1958 Texas gubernatorial election

1958 Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary election

November 4, 1958

Nominee Price Daniel Henry B. González W. Lee O'Daniel Party Democratic Democratic Democratic Popular vote 799,107 246,969 238,767 Percentage 60.7% 18.8% 18.1%

County results Daniel:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% González:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      >90% O'Daniel:      60-70%

Governor before election Price Daniel Democratic Elected Governor Price Daniel Democratic

The 1958 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1958, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic governor Price Daniel was reelected a second term, winning 88% of the vote to Republican Edwin Mayer's 12%.

To date, this was the last election in which a candidate for Governor of Texas received more than 75% of the vote.

Primaries

Democratic

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Price Daniel (incumbent)	799,107	60.65%
	Democratic	Henry B. González	246,969	18.75%
	Democratic	W. Lee O'Daniel	238,767	18.12%
	Democratic	Joe A. Irwin	33,643	2.55%
Total votes			1,317,492	100.00%

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Price Daniel (incumbent)	695,779	88.09%
	Republican	Edwin S. Mayer	94,086	11.91%
Total votes			789,865	100.00%
	Democratic hold