The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday,November 3,1964. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in a landslide victory. Johnson was the fourth and most recent vice president to succeed the presidency following the death of his predecessor and win a full term in his own right. Johnson won the largest share of the popular vote for the Democratic Party in history at 61.1%. As of 2024,this remains the highest popular vote percentage of any candidate since the advent of widespread popular elections in 1824.
John Berlinger Breaux is an American lobbyist,attorney,and retired politician from Louisiana. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from 1987 to 2005. A Southern Democrat,he was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party. Breaux was a member of the New Democrat Coalition.
The Rockefeller Republicans were members of the United States Republican Party (GOP) in the 1930s–1970s who held moderate-to-liberal views on domestic issues,similar to those of Nelson Rockefeller,Governor of New York (1959–1973) and Vice President of the U.S. (1974–1977). Rockefeller Republicans were most common in the Northeast and the industrial Midwestern states,while they were rare in the South and the West.
Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker is a retired American politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon,who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president,and the widow of former U.S. senator and diplomat Howard Baker.
Philip Miller Crane was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005,representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. At the time of his defeat in the 2004 election,Crane was the longest-serving Republican member of the House.
Michael Stephen Steele is an American politician,attorney,and political commentator who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007 and as chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 2009 until 2011;he was the first African-American to hold either office.
Ralph Eugene Reed Jr. is an American political consultant and lobbyist,best known as the first executive director of the Christian Coalition during the early 1990s. He sought the Republican nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia but lost the primary election on July 18,2006,to state Senator Casey Cagle. Reed started the Faith and Freedom Coalition in June 2009. Reed and his wife JoAnne Young were married in 1987 and have four children. He is a member of the Council for National Policy.
William Preston Graves is an American former politician who was the 43rd governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.
The Republican Party in the United States includes several factions,or wings. During the 19th century,Republican factions included the Half-Breeds,who supported civil service reform;the Radical Republicans,who advocated the immediate and total abolition of slavery,and later advocated civil rights for freed slaves during the Reconstruction era;and the Stalwarts,who supported machine politics.
The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859.
John Daniel Miller Hamilton was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Kansas.
Carla J. Stovall - also known as Carla Stovall Steckline - is a Republican politician from Marion,Kansas who served as Attorney General of the State of Kansas from 1995 to 2003. During her tenure,she also served as president of the National Association of Attorneys General.
The Kansas Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Kansas and one of two major parties in the state,alongside the Republicans. The chair of the party is Jeanna Repass.
Todd P. Graves is a private practice attorney and Republican politician,who previously served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. A twice-elected state prosecutor who is currently in private practice with the law firm Graves Garrett LLC,his practice focuses on representing individuals and businesses nationwide before federal and state courts and administrative agencies. Graves was born and raised in Tarkio,Missouri. His brother is U.S. Representative Sam Graves. On January 7,2017,Graves was elected with unanimous support by the Missouri Republican State Committee to serve as Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party.
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Florida. Florida was dominated by the Democratic Party for most of its history. The Republican Party has rapidly gained ground in recent decades. It is currently the state's dominant party,controlling 20 out of 28 of Florida's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,the governorship and all other statewide offices,and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
The Republican Leadership Council was founded in 1993 as the Committee for Responsible Government. It was a United States political advocacy group and political action committee that promoted Republican candidates who choose a platform that the organization characterized as "fiscally conservative,socially inclusive." Issues championed by the RLC include small government,lower taxes,balanced budgets,environmental protection and school choice,often including school vouchers.
The 1998 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 3,1998. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Graves won re-election in a 50% landslide over his opponent,State Representative Tom Sawyer. As of 2023,this was the last time Douglas County and Wyandotte County voted for the Republican candidate. Graves also became the first Republican incumbent Governor of Kansas to win reelection since John Anderson Jr.’s reelection victory in 1962.
Donald R. "Don" Miller is a former Republican member of the New York State Assembly,representing the 121st Assembly District,which encompasses Cicero,Clay,Manlius,Pompey,and Lafayette. He was elected November 2,2010,after defeating incumbent assemblyman Al Stirpe. He was defeated in the 2012 rematch with Al Stirpe in one of the most expensive and hotly contested races in New York State.
Progressive conservatism is a political ideology that attempts to combine conservative and progressive policies. While still supportive of capitalist economy,it stresses the importance of government intervention in order to improve human and environmental conditions.
Fred Logan is an American politician who served as Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party from 1987 to 1989. Other than being involved in local politics,he is also a lawyer,professor and journalist.
