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Democratic holds
Democratic pickups
Republican holds
Republican pickups
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The United States gubernatorial elections of 1976 were held on November 2, 1976 in fourteen states. Democrats achieved a net-gain of one in these elections. This coincided with the Presidential election of 1976 and with the 1976 Congressional elections.
This was the last year in which Illinois held a gubernatorial election on the same year as the presidential election. The state of Illinois moved its gubernatorial election date from Presidential election years to midterm Congressional election years.
A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
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| Arkansas[1] | David Pryor | Democratic | Re-elected, 83.24% | Leon Griffith (Republican) 16.74% |
| Delaware[2] | Sherman W. Tribbitt | Democratic | Defeated, 42.46% | Pierre S. du Pont, IV (Republican) 56.86% George Cripps (American) 0.55% Harry Connor (Prohibition) 0.13% |
| Illinois[3] | Daniel Walker | Democratic | Defeated in Primary,[4] Republican victory | James R. Thompson (Republican) 64.68% Michael Howlett (Democratic) 34.71% Ishmael Flory (Communist) 0.22% |
| Indiana[5] | Otis R. Bowen | Republican | Re-elected, 56.85% | Larry Conrad (Democratic) 42.63% Daniel P. Talbot (American) 0.45% |
| Missouri[6] | Kit Bond | Republican | Defeated, 49.55% | Joseph P. Teasdale (Democratic) 50.23% Leon Striler (Nonpartisan) 0.22% |
| Montana[7] | Thomas Lee Judge | Democratic | Re-elected, 61.7% | Robert Woodahl (Republican) 36.58% Charley Mahoney (Independent) 1.72% |
| New Hampshire[8] | Meldrim Thomson, Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 57.66% | Harry Spanos (Democratic) 42.32% |
| North Carolina[9] | James Holshouser | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Jim Hunt (Democratic) 64.99% David Flaherty (Republican) 33.9% Herbert F. "Chub" Seawell Jr. (American) 0.82% Arlan Andrews (Libertarian) 0.29% |
| North Dakota[10] | Arthur A. Link | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.58% | Richard Elkin (Republican) 46.53% Martin Vaaler (American) 1.89% |
| Rhode Island[11] | Philip W. Noel | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | John Garrahy (Democratic) 54.82% James Taft (Republican) 44.71% John C. Swift (Independent) 0.32% |
| Utah[12] | Calvin L. Rampton | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Scott M. Matheson (Democratic) 52.02% Vernon B. Romney (Republican) 45.96% L. S. Brown (American) 1.33% Betty Bates (Concerned Citizens) 0.69% |
| Vermont[13] | Thomas P. Salmon | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Richard A. Snelling (Republican) 53.39% Stella Hackel (Democratic) 40.48% Bernie Sanders (Liberty Union) 6.09% |
| Washington | Daniel J. Evans | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Dixy Lee Ray (Democratic) 53.14% John Spellman (Republican) 44.43% Art Manning (American) 0.8% Red Kelly (OWL Party) 0.8% Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.27% |
| West Virginia[14] | Arch A. Moore, Jr. | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Jay Rockefeller (Democratic) 66.15% Cecil H. Underwood (Republican) 33.82% |
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