1964 Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results

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Gubernatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

deLesseps S. Morrison

Democratic

299,702

33.06%

John J. McKeithen

Democratic

157,304

17.35%

Gillis W. Long

Democratic

137,778

15.20%

Robert F. Kennon

Democratic

127,870

14.11%

Shelby M. Jackson

Democratic

103,949

11.47%

Louis J. Michot

Democratic

37,463

4.13%

Claude Kilpatrick

Democratic

28,578

3.15%

Wilford L. Thompson

Democratic

6,454

0.71%

Hugh Lasseigne

Democratic

4,034

0.45%

A. Roswell Thompson

Democratic

3,343

0.37%

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Turnout

Maps

1964 Louisiana County Map of Democratic Primary Election Results for Governor

Demographic Data

1970 Population:	3,644,637	Enum.	1970 Population Density:	32.3	persons/km²
1960 Population:	3,257,022	Enum.	1960 Population Density:	28.9	persons/km²
Land Area (2000):	112,825	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	1.1	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Louisiana Secretary of State, Democratic Primary Election (Baton Rouge, 1964)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

Results for and Individual Parish: