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1956 Arizona gubernatorial election

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1956 Arizona gubernatorial election

← 1954 November 6, 1956 1958 →
 
Nominee Ernest McFarland Horace B. Griffen
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 171,848 116,744
Percentage 59.5% 40.5%

County results
McFarland:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Ernest McFarland
Democratic

Elected Governor

Ernest McFarland
Democratic

The 1956 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Governor Ernest McFarland ran for reelection to a second term. Ernest McFarland defeated longtime The Arizona Republic journalist and Republican nominee Horace B. Griffen in the general election by a wide margin.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ernest W. McFarland (incumbent) 116,924 100.00%
Total votes 116,924 100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Horace B. Griffen 20,471 45.97%
Republican O. D. Miller 17,858 40.11%
Republican Fred Trump 6,199 13.92%
Total votes 44,528 100.00%

General election

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Results

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Arizona gubernatorial election, 1956[2][a][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ernest W. McFarland (incumbent) 171,848 59.55% +7.04%
Republican Horace B. Griffen 116,744 40.45% −7.04%
Majority 55,104 19.09%
Total votes 288,592 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing +14.08%

Results by county

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County Ernest W. McFarland
Democratic
Horace B. Griffen
Republican
Margin Total votes
cast[2][3]
# % # % # %
Apache 1,693 63.79% 961 39.21% 732 27.58% 2,654
Cochise 8,601 71.18% 3,482 28.82% 5,119 42.37% 12,083
Coconino 3,840 60.42% 2,516 39.58% 1,324 20.83% 6,356
Gila 6,036 73.06% 2,226 26.94% 3,810 46.11% 8,262
Graham 2,655 66.89% 1,314 33.11% 1,341 33.79% 3,969
Greenlee 3,408 78.08% 957 21.92% 2,451 56.15% 4,365
Maricopa 79,404 54.38% 66,622 45.62% 12,782 8.75% 146,026
Mohave 1,706 68.35% 790 31.65% 916 36.70% 2,496
Navajo 3,472 58.36% 2,477 41.64% 995 16.73% 5,949
Pima 38,615 62.36% 23,310 37.64% 15,305 24.72% 61,925
Pinal 7,639 69.93% 3,285 30.07% 4,354 39.86% 10,924
Santa Cruz 2,018 73.52% 727 26.48% 1,291 47.03% 2,745
Yavapai 5,543 56.67% 4,238 43.33% 1,305 13.34% 9,781
Yuma 7,218 65.28% 3,839 34.72% 3,379 30.56% 11,057
Totals 171,848 59.55% 116,744 40.45% 55,104 19.09% 288,592

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Arizona State Library has digitized the original 1956 returns, but has not published them on AZ Memory, though it will provide a pdf upon request

References

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  1. ^ a b "Official Canvass Primary Election - September 11, 1956". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Arizona Secretary of State, Official Canvass General Election - November 7, 1956
  3. ^ a b Bill Turnbow's 1957 Arizona Political Almanac. Phoenix, Arizona: Sims Printing Co. p. 37. Retrieved July 13, 2024.