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Election 1958 Results

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1958 Oklahoma governor election

J. Howard Edmondson (Democrat) beat Phil Ferguson (Republican) in Oklahoma in 1958, 74.1% to 19.9%, a margin of 54.2 points and 292,009 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1954, when Raymond Gary won.

Democrats led in 77 of the 77 counties as they stood then. The largest, Tulsa, cast 89,702 votes and went to the Democrat by 52.8 points. The closest was Harper, where 163 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
J. Howard Edmondson won	Democratic	399,504	74.1%
Phil Ferguson	Republican	107,495	19.9%
D. A. Bryce	Independent	31,840	5.9%
Total		538,839

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Tulsa	66,564 74.2%	19,185 21.4%	3,953	89,702	D+52.8
Oklahoma	52,472 68.2%	16,012 20.8%	8,477	76,961	D+47.4
Kay	12,126 70.5%	4,201 24.4%	867	17,194	D+46.1
Garfield	10,181 64.1%	4,389 27.6%	1,322	15,892	D+36.4
Muskogee	11,596 84.8%	1,840 13.4%	246	13,682	D+71.3
Washington	9,345 70.5%	3,321 25.1%	582	13,248	D+45.5
Comanche	11,053 87.6%	997 7.9%	572	12,622	D+79.7
Pottawatomie	8,007 80.4%	1,408 14.1%	550	9,965	D+66.2
Creek	6,966 75.3%	1,898 20.5%	385	9,249	D+54.8
Payne	6,309 69.0%	2,180 23.8%	656	9,145	D+45.2
Pittsburg	7,970 90.7%	673 7.7%	140	8,783	D+83.1
Carter	7,364 88.8%	713 8.6%	215	8,292	D+80.2
Osage	6,237 75.7%	1,519 18.4%	488	8,244	D+57.2
Okmulgee	6,465 82.2%	1,157 14.7%	246	7,868	D+67.5
Cleveland	5,734 75.1%	1,258 16.5%	644	7,636	D+58.6
Lincoln	5,179 69.1%	1,927 25.7%	384	7,490	D+43.4
Canadian	5,055 70.1%	1,545 21.4%	612	7,212	D+48.7
Caddo	5,138 72.0%	1,327 18.6%	672	7,137	D+53.4
Ottawa	5,239 73.8%	1,688 23.8%	176	7,103	D+50.0
Stephens	5,601 81.2%	935 13.5%	366	6,902	D+67.6
Logan	4,199 64.1%	1,614 24.6%	740	6,553	D+39.4
Mayes	4,603 73.1%	1,524 24.2%	166	6,293	D+48.9
Grady	4,917 80.7%	773 12.7%	405	6,095	D+68.0
Le Flore	4,859 84.9%	772 13.5%	95	5,726	D+71.4
Seminole	4,489 79.6%	865 15.3%	286	5,640	D+64.3
Pontotoc	4,707 84.7%	626 11.3%	224	5,557	D+73.4
Wagoner	3,591 72.9%	1,213 24.6%	122	4,926	D+48.3
Adair	3,136 64.9%	1,651 34.2%	43	4,830	D+30.7
Garvin	4,020 84.2%	521 10.9%	232	4,773	D+73.3
Bryan	4,253 91.4%	352 7.6%	48	4,653	D+83.8
Rogers	3,553 77.2%	845 18.3%	207	4,605	D+58.8
Delaware	3,157 69.6%	1,285 28.3%	94	4,536	D+41.3
Craig	3,264 72.2%	1,120 24.8%	135	4,519	D+47.4
Jackson	3,820 85.8%	403 9.1%	229	4,452	D+76.8
Nowata	3,021 69.4%	1,075 24.7%	260	4,356	D+44.7
Noble	2,727 64.2%	1,276 30.0%	246	4,249	D+34.1
Blaine	2,459 58.0%	1,411 33.3%	372	4,242	D+24.7
Cherokee	3,397 80.3%	792 18.7%	44	4,233	D+61.5
McCurtain	3,913 92.7%	263 6.2%	43	4,219	D+86.5
Custer	3,025 71.7%	911 21.6%	282	4,218	D+50.1
Kiowa	2,092 49.7%	971 23.1%	1,149	4,212	D+26.6
Woods	2,513 59.7%	1,304 31.0%	395	4,212	D+28.7
Woodward	2,013 49.2%	1,766 43.2%	313	4,092	D+6.0
Kingfisher	2,064 50.9%	1,636 40.4%	354	4,054	D+10.6
Pawnee	2,576 65.1%	1,147 29.0%	236	3,959	D+36.1
Sequoyah	3,241 85.2%	530 13.9%	34	3,805	D+71.2
Grant	2,385 64.3%	1,065 28.7%	262	3,712	D+35.6
Alfalfa	1,881 53.0%	1,268 35.8%	397	3,546	D+17.3
Beckham	2,659 78.9%	537 15.9%	173	3,369	D+63.0
Texas	2,296 68.4%	839 25.0%	221	3,356	D+43.4
Hughes	2,865 86.1%	362 10.9%	102	3,329	D+75.2
McIntosh	2,587 86.3%	366 12.2%	45	2,998	D+74.1
Tillman	2,473 84.3%	351 12.0%	111	2,935	D+72.3
Okfuskee	2,336 82.4%	357 12.6%	142	2,835	D+69.8
Choctaw	2,544 91.4%	197 7.1%	41	2,782	D+84.4
McClain	2,435 87.6%	235 8.5%	111	2,781	D+79.1
Washita	1,890 70.2%	479 17.8%	324	2,693	D+52.4
Pushmataha	2,358 91.0%	214 8.3%	20	2,592	D+82.7
Major	1,294 50.0%	974 37.6%	319	2,587	D+12.4
Dewey	1,557 63.9%	746 30.6%	135	2,438	D+33.3
Atoka	2,068 85.3%	271 11.2%	86	2,425	D+74.1
Murray	2,106 87.1%	213 8.8%	98	2,417	D+78.3
Ellis	1,318 56.9%	824 35.6%	175	2,317	D+21.3
Marshall	1,952 93.1%	106 5.1%	38	2,096	D+88.1
Johnston	1,812 90.0%	155 7.7%	47	2,014	D+82.3
Latimer	1,678 86.1%	235 12.1%	37	1,950	D+74.0
Cotton	1,625 85.4%	230 12.1%	47	1,902	D+73.3
Haskell	1,581 85.5%	244 13.2%	24	1,849	D+72.3
Greer	1,367 77.2%	292 16.5%	111	1,770	D+60.7
Jefferson	1,471 89.4%	152 9.2%	23	1,646	D+80.1
Beaver	788 53.2%	585 39.5%	107	1,480	D+13.7
Harper	742 51.6%	579 40.2%	118	1,439	D+11.3
Coal	1,265 88.6%	123 8.6%	39	1,427	D+80.0
Love	1,311 94.0%	66 4.7%	17	1,394	D+89.3
Roger Mills	920 75.4%	233 19.1%	67	1,220	D+56.3
Cimarron	758 67.3%	294 26.1%	74	1,126	D+41.2
Harmon	972 90.2%	84 7.8%	22	1,078	D+82.4

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.

Oklahoma governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2022	Kevin Stitt (R)	R+13.7
2018	Kevin Stitt (R)	R+12.1
2014	Mary Fallin (R)	R+14.8
2010	Mary Fallin (R)	R+20.9
2006	Brad Henry (D)	D+33.0
2002	Brad Henry (D)	D+0.7
1998	Frank Keating (R)	R+16.9
1994	Frank Keating (R)	R+17.3
1990	David Walters (D)	D+24.7
1986	Henry Bellmon (R)	R+2.9
1982	George Nigh (D)	D+24.5
1978	George Nigh (D)	D+4.5
1974	David L. Boren (D)	D+27.8
1970	David Hall (D)	D+0.3
1966	Dewey F. Bartlett (R)	R+11.9
1962	Henry Louis Bellmon (R)	R+10.8
1958	J. Howard Edmondson (D)	D+54.2
1954	Raymond Gary (D)	D+17.3
1950	Johnston Murray (D)	D+2.5
1946	Roy J. Turner (D)	D+6.5
1942	Robert S. Kerr (D)	D+4.3
1938	Leon C. Phillips (D)	D+40.7
1934	Ernest W. Marland (D)	D+19.4
1930	William H. Murray (D)	D+18.3
1926	Henry S. Johnston (D)	D+10.7
1922	John Calloway Walton (D)	D+9.7
1918	James B.A. Robertson (D)	D+10.9
1914	Robert L. Williams (D)	D+1.9
1910	Lee Cruce (D)	D+8.4
1907	Charles N. Haskell (D)	D+10.6

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