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1964 Arkansas gubernatorial election

Faubus: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

The 1964 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Orval Faubus won election to a sixth term, defeating Republican nominee Winthrop Rockefeller with 57.00% of the vote.

Primary elections were held on July 28, 1964.

Ervin Odell Dorsey
Orval Faubus, incumbent Governor
Joe Hubbard
R. D. Burrow, hardware store owner

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	239.890	65.72
	Democratic	69,638	19.08
	Democratic	39,199	10.74
	Democratic	16,310	4.47
365,037	100.00

Winthrop Rockefeller, businessman

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican		unopposed

Orval Faubus, Democratic
Winthrop Rockefeller, Republican
Kenneth Hurst, Write-in, Service Station operator

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Democratic	337,489	57.00%	−16.27%
	Republican	254,561	42.99%	+16.26%
	Write-in	63	0.01%
82,928	14.01%
592,113	100.00%
	Democratic hold

County	Orval FaubusDemocratic	Winthrop RockefellerRepublican	Kenneth HurstWrite-in	Margin
Benton	5,747	44.77%	7,090	55.23%	0.00%	-1,343	-10.54%	12,837
Crawford	4,409	59.66%	2,981	40.34%	0.0%	1,472	19.32%	7,490
Franklin	3,202	64.58%	1,756	35.42%	0.00%	1,446	29.16%	4,958
Johnson	3,109	62.44%	1,870	37.56%	0.00%	1,339	24.88%	4,979
Logan	3,404	56.64%	2,606	43.36%	0.00%	798	13.28%	6,010
Madison	3,155	63.67%	1,800	36.33%	0.00%	1,355	27.34%	4,955
Newton	1,555	51.97%	1,437	48.03%	0.00%	118	3.94%	2,992
Scott	1,689	54.61%	1,404	45.39%	0.00%	285	9.22%	3,093
Sebastian	11,644	48.03%	12,599	51.97%	0.00%	-955	-3.94%	24,243
Washington	8,741	44.27%	11,002	55.73%	0.00%	-2,261	-11.46%	19,743

Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
Scammon, Richard M., ed. (1966). America Votes 6: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1964. Washington, D.C.: Governmental Affairs Institute.

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