1958 United States Senate election in Arizona

The 1958 United States Senate elections in Arizona took place on November 4, 1958. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater ran for reelection to a second term, and defeated former U.S. Senator, and then-Governor, Ernest McFarland in the general election. The election was a virtual rematch from 1952, where Goldwater defeated McFarland by a narrow margin. Goldwater had attributed the 1952 win to the unpopularity of President Harry S. Truman and popular Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy endorsing his campaign.[1]

1958 United States Senate election in Arizona
November 4, 1958
 
Nominee Barry Goldwater Ernest McFarland
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 164,593 129,030
Percentage 56.06% 43.94%
U.S. senator before election

Barry Goldwater
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Barry Goldwater
Republican

Elections in Arizona

This would be McFarland's final run for statewide office. He became an Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court in 1965 and Chief Justice in 1968 before retiring from public service.[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results
Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ernest McFarland 111,429 72.53%
Democratic Stephen W. Langmade 42,199 27.47%
Total votes 153,628 100.00

General election
United States Senate election in Arizona, 1958[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Barry Goldwater 164,593 56.06%
Democratic Ernest McFarland 129,030 43.94%
Majority 35,563 12.12%
Turnout 293,623
Republican hold Swing
gollark: They would be made anomalously inclined to ignore chains of logic which might lead to "thus antimeme".
gollark: It's not exactly very internally consistent, but humans are *masters* of rationalization.
gollark: It happens still, but they don't know why, and are unable to infer the presence of the antimeme from it.
gollark: This is not really right though. Instead of simulating some ridiculously complex alternate universe without the thing, the human could just be anomalously made to not infer anything from the weirdness caused by the antimeme/not perceive its changes.
gollark: Okay, never mind, I can kind of work it out?

See also
  • United States Senate elections, 1958

References
  1. Dean, John W. and Goldwater, Barry M., Jr. (2008). Pure Goldwater (1st ed.). New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 72. ISBN 0230611338. 1952 mcfarland goldwater.
  2. "McFarland, Ernest William, (1894 - 1984)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  3. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=230759
  4. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3282


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