1958 United States gubernatorial elections
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1958, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1958 (September 8 in Maine, November 25 in Alaska). Alaska held its first gubernatorial election on achieving statehood.
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In Colorado, Maine and Ohio, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term.
Results
editState | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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Alabama | Jim Folsom | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | John Malcolm Patterson (Democratic) 88.22% William Longshore (Republican) 11.44% William Jackson (Independent) 0.34% [1] |
Alaska (Held, 25 November 1958) |
New state | William A. Egan (Democratic) 59.61% John Butrovich (Republican) 39.41% Mike Dollinter (Independent) 0.98% [2] | ||
Arizona | Ernest McFarland | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Paul Fannin (Republican) 55.13% Robert Morrison (Democratic) 44.87% [3] |
Arkansas | Orval Faubus | Democratic | Re-elected, 82.47% | George W. Johnson (Republican) 17.53% [4] |
California | Goodwin Knight | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory | Pat Brown (Democratic) 59.75% William Knowland (Republican) 40.16% William Potter Gale (Independent) 0.04% Scattering 0.05% [5] |
Colorado | Stephen McNichols | Democratic | Re-elected, 58.41% | Palmer L. Burch (Republican) 41.59% [6] |
Connecticut | Abraham Ribicoff | Democratic | Re-elected, 62.29% | Fred R. Zeller (Republican) 37.01% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 0.70% [7] |
Georgia | Marvin Griffin | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Ernest Vandiver (Democratic) unopposed in the general election. (Democratic primary results) Ernest Vandiver 80.51% William T. Bodenhamer 14.16% Lee Roy Abernathy 5.34% [8] |
Idaho | Robert E. Smylie | Republican | Re-elected, 50.96% | Alfred M. Derr (Democratic) 49.04% [9] |
Iowa | Herschel C. Loveless | Democratic | Re-elected, 54.13% | William G. Murray (Republican) 45.87% [10] |
Kansas | George Docking | Democratic | Re-elected, 56.46% | Clyde M. Reed, Jr. (Republican) 42.54% Warren C. Martin (Prohibition) 1.01% [11] |
Maine (Held, 8 September 1958) |
Edmund Muskie | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Clinton Clauson (Democratic) 51.99% Horace Hildreth (Republican) 48.01% [12] |
Maryland | Theodore McKeldin | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | J. Millard Tawes (Democratic) 63.55% James Devereux (Republican) 36.45% [13] |
Massachusetts | Foster Furcolo | Democratic | Re-elected, 56.19% | Charles Gibbons (Republican) 43.10% Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.41% Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.30% [14] |
Michigan | G. Mennen Williams | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.00% | Paul Douglas Bagwell (Republican) 46.63% Ralph Muncy (Socialist Labor) 0.17% Rollin M. Severance (Prohibition) 0.16% Frank Lovell (Socialist Workers) 0.04% [15] |
Minnesota | Orville Freeman | DFL | Re-elected, 56.76% | George MacKinnon (Republican) 42.31% Arne Anderson (Industrial Government) 0.94% [16] |
Nebraska | Victor E. Anderson | Republican | Defeated, 49.80% | Ralph G. Brooks (Democratic) 50.19% Scattering 0.00% [17] |
Nevada | Charles H. Russell | Republican | Defeated, 40.08% | Grant Sawyer (Democratic) 59.92% [18] |
New Hampshire | Lane Dwinell | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Wesley Powell (Republican) 51.65% Bernard L. Boutin (Democratic) 48.35% [19] |
New Mexico | Edwin L. Mechem | Republican | Defeated, 49.53% | John Burroughs (Democratic) 50.47% [20] |
New York | W. Averell Harriman | Democratic | Defeated, 44.71% | Nelson Rockefeller (Republican) 54.74% John T. McManus (Independent Socialist) 0.55% [21] |
North Dakota | John E. Davis | Republican | Re-elected, 53.10% | John F. Lord (D-NPL) 46.90% [22] |
Ohio | C. William O'Neill | Republican | Defeated, 43.08% | Michael DiSalle (Democratic) 56.92% [23] |
Oklahoma | Raymond D. Gary | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | J. Howard Edmondson (Democratic) 74.14% Phil Ferguson (Republican) 19.95% D. A. "Jelly" Bryce (Independent) 5.91% [24] |
Oregon | Robert D. Holmes | Democratic | Defeated, 44.66% | Mark Hatfield (Republican) 55.32% Scattering 0.03% [25] |
Pennsylvania | George M. Leader | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | David L. Lawrence (Democratic) 50.79% Arthur T. McGonigle (Republican) 48.88% Herman A. Johansen (Socialist Labor) 0.22% Eloise Fickland (Workers) 0.11% [26] |
Rhode Island | Dennis J. Roberts | Democratic | Defeated, 49.10% | Christopher Del Sesto (Republican) 50.90% [27] |
South Carolina | George Bell Timmerman Jr. | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Fritz Hollings (Democratic) unopposed in the general election. (Democratic primary/primary run-off results) Fritz Hollings 41.93%/56.78% Donald S. Russell 35.02%/43.22% William C. Johnston 23.06% [28] |
South Dakota | Joe Foss | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Ralph Herseth (Democratic) 51.40% Phil Saunders (Republican) 48.60% [29] |
Tennessee | Frank G. Clement | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Buford Ellington (Democratic) 57.54% Jim Nance McCord (Independent) 31.54% Tom Wall (Republican) 8.31% Scattering 2.61% [30] |
Texas | Price Daniel | Democratic | Re-elected, 88.09% | Edwin S. Mayer (Republican) 11.91% [31] |
Vermont | Joseph B. Johnson | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Robert Stafford (Republican) 50.29% Bernard Joseph Leddy (Democratic) 49.71% [32] |
Wisconsin | Vernon Wallace Thomson | Republican | Defeated, 46.28% | Gaylord Nelson (Democratic) 53.59% Wayne Leverenz (Socialist Workers) 0.12% [33] |
Wyoming | Milward Simpson | Republican | Defeated, 46.64% | John J. Hickey (Democratic) 48.94% Louis W. Carlson (Economy) 4.42% [34] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Alabama Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Alaska Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Arizona Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Arkansas Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "California Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Colorado Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Connecticut Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Georgia Governor, 1958 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Idaho Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Iowa Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Kansas Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Maine Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Maryland Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Massachusetts Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Michigan Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Minnesota Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Nebraska Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Nevada Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "New Hampshire Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "New Mexico Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "New York Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "North Dakota Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Ohio Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Oklahoma Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Oregon Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Rhode Island Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "South Carolina Governor, 1958 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
"South Carolina Governor, 1958 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018. - ^ "South Dakota Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Tennessee Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Texas Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Vermont Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Wisconsin Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Wyoming Governor, 1958". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 20 March 2018.