1970 Colorado gubernatorial election
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The 1970 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent
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.
- ISBN 0-87187-033-9.
- ^ State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. 1970. p. 24. Retrieved June 25, 2022.