Arizona gubernatorial election, 1966

November 3, 1964



Nominee	Jack Williams	Samuel Goddard
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	203,438	174,904
Percentage	53.77%	46.23%

Governor before election

Samuel Goddard
Democratic

Elected Governor

Jack Williams
Republican

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The 1966 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Governor Samuel Pearson Goddard ran for reelection to a second term as Governor, narrowly winning the Democratic Party nomination as he was challenged by Justice of the Peace Norman Green.

Goddard went on to lose the general election to former Mayor of Phoenix Jack Williams. Williams was sworn in to his first term as Governor on January 2, 1967.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Samuel P. Goddard, incumbent Governor
Norman Green, Justice of the Peace
Andrew J. Gilbert

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Pearson Goddard	63,180	44.89%
	Democratic	Norman Green	53,921	38.31%
	Democratic	Andrew J. Gilbert	23,637	16.80%
Total votes			140,738	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Jack Williams, former Mayor of Phoenix
John Haugh, Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives
Robert W. Pickrell, Attorney General of Arizona

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Williams	37,409	44.27%
	Republican	John Haugh	25,905	30.66%
	Republican	Robert W. Pickrell	21,192	25.08%
Total votes			84,506	100.00

General election

Results

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1966^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Williams	203,438	53.77%
	Democratic	Samuel Pearson Goddard	174,904	46.23%
Majority			28,534	7.54%
Turnout			378,342
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

References

Arizona gubernatorial elections

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