1970 Colorado gubernatorial election
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The 1970 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Republican John Arthur Love defeated Democratic nominee Mark Anthony Hogan with 52.46% of the vote. This would be the last time until 1998 that Colorado elected a Republican as Governor and also the last time Denver County, Boulder County, and San Miguel County voted for the Republican candidate.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on September 8, 1970.[1]
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Mark Anthony Hogan, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mark Anthony Hogan | 103,239 | 100.00 | |
Republican primary
Candidates
- John Arthur Love, incumbent Governor
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Arthur Love (incumbent) | 104,642 | 100.00 | |
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
- John Arthur Love, Republican
- Mark Anthony Hogan, Democratic
Other candidates
- Albert Gurule, La Raza Unida
- Walter R. Plankinton, American Independent
- James Lauderdale, Socialist Workers
Results
General overview
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Arthur Love (incumbent) | 350,690 | 52.46% | −1.59% | |
| Democratic | Mark Anthony Hogan | 302,432 | 45.24% | +1.74% | |
| Raza Unida | Albert Gurule | 12,179 | 1.82% | N/A | |
| American Independent | Walter R. Plankinton | 2,052 | 0.31 | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | James Lauderdale | 1,143 | 0.17% | ||
| Majority | 48,258 | 7.22% | −3.33% | ||
| Turnout | 668,496 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Results by county
| County | John A. Love | Mark Hogan | Albert L. Gurule | Walter R. Plankinton | James Lauderdale | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 20,666 | 45.45% | 23,475 | 51.63% | 2,061 | 2.33% | 279 | 0.39% | 86 | 0.19% | 45,467 |
| Alamosa | 1,909 | 54.57% | 2,464 | 41.85% | 209 | 3.12% | 26 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,498 |
| Arapahoe | 30,329 | 63.19% | 17,064 | 35.55% | 433 | 0.90% | 131 | 0.27% | 43 | 0.09% | 48,000 |
| Archuleta | 334 | 41.29% | 456 | 56.37% | 17 | 2.10% | 2 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 809 |
| Baca | 1,006 | 54.38% | 825 | 44.59% | 3 | 0.16% | 15 | 0.81% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,850 |
| Bent | 1,126 | 48.89% | 1,124 | 48.81% | 45 | 1.95% | 6 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.09% | 2,303 |
| Boulder | 23,617 | 57.90% | 16,299 | 39.96% | 618 | 1.52% | 121 | 0.30% | 135 | 0.33% | 40,790 |
| Chaffee | 1,583 | 48.50% | 1,627 | 49.85% | 41 | 1.26% | 7 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.18% | 3,264 |
| Cheyenne | 643 | 55.24% | 515 | 44.24% | 1 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,164 |
| Clear Creek | 971 | 55.90% | 728 | 41.91% | 26 | 1.50% | 10 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.12% | 1,737 |
| Conejos | 1,242 | 51.05% | 971 | 39.91% | 214 | 8.80% | 4 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.08% | 2,433 |
| Costilla | 457 | 34.46% | 771 | 58.14% | 82 | 6.18% | 9 | 0.68% | 7 | 0.53% | 1,326 |
| Crowley | 657 | 46.90% | 728 | 51.96% | 14 | 1.00% | 2 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,401 |
| Custer | 384 | 58.45% | 272 | 41.40% | 1 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 657 |
| Delta | 2,511 | 49.13% | 2,558 | 50.05% | 9 | 0.18% | 29 | 0.57% | 4 | 0.08% | 5,111 |
| Dolores | 285 | 44.88% | 347 | 54.65% | 1 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 635 |
| Douglas | 1,872 | 62.84% | 1,072 | 35.99% | 7 | 0.23% | 27 | 0.91% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,979 |
| Eagle | 887 | 49.78% | 864 | 48.48% | 25 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,782 |
| El Paso | 25,312 | 53.67% | 21,254 | 45.07% | 309 | 0.66% | 226 | 0.48% | 60 | 0.13% | 47,161 |
| Elbert | 730 | 52.44% | 654 | 46.98% | 7 | 0.50% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,392 |
| Fremont | 3,524 | 45.81% | 4,113 | 53.46% | 27 | 0.35% | 26 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.04% | 7,693 |
| Garfield | 2,398 | 48.62% | 2,519 | 51.07% | 5 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,932 |
| Gilpin | 360 | 55.13% | 281 | 43.03% | 6 | 0.92% | 6 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 653 |
| Grand | 977 | 64.66% | 530 | 35.08% | 1 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,511 |
| Gunnison | 1,075 | 52.98% | 938 | 46.23% | 9 | 0.44% | 6 | 0.30% | 1 | 0.05% | 2,029 |
| Hinsdale | 107 | 64.46% | 59 | 35.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 166 |
| Huerfano | 963 | 33.55% | 1,749 | 60.94% | 150 | 5.23% | 6 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,870 |
| Jackson | 398 | 59.23% | 274 | 40.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 672 |
| Jefferson | 46,003 | 61.87% | 27,370 | 36.81% | 747 | 1.00% | 195 | 0.26% | 34 | 0.05% | 74,349 |
| Kiowa | 572 | 53.16% | 500 | 46.47% | 1 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,076 |
| Kit Carson | 1,463 | 55.95% | 1,139 | 43.56% | 9 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,615 |
| La Plata | 3,558 | 55.20% | 2,777 | 43.08% | 69 | 1.07% | 36 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.09% | 6,446 |
| Lake | 773 | 33.67% | 1,480 | 64.46% | 28 | 1.22% | 11 | 0.48% | 4 | 0.17% | 2,296 |
| Larimer | 14,133 | 61.06% | 8,674 | 37.48% | 255 | 1.10% | 50 | 0.22% | 33 | 0.14% | 23,145 |
| Las Animas | 2,602 | 38.89% | 3,785 | 56.57% | 284 | 4.24% | 11 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.13% | 6,691 |
| Lincoln | 1,092 | 52.25% | 992 | 47.46% | 6 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,090 |
| Logan | 3,269 | 51.23% | 3,082 | 48.30% | 16 | 0.25% | 8 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.09% | 6,381 |
| Mesa | 8,411 | 47.07% | 9,277 | 51.92% | 74 | 0.41% | 76 | 0.43% | 30 | 0.17% | 17,868 |
| Mineral | 156 | 50.65% | 148 | 48.05% | 3 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 308 |
| Moffat | 1,297 | 54.50% | 1,072 | 45.04% | 8 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,380 |
| Montezuma | 1,944 | 49.97% | 1,920 | 49.36% | 10 | 0.26% | 11 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.13% | 3,890 |
| Montrose | 2,652 | 48.48% | 2,694 | 49.25% | 60 | 1.10% | 39 | 0.71% | 25 | 0.46% | 5,470 |
| Morgan | 3,403 | 56.57% | 2,592 | 43.09% | 11 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.07% | 6,016 |
| Otero | 3,718 | 50.90% | 3,460 | 47.36% | 101 | 1.38% | 17 | 0.23% | 9 | 0.12% | 7,305 |
| Ouray | 314 | 51.64% | 290 | 47.70% | 1 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 608 |
| Park | 570 | 55.99% | 438 | 43.03% | 2 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,018 |
| Phillips | 914 | 47.88% | 990 | 51.86% | 4 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,909 |
| Pitkin | 1,378 | 49.84% | 1,307 | 47.27% | 53 | 1.92% | 17 | 0.61% | 10 | 0.36% | 2,765 |
| Prowers | 2,379 | 52.85% | 2,078 | 46.17% | 35 | 0.78% | 8 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 4,501 |
| Pueblo | 13,130 | 33.46% | 24,478 | 62.38% | 1,412 | 3.60% | 127 | 0.32% | 91 | 0.23% | 39,238 |
| Rio Blanco | 871 | 54.88% | 698 | 43.98% | 2 | 0.13% | 15 | 0.95% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,587 |
| Rio Grande | 2,091 | 60.50% | 1,257 | 36.37% | 98 | 2.84% | 7 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.09% | 3,456 |
| Routt | 1,389 | 49.22% | 1,425 | 50.50% | 4 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,822 |
| Saguache | 732 | 51.22% | 643 | 45.00% | 53 | 3.71% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,429 |
| San Juan | 172 | 45.03% | 204 | 53.40% | 3 | 0.79% | 3 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 382 |
| San Miguel | 393 | 50.32% | 386 | 49.42% | 2 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 781 |
| Sedgwick | 819 | 54.38% | 673 | 44.69% | 13 | 0.86% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,506 |
| Summit | 479 | 54.81% | 388 | 44.39% | 6 | 0.69% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 874 |
| Teller | 639 | 50.43% | 621 | 49.01% | 2 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,267 |
| Washington | 1,200 | 53.05% | 1,047 | 46.29% | 4 | 0.18% | 10 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,262 |
| Weld | 13,757 | 57.09% | 9,841 | 40.84% | 373 | 1.55% | 74 | 0.31% | 53 | 0.22% | 24,098 |
| Yuma | 1,783 | 52.44% | 1,610 | 47.35% | 1 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,400 |
| Totals | 350,690 | 52.46% | 302,432 | 45.24% | 12,179 | 1.82% | 2,052 | 0.31% | 1,143 | 0.17% | 668,496 |
References
- ^ a b c d "State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast 1970" (PDF). Secretary of State of Colorado. 1970. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ America Votes 9: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. 1972. p. 55. ISBN 0-87187-033-9.
- ^ State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. 1970. p. 24. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
