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1964 North Carolina gubernatorial election North Carolina 1885 Presidential no 1960 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1960 1968 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1968 November 3, 1964 File:Dan K. Moore (cropped).jpg x150px Dan K. Moore Democratic Party (United States) 790,343 56.59% File:Robert L. Gavin.png Robert L. Gavin Republican Party (United States) 606,165 43.41% 1964 North Carolina gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 325px County resultsMoore: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Gavin: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor Terry Sanford Democratic Party (United States) Dan K. Moore Democratic Party (United States)
The 1964 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964. Democratic nominee Dan K. Moore defeated Republican nominee Robert L. Gavin with 56.59% of the vote.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on May 30, 1964.https://books.google.com/books?id=3X0kAQAAIAAJ North Carolina Manual 1991 2019-05-27
Democratic primary
Candidates
Dan K. Moore, former Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court
L. Richardson Preyer, former Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
I. Beverly Lake Sr., attorney
Kidd Brewer, businessman and former Appalachian State Mountaineers football coachAssociated Press/Star-News: Kidd Brewer, politician, businessman dies of cancer in Raleigh
Bruce E. Burleson
Raymond J. Stansbury
28.7% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 28
Results
Democratic primary results
L. Richardson Preyer Democratic Party (United States) 281,430 36.59
Dan K. Moore Democratic Party (United States) 257,872 33.53
I. Beverly Lake Sr. Democratic Party (United States) 217,172 28.24
Kidd Brewer Democratic Party (United States) 8,026 1.04
Bruce E. Burleson Democratic Party (United States) 2,445 0.32
Raymond J. Stansbury Democratic Party (United States) 2,145 0.28
769,090 100.00
Democratic primary runoff results
Dan K. Moore Democratic Party (United States) 480,431 62.05
L. Richardson Preyer Democratic Party (United States) 293,863 37.95
774,294 100.00
Republican primary
Candidates
Robert L. Gavin, former United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina
Charles W. Strong, State Senator
Donald Badgley, State Representative
2.3% of the voting age population participated in the Republican primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 28
Results
Republican primary results
Robert L. Gavin Republican Party (United States) 53,145 83.28
Charles W. Strong Republican Party (United States) 8,652 13.56
Donald Badgley Republican Party (United States) 2,018 3.16
63,815 100.00
General election
Candidates
Dan K. Moore, Democratic
Robert L. Gavin, Republican
Results
1964 North Carolina gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=46A7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA345 America Votes 32: 2015-2016, Election Returns by State - Rhodes Cook 26 October 2017 9781506368993 2019-05-27 Cook Rhodes
Democratic Party (United States) Dan K. Moore 790,343 56.59
Republican Party (United States) Robert L. Gavin 606,165 43.41
184,178
1,396,508
Democratic Party (United States)
References
Works cited
Steed Robert Moreland Laurence Baker Tod Party Politics in the South Praeger Publishers 1980 0030565863
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