1964 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1964 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964, and featured 31-year-old Philip C. Sorensen, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee Charles Thone. Incumbent lieutenant governor Dwight W. Burney decided to run for Governor of Nebraska and thus did not run for reelection as lieutenant governor.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Hazeldeane Carpenter, wife of Terry Carpenter
• George E. Cornwell
• William H. Diers, former Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature and former member of the Nebraska Legislature from District 24
• Robert A. Dixon
• Edward A. Dosek, insurance agent from Lincoln, Nebraska, who ran for lieutenant governor in 1960 but withdrew two months before the election.
• Richard R. Larsen, former Nebraska State Treasurer
• L. Clark McCabe
• Philip C. Sorensen, son of former Nebraska Attorney General Christian A. Sorensen

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Wesley C. Becker
• Herman J. Dinges
• John E. Everroad
• Del Lienemann, accountant
• Donald L. Thompson, member of the Nebraska Legislature from District 38
• Charles Thone, administrative assistant to U.S. Senator Roman Hruska
• Willard H. Waldo, former member of the Nebraska Legislature from District 30

Results

General election

Results

See also

• 1964 Nebraska gubernatorial election

References