Hawaii gubernatorial election, 1966

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Hawaii gubernatorial election, 1966

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  John A. Burns 1966.jpg
Nominee John A. Burns Randolph Crossley
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Thomas Gill George H. Mills
Popular vote 108,840 104,324
Percentage 51.06% 48.94%

Governor before election

John A. Burns
Democratic

Elected Governor

John A. Burns
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1966 Hawaii gubernatorial election was Hawaii's third gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 8, 1966, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic candidate, incumbent Governor of Hawaii John A. Burns over Republican candidate, State Senator Randolph Crossley.[1] Despite the close race, Burns received more votes than Crossley in every county in the state except Honolulu, which Crossley won by less than one percentage point.[2]

Primaries

Neither the Democratic nor Republican primaries, both of which were held on October 1, 1966, were particularly contentious. In the Democratic primary, John A. Burns received 79.49% of the vote to G.J. Fontes' 20.51%.[3] Randolph Crossley received 98.08% of the Republican primary vote to 1.92% for Gottfried Seitz.[4]

General election

Hawaii gubernatorial election, 1966[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John A. Burns (incumbent) 108,840 51.06 -7.26
Republican Randolph Crossley 104,324 48.94 +7.26
Majority 4,516 2.12 -14.51
Turnout 213,164 33.69
Democratic hold Swing

References

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