| | | | . | 1971 General election: | | | . | CANDIDATES | VOTES | % | . | Louie Welch | 101,763 | 46.4% | . | Fred Hofheinz | 98,377 | 44.9% | . | Robert S . (Bob) Webb | 14,690 | 6.7% | . | Debby Leonard | 3,276 | 1.5% | . | Tom Pauley | 876 | 0.4% | . | Michael R . Dorsey | 304 | 0.1% | . | TOTAL | 219,286 | 100.0% | . | | | | . | 1971 Runoff election: | | | . | CANDIDATES | VOTES | % | . | Louie Welch | 141,753 | 52.8% | . | Fred Hofheinz | 126,637 | 47.2% | . | TOTAL | 268,390 | 100.0% | . | | | | . | 1973 General election: | | | . | CANDIDATES | VOTES | % | . | Fred Hofheinz | 84,863 | 36.5% | . | Dick Gottlieb | 76,227 | 32.8% |
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| | | | . | Bud Hadfield | 36,060 | 15.5% | . | Bob Hervey | 21,453 | 9.2% | . | Tree Johnson | 12,710 | 5.5% | . | Mary Louise Lewis | 1,068 | 0.5% | . | Dan Fein | 369 | 0.2% | . | TOTAL | 232,750 | 100.0% | . | | | | . | 1973 Runoff election: | | | . | CANDIDATES | VOTES | % | . | Fred Hofheinz | 123,593 | 50.6% | . | Dick Gottlieb | 120,787 | 49.4% | . | TOTAL | 244,380 | 100.0% | . | | | | . | 1975 General election: | | | . | CANDIDATES | VOTES | % | . | Fred Hofheinz | 113,691 | 47.4% | . | Frank Briscoe | 76,170 | 31.7% | . | Dick Gottlieb | 47,863 | 19.9% | . | Pedro Vasquez | 1,396 | 0.6% | . | Scott M . Nelson | 909 | 0.4% |
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| | | | . | TOTAL | 240,029 | 100.0% | . | | | | . | 1975 Runoff election: | | | . | CANDIDATES | VOTES | % | . | Fred Hofheinz | 137,698 | 56.8% | . | Frank Briscoe | 104,599 | 43.2% | . | TOTAL | 242,297 | 100.0% | . | | | | . | 1977 General election: | | | . | CANDIDATES | VOTES | % | . | Jim McConn | 38,322 | 33.2% | . | Noble C . Ginther, Jr . | 34,979 | 30.3% | . | Dick Gottlieb | 31,321 | 27.2% | . | Bette Graham White | 4,359 | 3.8% | . | Ovide Duncantell | 2,307 | 2.0% | . | Larry M . Robinson | 1,630 | 1.4% | . | Manuel A . Velasco | 949 | 0.8% | . | Allan Vogel | 846 | 0.7% | . | Arthur E . Abrego | 356 | 0.3% | . | Diane Sarge | 291 | 0.3% |
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| | | | . | TOTAL | 115,360 | 100.0% | . | | | | . | 1977 Runoff election: | | | . | CANDIDATES | VOTES | % | . | Jim McConn | 134,307 | 66.6% | . | Frank Briscoe | 67,353 | 33.4% | . | TOTAL | 201,660 | 100.0% | . | | | | . | 1979 General election: | | | . | CANDIDATES | VOTES | % | . | Jim McConn | 80,412 | 42.5% | . | Louis Macey | 56,761 | 30.0% | . | Leonel J . Castillo | 44,685 | 23.6% | . | Bette Graham White | 2,720 | 1.4% | . | Larry Robinson | 2,157 | 1.1% | . | C . Leon Pickett | 692 | 0.4% | . | Debby Leonard | 653 | 0.3% | . | Jewell Davis Lemons | 564 | 0.3% | . | Lawrence Andrew Sims | 538 | 0.3% | . | VOTES | 189,182 | 100.0% |
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| | | | . | | | | . | 1979 Runoff election: | | | . | CANDIDATES | VOTES | % | . | Jim McConn | 90,552 | 56.3% | . | Louis Macey | 70,357 | 43.7% | . | TOTAL | 160,909 | 100.0% |
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