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.
^Dean, John W. and Goldwater, Barry M. Jr. (2008). Pure Goldwater (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p.
72.
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