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1964 Florida gubernatorial election Florida 1900 Presidential no 1960 Florida gubernatorial election 1960 1966 Florida gubernatorial election 1966 November 3, 1964 File:W Haydon Burns (3x4 cropped).jpg 150x150px W. Haydon Burns Florida Democratic Party 933,554 56.12% Charles_R._Holley.jpg Charles R. Holley Republican Party of Florida 686,297 41.26% 1964 Florida gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsBurns: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Holley: #e27f7f 50–60% Governor C. Farris Bryant Democratic Party (United States) W. Haydon Burns Democratic Party (United States)
The 1964 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic governor C. Farris Bryant was ineligible for a second consecutive full term under the 1885 State Constitution. Democratic nominee W. Haydon Burns defeated Republican nominee Charles R. Holley with 56.12% of the vote.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on May 5 and 26, 1964.
Democratic primary
33.4% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 26
Results
thumb|Democratic Primary Runoff by county #678cd7 Burns #8da9e2 50–60% #678cd7 60–70% #4170cd 70–80% #3358a2 80–90% #244079 >90% #81d0d0 High #81d0d0 50–60% #53bfbf 60–70%
Democratic primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=136004 FL Governor, 1964 - D Primary Our Campaigns 27 March 2020Florida Handbook 1965-66 365
W. Haydon Burns Democratic Party (United States) 312,453 27.51
Robert King High Democratic Party (United States) 207,280 18.25
Scott Kelly Democratic Party (United States) 205,078 18.06
Fred Bud Dickinson Democratic Party (United States) 184,865 16.28
John E. Mathews Democratic Party (United States) 140,210 12.34
Frederick B. Karl Democratic Party (United States) 85,953 7.57
1,135,839 100.00
Democratic primary runoff resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=136005 FL Governor, 1964 - D Runoff Our Campaigns 27 March 2020Florida Handbook 1965-66 365
W. Haydon Burns Democratic Party (United States) 648,093 58.20
Robert King High Democratic Party (United States) 465,547 41.80
1,113,640 100.00
Republican primary
4% of the voting age population participated in the Republican primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 26
Results
Republican primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=764842 FL Governor, 1964 - R Primary Our Campaigns 27 March 2020Florida Handbook 1965-66 366
Charles R. Holley Republican Party (United States) 70,573 53.89
H. B. (Bob) Foster Republican Party (United States) 33,563 25.63
Ken Folks Republican Party (United States) 26,815 20.48
130,951 100.00
General election
Candidates
W. Haydon Burns, Democratic
Charles R. Holley, Republican
Results
1964 Florida gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=HYKzDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 America Votes 31: 2013-2014, Election Returns by State Cook Rhodes 81 CQ Press 2015 9781483383026 27 March 2020https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=131878 FL Governor, 1964 Our Campaigns 27 March 2020Florida Handbook 1965-66 372
Democratic Party (United States) W. Haydon Burns 933,554 56.12%
Republican Party (United States) Charles R. Holley 686,297 41.26%
43,630 2.62%
247,257 14.86%
1,663,481 100.00
Democratic Party (United States)
References
Works cited
The Florida Handbook, 1965-66 Tallahassee, FL The Peninsular Publishing Company Morris Allen 1965 https://archive.org/details/floridahandbook100morr/page/n1/mode/2up Florida Handbook 1965-66
Steed Robert Moreland Laurence Baker Tod Party Politics in the South Praeger Publishers 1980 0030565863
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Category:November 1964 in the United States