1964 Arizona gubernatorial election


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The 1964 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Governor Paul Fannin decided not to run for reelection to a fourth term as governor, instead deciding to successfully run for the United States Senate when incumbent U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater decided to run for President of the United States.

1964 Arizona gubernatorial election
← 1962 November 3, 1964 1966 →
 
Nominee Samuel Goddard Richard Kleindienst
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 252,098 221,404
Percentage 53.2% 46.8%

County results
Goddard:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Kleindienst:      50–60%

Governor before election

Paul J. Fannin
Republican

Elected Governor

Samuel P. Goddard
Democratic

Despite Goldwater being at the top of the ticket as the Republican nominee for President against Lyndon Johnson, Samuel Pearson Goddard, who lost to Fannin in 1962, won the Democratic nomination and subsequently the general election, defeating Arizona Republican Party Chairman Richard Kleindienst (who would later serve as US Attorney General in the administration of Richard Nixon). Goddard was sworn into his first and only term as governor on January 4, 1965.

The Republican primary took place on September 8, 1964. Incumbent Governor Paul Fannin decided not to run for a fourth consecutive term, instead opting to run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, who had instead decided to run for President of the United States. Arizona Republican Party Chairman Richard Kleindienst, as well as state senator and 1962 Republican U.S. Senate nominee Evan Mecham sought the Republican nomination to succeed Paul Fannin, with Kleindienst winning by a wide margin.

  • Samuel P. Goddard, 1962 Democratic nominee for governor
  • Art Brock
  • J. Michael Morris
  • David C. Cox
County Sam Goddard
Democratic 		Richard Kleindienst
Republican 		Margin Total votes
cast[2]
# % # % # %
Apache 2,251 59.42% 1,537 40.58% 714 18.85% 3,788
Cochise 10,036 60.84% 6,461 39.16% 3,575 21.67% 16,497
Coconino 5,551 51.47% 5,234 48.53% 317 2.94% 10,785
Gila 7,154 68.52% 3,287 31.48% 3,867 37.04% 10,441
Graham 2,989 55.75% 2,372 44.25% 617 11.51% 5,361
Greenlee 3,288 76.91% 987 23.09% 2,301 53.82% 4,275
Maricopa 127,830 49.07% 132,677 50.93% -4,847 -1.86% 260,507
Mohave 2,270 54.79% 1,873 45.21% 397 9.58% 4,143
Navajo 4,943 52.06% 4,551 47.94% 392 4.13% 9,494
Pima 58,639 58.38% 41,807 41.62% 16,832 16.76% 100,466
Pinal 10,513 62.85% 6,214 37.15% 4,299 25.70% 16,727
Santa Cruz 2,117 62.06% 1,294 37.94% 823 24.13% 3,411
Yavapai 5,930 44.73% 7,328 55.27% -1,398 -10.54% 13,258
Yuma 8,587 59.76% 5,782 40.24% 2,805 19.52% 14,369
Totals 252,098 53.24% 221,404 46.76% 30,694 6.48% 473,502

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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  1. ^ a b "State of Arizona Official Canvass Primary Election - September 8, 1964". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "State of Arizona Official Canvass General Election - November 3, 1964". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 13, 2024.