New York gubernatorial election, 1970

New York gubernatorial election, 1970

November 3, 1970

118px Candidate Nelson Rockefeller Arthur Goldberg Paul L. Adams Party Republican Democratic Conservative Running mate Malcolm Wilson Basil Paterson Edward F. Leonard Popular vote 3,151,432 2,219,667 422,514 Percentage 52.41% 41.94% 7.03%

Governor before election Nelson Rockefeller Republican Elected Governor Nelson Rockefeller Republican

The 1970 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York.

Contested Nominations

Conservative

Conservative Party convention results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul L. Adams	75	97.40
	Conservative	Mario Procaccino (Write-In)	2	2.60
Total votes			77	100.00

Liberal

Liberal Party State Committee vote results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arthur Goldberg	211	70.33
	Liberal	Robert M. Morgenthau	81	27.00
	Liberal	Howard J. Samuels	8	2.67
Total votes			300	100.00

Democratic

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Goldberg	496,648	52.16
	Democratic	Howard J. Samuels	455,482	47.84
Total votes			952,130	100.00

Results

New York gubernatorial election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Nelson Rockefeller	3,105,220	51.64%
	Civil Service Ind.	Nelson Rockefeller	46,212	0.77%
	Total	Nelson Rockefeller	3,151,432	52.41%	+7.80%
	Democratic	Arthur Goldberg	2,158,355	35.90%
	Liberal	Arthur Goldberg	263,071	4.38%
	Total	Arthur Goldberg	2,421,426	40.27%	+2.16%
	Conservative	Paul L. Adams	422,514	7.03%	-1.43%
	Communist	Rasheed Storey	7,760	0.13%	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Clifton DeBerry	5,766	0.10%	-0.11%
	Socialist Labor	Stephen Emery	3,963	0.07%	-0.14%
Majority			730,006	12.14%	+5.64%
Turnout			6,012,861
	Republican hold

References

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