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1958 Texas gubernatorial election

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1958 Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary election

← 1956 November 4, 1958 1960 →
 
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

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%.

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.