1956 Texas gubernatorial election

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1956 Texas gubernatorial election
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  1954 November 6, 1956 1958  
  Price Daniel 1952 Edit.jpg 3x4.svg Wilbert Lee O'Daniel.jpg
Nominee Price Daniel William R. Bryant W. Lee O'Daniel (write-in)
Party Democratic Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,350,736261,283110,234
Percentage78.3%15.2%6.4%

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County results
Daniel:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
No Vote:     

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Governor before election

Allan Shivers
Democratic

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Elected Governor

Price Daniel
Democratic

The 1956 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic governor Allan Shivers did not run for a fourth term. Senator Price Daniel won the election with over 78% of the vote.

Contents

Primaries

Democratic

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Price Daniel 628,914 39.88%
Democratic Ralph Yarborough 463,416 29.39%
Democratic W. Lee O'Daniel 347,75722.05%
Democratic J. Evetts Haley 88,7725.63%
Democratic Reuben Senterfitt37,7742.40%
Democratic J. J. Holmes10,1650.64%
Total votes1,576,870 100.00%
Runoff results by county
Daniel
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Daniel--80-90%
Daniel--70-80%
Daniel--60-70%
Daniel--50-60%
Yarborough
Yarborough--50-60%
Yarborough--60-70%
Yarborough--70-80%
Yarborough--80-90%
Yarborough-->90% Texas gubernatorial Democratic primary runoff, 1956.svg
Runoff results by county
Daniel
  •   Daniel—80–90%
  •   Daniel—70–80%
  •   Daniel—60–70%
  •   Daniel—50–60%
Yarborough
  •   Yarborough—50–60%
  •   Yarborough—60–70%
  •   Yarborough—70–80%
  •   Yarborough—80–90%
  •   Yarborough—>90%
Democratic runoff results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Price Daniel 698,001 50.11%
Democratic Ralph Yarborough 694,83049.89%
Total votes1,392,831 100.00%

Results

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Price Daniel 1,350,736 78.34%
Republican William R. Bryant261,28315.15%
Write-In W. Lee O'Daniel 110,2346.39%
Total votes1,724,091 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2016.