This, along with the 1998 election, are the only gubernatorial elections in the state's history where a Democrat won without sweeping every county.
Primariesedit
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]
1966, hawaii, gubernatorial, election, related, races, 1966, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, hawaii, third, gubernatorial, election, election, held, november, 1966, resulted, victory, democratic, candidate, incumbent, governor, hawaii, john, burns, o. For related races see 1966 United States gubernatorial elections 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 1966 Hawaii gubernatorial election 1962 November 8 1966 1970 Nominee John A Burns Randolph CrossleyParty Democratic RepublicanRunning mate Thomas Gill George H MillsPopular vote 108 840 104 324Percentage 51 1 48 9 County resultsBurns 50 60 60 70 Crossley 50 60 Governor before electionJohn A BurnsDemocratic Elected Governor John A BurnsDemocraticThis along with the 1998 election are the only gubernatorial elections in the state s history where a Democrat won without sweeping every county Primaries editNeither 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 editHawaii gubernatorial election 1966 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic John A Burns incumbent 108 840 51 06 7 26Republican Randolph Crossley 104 324 48 94 7 26Majority 4 516 2 12 14 51Turnout 213 164 33 69Democratic hold SwingReferences edit Candidate Randolph Crossley Our Campaigns Retrieved February 15 2013 a b HI Governor Race Nov 08 1966 Our Campaigns Retrieved February 15 2013 HI Governor D Primary Race Oct 01 1966 Our Campaigns Retrieved February 15 2013 HI Governor R Primary Race Oct 01 1966 Our Campaigns Retrieved February 15 2013 nbsp nbsp This Hawaii elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1966 Hawaii gubernatorial election amp oldid 1186963511, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
