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Election 1958 Results

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1958 Arkansas governor election

Orval E. Faubus (Democrat) beat George W. Johnson (Republican) in Arkansas in 1958, 82.5% to 17.5%, a margin of 64.9 points and 186,310 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1956, when Orval E. Faubus also won.

Democrats led in 75 of the 75 counties as they stood then. The largest, Pulaski, cast 38,589 votes and went to the Democrat by 61.3 points. The closest was Baxter, where 715 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Orval E. Faubus won	Democratic	236,598	82.5%
George W. Johnson	Republican	50,288	17.5%
Total		286,886

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Pulaski	31,128 80.7%	7,461 19.3%	38,589	D+61.3
Sebastian	8,098 66.7%	4,050 33.3%	12,148	D+33.3
Jefferson	7,261 75.1%	2,402 24.9%	9,663	D+50.3
Washington	5,376 62.5%	3,232 37.5%	8,608	D+24.9
Union	7,396 88.5%	957 11.5%	8,353	D+77.1
Garland	5,691 73.5%	2,054 26.5%	7,745	D+47.0
Mississippi	7,068 92.8%	545 7.2%	7,613	D+85.7
White	6,495 90.4%	690 9.6%	7,185	D+80.8
Benton	4,570 67.2%	2,229 32.8%	6,799	D+34.4
Greene	5,416 86.1%	871 13.9%	6,287	D+72.3
Craighead	5,247 84.8%	937 15.2%	6,184	D+69.7
Ouachita	4,739 82.2%	1,026 17.8%	5,765	D+64.4
Saline	4,442 87.3%	649 12.7%	5,091	D+74.5
Faulkner	4,170 87.1%	619 12.9%	4,789	D+74.1
Miller	4,079 87.3%	593 12.7%	4,672	D+74.6
Phillips	3,565 80.8%	845 19.2%	4,410	D+61.7
Clark	3,569 88.4%	469 11.6%	4,038	D+76.8
Hot Spring	3,509 87.7%	494 12.3%	4,003	D+75.3
Madison	2,482 63.0%	1,456 37.0%	3,938	D+26.1
Independence	3,346 86.9%	504 13.1%	3,850	D+73.8
Pope	3,259 86.1%	527 13.9%	3,786	D+72.2
Poinsett	3,578 95.3%	176 4.7%	3,754	D+90.6
Crawford	3,027 81.3%	696 18.7%	3,723	D+62.6
Yell	3,281 89.2%	399 10.8%	3,680	D+78.3
Conway	3,298 90.2%	359 9.8%	3,657	D+80.4
Crittenden	3,493 95.6%	159 4.4%	3,652	D+91.3
Ashley	3,282 90.2%	355 9.8%	3,637	D+80.5
Columbia	3,116 88.5%	405 11.5%	3,521	D+77.0
Arkansas	2,974 85.6%	499 14.4%	3,473	D+71.3
Boone	2,550 75.6%	822 24.4%	3,372	D+51.2
Lonoke	3,019 91.0%	299 9.0%	3,318	D+82.0
Logan	2,648 81.4%	604 18.6%	3,252	D+62.9
Jackson	2,645 90.2%	286 9.8%	2,931	D+80.5
Hempstead	2,479 86.5%	388 13.5%	2,867	D+72.9
Carroll	1,912 68.7%	870 31.3%	2,782	D+37.5
Searcy	1,777 67.9%	840 32.1%	2,617	D+35.8
Bradley	2,310 88.6%	297 11.4%	2,607	D+77.2
Baxter	1,652 63.8%	937 36.2%	2,589	D+27.6
Desha	2,294 89.7%	262 10.3%	2,556	D+79.5
Clay	1,977 83.5%	390 16.5%	2,367	D+67.0
Drew	2,062 87.2%	304 12.8%	2,366	D+74.3
Johnson	1,995 85.1%	349 14.9%	2,344	D+70.2
Chicot	1,831 78.1%	512 21.9%	2,343	D+56.3
Lawrence	2,065 88.3%	273 11.7%	2,338	D+76.6
St. Francis	2,018 87.0%	302 13.0%	2,320	D+74.0
Stone	1,971 87.5%	281 12.5%	2,252	D+75.0
Franklin	1,927 85.9%	316 14.1%	2,243	D+71.8
Dallas	1,891 84.5%	346 15.5%	2,237	D+69.1
Newton	1,482 67.1%	728 32.9%	2,210	D+34.1
Cross	2,059 95.1%	107 4.9%	2,166	D+90.1
Polk	1,678 79.5%	434 20.5%	2,112	D+58.9
Howard	1,826 90.0%	202 10.0%	2,028	D+80.1
Sevier	1,790 88.8%	225 11.2%	2,015	D+77.7
Nevada	1,723 88.5%	224 11.5%	1,947	D+77.0
Scott	1,539 82.6%	325 17.4%	1,864	D+65.1
Grant	1,708 94.2%	106 5.8%	1,814	D+88.3
Randolph	1,520 85.9%	249 14.1%	1,769	D+71.8
Marion	1,320 74.9%	443 25.1%	1,763	D+49.7
Fulton	1,402 82.9%	290 17.1%	1,692	D+65.7
Prairie	1,590 94.2%	98 5.8%	1,688	D+88.4
Lafayette	1,485 88.1%	201 11.9%	1,686	D+76.2
Woodruff	1,363 85.9%	223 14.1%	1,586	D+71.9
Monroe	1,400 88.4%	183 11.6%	1,583	D+76.9
Lee	1,314 83.1%	267 16.9%	1,581	D+66.2
Lincoln	1,283 81.6%	289 18.4%	1,572	D+63.2
Cleburne	1,400 89.1%	171 10.9%	1,571	D+78.2
Van Buren	1,293 83.0%	265 17.0%	1,558	D+66.0
Cleveland	1,420 93.6%	97 6.4%	1,517	D+87.2
Little River	1,325 90.6%	138 9.4%	1,463	D+81.1
Pike	1,233 88.8%	156 11.2%	1,389	D+77.5
Calhoun	1,279 92.8%	99 7.2%	1,378	D+85.6
Izard	1,167 93.4%	83 6.6%	1,250	D+86.7
Sharp	1,077 89.7%	124 10.3%	1,201	D+79.4
Perry	1,022 89.9%	115 10.1%	1,137	D+79.8
Montgomery	922 89.3%	110 10.7%	1,032	D+78.7

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.

Arkansas governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2022	Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R)	R+27.8
2018	Governor Asa Hutchinson (R)	R+33.6
2014	Asa Hutchinson (R)	R+13.9
2010	Mike D. Beebe (D)	D+30.8
2006	Mike D. Beebe (D)	D+14.9
2002	Mike Huckabee (R)	R+6.1
1998	Mike Huckabee (R)	R+21.1
1994	Jim Guy Tucker (D)	D+19.7
1990	Bill Clinton (D)	D+15.0
1986	Bill Clinton (D)	D+27.8
1984	Bill Clinton (D)	D+25.1
1982	Bill Clinton (D)	D+9.4
1980	Frank D. White (R)	R+3.9
1978	Bill Clinton (D)	D+26.7
1976	David H. Pryor (D)	D+66.5
1974	David H. Pryor (D)	D+31.2
1972	Dale Bumpers (D)	D+50.9
1970	Dale Bumpers (D)	D+29.3
1968	Winthrop Rockefeller (R)	R+4.9
1966	Winthrop Rockefeller (R)	R+8.7
1964	Orval E. Faubus (D)	D+14.0
1962	Orval E. Faubus (D)	D+46.5
1960	Orval E. Faubus (D)	D+38.4
1958	Orval E. Faubus (D)	D+64.9
1956	Orval E. Faubus (D)	D+61.3
1954	Orval E. Faubus (D)	D+24.2
1952	Francis Cherry (D)	D+74.8
1950	Sidney S. McMath (D)	D+68.3
1948	Sid McMath (D)	D+78.7
1946	Ben Laney (D)	D+68.3
1944	Ben Laney (D)	D+71.9
1942	Homer M. Adkins (D)	D+100.0
1940	Homer M. Adkins (D)	D+83.1
1938	Carl E. Bailey (D)	D+77.5
1936	Carl E. Bailey (D)	D+70.2
1934	Julius M. Futrell (D)	D+79.8
1932	Julius M. Futrell (D)	D+81.5
1930	Harvey J. Parnell (D)	D+62.4
1928	Harvey J. Parnell (D)	D+54.6
1926	John E. Martineau (D)	D+52.9
1924	Thomas J. Terral (D)	D+59.7
1922	Thomas C. McRae (D)	D+56.2
1920	Thomas Chipman McRae (D)	D+40.6
1918	Charles Hillman Brough (D)	D+93.4
1916	Charles Hillman Brough (D)	D+44.4
1914	George Washington Hays (D)	D+46.6
1913	George Washington Hays (D)	D+43.8
1912	Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)	D+37.4
1910	George Washington Donaghey (D)	D+41.0
1908	George W. Donaghey (D)	D+40.4
1906	John Sebastian Little (D)	D+41.8
1904	Jefferson Davis (D)	D+24.6
1902	Jeff Davis (D)	D+40.2
1900	Jefferson Davis (D)	D+36.0
1898	Daniel Webster Jones (D)	D+42.7
1896	Daniel Webster Jones (D)	D+39.0
1894	James P. Clarke (D)	D+38.4
1892	William M. Fishback (D)	D+36.2
1890	James P. Eagle (D)	D+55.5
1888	James P. Eagle (D)	D+54.1
1886	Simon P. Hughes (D)	D+22.3
1884	Simon P. Hughes (D)	D+29.1
1882	James H. Berry (D)	D+26.0
1880	Thomas J. Churchill (D)	D+72.8
1878	William Read Miller (D)	D+100.0
1876	William R. Miller (D)	D+31.5
1874	Augustus H. Garland (D)	D+99.9
1872	Elisha Baxter (R)	R+51.8
1868	Powell Clayton (R)	level

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