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Election 1956 Results

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1956 Texas governor election

Price Daniel (Democrat) beat William R. Bryant (Republican) in Texas in 1956, 78.3% to 15.2%, a margin of 63.2 points and 1,089,453 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1954, when Allan Shivers won.

Democrats led in 254 of the 254 counties as they stood then. The largest, Harris, cast 216,637 votes and went to the Democrat by 45.1 points. The closest was Loving, where 39 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Price Daniel won Democratic 1,350,736 78.3%
William R. Bryant Republican 261,283 15.2%
W. Lee O'Daniel Write-in 110,234 6.4%
All other candidates 1,838 0.1%
Total1,724,091

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 156,344 72.2% 58,624 27.1% 1,669 216,637 D+45.1
Dallas 112,734 69.8% 43,241 26.8% 5,575 161,550 D+43.0
Tarrant 81,050 80.0% 12,378 12.2% 7,864 101,292 D+67.8
Bexar 67,556 72.2% 25,278 27.0% 737 93,571 D+45.2
Jefferson 37,195 79.8% 8,523 18.3% 896 46,614 D+61.5
Travis 31,835 81.2% 4,237 10.8% 3,113 39,185 D+70.4
Nueces 27,778 81.2% 6,097 17.8% 342 34,217 D+63.4
El Paso 23,405 77.1% 6,770 22.3% 198 30,373 D+54.8
McLennan 22,894 79.8% 2,387 8.3% 3,406 28,687 D+71.5
Galveston 22,017 77.7% 6,051 21.4% 269 28,337 D+56.3
Lubbock 19,974 85.4% 2,259 9.7% 1,163 23,396 D+75.7
Wichita 19,431 86.0% 2,118 9.4% 1,053 22,602 D+76.6
Hidalgo 17,782 81.8% 3,024 13.9% 927 21,733 D+67.9
Cameron 16,000 84.5% 2,494 13.2% 445 18,939 D+71.3
Potter 14,597 79.3% 2,744 14.9% 1,060 18,401 D+64.4
Smith 12,963 76.3% 1,429 8.4% 2,606 16,998 D+67.9
Taylor 11,719 78.4% 1,112 7.4% 2,114 14,945 D+71.0
Grayson 11,865 80.0% 1,667 11.2% 1,290 14,822 D+68.8
Brazoria 10,434 73.2% 3,432 24.1% 384 14,250 D+49.1
Bowie 11,129 82.5% 733 5.4% 1,633 13,495 D+77.0
Tom Green 8,768 69.5% 1,068 8.5% 2,782 12,618 D+61.0
Bell 10,792 85.7% 585 4.6% 1,221 12,598 D+81.0
Ector 9,344 77.5% 2,335 19.4% 375 12,054 D+58.1
Gregg 8,464 73.7% 2,282 19.9% 742 11,488 D+53.8
Midland 7,339 70.1% 2,912 27.8% 222 10,473 D+42.3
Orange 8,308 81.4% 865 8.5% 1,034 10,207 D+72.9
Angelina 7,019 74.4% 417 4.4% 1,993 9,429 D+70.0
Denton 7,580 80.8% 792 8.4% 1,005 9,377 D+72.4
Hutchinson 6,158 73.7% 1,002 12.0% 1,197 8,357 D+61.7
Webb 7,508 91.8% 674 8.2% 8,182 D+83.5
Collin 6,772 83.5% 677 8.3% 663 8,112 D+75.1
Ellis 6,811 84.2% 524 6.5% 751 8,086 D+77.8
Hunt 6,557 82.4% 535 6.7% 863 7,955 D+75.7
Brazos 6,457 83.7% 682 8.8% 577 7,716 D+74.8
Lamar 5,981 77.9% 294 3.8% 1,407 7,682 D+74.0
Victoria 5,850 76.2% 805 10.5% 1,027 7,682 D+65.7
Rusk 5,665 74.8% 1,389 18.4% 515 7,569 D+56.5
Wharton 6,341 85.0% 749 10.0% 366 7,456 D+75.0
Gray 5,401 73.5% 1,089 14.8% 856 7,346 D+58.7
Navarro 6,101 85.2% 428 6.0% 631 7,160 D+79.2
Harrison 6,272 87.9% 468 6.6% 399 7,139 D+81.3
Hale 5,748 82.8% 512 7.4% 683 6,943 D+75.4
Randall 5,657 82.9% 856 12.5% 314 6,827 D+70.3
Williamson 5,632 83.0% 382 5.6% 770 6,784 D+77.4
Johnson 4,939 75.7% 634 9.7% 954 6,527 D+66.0
Howard 6,209 95.1% 294 4.5% 23 6,526 D+90.6
Cherokee 4,861 75.6% 371 5.8% 1,199 6,431 D+69.8
San Patricio 5,444 85.2% 657 10.3% 292 6,393 D+74.9
Brown 4,735 75.6% 444 7.1% 1,086 6,265 D+68.5
Anderson 4,988 79.7% 334 5.3% 937 6,259 D+74.4
Hill 4,998 82.0% 269 4.4% 830 6,097 D+77.6
Fannin 5,015 84.1% 398 6.7% 549 5,962 D+77.4
Parker 4,384 75.8% 567 9.8% 833 5,784 D+66.0
Guadalupe 4,549 78.8% 1,225 21.2% 5,774 D+57.6
Fort Bend 4,790 83.0% 629 10.9% 353 5,772 D+72.1
Liberty 4,528 79.2% 586 10.2% 605 5,719 D+68.9
Cooke 4,479 78.7% 360 6.3% 849 5,688 D+72.4
Eastland 4,225 75.2% 485 8.6% 908 5,618 D+66.6
Nacogdoches 4,811 86.6% 257 4.6% 487 5,555 D+82.0
Jim Wells 4,957 90.3% 535 9.7% 5,492 D+80.5
Fayette 4,381 81.8% 435 8.1% 537 5,353 D+73.7
Montgomery 4,472 83.8% 472 8.8% 391 5,335 D+75.0
Kaufman 4,394 84.1% 390 7.5% 442 5,226 D+76.6
Henderson 3,486 68.3% 251 4.9% 1,370 5,107 D+63.3
Milam 4,158 81.7% 335 6.6% 598 5,091 D+75.1
Cass 3,858 77.2% 401 8.0% 738 4,997 D+69.2
Shelby 4,395 88.5% 248 5.0% 321 4,964 D+83.5
Matagorda 4,060 82.0% 408 8.2% 486 4,954 D+73.7
Hopkins 4,114 84.6% 225 4.6% 525 4,864 D+80.0
Erath 3,926 81.8% 407 8.5% 464 4,797 D+73.4
Limestone 3,982 83.0% 240 5.0% 574 4,796 D+78.0
Palo Pinto 3,872 81.1% 381 8.0% 521 4,774 D+73.1
Hockley 3,921 85.4% 303 6.6% 368 4,592 D+78.8
Lamb 3,963 86.5% 274 6.0% 343 4,580 D+80.5
Van Zandt 3,582 78.4% 279 6.1% 707 4,568 D+72.3
Lavaca 3,862 85.3% 328 7.2% 339 4,529 D+78.0
Duval 4,340 96.0% 97 2.1% 82 4,519 D+93.9
De Witt 3,635 82.1% 455 10.3% 336 4,426 D+71.8
Scurry 3,290 74.4% 337 7.6% 795 4,422 D+66.8
Nolan 3,291 75.6% 266 6.1% 799 4,356 D+69.4
Wood 3,463 80.4% 329 7.6% 514 4,306 D+72.8
Panola 3,696 85.9% 205 4.8% 402 4,303 D+81.1
Upshur 3,086 71.9% 359 8.4% 847 4,292 D+63.5
Wilbarger 3,808 88.9% 229 5.3% 246 4,283 D+83.6
Jones 3,424 80.4% 239 5.6% 595 4,258 D+74.8
Comal 3,457 81.6% 680 16.1% 98 4,235 D+65.6
Kerr 3,119 74.2% 682 16.2% 403 4,204 D+58.0
Red River 3,357 80.5% 127 3.0% 685 4,169 D+77.5
Wise 3,268 78.8% 360 8.7% 518 4,146 D+70.1
Falls 3,356 81.5% 176 4.3% 588 4,120 D+77.2
Colorado 3,211 79.3% 458 11.3% 381 4,050 D+68.0
Kleberg 3,545 88.4% 379 9.4% 88 4,012 D+78.9
Medina 3,003 75.3% 737 18.5% 249 3,989 D+56.8
Bee 3,394 85.5% 340 8.6% 237 3,971 D+76.9
Hardin 3,058 77.0% 271 6.8% 640 3,969 D+70.2
Caldwell 3,457 87.3% 267 6.7% 234 3,958 D+80.6
Titus 3,001 76.0% 160 4.1% 786 3,947 D+72.0
Montague 3,301 84.0% 333 8.5% 297 3,931 D+75.5
Jasper 3,172 80.9% 205 5.2% 546 3,923 D+75.6
Gonzales 3,362 87.4% 245 6.4% 239 3,846 D+81.0
Young 3,162 83.9% 289 7.7% 318 3,769 D+76.2
Washington 2,956 79.4% 252 6.8% 517 3,725 D+72.6
Moore 2,929 80.7% 381 10.5% 318 3,628 D+70.2
Starr 3,023 83.5% 585 16.2% 13 3,621 D+67.3
Houston 2,984 83.8% 218 6.1% 358 3,560 D+77.7
Runnels 2,605 73.9% 177 5.0% 745 3,527 D+68.8
Coryell 2,907 82.9% 220 6.3% 380 3,507 D+76.6
Coleman 2,732 78.2% 216 6.2% 545 3,493 D+72.0
Atascosa 2,930 85.4% 282 8.2% 218 3,430 D+77.2
Comanche 2,843 82.9% 254 7.4% 332 3,429 D+75.5
Hays 2,945 86.2% 248 7.3% 223 3,416 D+79.0
Wilson 2,987 87.5% 243 7.1% 185 3,415 D+80.4
Austin 2,701 80.6% 294 8.8% 356 3,351 D+71.8
Dawson 2,598 78.7% 244 7.4% 459 3,301 D+71.3
Bastrop 3,055 94.5% 179 5.5% 3,234 D+88.9
Karnes 2,879 89.5% 186 5.8% 150 3,215 D+83.8
Haskell 2,742 86.5% 147 4.6% 281 3,170 D+81.9
Robertson 2,670 84.4% 205 6.5% 289 3,164 D+77.9
Gillespie 1,774 56.3% 893 28.3% 483 3,150 D+28.0
Terry 2,683 85.4% 211 6.7% 249 3,143 D+78.7
Jackson 2,495 79.6% 264 8.4% 377 3,136 D+71.1
Freestone 2,599 84.2% 234 7.6% 255 3,088 D+76.6
Bosque 2,531 82.3% 269 8.7% 277 3,077 D+73.5
Walker 2,501 82.0% 242 7.9% 308 3,051 D+74.0
Val Verde 2,698 88.5% 326 10.7% 24 3,048 D+77.8
Uvalde 2,539 83.5% 301 9.9% 202 3,042 D+73.6
Ward 2,323 80.0% 260 9.0% 321 2,904 D+71.0
Floyd 2,426 85.0% 141 4.9% 286 2,853 D+80.1
Deaf Smith 2,310 82.3% 308 11.0% 188 2,806 D+71.3
Polk 2,310 83.5% 175 6.3% 280 2,765 D+77.2
Morris 2,216 80.3% 172 6.2% 372 2,760 D+74.1
Burleson 2,282 83.9% 162 6.0% 276 2,720 D+77.9
Willacy 2,313 85.4% 280 10.3% 115 2,708 D+75.1
Stephens 1,903 70.8% 228 8.5% 558 2,689 D+62.3
Mitchell 2,254 84.2% 173 6.5% 249 2,676 D+77.8
Hamilton 2,095 79.8% 200 7.6% 331 2,626 D+72.2
Reeves 2,201 84.7% 275 10.6% 123 2,599 D+74.1
Clay 2,258 88.1% 181 7.1% 124 2,563 D+81.0
Childress 2,059 80.7% 124 4.9% 369 2,552 D+75.8
Calhoun 2,092 82.5% 201 7.9% 244 2,537 D+74.5
Winkler 1,945 77.5% 238 9.5% 326 2,509 D+68.0
Gaines 2,060 82.9% 140 5.6% 286 2,486 D+77.2
Lynn 2,129 87.6% 120 4.9% 182 2,431 D+82.6
Swisher 2,060 84.8% 187 7.7% 183 2,430 D+77.1
Burnet 1,979 83.5% 175 7.4% 216 2,370 D+76.1
McCulloch 1,846 79.0% 154 6.6% 337 2,337 D+72.4
Tyler 1,947 84.0% 117 5.0% 254 2,318 D+78.9
Grimes 2,016 88.8% 96 4.2% 157 2,269 D+84.6
Lampasas 1,792 79.7% 166 7.4% 290 2,248 D+72.3
Refugio 1,909 85.0% 200 8.9% 136 2,245 D+76.1
Wheeler 1,852 83.5% 205 9.2% 161 2,218 D+74.3
Crosby 1,928 87.5% 102 4.6% 173 2,203 D+82.9
Hardeman 1,902 86.9% 106 4.8% 181 2,189 D+82.0
Pecos 1,764 82.1% 238 11.1% 147 2,149 D+71.0
Parmer 1,872 87.4% 160 7.5% 110 2,142 D+79.9
Callahan 1,649 77.3% 147 6.9% 338 2,134 D+70.4
Waller 1,728 81.6% 243 11.5% 147 2,118 D+70.1
Leon 1,733 82.7% 169 8.1% 193 2,095 D+74.7
Jack 1,622 77.5% 200 9.6% 271 2,093 D+67.9
Fisher 1,729 83.8% 65 3.2% 269 2,063 D+80.7
Chambers 1,764 86.3% 180 8.8% 99 2,043 D+77.5
Lee 1,592 77.9% 135 6.6% 316 2,043 D+71.3
San Saba 1,677 82.6% 78 3.8% 276 2,031 D+78.7
Hall 1,809 91.2% 97 4.9% 77 1,983 D+86.3
Andrews 1,601 81.8% 152 7.8% 204 1,957 D+74.0
Bailey 1,691 86.5% 161 8.2% 104 1,956 D+78.2
Dallam 1,480 78.1% 207 10.9% 209 1,896 D+67.1
Carson 1,499 79.1% 201 10.6% 194 1,894 D+68.5
Knox 1,671 88.4% 87 4.6% 132 1,890 D+83.8
Brooks 1,610 88.8% 141 7.8% 63 1,814 D+81.0
Kendall 1,159 64.0% 499 27.6% 152 1,810 D+36.5
Castro 1,557 86.1% 89 4.9% 162 1,808 D+81.2
Collingsworth 1,598 88.5% 116 6.4% 92 1,806 D+82.1
San Augustine 1,578 87.8% 92 5.1% 127 1,797 D+82.7
Archer 1,520 85.6% 112 6.3% 143 1,775 D+79.3
Newton 1,462 82.9% 104 5.9% 198 1,764 D+77.0
Camp 1,398 79.4% 55 3.1% 308 1,761 D+76.3
Delta 1,342 77.9% 69 4.0% 312 1,723 D+73.9
Yoakum 1,378 80.9% 110 6.5% 216 1,704 D+74.4
Marion 1,387 82.0% 195 11.5% 110 1,692 D+70.4
Upton 1,340 80.0% 177 10.6% 159 1,676 D+69.4
Hood 1,347 80.5% 114 6.8% 213 1,674 D+73.7
Frio 1,397 86.5% 147 9.1% 71 1,615 D+77.4
Baylor 1,417 88.3% 73 4.6% 114 1,604 D+83.8
Sabine 1,393 87.4% 90 5.6% 111 1,594 D+81.7
Mills 1,279 80.3% 124 7.8% 189 1,592 D+72.6
Donley 1,408 88.9% 103 6.5% 72 1,583 D+82.4
Ochiltree 1,338 85.0% 163 10.3% 74 1,575 D+74.6
Llano 1,267 82.1% 94 6.1% 182 1,543 D+76.0
Dickens 1,321 86.6% 89 5.8% 115 1,525 D+80.8
Franklin 1,210 80.3% 58 3.8% 239 1,507 D+76.4
Live Oak 1,203 80.3% 148 9.9% 148 1,499 D+70.4
Maverick 1,312 89.4% 135 9.2% 21 1,468 D+80.2
Trinity 1,323 91.0% 131 9.0% 1,454 D+82.0
Zapata 875 60.6% 568 39.3% 2 1,445 D+21.2
Rockwall 1,231 85.7% 86 6.0% 120 1,437 D+79.7
Madison 1,155 83.9% 72 5.2% 150 1,377 D+78.6
Cochran 1,179 87.5% 88 6.5% 80 1,347 D+81.0
Cottle 1,133 84.4% 65 4.8% 145 1,343 D+79.5
Hansford 1,136 85.7% 147 11.1% 42 1,325 D+74.6
Blanco 974 73.9% 227 17.2% 117 1,318 D+56.7
Bandera 1,014 77.2% 215 16.4% 85 1,314 D+60.8
Shackelford 932 72.2% 106 8.2% 253 1,291 D+64.0
Zavala 1,069 84.1% 124 9.8% 78 1,271 D+74.4
Mason 963 75.8% 172 13.5% 135 1,270 D+62.3
Garza 1,051 83.1% 77 6.1% 136 1,264 D+77.1
Crane 993 82.0% 110 9.1% 108 1,211 D+72.9
Brewster 1,027 84.9% 149 12.3% 34 1,210 D+72.6
Kimble 1,021 86.2% 98 8.3% 66 1,185 D+77.9
Goliad 908 76.8% 150 12.7% 125 1,183 D+64.1
San Jacinto 935 80.3% 103 8.8% 126 1,164 D+71.5
Martin 934 84.9% 50 4.5% 116 1,100 D+80.4
Aransas 877 80.3% 158 14.5% 57 1,092 D+65.8
Coke 863 80.7% 61 5.7% 145 1,069 D+75.0
Concho 763 72.7% 49 4.7% 238 1,050 D+68.0
Throckmorton 875 83.4% 62 5.9% 112 1,049 D+77.5
Dimmit 920 88.7% 94 9.1% 23 1,037 D+79.7
Stonewall 850 82.2% 43 4.2% 141 1,034 D+78.0
Lipscomb 822 79.8% 178 17.3% 30 1,030 D+62.5
Reagan 771 80.4% 104 10.8% 84 959 D+69.6
La Salle 901 95.3% 37 3.9% 7 945 D+91.4
Presidio 860 91.6% 70 7.5% 9 939 D+84.1
Briscoe 797 88.2% 42 4.6% 65 904 D+83.5
Menard 677 75.1% 104 11.5% 121 902 D+63.5
Crockett 722 80.1% 74 8.2% 105 901 D+71.9
Jim Hogg 824 91.6% 59 6.6% 17 900 D+85.0
Hemphill 748 83.5% 102 11.4% 46 896 D+72.1
Rains 702 79.9% 67 7.6% 110 879 D+72.2
Motley 699 83.2% 26 3.1% 115 840 D+80.1
Foard 742 89.3% 43 5.2% 46 831 D+84.1
Sherman 699 89.0% 72 9.2% 14 785 D+79.9
Schleicher 562 73.3% 49 6.4% 156 767 D+66.9
Armstrong 632 86.0% 47 6.4% 56 735 D+79.6
Hartley 604 82.5% 40 5.5% 88 732 D+77.0
Sutton 606 85.6% 69 9.7% 33 708 D+75.8
Somervell 489 69.9% 69 9.9% 142 700 D+60.0
Kent 592 86.4% 17 2.5% 76 685 D+83.9
Edwards 525 85.5% 70 11.4% 19 614 D+74.1
Kinney 545 90.2% 45 7.5% 14 604 D+82.8
Hudspeth 522 87.4% 42 7.0% 33 597 D+80.4
Oldham 440 85.9% 48 9.4% 24 512 D+76.6
Terrell 430 84.3% 60 11.8% 20 510 D+72.5
Culberson 420 83.3% 41 8.1% 43 504 D+75.2
Real 385 79.1% 95 19.5% 7 487 D+59.5
McMullen 338 87.3% 24 6.2% 25 387 D+81.1
Irion 281 73.0% 30 7.8% 74 385 D+65.2
Glasscock 295 80.4% 43 11.7% 29 367 D+68.7
Jeff Davis 313 86.9% 37 10.3% 10 360 D+76.7
Roberts 314 87.2% 37 10.3% 9 360 D+76.9
Sterling 264 73.9% 23 6.4% 70 357 D+67.5
Borden 271 80.4% 15 4.5% 51 337 D+76.0
King 155 75.6% 8 3.9% 42 205 D+71.7
Kenedy 99 77.3% 26 20.3% 3 128 D+57.0
Loving 57 64.8% 13 14.8% 18 88 D+50.0

Counties as they stood in 1956; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Texas governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Greg Abbott (R) R+10.9
2018 Abbott (R) R+13.3
2014 Greg Abbott (R) R+20.4
2010 Rick Perry (R) R+12.7
2006 Rick Perry (R) R+9.2
2002 Rick Perry (R) R+17.8
1998 George W. Bush (R) R+37.1
1994 George W. Bush (R) R+7.6
1990 Ann Richards (D) D+2.6
1986 William P. Clements (R) R+6.7
1982 Mark White (D) D+7.3
1978 William P. Clements (R) R+0.7
1974 Dolph Briscoe (D) D+30.3
1972 Dolph Briscoe (D) D+2.9
1970 Preston Smith (D) D+6.9
1968 Preston Smith (D) D+14.0
1966 John B. Connally (D) D+47.0
1964 John B. Connally (D) D+47.8
1962 John B. Connally (D) D+8.4
1960 Price Daniel (D) D+45.5
1958 Price Daniel (D) D+76.2
1956 Price Daniel (D) D+63.2
1954 Allan Shivers (D) D+79.0
1952 Allan Shivers (D) D+98.1
1950 Allan Shivers (D) D+79.9
1948 Beauford H. Jester (D) D+70.0
1946 Beauford H. Jester (D) D+82.5
1944 Coke R. Stevenson (D) D+81.7
1942 Coke R. Stevenson (D) D+93.7
1940 W. Lee O'Daniel (D) D+88.9
1938 W. Lee O'Daniel (D) D+93.8
1936 James V. Allred (D) D+85.9
1934 James V. Allred (D) D+93.4
1932 Miriam A. Ferguson (D) D+24.2
1930 Ross Sterling (D) D+60.4
1928 Dan Moody (D) D+65.0
1926 Dan Moody (D) D+73.8
1924 Miriam A. Ferguson (D) D+17.8
1922 Pat M. Neff (D) D+63.8
1920 Pat Morris Neff (D) D+41.2
1918 William P. Hobby (D) D+68.9
1916 James E. Ferguson (D) D+68.1
1914 James E. Ferguson (D) D+76.7
1912 Oscar Branch Colquitt (D) D+70.5
1910 Oscar Branch Colquitt (D) D+67.8
1908 Thomas Mitchell Campbell (D) D+48.4
1906 Thomas M. Campbell (D) D+68.1
1904 S. W. T. Lanham (D) D+53.3
1902 Samuel W.T. Lanham (D) D+56.5
1900 Joseph D. Sayers (D) D+42.4
1898 Joseph D. Sayers (D) D+71.2
1896 Charles A. Culberson (D) D+55.4
1894 Charles A. Culberson (D) D+36.1
1892 James S. Hogg (D) D+43.4
1890 James S. Hogg (D) D+53.8
1888 Lawrence S. Ross (D) D+71.8
1886 Lawrence S. Ross (D) D+52.2
1884 John Ireland (D) D+57.2
1882 John Ireland (D) D+59.5
1880 Oran M. Roberts (D) D+38.5
1878 Oran M. Roberts (D) D+56.8
1876 Richard Coke (D) D+50.0
1873 Richard Coke (D) D+31.6
1869 Edmund J. Davis (R) R+50.2
1866 James W. Throckmorton (D) D+60.3