Election Name: | 1964 Montana gubernatorial election |
Country: | Montana |
Flag Year: | 1905 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1960 Montana gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1960 |
Next Election: | 1968 Montana gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1968 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1964 |
Image1: | File:Tim Babcock.jpg |
Nominee1: | Tim Babcock |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 144,113 |
Percentage1: | 51.29% |
Nominee2: | Roland Renne |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 136,862 |
Percentage2: | 48.71% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Tim Babcock |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Tim Babcock |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Turnout: | 85.80%0.10[1] |
The 1964 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Governor of Montana Tim M. Babcock, who became Governor upon the death of previous Governor Donald Grant Nutter, ran for re-election. He won the Republican primary unopposed, and advanced to the general election, where he faced Roland Renne, the former President of Montana State College and the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Despite the fact that then-President Lyndon B. Johnson won the state handily in that year's presidential election, Babcock managed to narrowly defeat Renne to win his second and final term as governor.