1956 Arizona gubernatorial election
County resultsMcFarland: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
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 Horace B. Griffen in the general election by a wide margin.
County
Ernest W. McFarland
Horace B. Griffen
Margin
Total votes[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 [ edit ]
^ 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
