United States gubernatorial elections, 1964

The 1964 gubernatorial races were held concurrently with the 1964 race for President. 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.

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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 G. 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 A. Volpe (Republican) 50.27% Francis X. 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 O. 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 M. 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	Calvin L. 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	William Wallace 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]

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