1956 Governor

30 contests

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30 contests|D won 16|R won 14

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Arizona	McFarlandDEM	59.5%	171,848	GriffenREP	40.5%	116,744	D+19.1	↑ D+39.4
▶	Arkansas	FaubusDEM	80.7%	321,797	MitchellREP	19.4%	77,215	D+61.3	↓ R+13.5
▶	Colorado	McNicholsDEM	51.3%	331,283	BrotzmanREP	48.7%	313,950	D+2.7	↑ D+17.4
▶	Delaware	BoggsREP	52.0%	91,965	McConnellDEM	48.0%	85,047	R+3.9	↑ D+0.3
▶	Florida	CollinsDEM	73.7%	747,753	WashburnREP	26.3%	266,980	D+47.4	↓ R+2.3
▶	Illinois	StrattonREP	50.5%	2,178,432	AustinDEM	49.5%	2,134,909	R+1.0	↑ D+4.2
▶	Indiana	HandleyREP	55.6%	1,086,868	TuckerDEM	44.0%	859,393	R+11.6	↑ D+0.5
▶	Iowa	LovelessDEM	51.2%	616,852	HoeghREP	48.8%	587,383	D+2.5	↑ D+6.6
▶	Kansas	DockingDEM	55.5%	479,701	ShawREP	42.1%	364,340	D+13.3	↑ D+28.0
▶	Louisiana	LongDEM	100.0%	172,291	—	—	—	D+100.0	→ Even
▶	Maine	MuskieDEM	59.2%	180,254	TraftonREP	40.8%	124,395	D+18.3	↑ D+53.4
▶	Massachusetts	FurcoloDEM	52.8%	1,234,618	WhittierREP	46.9%	1,096,759	D+5.9	↑ D+6.5
▶	Michigan	WilliamsDEM	54.6%	1,666,689	CoboREP	45.1%	1,376,376	D+9.5	↑ D+9.2
▶	Minnesota	FreemanDEM	51.4%	731,180	NelsenREP	48.2%	685,196	D+3.2	↑ D+14.6
▶	Missouri	BlairDEM	52.1%	941,528	HockerREP	47.9%	866,810	D+4.1	↓ R+3.6
▶	Montana	AronsonREP	51.4%	138,878	OlsenDEM	48.6%	131,488	R+2.7	↓ R+0.8
▶	Nebraska	AndersonREP	54.3%	308,285	SorrellDEM	40.2%	228,048	R+14.1	↑ D+8.7
▶	New Hampshire	DwinellREP	54.7%	141,578	ShawDEM	45.3%	117,117	R+9.5	↑ D+16.8
▶	New Mexico	MechemREP	45.7%	115,060	SimmsDEM	41.9%	105,436	R+3.8	↑ D+4.2
▶	North Carolina	HodgesDEM	67.0%	760,480	HayesREP	33.0%	375,379	D+33.9	↓ R+1.1
▶	North Dakota	DavisREP	58.5%	147,566	WarnerDEM	41.5%	104,869	R+16.9	↑ D+40.6
▶	Ohio	O'NeillREP	56.0%	1,984,988	DisalleDEM	44.0%	1,557,103	R+12.1	↓ R+23.9
▶	Rhode Island	RobertsDEM	50.1%	192,315	SestoREP	49.9%	191,604	D+0.2	↓ R+5.0
▶	South Dakota	FossREP	54.4%	158,819	HersethDEM	45.6%	133,198	R+8.8	↑ D+31.5
▶	Texas	DanielDEM	78.4%	1,433,051	BryantREP	14.8%	271,088	D+63.6	↓ R+36.4
▶	Utah	ClydeREP	38.2%	127,164	RomneyDEM	33.4%	111,297	R+4.8	↑ D+5.4
▶	Vermont	JohnsonREP	57.5%	88,379	BranonDEM	42.5%	65,420	R+14.9	↓ R+2.8
▶	Washington	RoselliniDEM	54.6%	616,773	AndersonREP	45.0%	508,041	D+9.6	↑ D+14.9
▶	West Virginia	UnderwoodREP	53.9%	440,502	MollohanDEM	46.1%	377,121	R+7.8	↓ R+10.8
▶	Wisconsin	ThomsonREP	51.9%	808,273	ProxmireDEM	48.1%	749,421	R+3.8	↑ D+21.4

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