Electoral history of Barry Goldwater, United States Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and Republican Party nominee for President of the United States during 1964 election
Phoenix City Council, At-large district, 1949:
Elected: Barry Goldwater – 16,405 (17.3%) Harry Rosenzweig – 14,887 (15.7%) Margaret B. Kober – 14,498 (15.3%) Frank G. Murphy – 13,598 (14.4%) Charles N. Walters – 12,838 (13.6%) Hohen Foster – 12,556 (13.3%)
Defeated: Rocky Ford – 4,678 (4.9%) Tony Grosso – 3,000 (3.2%) James H. Kerby – 2,177 (2.3%)
Phoenix City Council, At-large district, 1951:
Elected: Hohen Foster (inc.) Barry Goldwater (inc.) Margaret B. Kober (inc.) Frank G. Murphy (inc.) Harry Rosenzweig (inc.) Charles N. Walters (inc.)
Defeated: A.J. Beaty Guz Rodriguez Charles Romaine Calvin R. Sanders John W. Strode James A. Tilley Sr.
Republican primary for the United States Senator (class 1) from Arizona, 1952: Barry Goldwater – 33,460 (91.0%) Lester K. Kahl – 3,297 (9.0%)
United States Senate election in Arizona, 1952: Barry Goldwater (R) – 132,063 (51.3%) Ernest McFarland (D) (inc.) – 125,338 (48.7%)
United States Senate election in Arizona, 1958: Barry Goldwater (R) (inc.) – 164,593 (56.1%) Ernest McFarland (D) – 129,030 (43.9%)
1960 Republican presidential primaries: Richard Nixon – 4,975,938 (86.6%) Unpledged – 314,234 (5.5%) George H. Bender – 211,090 (3.7%) Cecil H. Underwood – 123,756 (2.2%) James M. Lloyd – 48,461 (0.8%) Nelson Rockefeller – 30,639 (0.5%) Frank R. Beckwith – 19,677 (0.3%) John F. Kennedy – 12,817 (0.2%) Barry Goldwater – 3,146 (0.1%) Paul C. Fisher – 3,146 (0.1%) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. – 514 (0.0%) Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) – 172 (0.0%) Styles Bridges – 108 (0.0%)
1960 Republican National Convention (presidential tally): Richard Nixon – 1,321 (99.3%) Barry Goldwater – 10 (0.7%)
1960 United States presidential election: John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson (D) – 34,220,984 (49.7%) and 303 electoral votes (22 states carried) Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) – 34,108,157 (49.6%) and 219 electoral votes (27 states carried) Harry F. Byrd/Strom Thurmond (I) – 286,359 (0.4%) and 14 electoral votes (2 states carried) Harry F. Byrd/Barry Goldwater (I) – 1 electoral vote (Oklahoma faithless elector) Orval Faubus/John G. Crommelin (National States' Rights) – 44,984 (0.1%) Charles L. Sullivan/Merritt Curtis (CST) – 18,162 (0.0%)
1964 Republican presidential primaries: Barry Goldwater – 2,267,079 (38.3%) Nelson Rockefeller – 1,304,204 (22.1%) James A. Rhodes – 615,754 (10.4%) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. – 386,661 (6.5%) John W. Byrnes – 299,612 (5.1%) William Scranton – 245,401 (4.2%) Margaret Chase Smith – 227,007 (3.8%) Richard Nixon – 197,212 (3.3%) Unpledged – 173,652 (2.9%) Harold Stassen – 114,083 (1.9%)
1964 Republican National Convention (presidential tally): Barry Goldwater – 883 (67.5%) William Scranton – 214 (16.4%) Nelson Rockefeller – 114 (8.7%) George W. Romney – 41 (3.1%) Margaret Chase Smith – 27 (2.1%) Walter Judd – 22 (1.7%) Hiram Fong – 5 (0.4%) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. – 2 (0.2%)
1964 United States presidential election: Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey (D) – 43,127,041 (61.1%) and 486 electoral votes (44 states and D.C. carried) Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller (R) – 27,175,754 (38.5%) and 52 electoral votes (6 states carried) Unpledged electors (D) – 210,732 (0.3%)
United States Senate election in Arizona, 1968: Barry Goldwater (R) – 274,607 (57.2%) Roy Elson (D) – 205,338 (42.8%)
United States Senate election in Arizona, 1974: Barry Goldwater (R) (inc.) – 320,396 (58.3%) Jonathan Marshall (D) – 229,523 (41.7%)
United States Senate election in Arizona, 1980: Barry Goldwater (R) (inc.) – 432,371 (49.5%) Bill Schultz (D) – 422,972 (48.4%) Fred R. Esser (Libertarian) – 12,008 (1.4%) Lorenzo Torrez (People over Politics) – 3,608 (0.4%) Josefina Otero (Socialist Workers) – 3,266 (0.4%)
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