1970 New York gubernatorial election
The 1970 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New York. Republican incumbent Nelson Rockefeller was elected to a fourth term in office over Arthur Goldberg. Primary elections were held on June 23. Goldberg narrowly defeated Howard J. Samuels for the Democratic nomination. Goldberg's running mate, Basil Paterson, was the first African-American nominee for lieutenant governor. Rockefeller received over 3.15 million votes, the highest total in any New York gubernatorial election until Andrew Cuomo received 3.64 million in 2018. After this election, no Republican was elected governor until George Pataki in 1994. This is the last time that Republicans carried Queens County in a gubernatorial election.
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