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1956 Texas gubernatorial election

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← 1954

November 6, 1956

1958 →


Nominee	Price Daniel	William R. Bryant	W. Lee O'Daniel (write-in)
Party	Democratic	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,350,736	261,283	110,234
Percentage	78.3%	15.2%	6.4%

County results
Daniel: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
No Vote:

Governor before election

Allan Shivers
Democratic

Elected Governor

Price Daniel
Democratic

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The 1956 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic Governor Allan Shivers did not run for a fourth term. Senator Price Daniel won the election with over 78% of the vote.

Primaries[edit]

Democratic[edit]

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Price Daniel	628,914	39.88%
	Democratic	Ralph Yarborough	463,416	29.39%
	Democratic	W. Lee O'Daniel	347,757	22.05%
	Democratic	J. Evetts Haley	88,772	5.63%
	Democratic	Reuben Senterfitt	37,774	2.40%
	Democratic	J. J. Holmes	10,165	0.64%
Total votes			1,576,870	100.00%

Runoff results by county

Daniel

Daniel—80–90%
Daniel—70–80%
Daniel—60–70%
Daniel—50–60%

Yarborough

Yarborough—50–60%
Yarborough—60–70%
Yarborough—70–80%
Yarborough—80–90%
Yarborough—>90%

Democratic runoff results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Price Daniel	698,001	50.11%
	Democratic	Ralph Yarborough	694,830	49.89%
Total votes			1,392,831	100.00%

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Price Daniel	1,350,736	78.34%
	Republican	William R. Bryant	261,283	15.15%
	Write-In	W. Lee O'Daniel	110,234	6.39%
Total votes			1,724,091	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References[edit]

^ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2016.

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