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.

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

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