The 1976 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 2, Incumbent Democratic governor David Pryor defeated Republican candidate Leon Griffith with 83.24% of the vote. Pryor carried all of the state's 75 counties in his reelection effort, the last governor to do so until fellow Democrat Mike Beebe did in his 2010 reelection bid.
Primary elections Primary elections were held on May 25, 1976.
Democratic primary
Candidates David Pryor, incumbent governor Jim Lindsey, Real Estate developer and former University of Arkansas and Minnesota Vikings football player Frank Lady, Attorney and former state representative John H. (Tuffy) Chambers, farmer
Results
Republican primary
Candidates Leon Griffith, master plumber Joseph H. Weston, editor of the Sharp Citizen
Results
General election
Candidates David Pryor, Democratic Leon Griffith, Republican
Results
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