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The 1964 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Connally was reelected to a second term, winning 74% of the vote to Republican Jack Crichton's 26%.

Connally swept all 254 counties in his massive landslide reelection victory and was sworn in for his second term on January 26, 1965.

Primaries

Republican

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Crichton 128,146 100.00%
Total votes 128,146 100.00%

Democratic

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Connally (incumbent) 1,125,884 69.06%
Democratic Don Yarborough 471,411 28.92%
Democratic M. T. Banks 22,047 1.35%
Democratic Johnnie Mae Hackworthe 10,955 0.67%
Total votes 1,630,297 100.00%

Results

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Connally (incumbent) 1,877,793 73.79%
Republican Jack Crichton 661,675 26.00%
Constitution John C. Williams 5,257 0.32%
Total votes 2,544,753 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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