| District | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 01 | Arnold Olsen* (D) | 74,974 | 53.6% | Richard Smiley (R) | 64,862 | 46.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 139,836 |
| District 02 | James Battin* (R) | 83,888 | 67.8% | Robert Kelleher (D) | 39,752 | 32.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 123,640 |
| Total R vote: 148,750 (56.5%) Total D vote: 114,726 (43.5%) | |||||||||
| Office | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney General | Bob Woodahl (R) | 139,561 | 52.0% | Gene Daly (D) | 128,605 | 48.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 268,166 |
| Auditor | Sonny Omholt* (R) | 212,339 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 212,339 | |||
| Lt. Governor | Thomas Judge (D) | 146,527 | 54.1% | Tom Selstad (R) | 124,322 | 45.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 270,849 |
| Secretary of State | Frank Murray* (D) | 159,922 | 61.8% | Betty Guffey (R) | 98,714 | 38.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 258,636 |
| Public Instruction | Dolores Colburg (D) | 138,200 | 52.3% | Henry Cox (R) | 126,227 | 47.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 264,427 |
| Treasurer | Alex Stephenson (R) | 140,878 | 53.4% | Paul Cannon (D) | 122,951 | 46.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 263,829 |