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Election 1958 Results

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1958 Texas governor election

Price Daniel (Democrat) beat Edwin S. Mayer (Republican) in Texas in 1958, 88.1% to 11.9%, a margin of 76.2 points and 600,937 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1956, when Price Daniel also won.

Democrats led in 254 of the 254 counties as they stood then. The largest, Dallas, cast 111,958 votes and went to the Democrat by 57.2 points. The closest was Loving, where 71 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 695,035 88.1%
Edwin S. Mayer Republican 94,098 11.9%
Total789,133

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dallas 88,008 78.6% 23,950 21.4% 111,958 D+57.2
Harris 88,628 83.9% 16,981 16.1% 105,609 D+67.8
Jefferson 35,973 88.8% 4,539 11.2% 40,512 D+77.6
Tarrant 34,815 88.7% 4,434 11.3% 39,249 D+77.4
Bexar 24,163 79.5% 6,213 20.5% 30,376 D+59.1
Travis 15,391 90.9% 1,533 9.1% 16,924 D+81.9
El Paso 12,743 89.7% 1,458 10.3% 14,201 D+79.5
Nueces 12,192 89.4% 1,449 10.6% 13,641 D+78.8
Galveston 10,159 86.1% 1,646 13.9% 11,805 D+72.1
Hidalgo 8,746 83.4% 1,744 16.6% 10,490 D+66.7
McLennan 9,417 94.0% 598 6.0% 10,015 D+88.1
Potter 7,263 83.1% 1,479 16.9% 8,742 D+66.2
Lubbock 6,915 91.3% 663 8.7% 7,578 D+82.5
Brazoria 6,092 87.5% 868 12.5% 6,960 D+75.1
Wichita 6,347 91.9% 562 8.1% 6,909 D+83.7
Smith 5,699 91.9% 499 8.1% 6,198 D+83.9
Cameron 5,124 87.6% 723 12.4% 5,847 D+75.3
Tom Green 4,313 75.8% 1,378 24.2% 5,691 D+51.6
Taylor 4,798 89.3% 573 10.7% 5,371 D+78.7
Grayson 5,029 94.6% 286 5.4% 5,315 D+89.2
Bell 4,695 96.7% 160 3.3% 4,855 D+93.4
Brazos 4,511 94.1% 285 5.9% 4,796 D+88.1
Midland 3,468 73.8% 1,230 26.2% 4,698 D+47.6
Orange 4,114 95.6% 191 4.4% 4,305 D+91.1
Gregg 3,707 86.6% 574 13.4% 4,281 D+73.2
Angelina 4,088 96.5% 149 3.5% 4,237 D+93.0
Ellis 4,001 96.9% 127 3.1% 4,128 D+93.8
Ector 3,224 81.2% 745 18.8% 3,969 D+62.5
Bowie 3,742 96.1% 150 3.9% 3,892 D+92.3
Webb 3,649 94.5% 211 5.5% 3,860 D+89.1
Guadalupe 3,062 81.4% 701 18.6% 3,763 D+62.7
Duval 3,680 98.0% 74 2.0% 3,754 D+96.1
Denton 3,340 92.8% 261 7.2% 3,601 D+85.5
Cherokee 3,455 97.1% 104 2.9% 3,559 D+94.2
Randall 2,870 85.0% 507 15.0% 3,377 D+70.0
Wharton 3,130 94.2% 194 5.8% 3,324 D+88.3
Rusk 3,034 94.0% 194 6.0% 3,228 D+88.0
Hutchinson 2,654 83.8% 512 16.2% 3,166 D+67.7
Gray 2,651 87.8% 368 12.2% 3,019 D+75.6
Collin 2,850 94.8% 157 5.2% 3,007 D+89.6
Limestone 2,898 98.3% 50 1.7% 2,948 D+96.6
Navarro 2,790 95.6% 129 4.4% 2,919 D+91.2
Hunt 2,781 96.1% 112 3.9% 2,893 D+92.3
Montgomery 2,643 95.3% 130 4.7% 2,773 D+90.6
Liberty 2,586 94.9% 138 5.1% 2,724 D+89.9
Williamson 2,514 95.0% 132 5.0% 2,646 D+90.0
Brown 2,442 93.0% 183 7.0% 2,625 D+86.1
Nacogdoches 2,527 97.5% 66 2.5% 2,593 D+94.9
Johnson 2,369 91.8% 211 8.2% 2,580 D+83.6
Lamar 2,464 96.1% 101 3.9% 2,565 D+92.1
Howard 2,376 93.2% 172 6.8% 2,548 D+86.5
Harrison 2,238 90.6% 232 9.4% 2,470 D+81.2
Anderson 2,366 96.3% 92 3.7% 2,458 D+92.5
Eastland 2,252 92.3% 189 7.7% 2,441 D+84.5
Upshur 2,317 96.3% 88 3.7% 2,405 D+92.7
Hill 2,332 98.0% 48 2.0% 2,380 D+96.0
Kerr 1,950 82.3% 420 17.7% 2,370 D+64.6
Leon 2,329 98.4% 38 1.6% 2,367 D+96.8
Fort Bend 2,178 94.0% 139 6.0% 2,317 D+88.0
Milam 2,220 96.1% 91 3.9% 2,311 D+92.1
Henderson 2,231 96.7% 77 3.3% 2,308 D+93.3
Victoria 2,031 88.0% 277 12.0% 2,308 D+76.0
Starr 2,272 99.7% 6 0.3% 2,278 D+99.5
Cooke 2,093 92.6% 167 7.4% 2,260 D+85.2
Fannin 2,241 99.6% 8 0.4% 2,249 D+99.3
Medina 1,875 84.0% 356 16.0% 2,231 D+68.1
San Patricio 2,033 93.9% 132 6.1% 2,165 D+87.8
Cass 2,057 97.3% 56 2.7% 2,113 D+94.7
Kaufman 1,998 94.6% 115 5.4% 2,113 D+89.1
Fayette 1,984 94.1% 125 5.9% 2,109 D+88.1
Hale 1,976 94.2% 121 5.8% 2,097 D+88.5
Wise 1,978 94.6% 112 5.4% 2,090 D+89.3
Parker 1,906 92.8% 148 7.2% 2,054 D+85.6
Shelby 1,988 97.7% 47 2.3% 2,035 D+95.4
Van Zandt 1,954 96.2% 77 3.8% 2,031 D+92.4
Coryell 1,942 96.0% 80 4.0% 2,022 D+92.1
Jasper 1,966 97.3% 54 2.7% 2,020 D+94.7
Hopkins 1,883 96.5% 68 3.5% 1,951 D+93.0
Erath 1,794 92.1% 153 7.9% 1,947 D+84.3
Nolan 1,827 94.3% 110 5.7% 1,937 D+88.6
Comal 1,621 83.7% 315 16.3% 1,936 D+67.5
Gaines 1,875 97.7% 45 2.3% 1,920 D+95.3
Wood 1,824 95.1% 93 4.9% 1,917 D+90.3
Lavaca 1,764 94.0% 112 6.0% 1,876 D+88.1
Matagorda 1,719 92.3% 144 7.7% 1,863 D+84.5
Gillespie 1,142 62.1% 696 37.9% 1,838 D+24.3
Jim Wells 1,760 96.5% 63 3.5% 1,823 D+93.1
Red River 1,750 97.2% 51 2.8% 1,801 D+94.3
Hardin 1,674 95.8% 74 4.2% 1,748 D+91.5
Wilbarger 1,662 95.7% 74 4.3% 1,736 D+91.5
Falls 1,640 94.8% 90 5.2% 1,730 D+89.6
Hockley 1,624 94.2% 100 5.8% 1,724 D+88.4
Fisher 1,640 98.1% 31 1.9% 1,671 D+96.3
Young 1,577 94.6% 90 5.4% 1,667 D+89.2
Lamb 1,586 96.0% 66 4.0% 1,652 D+92.0
Jones 1,579 96.6% 55 3.4% 1,634 D+93.3
Bastrop 1,549 96.1% 63 3.9% 1,612 D+92.2
Panola 1,568 97.3% 43 2.7% 1,611 D+94.7
Polk 1,545 97.4% 41 2.6% 1,586 D+94.8
Caldwell 1,524 96.5% 56 3.5% 1,580 D+92.9
Robertson 1,508 96.5% 55 3.5% 1,563 D+93.0
Houston 1,506 96.4% 56 3.6% 1,562 D+92.8
Coleman 1,447 94.7% 81 5.3% 1,528 D+89.4
Bosque 1,425 93.7% 96 6.3% 1,521 D+87.4
Montague 1,423 95.3% 70 4.7% 1,493 D+90.6
Scurry 1,357 93.1% 101 6.9% 1,458 D+86.1
Terry 1,401 96.6% 50 3.4% 1,451 D+93.1
De Witt 1,294 89.8% 147 10.2% 1,441 D+79.6
Colorado 1,290 90.7% 132 9.3% 1,422 D+81.4
Kleberg 1,292 91.6% 119 8.4% 1,411 D+83.1
Freestone 1,327 95.5% 62 4.5% 1,389 D+91.1
Gonzales 1,358 97.8% 30 2.2% 1,388 D+95.7
Wheeler 1,288 93.8% 85 6.2% 1,373 D+87.6
Karnes 1,318 97.1% 39 2.9% 1,357 D+94.3
Titus 1,304 96.3% 50 3.7% 1,354 D+92.6
Comanche 1,265 93.9% 82 6.1% 1,347 D+87.8
Kendall 942 70.8% 388 29.2% 1,330 D+41.7
Haskell 1,283 97.5% 33 2.5% 1,316 D+95.0
Hays 1,244 94.7% 69 5.3% 1,313 D+89.5
Runnels 1,157 88.9% 144 11.1% 1,301 D+77.9
Washington 1,206 95.8% 53 4.2% 1,259 D+91.6
Wilson 1,161 93.0% 88 7.0% 1,249 D+85.9
Newton 1,189 98.8% 15 1.2% 1,204 D+97.5
Moore 1,035 87.2% 152 12.8% 1,187 D+74.4
Archer 1,143 96.7% 39 3.3% 1,182 D+93.4
Palo Pinto 1,048 89.2% 127 10.8% 1,175 D+78.4
Dawson 1,104 94.4% 65 5.6% 1,169 D+88.9
Morris 1,116 95.5% 53 4.5% 1,169 D+90.9
Refugio 1,074 93.7% 72 6.3% 1,146 D+87.4
Mitchell 1,090 95.6% 50 4.4% 1,140 D+91.2
Uvalde 972 86.9% 146 13.1% 1,118 D+73.9
Hamilton 1,029 92.3% 86 7.7% 1,115 D+84.6
Stephens 994 90.0% 111 10.0% 1,105 D+79.9
Austin 1,013 92.0% 88 8.0% 1,101 D+84.0
Bee 1,004 91.6% 92 8.4% 1,096 D+83.2
Atascosa 1,033 94.3% 62 5.7% 1,095 D+88.7
Swisher 1,005 92.0% 87 8.0% 1,092 D+84.1
Floyd 1,042 96.0% 43 4.0% 1,085 D+92.1
Walker 1,027 96.0% 43 4.0% 1,070 D+92.0
Burnet 982 91.9% 87 8.1% 1,069 D+83.7
Jackson 1,002 94.3% 61 5.7% 1,063 D+88.5
Tyler 1,013 95.8% 44 4.2% 1,057 D+91.7
Clay 971 94.3% 59 5.7% 1,030 D+88.5
Ward 962 93.5% 67 6.5% 1,029 D+87.0
Childress 942 94.5% 55 5.5% 997 D+89.0
Blanco 863 86.9% 130 13.1% 993 D+73.8
Andrews 924 94.1% 58 5.9% 982 D+88.2
Winkler 905 92.3% 75 7.7% 980 D+84.7
Burleson 961 98.2% 18 1.8% 979 D+96.3
Pecos 949 98.0% 19 2.0% 968 D+96.1
Calhoun 901 93.5% 63 6.5% 964 D+86.9
McCulloch 890 92.6% 71 7.4% 961 D+85.2
Willacy 890 93.2% 65 6.8% 955 D+86.4
Ochiltree 869 91.7% 79 8.3% 948 D+83.3
San Saba 911 96.1% 37 3.9% 948 D+92.2
Parmer 903 95.4% 44 4.6% 947 D+90.7
Deaf Smith 852 90.1% 94 9.9% 946 D+80.1
Brooks 881 95.8% 39 4.2% 920 D+91.5
Lynn 886 97.3% 25 2.7% 911 D+94.5
Grimes 863 96.1% 35 3.9% 898 D+92.2
Reeves 806 90.0% 90 10.0% 896 D+79.9
Bailey 818 91.7% 74 8.3% 892 D+83.4
Val Verde 755 84.6% 137 15.4% 892 D+69.3
Crosby 853 96.4% 32 3.6% 885 D+92.8
Castro 847 96.4% 32 3.6% 879 D+92.7
Jack 788 91.8% 70 8.2% 858 D+83.7
Waller 793 92.5% 64 7.5% 857 D+85.1
Callahan 804 95.0% 42 5.0% 846 D+90.1
Hall 796 97.3% 22 2.7% 818 D+94.6
Upton 726 91.4% 68 8.6% 794 D+82.9
Camp 771 97.3% 21 2.7% 792 D+94.7
Maverick 749 95.5% 35 4.5% 784 D+91.1
Hardeman 750 95.9% 32 4.1% 782 D+91.8
Carson 699 89.5% 82 10.5% 781 D+79.0
Lampasas 699 91.9% 62 8.1% 761 D+83.7
Lee 720 95.6% 33 4.4% 753 D+91.2
Knox 722 97.6% 18 2.4% 740 D+95.1
Yoakum 702 95.1% 36 4.9% 738 D+90.2
Collingsworth 711 96.6% 25 3.4% 736 D+93.2
Chambers 691 94.9% 37 5.1% 728 D+89.8
Dallam 641 88.4% 84 11.6% 725 D+76.8
Hemphill 667 93.4% 47 6.6% 714 D+86.8
San Augustine 699 98.0% 14 2.0% 713 D+96.1
Trinity 674 96.4% 25 3.6% 699 D+92.8
Dickens 658 97.1% 20 2.9% 678 D+94.1
Sabine 669 98.7% 9 1.3% 678 D+97.3
Hood 626 94.7% 35 5.3% 661 D+89.4
Marion 628 95.3% 31 4.7% 659 D+90.6
Franklin 636 97.5% 16 2.5% 652 D+95.1
Coke 604 93.1% 45 6.9% 649 D+86.1
Madison 627 97.4% 17 2.6% 644 D+94.7
Frio 591 92.3% 49 7.7% 640 D+84.7
Delta 627 98.1% 12 1.9% 639 D+96.2
Crane 577 91.6% 53 8.4% 630 D+83.2
Cochran 595 95.5% 28 4.5% 623 D+91.0
Mills 575 92.4% 47 7.6% 622 D+84.9
Martin 599 96.8% 20 3.2% 619 D+93.5
Shackelford 573 93.0% 43 7.0% 616 D+86.0
Llano 579 95.1% 30 4.9% 609 D+90.1
Jim Hogg 605 99.5% 3 0.5% 608 D+99.0
Donley 555 93.4% 39 6.6% 594 D+86.9
Baylor 558 97.0% 17 3.0% 575 D+94.1
Cottle 548 95.5% 26 4.5% 574 D+90.9
Hansford 514 90.2% 56 9.8% 570 D+80.4
Brewster 500 88.2% 67 11.8% 567 D+76.4
Zavala 505 93.2% 37 6.8% 542 D+86.3
Kimble 420 78.2% 117 21.8% 537 D+56.4
Rockwall 517 96.3% 20 3.7% 537 D+92.6
Sutton 307 58.4% 219 41.6% 526 D+16.7
Mason 403 77.8% 115 22.2% 518 D+55.6
Lipscomb 430 84.6% 78 15.4% 508 D+69.3
Somervell 462 92.8% 36 7.2% 498 D+85.5
La Salle 474 96.9% 15 3.1% 489 D+93.9
Presidio 441 93.2% 32 6.8% 473 D+86.5
Live Oak 438 92.8% 34 7.2% 472 D+85.6
Bandera 396 84.3% 74 15.7% 470 D+68.5
Dimmit 439 94.2% 27 5.8% 466 D+88.4
Reagan 428 91.8% 38 8.2% 466 D+83.7
Kent 461 99.8% 1 0.2% 462 D+99.6
Garza 431 94.1% 27 5.9% 458 D+88.2
Menard 342 77.0% 102 23.0% 444 D+54.1
Motley 427 98.6% 6 1.4% 433 D+97.2
Zapata 393 92.0% 34 8.0% 427 D+84.1
San Jacinto 403 95.5% 19 4.5% 422 D+91.0
Concho 351 87.1% 52 12.9% 403 D+74.2
Stonewall 392 97.5% 10 2.5% 402 D+95.0
Foard 365 94.6% 21 5.4% 386 D+89.1
Sherman 353 91.7% 32 8.3% 385 D+83.4
Aransas 346 91.8% 31 8.2% 377 D+83.6
Edwards 297 79.4% 77 20.6% 374 D+58.8
Throckmorton 362 97.8% 8 2.2% 370 D+95.7
Terrell 324 87.8% 45 12.2% 369 D+75.6
Rains 350 95.4% 17 4.6% 367 D+90.7
Schleicher 280 76.5% 86 23.5% 366 D+53.0
Oldham 329 91.4% 31 8.6% 360 D+82.8
Briscoe 345 97.2% 10 2.8% 355 D+94.4
Armstrong 335 96.0% 14 4.0% 349 D+92.0
Crockett 279 80.9% 66 19.1% 345 D+61.7
Goliad 286 87.7% 40 12.3% 326 D+75.5
Hartley 282 93.4% 20 6.6% 302 D+86.8
Irion 209 77.7% 60 22.3% 269 D+55.4
Hudspeth 246 95.7% 11 4.3% 257 D+91.4
Culberson 231 93.9% 15 6.1% 246 D+87.8
Real 201 85.9% 33 14.1% 234 D+71.8
Glasscock 179 91.8% 16 8.2% 195 D+83.6
Kinney 167 87.4% 24 12.6% 191 D+74.9
Sterling 168 90.3% 18 9.7% 186 D+80.6
Roberts 157 85.8% 26 14.2% 183 D+71.6
Borden 173 96.1% 7 3.9% 180 D+92.2
Jeff Davis 133 86.4% 21 13.6% 154 D+72.7
McMullen 151 98.1% 3 1.9% 154 D+96.1
King 128 97.7% 3 2.3% 131 D+95.4
Kenedy 93 94.9% 5 5.1% 98 D+89.8
Loving 83 87.4% 12 12.6% 95 D+74.7

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.

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