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Election 1958 Results

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1958 Alabama governor election

John Malcolm Patterson (Democrat) beat William Longshore (Republican) in Alabama in 1958, 88.2% to 11.4%, a margin of 76.8 points and 204,168 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1954, when Jim Folsom won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Jefferson, cast 46,879 votes and went to the Democrat by 65.8 points. The closest was Bullock, where 584 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
John Malcolm Patterson won Democratic 234,583 88.2%
William Longshore Republican 30,415 11.4%
All other candidates 903 0.3%
Total265,901

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 38,765 82.7% 7,897 16.8% 217 46,879 D+65.8
Mobile 10,721 84.2% 1,906 15.0% 110 12,737 D+69.2
Montgomery 10,071 92.9% 670 6.2% 102 10,843 D+86.7
De Kalb 7,159 69.5% 3,143 30.5% 10,302 D+39.0
Etowah 8,981 87.7% 1,179 11.5% 78 10,238 D+76.2
Walker 6,589 83.4% 1,293 16.4% 16 7,898 D+67.1
Cullman 6,182 82.2% 1,329 17.7% 13 7,524 D+64.5
Franklin 5,090 67.8% 2,401 32.0% 16 7,507 D+35.8
Calhoun 6,070 92.7% 451 6.9% 25 6,546 D+85.8
Tuscaloosa 5,824 93.6% 386 6.2% 12 6,222 D+87.4
Morgan 5,248 96.2% 197 3.6% 11 5,456 D+92.6
Madison 5,008 92.3% 398 7.3% 22 5,428 D+84.9
Talladega 4,953 91.4% 448 8.3% 19 5,420 D+83.1
Winston 3,143 62.1% 1,908 37.7% 10 5,061 D+24.4
St. Clair 4,026 82.5% 850 17.4% 5 4,881 D+65.1
Marshall 4,400 93.1% 317 6.7% 7 4,724 D+86.4
Shelby 3,866 85.8% 632 14.0% 9 4,507 D+71.8
Tallapoosa 4,392 98.3% 69 1.5% 6 4,467 D+96.8
Lauderdale 3,872 91.1% 363 8.5% 14 4,249 D+82.6
Baldwin 3,652 95.3% 171 4.5% 8 3,831 D+90.9
Covington 3,699 98.1% 64 1.7% 9 3,772 D+96.4
Chilton 3,268 91.3% 303 8.5% 8 3,579 D+82.8
Colbert 3,230 90.9% 305 8.6% 19 3,554 D+82.3
Elmore 3,443 97.1% 82 2.3% 20 3,545 D+94.8
Escambia 3,060 97.7% 66 2.1% 5 3,131 D+95.6
Marion 2,788 89.1% 337 10.8% 4 3,129 D+78.3
Chambers 3,077 98.5% 43 1.4% 3 3,123 D+97.2
Blount 2,739 88.8% 337 10.9% 8 3,084 D+77.9
Jackson 2,508 95.1% 126 4.8% 2 2,636 D+90.4
Coffee 2,512 97.9% 53 2.1% 1 2,566 D+95.8
Fayette 2,125 82.8% 440 17.1% 1 2,566 D+65.7
Randolph 2,268 91.5% 204 8.2% 6 2,478 D+83.3
Lee 2,302 94.9% 113 4.7% 10 2,425 D+90.3
Dallas 2,368 98.1% 41 1.7% 6 2,415 D+96.4
Houston 2,253 94.4% 127 5.3% 7 2,387 D+89.1
Limestone 2,300 98.6% 30 1.3% 2 2,332 D+97.3
Butler 2,225 97.4% 56 2.5% 4 2,285 D+94.9
Crenshaw 2,058 95.3% 99 4.6% 3 2,160 D+90.7
Russell 2,018 95.5% 87 4.1% 7 2,112 D+91.4
Clay 1,974 93.8% 126 6.0% 4 2,104 D+87.8
Geneva 2,026 97.1% 61 2.9% 2,087 D+94.2
Pike 2,064 99.1% 18 0.9% 1 2,083 D+98.2
Lamar 1,943 95.9% 80 3.9% 3 2,026 D+92.0
Clarke 1,873 98.2% 35 1.8% 1,908 D+96.3
Macon 1,490 80.1% 357 19.2% 13 1,860 D+60.9
Monroe 1,803 98.8% 20 1.1% 1 1,824 D+97.8
Lawrence 1,686 93.1% 121 6.7% 4 1,811 D+86.4
Marengo 1,789 98.8% 21 1.2% 1 1,811 D+97.6
Pickens 1,737 97.5% 39 2.2% 5 1,781 D+95.3
Bibb 1,731 98.4% 29 1.6% 1,760 D+96.7
Cherokee 1,651 95.8% 71 4.1% 2 1,724 D+91.6
Autauga 1,585 97.8% 33 2.0% 3 1,621 D+95.7
Dale 1,526 95.7% 63 3.9% 6 1,595 D+91.7
Coosa 1,475 93.9% 91 5.8% 4 1,570 D+88.2
Barbour 1,510 97.0% 31 2.0% 15 1,556 D+95.1
Conecuh 1,470 98.1% 27 1.8% 1 1,498 D+96.3
Washington 1,381 98.3% 23 1.6% 1 1,405 D+96.7
Hale 1,347 97.1% 40 2.9% 1,387 D+94.2
Henry 1,269 96.7% 41 3.1% 2 1,312 D+93.6
Choctaw 1,259 99.6% 3 0.2% 2 1,264 D+99.4
Cleburne 1,181 96.2% 46 3.7% 1 1,228 D+92.4
Perry 1,106 97.3% 31 2.7% 1,137 D+94.5
Sumter 1,102 98.0% 21 1.9% 1 1,124 D+96.2
Wilcox 1,041 99.0% 11 1.0% 1,052 D+97.9
Greene 938 95.6% 38 3.9% 5 981 D+91.7
Lowndes 833 98.3% 11 1.3% 3 847 D+97.0
Bullock 590 98.8% 6 1.0% 1 597 D+97.8

Counties as they stood in 1958; 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.

Alabama governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kay Ivey (R) R+37.8
2018 Kay Ivey (R) R+19.1
2014 Robert Bentley (R) R+27.3
2010 Robert Bentley (R) R+15.7
2006 Robert Riley (R) R+15.9
2002 Robert Riley (R) R+0.2
1998 Don Siegelman (D) D+15.6
1994 Fob James (R) R+0.9
1990 Guy Hunt (R) R+4.2
1986 Guy Hunt (R) R+12.9
1982 George C. Wallace (D) D+18.6
1978 Fob James (D) D+46.7
1974 George C. Wallace (D) D+68.4
1970 George Wallace (D) D+74.5
1966 Lurleen Burns Wallace (D) D+32.4
1962 George C. Wallace (D) D+96.3
1958 John Malcolm Patterson (D) D+76.8
1954 Jim Folsom (D) D+46.7
1950 Gordon Persons (D) D+82.2
1946 James E. Folsom (D) D+77.3
1942 Chauncey Sparks (D) D+78.4
1938 Frank M. Dixon (D) D+74.9
1934 Bibb Graves (D) D+74.3
1930 Benjamin M. Miller (D) D+61.8
1926 Bibb Graves (D) D+62.4
1922 William W. Brandon (D) D+56.3
1918 Thomas Kilby (D) D+80.2
1914 Charles Henderson (D) D+63.6
1910 Emmet O'Neal (D) D+60.4
1906 Braxton B. Comer (D) D+71.5
1902 William D. Jelks (D) D+47.4
1900 William J. Samford (D) D+53.6
1898 Joseph F. Johnston (D) D+65.1
1896 Joseph F. Johnston (D) D+59.0
1894 William C. Oates (D) D+57.1
1892 Thomas G. Jones (D) D+52.2
1890 Thomas G. Jones (D) D+53.1
1888 Thomas Seay (D) D+55.4
1886 Thomas Seay (D) D+59.3
1884 Edward A. O'Neal (D) D+99.7
1882 Edward A. O'Neal (D) D+37.4
1880 Rufus W. Cobb (D) D+76.1
1878 Rufus W. Cobb (D) D+100.0
1876 George S. Houston (D) D+31.6
1874 George S. Houston (D) D+6.6
1872 David P. Lewis (R) R+5.0
1870 Robert B. Lindsay (D) D+0.9
1868 William Hugh Smith (R) R+100.0
1865 Robert M. Patton (other)