1973 United States gubernatorial elections

1973 United States gubernatorial elections
November 6, 1973
2 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 31 19
Seats after 32 18
Seat change 1 1
Seats up 0 2
Seats won 1 1
  Republican hold
  Democratic gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held 6 November 1973, in two states.

In Virginia, former Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr., who was elected in the 1965 gubernatorial election as a Democrat, ran and won as a Republican. He defeated Henry Howell, who was also a former Democrat.

In New Jersey, the moderate incumbent Republican William T. Cahill was defeated in the primary by Charles W. Sandman Jr. Cahill did not campaign for Sandman, and Brendan Byrne defeated Sandman handily.

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