1958 Texas gubernatorial election

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1958 Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary election
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  1956 November 4, 1958 1960  
  Price Daniel 1952 Edit.jpg Henry B. Gonzalez 1972.jpg Wilbert Lee O'Daniel.jpg
Nominee Price Daniel Henry B. González W. Lee O'Daniel
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
Popular vote799,107246,969238,767
Percentage60.7%18.8%18.1%

1958 Texas gubernatorial primary election results map by county.svg
County results
Daniel:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
González:      40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     >90%
O'Daniel:      60-70%

Governor before election

Price Daniel
Democratic

Elected Governor

Price Daniel
Democratic

The 1958 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1958, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic governor Price Daniel was reelected a second term, winning 88% of the vote to Republican Edwin Mayer's 12%.

Contents

To date, this was the last election in which a candidate for Governor of Texas received more than 75% of the vote.

Primaries

Democratic

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Price Daniel (incumbent) 799,107 60.65%
Democratic Henry B. González 246,96918.75%
Democratic W. Lee O'Daniel 238,76718.12%
Democratic Joe A. Irwin33,6432.55%
Total votes1,317,492 100.00%

Results

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Price Daniel (incumbent) 695,779 88.09%
Republican Edwin S. Mayer94,08611.91%
Total votes789,865 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.