1958 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1958 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election?
Buford Ellington won the 1958 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election. Buford Ellington received 248,874 popular votes (57.54%). The main challenger was Jim Nance McCord (31.54%).
See the full head-to-head between Ellington and McCord
Ellington +26.0 pts · won by 112,468 votes
248,874 votes
136,406 votes
35,938 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.