The 1964 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964, to elect the

governor of Texas The governor of Texas is the head of state of the U.S. state of Texas. The governor is the head of the executive branch of the government of Texas and is the commander-in-chief of the Texas Military Forces. Established in the Constit ...

. Incumbent Democratic governor

John Connally John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917June 15, 1993) was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as the 61st United States secretary of the treasury from 1971 to 1972. He began his career as a Hi ...

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

Democratic

Results

References

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Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

November 1964 in the United States 1964 Texas elections