GOP WINS 4 GOVERNORSHIPS

associated press, November 5, 1980

Republicans, riding the long coattails of Ronald Reagan’s march to the presidency, snatched four governorships from the Democrats while yielding none of their own on Election Day.

The GOP wound up with 23 governors, its best number in a decade. One of the more striking Republican triumphs was confirmed after sunrise today as Little Rock businessman Frank White ousted incumbent Bill Clinton in Arkansas.

At 33, Clinton is the youngest governor and was regarded one of the rising stars among Democrats. But his embrace of President Carter may have cost him dearly in a state swept by Reagan, as White wound up with 52 percent of the vote.

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