1958 Texas gubernatorial election

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%.

1958 Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary election

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Nominee Price Daniel Henry B. González W. Lee O'Daniel
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 799,107 246,969 238,767
Percentage 60.7% 18.8% 18.1%

Governor before election

Price Daniel
Democratic

Elected Governor

Price Daniel
Democratic

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

Primaries

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Democratic

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Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel (incumbent) 799,107 60.65%
Democratic Henry B. González 246,969 18.75%
Democratic W. Lee O'Daniel 238,767 18.12%
Democratic Joe A. Irwin 33,643 2.55%
Total votes 1,317,492 100.00%

Results

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General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel (incumbent) 695,779 88.09%
Republican Edwin S. Mayer 94,086 11.91%
Total votes 789,865 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

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