1970 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1970 Oklahoma gubernatorial election Oklahoma Flag of Oklahoma (1941–1988).svg presidential no 1966 Oklahoma gubernatorial election 1966 1974 Oklahoma gubernatorial election 1974 November 3, 1970 File:David_Hall_(Oklahoma_Governor).jpg 150x150px David Hall Democratic Party (United States) 338,338 48.42% Dewey Bartlett (cropped).jpg Dewey F. Bartlett Republican Party (United States) 336,157 48.11% 1970 Oklahoma gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsHall: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Bartlett: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor Dewey F. Bartlett Republican Party (United States) David Hall Democratic Party (United States) The 1970 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat David Hall narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Dewey F. Bartlett, a result that was not clear for 21 days as a ballot recount was conducted.David Hall, the dramatic and controversial life of Oklahoma's 20th governor https://voicesofoklahoma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Hall_Transcript.pdf Voices of Oklahoma https://web.archive.org/web/20210415230231/https://voicesofoklahoma.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Hall_Transcript.pdf 15 April 2021 2324 dead American Party candidate Reuel Little, who had helped form the party to back the 1968 presidential campaign of George Wallace, received over 24 thousand votes, dwarfing the difference between Hall and Bartlett.http://newsok.com/article/3847485 Janna Little Ryan's Grandfather Ran for Governor, Helped George Wallace 11 August 20121968-1974 results https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1968-1974-results.pdf Oklahoma State Election Board 22, 26, 28 This election is the only time that an incumbent Governor of Oklahoma lost re-election. Primary election Primary elections were held on August 25, 1970 with runoffs occurring on September 15, 1970. Republican party As a result of the passage of State Question No. 436 in 1966, governors became eligible for reelection to successive terms. Thus eligible for reelection, incumbent governor Dewey F. Bartlett was renominated without opposition.Wilson Basil R. State of Oklahoma Election Results and Statistics 1970 1970 Oklahoma State Election Board Oklahoma CityScammon Richard M. America Votes 9: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics 1972 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. https://archive.org/details/americavotes919700scam/page/274/mode/2up 274-277 7 January 2026 Democratic party David Hall received the most votes in the regular primary by a wide margin, but narrowly failed to secure an outright majority, forcing a runoff with Bryce Baggett. Candidates Bryce Baggett, member of Oklahoma Senate Joe Cannon, former Commissioner of Public Safety Wilburn Cartwright, member of Oklahoma Corporation Commission David Hall, former district attorney for Tulsa County Results Democratic primary results David Hall Democratic Party (United States) 198,976 49.46% Bryce Baggett Democratic Party (United States) 96,069 23.88% Joe Cannon Democratic Party (United States) 56,842 14.13% Wilburn Cartwright Democratic Party (United States) 50,396 12.53% 402,283 100.00% Democratic primary runoff results David Hall Democratic Party (United States) 179,902 57.50% Bryce Baggett Democratic Party (United States) 132,952 42.50% 312,854 100.00% General election Results 1970 Oklahoma gubernatorial election Democratic Party (United States) David Hall 338,338 48.42% +4.66% Republican Party (United States) Dewey F. Bartlett (incumbent) 336,157 48.11% -7.57% American Party (1969) Reuel Little 24,295 3.48% 698,790 100.00% 2,181 0.31% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) +12.24% Results by county County David HallDemocratic Dewey F. BartlettRepublican Reuel LittleAmerican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Adair2,47151.13%2,20445.60%1583.27%2675.52%4,833Alfalfa1,25838.31%1,94959.35%772.34%-691-21.04%3,284Atoka2,38167.15%90525.52%2607.33%1,47641.62%3,546Beaver1,25454.90%1,00544.00%251.09%24910.90%2,284Beckham2,59659.09%1,68738.40%1102.50%90920.69%4,393Blaine1,51738.66%2,26757.77%1403.57%-750-19.11%3,924Bryan4,48369.01%1,59224.51%4216.48%2,89144.50%6,496Caddo4,85155.67%3,68142.24%1822.09%1,17013.43%8,714Canadian4,03043.12%4,93452.79%3834.10%-904-9.67%9,347Carter5,82955.73%4,09239.12%5385.15%1,73716.16%10,459Cherokee3,61757.13%2,52639.90%1882.97%1,09117.23%6,331Choctaw2,99168.29%1,00022.83%3898.88%1,99145.46%4,380Cimarron82256.65%54437.49%855.86%27819.16%1,451Cleveland8,77544.02%10,59653.16%5632.82%-1,821-9.14%19,934Coal1,17366.99%45726.10%1216.91%71640.89%1,751Comanche8,93858.62%5,82838.22%4813.15%3,11020.40%15,247Cotton1,36765.31%65031.06%763.63%71734.26%2,093Craig2,40254.29%1,90443.04%1182.67%49811.26%4,424Creek6,05050.11%5,50745.61%5174.28%5434.50%12,074Custer2,88747.88%3,04050.41%1031.71%-153-2.54%6,030Delaware3,14148.15%3,18848.87%1952.99%-47-0.72%6,524Dewey1,24055.04%95242.25%612.71%28812.78%2,253Ellis96644.85%1,09951.02%894.13%-133-6.17%2,154Garfield6,97340.12%9,94957.24%4592.64%-2,976-17.12%17,381Garvin4,28454.64%3,26141.59%2953.76%1,02313.05%7,840Grady4,86457.44%3,37239.82%2322.74%1,49217.62%8,468Grant1,43447.06%1,55350.97%601.97%-119-3.91%3,047Greer1,77065.10%86131.67%883.24%90933.43%2,719Harmon1,07572.88%35524.07%453.05%72048.81%1,475Harper90246.38%95449.05%894.58%-52-2.67%1,945Haskell2,03270.41%71024.60%1444.99%1,32245.81%2,886Hughes2,75165.89%1,29831.09%1263.02%1,45334.80%4,175Jackson4,19170.34%1,58626.62%1813.04%2,60543.72%5,958Jefferson1,41072.57%47124.24%623.19%93948.33%1,943Johnston1,70165.68%64424.86%2459.46%1,05740.81%2,590Kay6,89841.66%9,25255.88%4082.46%-2,354-14.22%16,558Kingfisher1,96140.63%2,72956.55%1362.82%-768-15.91%4,826Kiowa2,92261.01%1,71435.79%1533.19%1,20825.22%4,789Latimer2,16368.64%83626.53%1524.82%1,32742.11%3,151Le Flore5,12368.94%2,02927.30%2793.75%3,09441.64%7,431Lincoln3,27247.79%3,30248.23%2733.99%-30-0.44%6,817Logan2,90043.99%3,38551.35%3074.66%-485-7.36%6,592Love1,15166.15%46026.44%1297.41%69139.71%1,740Major1,00934.75%1,77661.16%1194.10%-767-26.41%2,904Marshall1,37047.57%60120.87%90931.56%461Hall's margin over Little16.01%2,880Mayes4,37952.92%3,64944.10%2472.98%7308.82%8,275McClain2,26356.72%1,59339.92%1343.36%67016.79%3,990McCurtain3,43368.41%1,43828.66%1472.93%1,99539.76%5,018McIntosh2,17464.90%1,06931.91%1073.19%1,10532.99%3,350Murray1,98062.72%1,03632.82%1414.47%94429.90%3,157Muskogee9,89659.69%6,24637.68%4362.63%3,65022.02%16,578Noble1,69742.31%2,20655.00%1082.69%-509-12.69%4,011Nowata1,65946.39%1,75349.02%1644.59%-94-2.63%3,576Okfuskee1,77455.96%1,31341.42%832.62%46114.54%3,170Oklahoma49,62540.61%68,27255.87%4,2973.52%-18,647-15.26%122,194Okmulgee5,76759.00%3,70337.89%3043.11%2,06421.12%9,774Osage4,65450.47%4,30046.63%2682.91%3543.84%9,222Ottawa4,70756.44%3,50041.97%1331.59%1,20714.47%8,340Pawnee1,71643.41%2,14054.14%972.45%-424-10.73%3,953Payne5,98242.32%7,78255.05%3712.62%-1,800-12.73%14,135Pittsburg6,72266.46%3,05430.19%3393.35%3,66836.26%10,115Pontotoc4,48657.18%3,02538.56%3344.26%1,46118.62%7,845Pottawatomie7,19753.03%5.98644.11%3882.86%1,2118.92%13,571Pushmataha1,84169.24%64224.14%1766.62%1,19945.09%2,659Roger Mills1,15861.14%68035.90%562.96%47825.24%1,894Rogers4,42850.49%3,85843.99%4845.52%5706.50%8,770Seminole3,61852.12%3,13445.15%1902.74%4846.97%6,942Sequoyah4,31868.69%1,79628.57%1722.74%2,52240.12%6,286Stephens6,11960.33%3,46834.19%5555.47%2,65126.14%10,142Texas2,59257.57%1,83340.72%771.71%75916.86%4,502Tillman2,29563.31%1,11430.73%2165.96%1,18132.58%3,625Tulsa40,28936.87%65,75660.17%3,2332.96%-25,467-23.30%109,278Wagoner3,21954.88%2,53143.15%1161.98%68811.73%5,866Washington4,90432.95%9,58864.42%3912.63%-4,684-31.47%14,883Washita2,23356.32%1,62841.06%1042.62%60515.26%3,965Woods2,07644.49%2,46052.72%1302.79%-384-8.23%4,666Woodward1,94239.10%2,89958.37%1262.54%-957-19.27%4,967Totals338,33848.42%336,15748.11%24,2953.48%2,1810.31%698,790 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Beaver Beckham Caddo Cimarron Creek Dewey Osage Pottawatomie Roger Mills Rogers Seminole Texas Wagoner Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Nowata Notes References 1970 Gubernatorial Okla Category:Long stubs with short prose