1966 Arkansas gubernatorial election

1966 Arkansas gubernatorial election

← 1964 November 8, 1966 1968 →
 
Nominee Winthrop Rockefeller James D. Johnson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 306,324 257,203
Percentage 54.36% 45.64%

County results

Rockefeller:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Johnson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Orval Faubus
Democratic

Elected Governor

Winthrop Rockefeller
Republican

The 1966 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966. Winthrop Rockefeller was elected governor of Arkansas, becoming the first Republican to be elected to the office since Reconstruction in 1872.

The election occurred amidst strong midterm results for the Republican Party nationally, and in the traditionally-Democratic South. Republicans concurrently won the governorship of Florida also for the first time since Reconstruction, and only narrowly lost the governorship of Georgia, despite winning a plurality of the vote.