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Election 1964 Results

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1964 Indiana governor election

Roger D. Branigin (Democrat) beat Richard O. Ristine (Republican) in Indiana in 1964, 56.2% to 43.5%, a margin of 12.7 points and 263,421 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1960, when Matthew E. Welsh won.

Democrats led in 76 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 16. The largest, Marion, cast 295,905 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.1 points. The closest was Marshall, where 9 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Roger D. Branigin won Democratic 1,164,763 56.2%
Richard O. Ristine Republican 901,342 43.5%
All other candidates 6,957 0.3%
Total2,073,062

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 159,426 53.9% 135,565 45.8% 914 295,905 D+8.1
Lake 137,466 65.8% 70,637 33.8% 964 209,067 D+32.0
St. Joseph 61,753 58.5% 43,451 41.1% 433 105,637 D+17.3
Allen 53,844 53.9% 45,636 45.7% 332 99,812 D+8.2
Vanderburgh 40,343 55.4% 32,273 44.3% 223 72,839 D+11.1
Madison 33,896 58.9% 23,450 40.8% 175 57,521 D+18.2
Delaware 28,119 57.9% 20,325 41.8% 157 48,601 D+16.0
Vigo 27,987 60.0% 18,557 39.8% 122 46,666 D+20.2
Elkhart 21,990 52.9% 19,321 46.5% 231 41,542 D+6.4
Tippecanoe 22,313 56.8% 16,905 43.1% 49 39,267 D+13.8
La Porte 21,223 56.6% 16,174 43.1% 122 37,519 D+13.5
Grant 17,600 54.3% 14,652 45.2% 166 32,418 D+9.1
Howard 18,024 58.6% 12,572 40.9% 154 30,750 D+17.7
Wayne 15,511 51.7% 14,400 48.0% 69 29,980 D+3.7
Porter 12,938 47.3% 14,305 52.3% 112 27,355 R+5.0
Clark 16,892 68.3% 7,728 31.3% 94 24,714 D+37.1
Bartholomew 13,438 55.9% 10,494 43.7% 90 24,022 D+12.3
Floyd 15,288 65.4% 8,013 34.3% 91 23,392 D+31.1
Henry 12,246 54.2% 10,227 45.3% 124 22,597 D+8.9
Monroe 10,584 47.4% 11,637 52.1% 105 22,326 R+4.7
Johnson 11,140 54.4% 9,282 45.3% 60 20,482 D+9.1
Knox 12,543 62.0% 7,624 37.7% 77 20,244 D+24.3
Hendricks 9,637 47.6% 10,542 52.1% 55 20,234 R+4.5
Hamilton 7,926 40.9% 11,432 58.9% 37 19,395 R+18.1
Kosciusko 8,734 45.7% 10,260 53.7% 100 19,094 R+8.0
Cass 11,027 58.4% 7,783 41.3% 56 18,866 D+17.2
Lawrence 8,841 52.7% 7,886 47.0% 53 16,780 D+5.7
Huntington 9,052 54.5% 7,515 45.2% 45 16,612 D+9.3
Marshall 8,093 49.8% 8,084 49.8% 58 16,235 D+0.1
Shelby 9,553 59.2% 6,552 40.6% 42 16,147 D+18.6
Gibson 9,559 59.2% 6,540 40.5% 41 16,140 D+18.7
Montgomery 7,258 45.7% 8,572 54.0% 55 15,885 R+8.3
Clinton 8,316 53.8% 7,092 45.9% 38 15,446 D+7.9
Morgan 7,421 49.0% 7,666 50.7% 46 15,133 R+1.6
Jackson 8,941 60.6% 5,725 38.8% 89 14,755 D+21.8
Wabash 7,166 49.5% 7,217 49.9% 85 14,468 R+0.4
Greene 8,429 58.5% 5,950 41.3% 28 14,407 D+17.2
Boone 6,780 48.1% 7,283 51.7% 28 14,091 R+3.6
Miami 7,526 54.2% 6,292 45.3% 80 13,898 D+8.9
De Kalb 7,375 53.6% 6,332 46.0% 60 13,767 D+7.6
Dubois 9,020 65.9% 4,665 34.1% 6 13,691 D+31.8
Randolph 6,413 48.6% 6,724 50.9% 71 13,208 R+2.4
Noble 7,305 55.9% 5,741 43.9% 21 13,067 D+12.0
Hancock 6,977 53.9% 5,925 45.8% 47 12,949 D+8.1
Dearborn 7,659 59.4% 5,214 40.5% 16 12,889 D+19.0
Daviess 6,459 50.4% 6,337 49.4% 21 12,817 D+1.0
Clay 6,606 56.4% 5,050 43.1% 53 11,709 D+13.3
Putnam 6,223 54.3% 5,230 45.6% 15 11,468 D+8.7
Jefferson 6,515 57.1% 4,833 42.4% 58 11,406 D+14.7
Warrick 6,406 56.4% 4,935 43.5% 12 11,353 D+13.0
Fayette 6,604 58.8% 4,593 40.9% 26 11,223 D+17.9
Jay 6,270 56.4% 4,808 43.2% 43 11,121 D+13.1
Sullivan 7,195 65.0% 3,857 34.9% 13 11,065 D+30.2
Adams 6,243 57.9% 4,480 41.6% 54 10,777 D+16.4
Whitley 5,777 54.6% 4,779 45.2% 27 10,583 D+9.4
Ripley 5,862 56.7% 4,467 43.2% 17 10,346 D+13.5
White 5,420 52.5% 4,895 47.4% 13 10,328 D+5.1
Decatur 5,484 53.5% 4,729 46.1% 35 10,248 D+7.4
Fountain 5,426 53.8% 4,651 46.1% 13 10,090 D+7.7
Wells 5,773 58.4% 4,070 41.2% 43 9,886 D+17.2
Posey 5,435 56.5% 4,171 43.4% 11 9,617 D+13.1
Harrison 5,568 59.3% 3,792 40.4% 26 9,386 D+18.9
Perry 5,344 58.2% 3,824 41.7% 11 9,179 D+16.6
Vermillion 5,487 59.8% 3,666 40.0% 17 9,170 D+19.9
Rush 4,492 49.8% 4,481 49.7% 41 9,014 D+0.1
Spencer 4,565 51.2% 4,333 48.6% 19 8,917 D+2.6
Fulton 4,232 48.4% 4,498 51.4% 15 8,745 R+3.0
Orange 4,407 50.8% 4,255 49.1% 11 8,673 D+1.8
Carroll 4,678 54.2% 3,940 45.6% 14 8,632 D+8.5
Washington 4,773 57.4% 3,536 42.5% 7 8,316 D+14.9
Jasper 3,704 45.1% 4,493 54.7% 15 8,212 R+9.6
Tipton 4,402 53.7% 3,769 46.0% 24 8,195 D+7.7
Starke 4,557 57.3% 3,389 42.6% 12 7,958 D+14.7
Steuben 3,760 48.1% 4,043 51.8% 7 7,810 R+3.6
Jennings 4,323 56.7% 3,291 43.1% 17 7,631 D+13.5
Parke 3,888 51.7% 3,626 48.2% 3 7,517 D+3.5
Pike 4,182 58.0% 3,012 41.8% 19 7,213 D+16.2
Franklin 4,104 59.4% 2,799 40.5% 11 6,914 D+18.9
Blackford 4,085 60.4% 2,628 38.9% 50 6,763 D+21.5
Pulaski 3,293 51.2% 3,117 48.5% 20 6,430 D+2.7
Owen 3,270 54.0% 2,754 45.5% 26 6,050 D+8.5
Scott 3,935 66.0% 2,021 33.9% 9 5,965 D+32.1
Benton 2,996 52.1% 2,752 47.8% 7 5,755 D+4.2
Lagrange 2,525 45.9% 2,967 53.9% 15 5,507 R+8.0
Newton 2,514 47.1% 2,809 52.6% 13 5,336 R+5.5
Martin 3,044 60.3% 2,002 39.6% 5 5,051 D+20.6
Warren 2,176 50.2% 2,153 49.7% 5 4,334 D+0.5
Crawford 2,161 50.1% 2,132 49.4% 19 4,312 D+0.7
Switzerland 2,116 59.9% 1,407 39.8% 8 3,531 D+20.1
Brown 2,131 61.0% 1,345 38.5% 19 3,495 D+22.5
Union 1,444 49.2% 1,481 50.5% 8 2,933 R+1.3
Ohio 1,337 59.0% 922 40.7% 9 2,268 D+18.3

Counties as they stood in 1964; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Mike Braun (R) R+13.3
2020 Eric Holcomb (R) R+24.5
2016 Eric Holcomb (R) R+6.0
2012 Mike Pence (R) R+2.9
2008 Mitch Daniels (R) R+17.8
2004 Mitch Daniels (R) R+7.7
2000 Frank O'Bannon (D) D+14.9
1996 Frank O'Bannon (D) D+4.7
1992 Evan Bayh (D) D+25.1
1988 Evan Bayh (D) D+6.4
1984 Robert D. Orr (R) R+5.0
1980 Robert D. Orr (R) R+15.8
1976 Otis R. Bowen (R) R+14.2
1972 Otis R. Bowen (R) R+14.3
1968 Edgar D. Whitcomb (R) R+5.6
1964 Roger D. Branigin (D) D+12.7
1960 Matthew E. Welsh (D) D+1.1
1956 Harold W. Handley (R) R+11.6
1952 George N. Craig (R) R+12.1
1948 Henry F. Schricker (D) D+8.4
1944 Ralph F. Gates (R) R+2.8
1940 Henry F. Schricker (D) D+0.2
1936 Maurice Clifford Townsend (D) D+11.0
1932 Paul V. McNutt (D) D+12.3
1928 Harry G. Leslie (R) R+3.1
1924 Ed Jackson (R) R+6.6
1920 Warren T. McCray (R) R+13.4
1916 James P. Goodrich (R) R+1.8
1912 Samuel M. Ralston (D) D+20.8
1908 Thomas R. Marshall (D) D+2.1
1904 J. Frank Hanly (R) R+12.6
1900 Winfield T. Durbin (R) R+3.8
1896 James A. Mount (R) R+4.1
1892 Claude Matthews (D) D+1.3
1888 Alvin P. Hovey (R) R+0.4
1884 Isaac P. Gray (D) D+1.5
1880 Albert Gallatin Porter (R) R+1.5
1876 James Douglas Williams (D) D+1.2
1872 Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D) D+0.3
1868 Conrad Baker (R) R+0.3