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Wesley Powell

U.S.A.

Party Republican
Latest Campaign State Governor
Date of Birth October 13, 1915
Date of Death Jan. 6, 1981 (Age: 65)
Overall Community Sentiment: Neutral

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1978: New Hampshire State Governor

Election History

1978 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

12,349 votes (4.58%)

Loss

Winner: Hugh Gallen

1968: New Hampshire State Governor

Election History

Republican primary results

26,498 votes (30.89%)

Loss

Winner: Robert D. Ray, Rick Harman, Walter R. Peterson Jr., Jim Gardner, Robert P. McCarney, Frank Farrar, Deane C. Davis

1964: New Hampshire State Governor

Election History

Republican primary results

21,764 votes (34.73%)

Loss

Winner: Richard Kleindienst, Winthrop Rockefeller, Charles R. Holley, Evan Hultman, William H. Avery, Dwight W. Burney, John Pillsbury, Robert L. Gavin, Donald M. Halcrow, Nils Boe, Jack Crichton, Ralph A. Foote

1962: New Hampshire State Governor

Election History

Republican primary results

42,005 votes (42.46%)

Loss

Winner: Willis Ricketts, Richard M. Nixon, John Arthur Love, Robert E. Smylie, Norman A. Erbe, John Anderson Jr., Frank Small Jr., Fred A. Seaton, John Pillsbury, Mark Andrews, Jim Rhodes, John Chafee, Archie M. Gubbrud, Jack Cox, F. Ray Keyser Jr., Clifford Hansen

1960: New Hampshire State Governor
ELECTED

Election History

1960 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

161,123 votes (55.46%)

Win

Republican primary results

49,119 votes (49.86%)

Win
1958: New Hampshire State Governor
ELECTED

Election History

1958 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

106,790 votes (51.65%)

Win

Republican primary results

39,761 votes (47.54%)

Win
1956: New Hampshire State Governor

Election History

Republican primary results

33,408 votes (45.82%)

Loss

Winner: Horace B. Griffen, Donald G. Brotzman, Leo Hoegh, Warren W. Shaw, Victor E. Anderson, Lane Dwinell, John E. Davis, C. William O'Neill, Joe Foss, George Dewey Clyde, Joseph B. Johnson