1956 Texas gubernatorial election

1956 Texas gubernatorial election

November 6, 1956

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

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

Democratic

Democratic primary results

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

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