Elections / 1980 · Governors

Republicans won the most governorships up in 1980.

Name: 1980 United States gubernatorial elections — results
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13 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 6, Republicans 7. Each state below links to its candidate results.

Results by state

Every row links to the state's full governor result with its county map.

State	Won	Governor-elect	Margin	Pres. 1980	Votes
Arkansas	R	Frank D. White	−3.9%	R+0.6	838,925
Delaware	R	Pete du Pont	−42.1%	R+2.3	223,221
Indiana	R	Robert D. Orr	−15.8%	R+18.4	2,170,499
Missouri	R	Kit Bond	−5.6%	R+6.8	2,080,834
Montana	D	Ted Schwinden	+10.7%	R+24.4	360,466
New Hampshire	D	Hugh Gallen	+18.3%	R+29.4	382,614
North Carolina	D	Jim Hunt	+24.4%	R+2.1	1,834,594
North Dakota	R	Allen I. Olson	−7.2%	R+38.0	302,621
Rhode Island	D	J. Joseph Garrahy	+47.4%	D+10.5	405,903
Utah	D	Scott M. Matheson	+10.7%	R+52.2	597,552
Vermont	R	Richard Snelling	−22.1%	R+6.0	200,055
Washington	R	John Spellman	−13.4%	R+12.3	1,730,896
West Virginia	D	Jay Rockefeller	+8.7%	D+4.5	739,103