The 1966 Hawaii gubernatorial election was

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's third gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 8, 1966, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic candidate,

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candidate, State Senator Randolph Crossley. Despite the close race, Burns received more votes than Crossley in every county in the state except

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, which Crossley won by less than one percentage point.

Primaries

Neither the Democratic nor Republican primaries, both of which were held on October 1, 1966, were particularly contentious. In the Democratic primary,

received 79.49% of the vote to G.J. Fontes' 20.51%. Randolph Crossley received 98.08% of the Republican primary vote to 1.92% for Gottfried Seitz.

General election

References

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