Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1967

Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1967

November 4, 1967

Nominee John McKeithen John Rarick Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 836,304 179,846 Percentage 80.64% 17.34%

Governor before election John McKeithen Democratic Elected Governor John McKeithen Democratic

The Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1967 was held on November 4. No runoff election was needed, and the Republicans did not field a candidate in the general election held on February 6, 1968. In the general election, there was a contest for state treasurer between the victorious Democrat, Mary Evelyn Parker, and her Republican challenger, Allison Kolb. The 1967 primary election resulted in the overewhelming re-nomination of John McKeithen to his second consecutive term as governor, the result of a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 1966, which allows Louisiana governors to serve two back-to-back terms.^[1]

Results

First Democratic Party Primary, November 4, 1967

Candidate	Votes received	Percent
John McKeithen	836,304	80.64%
John Rarick	179,846	17.34%
Cy D. F. Courtney	8,698	0.84%
Frank Joseph Ahern	7,152	0.69%
Addison Roswell Thompson	5,102	0.49%
Total	1,037,102

This is the most recent time to date that there was no republican running in the contest for governor.

Sources

Louisiana Secretary of State. Primary Election Returns, 1967

References

1. "Louisiana Governors 1877–present". Retrieved 2 July 2012.