1958 United States gubernatorial elections

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.

1958 United States gubernatorial elections

November 4, 1958; September 8, 1958 (ME); November 25, 1958 (AK)
34 state governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 29 governorships 19 governorships Seats before 29 19 Seats after 35 14 Seat change 6 5
Democratic holds   Democratic pickups   Republican holds   Republican pickups

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

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
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

• 1958 United States elections
  • 1958 United States House of Representatives elections
  • 1958 United States Senate elections

References

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