1964 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held November 3, 1964, concurrently with the presidential election. Elections were held in 25 states and 1 territory. This was the last gubernatorial elections for Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Nebraska to take place in a presidential election year. Florida switched its governor election years to midterm years, while the other three expanded their terms from two to four years, this election also coincided with the Senate and the House elections.

1964 United States gubernatorial elections

November 3, 1964
25 state governorships
Party Democratic Republican Last election 34 governorships 16 governorships Seats before 34 16 Seats after 33 17 Seat change 1 1
Democratic holds   Democratic pickups   Republican holds   Republican pickups

Chart

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Arizona	Paul Fannin	Republican	Retired because he won a Senate seat,[1] Democratic victory	Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr. (Democratic) 53.24% Richard Kleindienst (Republican) 46.76%[2]
Arkansas	Orval Faubus	Democratic	Re-elected, 57%	Winthrop Rockefeller (Republican) 42.99% Kenneth Hurst (Write-In) 0.01%[3]
Delaware	Elbert N. Carvel	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Charles L. Terry Jr. (Democratic) 51.36% David P. Buckson (Republican) 48.65%[4]
Florida	C. Farris Bryant	Democratic	Term-limited,[5] Democratic victory	W. Haydon Burns (Democratic) 56.16% Charles R. Holley (Republican) 41.26% Write-ins 2.62%[6]
Illinois	Otto Kerner Jr.	Democratic	Re-elected, 51.93%	Charles H. Percy (Republican) 48.08%[7]
Indiana	Matthew E. Welsh	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Roger D. Branigin (Democratic) 56.18% Richard O. Ristine (Republican) 43.48% Chester G. Bohannon (Prohibition) 0.28% Gordon A. Long (Socialist Labor) 0.06%[8]
Iowa	Harold Hughes	Democratic	Re-elected, 68.05%	Evan Hultman (Republican) 31.27% Robert Dilley (Conservative) 0.68%[9]
Kansas	John Anderson Jr.	Republican	Retired,[10] Republican victory	William H. Avery (Republican) 50.88% Harry G. Wiles (Democratic) 47.07% Kenneth L. Myers (Conservative) 1.39% Harry E. Livermore (Prohibition) 0.67%[11]
Massachusetts	Endicott Peabody	Democratic	Defeated in primary,[12] Republican victory	John Volpe (Republican) 50.27% Francis Bellotti (Democratic) 49.29% Francis A. Votano (Socialist Labor) 0.27% Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.16% Others 0.01%[13]
Michigan	George W. Romney	Republican	Re-elected, 55.87%	Neil Staebler (Democratic) 43.74% Frank Lovell (Socialist Workers) 0.18% Albert B. Cleage Jr. (Freedom Now) 0.15% James Horvath (Socialist Labor) 0.06%[14]
Missouri	John M. Dalton	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Warren E. Hearnes (Democratic) 62.06% Ethan Shepley (Republican) 37.94%[15]
Montana	Tim Babcock	Republican	Elected to a full term, 51.29%	Roland Renne (Democratic) 48.71%[16]
Nebraska	Frank B. Morrison	Democratic	Re-elected, 60.03%	Dwight W. Burney (Republican) 39.96% Others 0.01%[17]
New Hampshire	John W. King	Democratic	Re-elected, 66.77%	John Pillsbury (Republican) 33.17% Others 0.06%[18]
New Mexico	Jack M. Campbell	Democratic	Re-elected, 60.21%	Merle H. Tucker (Republican) 39.79%[19]
North Carolina	Terry Sanford	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Dan K. Moore (Democratic) 56.59% Robert L. Gavin (Republican) 43.41%[20]
North Dakota	William L. Guy	Democratic-NPL	Re-elected, 55.74%	Donald M. Halcrow (Republican) 44.26%[21]
Rhode Island	John Chafee	Republican	Re-elected, 61.15%	Edward P. Gallogly (Democratic) 38.85%[22]
South Dakota	Archie M. Gubbrud	Republican	Not chosen by the Republican Party to run again,[23] Republican victory	Nils Boe (Republican) 51.68% John F. Lindley (Democratic) 48.33%[24]
Texas	John Connally	Democratic	Re-elected, 73.79%	Jack Crichton (Republican) 26.00% John C. Williams (Constitution) 0.21%[25]
Utah	George Dewey Clyde	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Cal Rampton (Democratic) 56.99% Mitchell Melich (Republican) 43.01%[26]
Vermont	Philip H. Hoff	Democratic	Re-elected, 65.36%	Ralph A. Foote (Republican) 34.63% Others 0.01%[27]
Washington	Albert Rosellini	Democratic	Defeated, 43.89%	Daniel J. Evans (Republican) 55.77% Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.35%[28]
West Virginia	Wally Barron	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Hulett C. Smith (Democratic) 54.91% Cecil Underwood (Republican) 45.09%[29]
Wisconsin	John W. Reynolds Jr.	Democratic	Defeated, 49.44%	Warren P. Knowles (Republican) 50.55% Others 0.01%[30]

See also

• 1964 United States elections
  • 1964 United States presidential election
  • 1964 United States Senate elections
  • 1964 United States House of Representatives elections

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