1976 Arkansas gubernatorial election

none related races 1976 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1976 Arkansas gubernatorial election Arkansas 1924 Presidential no 1974 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1974 1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1978 November 2, 1976 File:David Pryor (3x4a).jpg 150x150px David Pryor Democratic Party (United States) 605,083 83.24% File:3x4.svg Leon Griffith Republican Party (United States) 121,716 16.74% 1976 Arkansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 210px County resultsPryor: #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c >90% Governor David Pryor Democratic Party (United States) David Pryor Democratic Party (United States) The 1976 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 2, Incumbent Democratic governor David Pryor defeated Republican candidate Leon Griffith with 83.24% of the vote. Pryor carried all of the state's 75 counties in his reelection effort, the last governor to do so until fellow Democrat Mike Beebe did in his 2010 reelection bid. Primary elections Primary elections were held on May 25, 1976. Democratic primary Candidates David Pryor, incumbent governor Jim Lindsey, Real Estate developer and former University of Arkansas and Minnesota Vikings football player Frank Lady, Attorney and former state representativeOakley Meredith L. 1994 On the Make: The Rise of Bill Clinton https://archive.org/details/onmakeriseofbill00oakl registration Washington, D.C. Regnery Publishing, Inc. 178 0-89526-493-5 John H. (Tuffy) Chambers, farmer Results Democratic primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28262 AR Governor, 1976 - D Primary Our Campaigns 23 April 20201976 Arkansas Elections 41Congressional Quarterly 1998 101America Votes 12 53 David Pryor (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 312,872 59.49 Jim Lindsey Democratic Party (United States) 171,031 32.52 Frank Lady Democratic Party (United States) 36,832 7.00 John H. Chambers Democratic Party (United States) 5,223 1.00 525,968 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Leon Griffith, master plumberhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=154311 Our Campaigns - Candidate - Leon Griffith Joseph H. Weston, editor of the Sharp Citizenhttps://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/joseph-harry-weston-4226/ Joseph Harry Weston (1911–1983) Dumas Ernest Encyclopedia of Arkansas 23 April 2020 Results Republican primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=560701 AR Governor, 1976 - R Primary Our Campaigns 23 April 20201976 Arkansas Elections 49Congressional Quarterly 1998 101America Votes 12 53 Leon Griffith Republican Party (United States) 13,044 57.22 Joseph H. Weston Republican Party (United States) 9,753 42.78 22,797 100.00 General election Candidates David Pryor, Democratic Leon Griffith, Republican Results 1976 Arkansas gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28263 AR Governor, 1976 Our Campaigns 23 April 20201976 Arkansas Elections 56Glashan 1979 22–23Congressional Quarterly 1998 42America Votes 12 46 Democratic Party (United States) David Pryor (incumbent) 605,083 83.24% +17.67% Republican Party (United States) Leon Griffith 121,716 16.74% -17.67% Write-in Thaddeus Honeycutt 150 0.02% +0.00% 483,367 66.50% 726,949 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) References Bibliography Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Paul Riviere, Secretary of State 1976 Arkansas Elections: A Compilation of Primary, Run-off and General Election results for State and District Offices Little Rock, Arkansas Arkansas Election Services Division 1980 1976 Arkansas Elections Scammon Richard M. McGillivray Alice V. America Votes 12: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1976 Washington, D.C. Elections Research Center 1977 America Votes 12 Politics United States 1976 Arkansas Gubernatorial Category:November 1976 in the United States