This, along with the 1998 election, are the only gubernatorial elections in the state's history where a Democrat won without sweeping every county.
Primaries
Neither the Democratic nor Republican primaries, both of which were held on October 1, 1966, were particularly contentious. In the Democratic primary, John A. Burns received 79.49% of the vote to G.J. Fontes' 20.51%.[3]Randolph Crossley received 98.08% of the Republican primary vote to 1.92% for Gottfried Seitz.[4]