1964 United States gubernatorial elections

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1964 United States gubernatorial elections
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  1963 November 3, 1964 1965  

25 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before3416
Seats after3317
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Seats up187
Seats won178

1964 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     No election

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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StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Arizona Paul Fannin RepublicanRetired to run for the U.S. Senate, [1] Democratic victory Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr. (Democratic) 53.24%
Richard Kleindienst (Republican) 46.76% [2]
Arkansas Orval Faubus DemocraticRe-elected, 57% Winthrop Rockefeller (Republican) 42.99%
Kenneth Hurst (Write-In) 0.01% [3]
Delaware Elbert N. Carvel DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Charles L. Terry Jr. (Democratic) 51.36%
David P. Buckson (Republican) 48.65% [4]
Florida C. Farris Bryant DemocraticTerm-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. DemocraticRe-elected, 51.93% Charles H. Percy (Republican) 48.08% [7]
Indiana Matthew E. Welsh DemocraticTerm-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 DemocraticRe-elected, 68.05% Evan Hultman (Republican) 31.27%
Robert Dilley (Conservative) 0.68% [9]
Kansas John Anderson Jr. RepublicanRetired, [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 DemocraticDefeated 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 RepublicanRe-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 DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Warren E. Hearnes (Democratic) 62.06%
Ethan Shepley (Republican) 37.94% [15]
Montana Tim Babcock RepublicanElected to a full term, 51.29% Roland Renne (Democratic) 48.71% [16]
Nebraska Frank B. Morrison DemocraticRe-elected, 60.03% Dwight W. Burney (Republican) 39.96%
Others 0.01% [17]
New Hampshire John W. King DemocraticRe-elected, 66.77%John Pillsbury (Republican) 33.17%
Others 0.06% [18]
New Mexico Jack M. Campbell DemocraticRe-elected, 60.21% Merle H. Tucker (Republican) 39.79% [19]
North Carolina Terry Sanford DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Dan K. Moore (Democratic) 56.59%
Robert L. Gavin (Republican) 43.41% [20]
North Dakota William L. Guy Democratic-NPLRe-elected, 55.74% Donald M. Halcrow (Republican) 44.26% [21]
Rhode Island John Chafee RepublicanRe-elected, 61.15% Edward P. Gallogly (Democratic) 38.85% [22]
South Dakota Archie M. Gubbrud RepublicanNot 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 DemocraticRe-elected, 73.79% Jack Crichton (Republican) 26.00%
John C. Williams (Constitution) 0.21% [25]
Utah George Dewey Clyde RepublicanRetired, Democratic victory Cal Rampton (Democratic) 56.99%
Mitchell Melich (Republican) 43.01% [26]
Vermont Philip H. Hoff DemocraticRe-elected, 65.36% Ralph A. Foote (Republican) 34.63%
Others 0.01% [27]
Washington Albert Rosellini DemocraticDefeated, 43.89% Daniel J. Evans (Republican) 55.77%
Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.35% [28]
West Virginia Wally Barron DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Hulett C. Smith (Democratic) 54.91%
Cecil Underwood (Republican) 45.09% [29]
Wisconsin John W. Reynolds Jr. DemocraticDefeated, 49.44% Warren P. Knowles (Republican) 50.55%
Others 0.01% [30]

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