Electoral history of Barry Goldwater

Electoral history of Barry Goldwater, United States Senator from Arizona (1953-1965, 1969-1987) and Republican Party nominee for President of the United States during 1964 election

Phoenix City Council, At-large district, 1949^[1]:

Elected:

Barry Goldwater - 16,405 (17.34%)
Harry Rosenzweig - 14,887 (15.73%)
Margaret B. Kober - 14,498 (15.32%)
Frank G. Murphy - 13,598 (14.37%)
Charles N. Walters - 12,838 (13.57%)
Hohen Foster - 12,556 (13.27%)

Defeated:

Rocky Ford - 4,678 (4.94%)
Tony Grosso - 3,000 (3.17%)
James H. Kerby - 2,177 (2.30%)

Phoenix City Council, At-large district, 1951^[2]:

Elected:

Hohen Foster (inc.)
Barry Goldwater (inc.)
Margaret B. Kober (inc.)
Frank G. Murphy (inc.)
Harry Rosenzweig (inc.)
Charles N. Walters (inc.)

Defeated:

A.J. Beaty
Guz Rodriguez
Charles Romaine
Calvin R. Sanders
John W. Strode
James A. Tilley, Sr.

Republican primary for the United States Senator (class 1) from Arizona, 1952^[3]:

Barry Goldwater - 33,460 (91.03%)
Lester K. Kahl - 3,297 (8.97%)

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1952^[4]:

Barry Goldwater (R) - 132,063 (51.31%)
Ernest McFarland (D) (inc.) - 125,338 (48.69%)

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1958^[5]:

Barry Goldwater (R) (inc.) - 164,593 (56.06%)
Ernest McFarland (D) - 129,030 (43.94%)

1960 Republican presidential primaries^[6]:

Richard Nixon - 4,975,938 (86.63%)
Unpledged - 314,234 (5.47%)
George H. Bender - 211,090 (3.68%)
Cecil H. Underwood - 123,756 (2.16%)
James M. Lloyd - 48,461 (0.84%)
Nelson Rockefeller - 30,639 (0.53%)
Frank R. Beckwith - 19,677 (0.34%)
John F. Kennedy - 12,817 (0.22%)
Barry Goldwater - 3,146 (0.06%)
Paul C. Fisher - 3,146 (0.06%)
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 514 (0.01%)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) - 172 (0.00%)
Styles Bridges - 108 (0.00%)

1960 Republican National Convention (presidential tally)^[7]:

Richard Nixon - 1,321 (99.25%)
Barry Goldwater - 10 (0.75%)

United States presidential election, 1960:

John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson (D) - 34,220,984 (49.7%) and 303 electoral votes (22 states carried)
Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) - 34,108,157 (49.6%) and 219 electoral votes (27 states carried)
Harry F. Byrd/Strom Thurmond (I) - 286,359 (0.4%) and 14 electoral votes (2 states carried)
Harry F. Byrd/Barry Goldwater (I) - 1 electoral vote (Oklahoma faithless elector)
Orval Faubus/John G. Crommelin (National States' Rights) - 44,984 (0.1%)
Charles L. Sullivan/Merritt Curtis (CST) - 18,162 (0.0%)

1964 Republican presidential primaries^[8]:

Barry Goldwater - 2,267,079 (38.33%)
Nelson Rockefeller - 1,304,204 (22.05%)
James A. Rhodes - 615,754 (10.41%)
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 386,661 (6.54%)
John W. Byrnes - 299,612 (5.07%)
William Scranton - 245,401 (4.15%)
Margaret Chase Smith - 227,007 (3.84%)
Richard Nixon - 197,212 (3.33%)
Unpledged - 173,652 (2.94%)
Harold Stassen - 114,083 (1.93%)

1964 Republican National Convention (presidential tally)^[9]:

Barry Goldwater - 883 (67.51%)
William Scranton - 214 (16.36%)
Nelson Rockefeller - 114 (8.72%)
George W. Romney - 41 (3.14%)
Margaret Chase Smith - 27 (2.06%)
Walter Judd - 22 (1.68%)
Hiram Fong - 5 (0.38%)
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 2 (0.15%)

United States presidential election, 1964:

Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey (D) - 43,127,041 (61.1%) and 486 electoral votes (44 states and D.C. carried)
Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller (R) - 27,175,754 (38.5%) and 52 electoral votes (6 states carried)
Unpledged electors (D) - 210,732 (0.3%)

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1968^[10]:

Barry Goldwater (R) - 274,607 (57.22%)
Roy Elson (D) - 205,338 (42.78%)

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1974^[11]:

Barry Goldwater (R) (inc.) - 320,396 (58.26%)
Jonathan Marshall (D) - 229,523 (41.74%)

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1980^[12]:

Barry Goldwater (R) (inc.) - 432,371 (49.46%)
Bill Schultz (D) - 422,972 (48.38%)
Fred R. Esser (LBT) - 12,008 (1.37%)
Lorenzo Torrez (People over Politics) - 3,608 (0.41%)
Josefina Otero (Socialist Workers) - 3,266 (0.37%)

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