Chapter 10: Election Night Coverage (Part XV)
Sergeant Foley
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ELECTION RESULTS OF US STATE/TERRITORY GOVERNORSHIPS
(PART II)
Tuesday, November 4, 1980
*NEW HAMPSHIRE: Incumbent New Hampshire Governor Hugh Gallen (D) defeated former New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson, Jr., (R) very easily by double digits in their rematch, keeping Bridges House in Democratic control for the next two years.
Hugh Gallen (D-incumbent): 226,436 (58.96%)✔
Meldrim Thomson, Jr., (R): 156,178 (40.67%)
DEMOCRATIC HOLD
*NORTH CAROLINA: Over inside the Tar Heel State, popular incumbent North Carolina Governor James Baxter "Jim" Hunt, Jr., (D) handily trounced State Senator I. Beverly Lake (R) by a resounding landslide victory making history as the first North Carolina Governor succeeding himself to back-to-back four year terms; Hunt also carried 91 out of 100 counties.
James Baxter "Jim" Hunt, Jr., (D-incumbent): 1,143,145 (61.88%)✔
I. Beverly Lake (R): 691,449 (37.43%)
DEMOCRATIC HOLD
*NORTH DAKOTA: North Dakota State Attorney General Allen I. Olson (R) knocked off incumbent North Dakota Governor Arthur A. Link (D), flipping control of the Governor's Residence to the Republicans.
Allen I. Olson (R): 162,230 (53.61%)✔
Arthur A. Link (D-incumbent): 140,391 (46.39%)
REPUBLICAN GAIN
*RHODE ISLAND: Incumbent Rhode Island Governor J. Joseph Garrahy (D) handily crushed Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci (R) in a massive landslide securing a third two-year term sweeping all five counties in the Ocean State.
J. Joseph Garrahy (D-incumbent): 299,174 (73.71%)✔
Buddy Cianci (R): 106,729 (26.29%)
DEMOCRATIC HOLD
*AMERICAN SAMOA: Incumbent American Samoan Governor Peter Tali Coleman (R) overwhelmingly won reelection virtually unopposed, securing a second term in the Governor's Mansion.
Peter Tali Coleman (R): 5,373 (100.00%)✔
REPUBLICAN HOLD
COMING UP IN CHAPTER 10 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part III of the Election Night Coverage for Campaign 80.
(PART II)
Tuesday, November 4, 1980
*NEW HAMPSHIRE: Incumbent New Hampshire Governor Hugh Gallen (D) defeated former New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson, Jr., (R) very easily by double digits in their rematch, keeping Bridges House in Democratic control for the next two years.
Hugh Gallen (D-incumbent): 226,436 (58.96%)✔
Meldrim Thomson, Jr., (R): 156,178 (40.67%)
DEMOCRATIC HOLD
*NORTH CAROLINA: Over inside the Tar Heel State, popular incumbent North Carolina Governor James Baxter "Jim" Hunt, Jr., (D) handily trounced State Senator I. Beverly Lake (R) by a resounding landslide victory making history as the first North Carolina Governor succeeding himself to back-to-back four year terms; Hunt also carried 91 out of 100 counties.
James Baxter "Jim" Hunt, Jr., (D-incumbent): 1,143,145 (61.88%)✔
I. Beverly Lake (R): 691,449 (37.43%)
DEMOCRATIC HOLD
*NORTH DAKOTA: North Dakota State Attorney General Allen I. Olson (R) knocked off incumbent North Dakota Governor Arthur A. Link (D), flipping control of the Governor's Residence to the Republicans.
Allen I. Olson (R): 162,230 (53.61%)✔
Arthur A. Link (D-incumbent): 140,391 (46.39%)
REPUBLICAN GAIN
*RHODE ISLAND: Incumbent Rhode Island Governor J. Joseph Garrahy (D) handily crushed Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci (R) in a massive landslide securing a third two-year term sweeping all five counties in the Ocean State.
J. Joseph Garrahy (D-incumbent): 299,174 (73.71%)✔
Buddy Cianci (R): 106,729 (26.29%)
DEMOCRATIC HOLD
*AMERICAN SAMOA: Incumbent American Samoan Governor Peter Tali Coleman (R) overwhelmingly won reelection virtually unopposed, securing a second term in the Governor's Mansion.
Peter Tali Coleman (R): 5,373 (100.00%)✔
REPUBLICAN HOLD
COMING UP IN CHAPTER 10 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part III of the Election Night Coverage for Campaign 80.
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