1966 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

1966 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

← 1962 November 8, 1966 1970 →
 
Nominee Dewey F. Bartlett Preston J. Moore
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 377,078 296,328
Percentage 55.6% 43.7%

County results
Bartlett:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Moore:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Henry Bellmon
Republican

Elected Governor

Dewey F. Bartlett
Republican

The 1966 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Republican Dewey F. Bartlett defeated Democrat Preston J. Moore and Independent H. E. Ingram.

John Newbold Camp unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination, while former governor Raymond D. Gary, then-Tulsa County district attorney and future governor David Hall, attorney general Charles R. Nesbitt, and former state senator Keith Cartwright unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.

After this election, no Republican would be elected Governor of Oklahoma for 20 years.


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