The 1978 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1978.
Incumbent Republican
William Milliken was elected to a third term as Michigan Governor.
, this remains the last election in which the Republican candidate for Governor carried
Wayne County.
The primary elections occurred on August 8, 1978.
Milliken was unopposed, while Fitzgerald defeated a four-man field including law professor and perennial candidate
Zolton Ferency
Zolton Anton Ferency (June 30, 1922 – March 23, 1993) was an American lawyer, political activist and Professor of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University (MSU).
Ferency was born in Detroit, Michigan, in a Hungarian-American family. He ser ...
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Republican primary
Candidates
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William Milliken, incumbent Governor
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Zolton Ferency
Zolton Anton Ferency (June 30, 1922 – March 23, 1993) was an American lawyer, political activist and Professor of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University (MSU).
Ferency was born in Detroit, Michigan, in a Hungarian-American family. He ser ...
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Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
law professor and 1966 nominee for Governor
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William B. Fitzgerald Jr., State Senator from
Detroit and former Senate Majority Leader
*Patrick McCollough
*William Ralls
Results
General election
Results
References
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
Governor
Michigan
November 1978 events in the United States
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