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1958 Georgia governor election

S. Ernest Vandiver (Democrat) won in Georgia in 1958 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1954, when S. Marvin Griffin won.

Democrats led in 159 of the 159 counties as they stood then. The largest, Fulton, cast 23,774 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Chattahoochee, where 96 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
S. Ernest Vandiver won Democratic 168,414 100.0%
All other candidates 83 0.0%
Total168,497

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Fulton 23,774 100.0% 0 0.0% 23,774 D+100.0
Dekalb 14,235 99.6% 0 0.0% 57 14,292 D+99.6
Bibb 9,710 100.0% 0 0.0% 9,710 D+100.0
Chatham 7,078 100.0% 0 0.0% 7,078 D+100.0
Muscogee 6,189 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,189 D+100.0
Richmond 5,389 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,389 D+100.0
Cobb 3,741 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,741 D+100.0
Clayton 3,509 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,509 D+100.0
Gilmer 3,254 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,254 D+100.0
Clarke 3,153 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,153 D+100.0
Carroll 2,465 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,465 D+100.0
Houston 2,430 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,430 D+100.0
Spalding 2,426 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,426 D+100.0
Hall 2,401 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,401 D+100.0
Dougherty 1,924 99.9% 0 0.0% 2 1,926 D+99.9
Floyd 1,744 99.9% 0 0.0% 2 1,746 D+99.9
Bacon 1,639 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,639 D+100.0
Harris 1,556 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,556 D+100.0
Glynn 1,436 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,436 D+100.0
Telfair 1,373 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,373 D+100.0
Troup 1,370 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,370 D+100.0
Newton 1,319 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,319 D+100.0
Gwinnett 1,232 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,232 D+100.0
Pickens 1,204 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,204 D+100.0
Baldwin 1,193 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,193 D+100.0
Walker 1,184 99.9% 0 0.0% 1 1,185 D+99.9
Thomas 1,181 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,181 D+100.0
Polk 1,144 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,144 D+100.0
Lowndes 1,086 99.9% 0 0.0% 1 1,087 D+99.9
Ware 1,021 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,021 D+100.0
McIntosh 953 100.0% 0 0.0% 953 D+100.0
Elbert 938 100.0% 0 0.0% 938 D+100.0
Henry 929 100.0% 0 0.0% 929 D+100.0
Whitfield 921 100.0% 0 0.0% 921 D+100.0
Upson 910 100.0% 0 0.0% 910 D+100.0
Colquitt 890 100.0% 0 0.0% 890 D+100.0
Wilkes 878 100.0% 0 0.0% 878 D+100.0
Towns 862 100.0% 0 0.0% 862 D+100.0
Washington 848 100.0% 0 0.0% 848 D+100.0
Bulloch 830 100.0% 0 0.0% 830 D+100.0
Gordon 796 100.0% 0 0.0% 796 D+100.0
Bartow 790 100.0% 0 0.0% 790 D+100.0
Talbot 780 100.0% 0 0.0% 780 D+100.0
Coweta 768 99.9% 0 0.0% 1 769 D+99.9
Bleckley 758 100.0% 0 0.0% 758 D+100.0
Atkinson 757 100.0% 0 0.0% 757 D+100.0
Pierce 701 100.0% 0 0.0% 701 D+100.0
Grady 699 100.0% 0 0.0% 699 D+100.0
Long 696 100.0% 0 0.0% 696 D+100.0
Murray 685 100.0% 0 0.0% 685 D+100.0
Cherokee 683 100.0% 0 0.0% 683 D+100.0
Catoosa 682 100.0% 0 0.0% 682 D+100.0
Meriwether 676 100.0% 0 0.0% 676 D+100.0
Tift 673 100.0% 0 0.0% 673 D+100.0
Cook 672 100.0% 0 0.0% 672 D+100.0
Wayne 656 100.0% 0 0.0% 656 D+100.0
Sumter 641 100.0% 0 0.0% 641 D+100.0
Jackson 640 100.0% 0 0.0% 640 D+100.0
Chattooga 639 100.0% 0 0.0% 639 D+100.0
Emanuel 630 100.0% 0 0.0% 630 D+100.0
Dodge 625 100.0% 0 0.0% 625 D+100.0
Terrell 620 100.0% 0 0.0% 620 D+100.0
Laurens 613 100.0% 0 0.0% 613 D+100.0
Monroe 603 100.0% 0 0.0% 603 D+100.0
Charlton 599 100.0% 0 0.0% 599 D+100.0
Walton 593 100.0% 0 0.0% 593 D+100.0
Coffee 592 100.0% 0 0.0% 592 D+100.0
Brooks 575 100.0% 0 0.0% 575 D+100.0
Fannin 571 99.8% 0 0.0% 1 572 D+99.8
Decatur 554 100.0% 0 0.0% 554 D+100.0
Heard 535 100.0% 0 0.0% 535 D+100.0
Douglas 533 100.0% 0 0.0% 533 D+100.0
Barrow 521 100.0% 0 0.0% 521 D+100.0
Habersham 508 99.8% 0 0.0% 1 509 D+99.8
Franklin 490 97.8% 0 0.0% 11 501 D+97.8
Toombs 497 100.0% 0 0.0% 497 D+100.0
Randolph 482 100.0% 0 0.0% 482 D+100.0
Jones 476 100.0% 0 0.0% 476 D+100.0
Jefferson 475 100.0% 0 0.0% 475 D+100.0
Greene 472 100.0% 0 0.0% 472 D+100.0
Wheeler 470 100.0% 0 0.0% 470 D+100.0
Pike 458 100.0% 0 0.0% 458 D+100.0
Burke 457 100.0% 0 0.0% 457 D+100.0
Tattnall 453 100.0% 0 0.0% 453 D+100.0
Liberty 443 100.0% 0 0.0% 443 D+100.0
Rockdale 433 100.0% 0 0.0% 433 D+100.0
Crisp 428 100.0% 0 0.0% 428 D+100.0
Early 427 100.0% 0 0.0% 427 D+100.0
Morgan 421 100.0% 0 0.0% 421 D+100.0
Pulaski 416 100.0% 0 0.0% 416 D+100.0
Berrien 415 100.0% 0 0.0% 415 D+100.0
Peach 410 100.0% 0 0.0% 410 D+100.0
Worth 408 100.0% 0 0.0% 408 D+100.0
Haralson 401 100.0% 0 0.0% 401 D+100.0
Madison 398 100.0% 0 0.0% 398 D+100.0
Hancock 392 100.0% 0 0.0% 392 D+100.0
Dooly 386 100.0% 0 0.0% 386 D+100.0
Mitchell 384 100.0% 0 0.0% 384 D+100.0
Turner 380 100.0% 0 0.0% 380 D+100.0
Evans 376 100.0% 0 0.0% 376 D+100.0
Lamar 367 100.0% 0 0.0% 367 D+100.0
Paulding 365 100.0% 0 0.0% 365 D+100.0
Columbia 359 100.0% 0 0.0% 359 D+100.0
Stephens 359 100.0% 0 0.0% 359 D+100.0
Hart 354 100.0% 0 0.0% 354 D+100.0
Wilkinson 351 100.0% 0 0.0% 351 D+100.0
Macon 349 100.0% 0 0.0% 349 D+100.0
Wilcox 347 100.0% 0 0.0% 347 D+100.0
Taylor 342 100.0% 0 0.0% 342 D+100.0
Camden 338 100.0% 0 0.0% 338 D+100.0
Forsyth 334 100.0% 0 0.0% 334 D+100.0
Seminole 333 100.0% 0 0.0% 333 D+100.0
Ben Hill 328 100.0% 0 0.0% 328 D+100.0
Lumpkin 328 100.0% 0 0.0% 328 D+100.0
Johnson 323 100.0% 0 0.0% 323 D+100.0
Appling 322 100.0% 0 0.0% 322 D+100.0
Union 317 100.0% 0 0.0% 317 D+100.0
Oglethorpe 315 100.0% 0 0.0% 315 D+100.0
Irwin 306 100.0% 0 0.0% 306 D+100.0
Rabun 289 100.0% 0 0.0% 289 D+100.0
Dade 288 100.0% 0 0.0% 288 D+100.0
Stewart 282 100.0% 0 0.0% 282 D+100.0
Brantley 279 100.0% 0 0.0% 279 D+100.0
Fayette 278 100.0% 0 0.0% 278 D+100.0
Jasper 274 100.0% 0 0.0% 274 D+100.0
Butts 265 100.0% 0 0.0% 265 D+100.0
Putnam 265 100.0% 0 0.0% 265 D+100.0
Calhoun 261 100.0% 0 0.0% 261 D+100.0
Clinch 260 100.0% 0 0.0% 260 D+100.0
Warren 260 100.0% 0 0.0% 260 D+100.0
Bryan 257 100.0% 0 0.0% 257 D+100.0
Effingham 256 100.0% 0 0.0% 256 D+100.0
Twiggs 254 100.0% 0 0.0% 254 D+100.0
Oconee 249 100.0% 0 0.0% 249 D+100.0
Jenkins 238 100.0% 0 0.0% 238 D+100.0
Baker 230 100.0% 0 0.0% 230 D+100.0
Crawford 226 100.0% 0 0.0% 226 D+100.0
Screven 224 100.0% 0 0.0% 224 D+100.0
Treutlen 216 100.0% 0 0.0% 216 D+100.0
Banks 208 97.2% 0 0.0% 6 214 D+97.2
White 211 100.0% 0 0.0% 211 D+100.0
Jeff Davis 204 100.0% 0 0.0% 204 D+100.0
Taliaferro 202 100.0% 0 0.0% 202 D+100.0
Lincoln 197 100.0% 0 0.0% 197 D+100.0
Montgomery 197 100.0% 0 0.0% 197 D+100.0
McDuffie 177 100.0% 0 0.0% 177 D+100.0
Miller 175 100.0% 0 0.0% 175 D+100.0
Marion 166 100.0% 0 0.0% 166 D+100.0
Webster 166 100.0% 0 0.0% 166 D+100.0
Clay 163 100.0% 0 0.0% 163 D+100.0
Lanier 154 100.0% 0 0.0% 154 D+100.0
Lee 146 100.0% 0 0.0% 146 D+100.0
Quitman 140 100.0% 0 0.0% 140 D+100.0
Echols 133 100.0% 0 0.0% 133 D+100.0
Candler 126 100.0% 0 0.0% 126 D+100.0
Glascock 123 100.0% 0 0.0% 123 D+100.0
Schley 108 100.0% 0 0.0% 108 D+100.0
Dawson 103 100.0% 0 0.0% 103 D+100.0
Chattahoochee 96 100.0% 0 0.0% 96 D+100.0

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.

Georgia governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Brian Kemp (R) R+7.5
2018 Brian Kemp (R) R+1.4
2014 Nathan Deal (R) R+7.9
2010 Nathan Deal (R) R+10.0
2006 Sonny Perdue (R) R+19.7
2002 Sonny Perdue (R) R+5.2
1998 Roy E. Barnes (D) D+8.4
1994 Zell Miller (D) D+2.1
1990 Zell Miller (D) D+8.3
1986 Joe Frank Harris (D) D+41.0
1982 Joe Frank Harris (D) D+25.6
1978 George Busbee (D) D+61.3
1974 George Busbee (D) D+38.2
1970 Jimmy Carter (D) D+18.7
1966 Lester Maddox (D) R+0.3
1962 Carl E. Sanders (D) D+99.9
1958 S. Ernest Vandiver (D) D+100.0
1954 S. Marvin Griffin (D) D+100.0
1950 Herman Talmadge (D) D+98.4
1948 Herman Talmadge (D) D+97.5
1946 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+98.6
1942 Ellis Arnall (D) D+96.3
1940 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+99.6
1938 Eurith D. Rivers (D) D+94.3
1936 Eurith D. Rivers (D) D+99.7
1934 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+100.0
1932 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+100.0
1930 Richard Russell Jr. (D) D+100.0
1928 Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D) D+100.0
1926 Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D) D+100.0
1924 Clifford Walker (D) D+100.0
1922 Clifford Walker (D) D+100.0
1920 Thomas W. Hardwick (D) D+100.0
1918 Hugh Dorsey (D) D+100.0
1916 Hugh Dorsey (D) D+93.5
1914 Nathaniel Edwin Harris (D) D+100.0
1912 John M. Slaton (D) level
1910 Hoke Smith (D) D+84.8
1908 Joseph Mackey Brown (D) D+90.5
1906 Hoke Smith (D) D+99.8
1904 Joseph M. Terrell (D) D+100.0
1902 Joseph M. Terrell (D) D+93.6
1900 Allen D. Candler (D) D+78.6
1898 Allen D. Candler (D) D+69.7
1896 William Y. Atkinson (D) D+58.9
1894 William Y. Atkinson (D) D+55.6
1892 William J. Northen (D) D+66.6
1890 William J. Northen (D) D+99.3
1888 John B. Gordon (D) D+100.0
1886 John B. Gordon (D) D+99.2
1884 Henry Dickerson McDaniel (D) D+100.0
1882 Alexander H. Stephens (D) D+70.6
1880 Alfred Holt Colquitt (D) D+64.9
1876 Alfred Holt Colquitt (D) D+53.8
1872 James Milton Smith (D) D+38.9
1868 Rufus B. Bullock (R) R+4.5
1865 Charles J. Jenkins (D) D+98.2