1974 Connecticut gubernatorial election

none related races 1974 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1974 Connecticut gubernatorial election Connecticut Presidential no 1970 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1970 1978 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1978 November 5, 1974 72.0%https://archive.org/details/regi75conn/page/764/mode/2up Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1975 CT State Library File:Ella Grasso.jpg 150x150px Ella Grasso Robert K. Killian Democratic Party (United States) 643,490 58.35% File:RHSteele.png Robert H. Steele Nathan G. Agostinelli Republican Party (United States) 440,169 39.92% 220px County results 220px Municipality results Steele: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Grasso: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% Governor Thomas Meskill Republican Party (United States) Ella Grasso Democratic Party (United States) The 1974 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. Democratic nominee Ella Grasso defeated Republican nominee Robert H. Steele with 58.35% of the vote. Grasso thus became the first woman to be elected governor of Connecticut, and the first woman elected governor of a US state who was not the spouse or widow of a former governor. General election Candidates Major party candidates Ella Grasso, Democratic Robert H. Steele, Republican Other candidates Thomas J. Pallone, George Wallace Party1974 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Connecticut https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=9&year=1974&f=0&off=5&elect=0 uselectionatlas.org Allen C. Peichert, American Results 1974 Connecticut gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=DSZzAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA105 America Votes 30: 2011-2012, Election Returns by State - Rhodes Cook 5 November 2013 9781452290171 2020-04-29 Cook Rhodes CQ Press Democratic Party (United States) Ella Grasso 643,490 58.35% Republican Party (United States) Robert H. Steele 440,169 39.92% George Wallace Party Thomas J. Pallone 16,660 1.51% American Party (1969) Allen C. Peichert 2,291 0.21% 203,321 1,102,773 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References 1974 Connecticut Gubernatorial Category:November 1974 elections in the United States Category:1974 in Connecticut