Election Name: | 1964 United States Senate election in Arizona |
Country: | Arizona |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1958 United States Senate election in Arizona |
Previous Year: | 1958 |
Next Election: | 1970 United States Senate election in Arizona |
Next Year: | 1970 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1964 |
Image1: | File:Paul Fannin.jpg |
Nominee1: | Paul Fannin |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 241,089 |
Percentage1: | 51.43% |
Nominee2: | Roy Elson |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 227,712 |
Percentage2: | 48.57% |
Map Size: | 210px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Barry Goldwater |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Paul Fannin |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1964 United States Senate election in Arizona took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater decided not to run for reelection to a third term, instead running for President of the United States as the Republican Party nominee against Lyndon B. Johnson.[1] Arizona Governor Paul Fannin ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and defeated Democratic nominee Roy Elson, who was a staff member for U.S. Senator Carl Hayden until Hayden's retirement in 1969, after which Goldwater held that seat from 1969 to 1987.
Despite a landslide loss throughout the country, and Goldwater only able to obtain 50.45% of the vote in his home state of Arizona, Fannin managed to prevail in the state's Senate election.