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1954 Governor election results

31 races · 31 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1954 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1954 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaJim FolsomD244,401 votes · +155,713 over Tom Abernathy
ArizonaErnest McFarlandD128,104 votes · +12,238 over John Howard Pyle
ArkansasOrval FaubusD208,121 votes · +81,117 over Pratt C. Remmel
CaliforniaGoodwin KnightR2,290,519 votes · +551,151 over Richard Graves
ColoradoEdwin C. JohnsonD262,205 votes · +34,870 over Donald G. Brotzman
ConnecticutAbraham RibicoffD463,643 votes · +3,115 over John Davis Lodge
IdahoRobert E. SmylieR124,038 votes · +19,391 over Clark Hamilton
IowaLeo HoeghR435,944 votes · +25,689 over Clyde L. Herring
KansasFred HallR329,868 votes · +43,650 over George Docking
MaineEdmund MuskieD135,673 votes · +22,375 over Burton M. Cross
MarylandTheodore McKeldinR381,451 votes · +62,418 over Curley Byrd
MassachusettsChristian A. HerterR985,339 votes · +75,252 over Robert F. Murphy
MichiganG. Mennen WilliamsD1,216,308 votes · +253,008 over Donald S. Leonard
MinnesotaOrville FreemanD607,099 votes · +68,234 over C. Elmer Anderson
NebraskaVictor E. AndersonR250,080 votes · +85,327 over William Ritchie
NevadaCharles H. RussellR41,665 votes · +4,868 over Vail Pittman
New HampshireLane DwinellR107,287 votes · +19,943 over John Shaw
New MexicoJohn F. SimmsD110,583 votes · +27,210 over Alvin Stockton
New YorkW. Averell HarrimanD2,560,738 votes · +11,125 over Irving Ives
North DakotaNorman BrunsdaleR124,253 votes · +55,005 over Cornelius Bymers
OhioFrank LauscheD1,405,262 votes · +212,734 over Jim Rhodes
OklahomaRaymond GaryD357,386 votes · +105,578 over Reuben K. Sparks
OregonPaul L. PattersonR322,522 votes · +78,352 over Joseph K. Carson
PennsylvaniaGeorge M. LeaderD1,996,266 votes · +279,196 over Lloyd Wood
Rhode IslandDennis J. RobertsD189,595 votes · +52,464 over Dean J. Lewis
South DakotaJoe FossR133,878 votes · +31,501 over Ed C. Martin
TennesseeFrank G. ClementD281,291 votes · +241,717 over John Randolph Neal Jr.
TexasAllan ShiversD569,533 votes · +503,379 over Tod R. Adams
VermontJoseph B. JohnsonR59,778 votes · +5,224 over E. Frank Branon
WisconsinWalter J. Kohler Jr.R596,158 votes · +35,411 over William Proxmire
WyomingMilward SimpsonR56,275 votes · +1,112 over William M. Jack