Electoral history of Nelson Rockefeller, who served as the 41st vice president of the United States (1974–1977), the 49th governor of New York (1959–1973), and was a three-time candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination (1960; 1964; 1968).

Gubernatorial elections

1966 + 1966 New York gubernatorial election Governor candidate Running Mate Party Popular Vote Nelson A. RockefellerMalcolm WilsonRepublican 2,690,626 (44.61%) Frank D. O'ConnorHoward J. SamuelsDemocratic 2,298,363 (38.11%)Paul L. AdamsKieran O'DohertyConservative 513,023 (8.46%)Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.Donald S. HarringtonLiberal 507,234 (8.41%)Milton HerderDoris BallantyneSocialist Labor 12,730 (0.21%)Judith WhiteRichard GarzaSocialist Workers 12,506 (0.21%)

1970 + 1970 New York gubernatorial election Governor candidate Running Mate Party Popular VoteNelson A. RockefellerMalcolm WilsonRepublican 3,151,432 (52.41%)Arthur GoldbergBasil PatersonDemocratic, Liberal 2,421,426 (40.27%)Paul L. AdamsEdward F. LeonardConservative 422,514 (7.03%)Rasheed StoreyGrace Mora-NewmanCommunist 7,760 (0.13%)Clifton DeBerryJonathan RothschildSocialist Workers 5,766 (0.10%) Stephen EmeryArnold BabelSocialist Labor 3,963 (0.07%)

Presidential nomination elections

1960 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1960 Party Candidate Aggregate votes % Republican Richard Nixon 4,975,938 86.63 Unpledged 314,234 5.47 George H. Bender 211,090 3.68 James M. Lloyd 48,461 0.84 Nelson Rockefeller 30,639 0.53 Frank R. Beckwith 19,677 0.34

1964 1964 Republican Party presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1964 Party Candidate Aggregate votes % Republican Barry Goldwater 2,267,079 38.33 Nelson Rockefeller 1,304,204 22.05 James A. Rhodes 615,754 10.41 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 386,661 6.54 John W. Byrnes 299,612 5.07 William Scranton 245,401 4.15 Margaret Chase Smith 227,007 3.84 Richard Nixon 197,212 3.33 Unpledged 173,652 2.94 Harold Stassen 114,083 1.93

1964 Republican presidential nomination Party Candidate Votes % Republican Barry Goldwater 883 67.51 William Scranton 214 16.36 Nelson Rockefeller 114 8.72 George Romney 41 3.14 Margaret Chase Smith 27 2.06 Walter H. Judd 22 1.68 Hiram Fong 5 0.38 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 2 0.15 First ballot Vote totals following vote shifts:Goldwater1,220; Scranton50; Smith22;Rockefeller6; Others10

1968 1968 Republican Party presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race 1968 Party Candidate Aggregate votes % Republican Ronald Reagan 1,696,632 37.93 Richard Nixon 1,679,443 37.54 James A. Rhodes 614,492 13.74 Nelson Rockefeller 164,340 3.67 Unpledged 140,639 3.14 Eugene McCarthy 44,520 1.00 Harold Stassen 31,655 0.71 Richard Nixon 31,465 0.70

1968 Republican presidential nomination Party Candidate Votes % Republican Richard Nixon 692 51.92 Nelson Rockefeller 277 20.78 Ronald Reagan 182 13.66 James A. Rhodes 55 4.13 George Romney 50 3.75 Clifford Case 22 1.65 Frank Carlson 20 1.50 Winthrop Rockefeller 18 1.35 Hiram Fong 14 1.05 Harold Stassen 2 0.14 John V. Lindsay 1 0.07 First ballot Vote totals following vote shifts:Nixon1,238; Rockefeller93; Reagan2

1974 vice presidential confirmation

1974 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation Party Total votes Democratic Republican Conservative Independent Yes 52 36 1 1 90 No 4 3 0 0 7

1974 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation Party Total votes Democratic Republican Yes 134 153 287 No 98 30 128

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