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The 1964 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election.State voters chose nine [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1964 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964, between incumbent Democratic governor Albert Rosellini and Republican nominee Daniel J. Evans. Rosellini, a former state senator, was elected governor in 1956 and re-elected in 1960; he had become unpopular after a series of scandals and increasing partisan division in ...
The 1964 election was a major transition point for the South, and an important step in the process by which the Democrats' former "Solid South" became a Republican bastion. Nonetheless, Johnson still managed to eke out a bare popular majority of 51–49% (6.307 to 5.993 million) in the eleven former Confederate states.
The 1964 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democrat Henry M. Jackson won a third term in office with a landslide victory over Republican Superintendent of Instruction Lloyd J. Andrews .
1964 United States presidential election in Washington, D.C. Index of articles associated with the same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).
From March 10 to June 2, 1964, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1964 United States presidential election.Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1964 Democratic National Convention held from August 24 to August 27, 1964, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
This was the first presidential election after the ratification of the 23rd Amendment, which granted electoral votes to Washington, D.C. [2] Democratic incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (who took office on November 22, 1963, upon the death of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy ) won a full term, defeating Republican Senator Barry Goldwater ...
Washington generally favored the Republican Party in presidential elections until 1932, reflecting its state and congressional voting patterns. [8] The state was won by Progressive Party presidential nominee Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election ; Roosevelt, who had been a Republican during his presidency, is the only third party candidate to ...