1970 Connecticut gubernatorial election

none related races 1970 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1970 Connecticut gubernatorial election Connecticut 1897 Presidential no 1966 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1966 1974 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1974 November 3, 1970 80.5%https://archive.org/details/registe71conn/page/736/mode/2up Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1971 CT State Library File:Thomas Meskill (1974).png 150x150px Thomas J. Meskill Republican Party (United States) T. Clark Hull 582,160 53.76% File:Emilio Daddario.jpg Emilio Q. Daddario Democratic Party (United States) Hugh C. Curran 500,561 46.23% 220px County results 220px Municipality results 220px Congressional district results Meskill: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Daddario: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% Governor John N. Dempsey Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Meskill Republican Party (United States) The 1970 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970 in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Incumbent Democratic Governor John N. Dempsey decided not to run for re-election. Republican nominee Thomas Meskill defeated Democratic nominee Emilio Q. Daddario with 53.76% of the vote. This was the only time a Republican was elected Governor from 1954 to 1990. Nominations Between 1956 and 1990 in Connecticut, party conventions nominated candidates subject to a system of "challenge" primaries that allowed defeated candidates to petition for a popular vote if they received at least 20 percent of the convention vote.Congressional Quarterly 1998 104America Votes 9 63 Democratic nomination Candidates Emilio Q. Daddario, U.S. Representative for the 1st district Results Daddario was unopposed for the nomination at the state convention. Duffey is victor in Connecticut https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/20/archives/duffey-is-victor-in-connecticut-ada-head-beats-donahue-for-senate.html New York Times New York, NY 20 August 1970 1 2 May 2020 "In the general election, two United States Representatives will be competing to replace retiring Gov. John N. Dempsey. They are Thomas J. Meskill. who won the Republican nomination in the primary, and. Emilio Q. (Mim) Daddario, who was unopposed and unanimously endorsed at the Democratic state convention." Republican nomination Candidates Wallace Barnes, State Senate Minority leaderTreaster Joseph B. 21 June 1970 Connecticut G.O.P. Convention Backs Meskill for Governor and Weicker for Senate https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/21/archives/connecticut-gop-convention-backs-meskill-for-governor-and-weicker.html New York Times New York, NY 65 2 May 2020 "Mr. Meskill, a 42‐year‐old Representative received 798 of the 1,029 votes cast by the delegate's at Bushnell Memorial Auditorium. Mr. Barnes received 231 votes, more than the minimum 20 per cent required to qualify for a primary election." Thomas Meskill, U.S. Representative for the 6th district Results The Republican state convention was held on June 20, 1970 at Hartford. Republican convention results Thomas Meskill Republican Party (United States) 798 77.55 Wallace Barnes Republican Party (United States) 231 22.45 1,029 100.00 The Republican primary election was held on August 12, 1970.America Votes 9 63Treaster Joseph B. 13 August 1970 1 Weicker, Meskill win in primaries https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/13/archives/weicker-meskill-win-in-primaries-republicans-in-connecticut-back.html New York Times New York, NY 2 May 2020 Republican primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 103America Votes 9 63 Thomas Meskill Republican Party (United States) 93,419 71.42 Wallace Barnes Republican Party (United States) 37,383 28.58 130,802 100.00 General election Candidates Emilio Q. Daddario, Democratic Thomas J. Meskill, Republican Results 1970 Connecticut gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123348 CT Governor, 1970 Our Campaigns 2 May 2020Glashan 1979 44–45Congressional Quarterly 1998 45America Votes 9 58 Republican Party (United States) Thomas Meskill 582,160 53.76% Democratic Party (United States) Emilio Q. Daddario 500,561 46.23% Write-ins 76 0.01% 81,599 7.54% 1,082,797 100.00% Republican Party (United States) 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 Scammon Richard M. America Votes 9: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1970 1972 Washington, D.C. Governmental Affairs Institute 9780871870339 1972 https://archive.org/details/americavotes919700scam/mode/2up America Votes 9 1970 Connecticut Gubernatorial Category:November 1970 elections in the United States Category:1970 in Connecticut