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1964 United States gubernatorial elections

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United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3, 1964, concurrently with the presidential election. Elections were held in 25 states and 1 territory. These were 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.

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1964 United States gubernatorial elections
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November 3, 1964
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25 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 34 16
Seats after 33 17
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Seats up 18 7
Seats won 17 8
1964 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1964 Illinois gubernatorial election1964 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1964 Iowa gubernatorial election1964 Arkansas gubernatorial election1964 Kansas gubernatorial election1964 Texas gubernatorial election1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election1964 Arizona gubernatorial election1964 Florida gubernatorial election1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1964 Michigan gubernatorial election1964 Nebraska gubernatorial election1964 South Dakota gubernatorial election1964 Delaware gubernatorial election1964 Indiana gubernatorial election1964 Missouri gubernatorial election1964 Montana gubernatorial election1964 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1964 North Carolina gubernatorial election1964 North Dakota gubernatorial election1964 Utah gubernatorial election1964 Vermont gubernatorial election1964 Washington gubernatorial election1964 West Virginia gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
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Race summary

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State Governor Party First
elected		 Status Candidates
Arizona Paul Fannin Republican 1958 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Arkansas Orval Faubus Democratic 1954 Incumbent re-elected.
Delaware Elbert N. Carvel Democratic 1948
1952 (lost)
1960		 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Florida C. Farris Bryant Democratic 1960 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Illinois Otto Kerner Jr. Democratic 1960 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana Matthew E. Welsh Democratic 1960 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Iowa Harold Hughes Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas John Anderson Jr. Republican 1960 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY William H. Avery (Republican) 50.9%
  • ▌ Harry G. Wiles (Democratic) 47.1%
  • ▌ Kenneth L. Myers (Conservative) 1.4%
  • ▌ Harry E. Livermore (Prohibition) 0.7%[8]
Massachusetts Endicott Peabody Democratic 1962 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican gain.
  • ▌Green tickY John Volpe (Republican) 50.27%
  • ▌ Francis Bellotti (Democratic) 49.29%
  • ▌Francis A. Votano (Socialist Labor) 0.27%
  • ▌Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.16%[9]
Michigan George W. Romney Republican 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri John M. Dalton Democratic 1960 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Montana Tim Babcock Republican 1962[a] Incumbent elected to full term.
Nebraska Frank B. Morrison Democratic 1960 Incumbent re-elected.
New Hampshire John W. King Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
New Mexico Jack M. Campbell Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina Terry Sanford Democratic 1960 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
North Dakota William L. Guy Democratic-NPL 1960 Incumbent re-elected.
Rhode Island John Chafee Republican 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
South Dakota Archie M. Gubbrud Republican 1960 Incumbent not renominated.
Republican hold.
Texas John Connally Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John Connally (Democratic) 73.8%
  • ▌ Jack Crichton (Republican) 26.0%
  • ▌ John C. Williams (Constitution) 0.2%[20]
Utah George Dewey Clyde Republican 1956 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Vermont Philip H. Hoff Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington Albert Rosellini Democratic 1956 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
West Virginia Wally Barron Democratic 1960 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Wisconsin John W. Reynolds Jr. Democratic 1962 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
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Closest races

States where the margin of victory was under 5%:

  1. Massachusetts, 0.98%
  2. Wisconsin, 1.11%
  3. Montana, 2.58%
  4. Delaware, 2.70%
  5. South Dakota, 3.34%
  6. Kansas, 3.81%
  7. Illinois, 3.85%

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. Arizona, 6.48%
  2. West Virginia, 9.82%

Red denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats.


See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Babcock became governor in 1962 when predecessor (Donald Grant Nutter) died.

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