The 1970 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Republican Governor

Stanley Hathaway Stanley Knapp Hathaway (July 19, 1924 – October 4, 2005) was an American politician who served as the 27th Governor of Wyoming from 1967 to 1975, and would later serve as United States Secretary of the Interior under President Gerald Ford f ...

ran for re-election to a second term. He faced Democratic nominee John J. Rooney, a State Representative and the former Chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party. Despite Democratic Senator Gale W. McGee's strong performance in the U.S. Senate race, Hathaway's popularity proved an insurmountable obstacle for Rooney to overcome, and the Governor won a second term in a landslide. After this race, no Republican would be elected Governor of Wyoming until

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Democratic primary

Candidates

* John J. Rooney, State Representative, former Chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

, incumbent Governor

Results

References

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Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the s ...

November 1970 events in the United States