Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1975

November 4, 1975



Nominee	Cliff Finch	Gil Carmichael
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	369,568	319,632
Percentage	52.19	45.14

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Bill Waller
Democratic

Elected Governor

Cliff Finch
Democratic

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The 1975 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1975, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Bill Waller was term-limited, and could not for reelection to a second term.

Democratic primary

No candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, which featured 6 contenders, so a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by former state representative Cliff Finch, who defeated Lieutenant Governor William Winter.

Results

Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1979^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Winter	286,652	36.29
	Democratic	Cliff Finch	253,829	32.14
	Democratic	Maurice Dantin	179,472	22.72
	Democratic	John Arthur Eaves, Sr.	50,606	6.41
	Democratic	Leman Gandy	11,966	1.52
	Democratic	David Perkins	7,369	0.93
Total votes			789,894	100.00

Runoff

Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff, 1975^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cliff Finch	442,865	57.69
	Democratic	William Winter	324,749	42.31
Total votes			767,614	100.00

Results

During the campaign, Finch forged a coalition of African American and working class white voters in a populist-style gubernatorial campaign, adopted the campaign slogan "The working man's friend". This campaign tactic proved popular as Finch was elected over Republican nominee Gil Carmichael and the African American independent candidate Henry Kirksey. Carmichael did, however, draw 45 percent of the vote, an exceptionally high figure for a statewide Republican candidate at that time.

Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1975^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cliff Finch	369,568	52.19
	Republican	Gil Carmichael	319,632	45.14
	Independent	Henry Jay Kirksey	18,883	2.67
Total votes			708,083	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

↑ "MS Governor D Primary 1975". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
↑ "MS Governor D Primary Runoff 1975". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
↑ "MS Governor 1975". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 4, 2016.

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