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Revision as of 07:40, 29 July 2024

1956 Texas gubernatorial election

← 1954 November 6, 1956 1958 →
 
Nominee Price Daniel William R. Bryant W. Lee O'Daniel (write-in)
Party Democratic Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,350,736 261,283 110,234
Percentage 78.3% 15.2% 6.4%

County results
Daniel:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
No Vote:      


Governor before election

Allan Shivers
Democratic


Elected Governor

Price Daniel
Democratic

The 1956 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic Governor Allan Shivers did not run for a fourth term. Senator Price Daniel won the election with over 78% of the vote.

Primaries

Democratic

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel 628,914 39.88%
Democratic Ralph Yarborough 463,416 29.39%
Democratic W. Lee O'Daniel 347,757 22.05%
Democratic J. Evetts Haley 88,772 5.63%
Democratic Reuben Senterfitt 37,774 2.40%
Democratic J. J. Holmes 10,165 0.64%
Total votes 1,576,870 100.00%
Runoff results by county
Daniel
  •   Daniel—80–90%
  •   Daniel—70–80%
  •   Daniel—60–70%
  •   Daniel—50–60%
Yarborough
  •   Yarborough—50–60%
  •   Yarborough—60–70%
  •   Yarborough—70–80%
  •   Yarborough—80–90%
  •   Yarborough—>90%
Democratic runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel 698,001 50.11%
Democratic Ralph Yarborough 694,830 49.89%
Total votes 1,392,831 100.00%

Results

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel 1,350,736 78.34%
Republican William R. Bryant 261,283 15.15%
Write-In W. Lee O'Daniel 110,234 6.39%
Total votes 1,724,091 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2016.