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Arizona gubernatorial election, 1956

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November 6, 1956
  
1958 →

59.55%
  
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171,848
  
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Arizona gubernatorial election, 1956

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.

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Candidates

  • Ernest McFarland, incumbent Governor

    • Candidates

  • Horace B. Griffen, The Arizona Republic journalist
  • O. D. Miller, State Senator
  • Fred Trump, U. S. Government Staff Consultant to the Anglo American Council on Productivity

    • References

    Arizona gubernatorial election, 1956 Wikipedia
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