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1958 Governor election results

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

Every Governor contest in the 1958 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1958 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaJohn M. PattersonD234,583 votes · +204,168 over William Longshore
AlaskaWilliam A. EganD29,189 votes · +9,890 over John Butrovich
ArizonaPaul FanninR160,136 votes · +29,807 over Robert Morrison
ArkansasOrval FaubusD236,598 votes · +186,310 over George W. Johnson
CaliforniaPat BrownD3,140,076 votes · +1,029,165 over William Knowland
ColoradoStephen McNicholsD321,165 votes · +92,522 over Palmer Burch
ConnecticutAbraham RibicoffD607,012 votes · +246,368 over Fred R. Zeller
IdahoRobert E. SmylieR121,810 votes · +4,574 over Alfred M. Derr
IowaHerschel C. LovelessD465,024 votes · +70,953 over William G. Murray
KansasGeorge DockingD415,506 votes · +102,470 over Clyde M. Reed Jr.
MaineClinton ClausonD145,673 votes · +11,101 over Horace Hildreth
MarylandJ. Millard TawesD485,061 votes · +206,888 over James Devereux
MassachusettsFoster FurcoloD1,067,020 votes · +248,557 over Charles Gibbons
MichiganG. Mennen WilliamsD1,225,533 votes · +147,444 over Paul D. Bagwell
MinnesotaOrville FreemanD658,326 votes · +167,595 over George MacKinnon
NebraskaRalph G. BrooksD211,345 votes · +1,640 over Victor E. Anderson
NevadaGrant SawyerD50,864 votes · +16,839 over Charles H. Russell
New HampshireWesley PowellR106,790 votes · +6,835 over Bernard L. Boutin
New MexicoJohn BurroughsD103,481 votes · +1,914 over Edwin L. Mechem
New YorkNelson RockefellerR3,126,929 votes · +573,034 over W. Averell Harriman
North DakotaJohn E. DavisR111,836 votes · +13,073 over John F. Lord
OhioMichael DiSalleD1,869,260 votes · +454,386 over C. William O'Neill
OklahomaJ. Howard EdmondsonD399,504 votes · +292,009 over Phil Ferguson
OregonMark O. HatfieldR331,900 votes · +63,966 over Robert D. Holmes
PennsylvaniaDavid LawrenceD2,024,852 votes · +76,083 over Art McGonigle
Rhode IslandChristopher Del SestoR176,505 votes · +6,230 over Dennis J. Roberts
South DakotaRalph HersethD132,761 votes · +7,241 over Phil Saunders
TennesseeBuford EllingtonD248,874 votes · +112,468 over Jim Nance McCord
VermontRobert T. StaffordR62,222 votes · +719 over Bernard Leddy
WisconsinGaylord A. NelsonD644,296 votes · +87,905 over Vernon W. Thomson
WyomingJohn J. HickeyD55,070 votes · +2,582 over Milward Simpson