1954 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
November 2, 1954
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The 1954 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Raymond Gary defeated Republican Reuben K. Sparks.[1]
Primary election
Democratic party
Seeking the Democratic nomination for the third consecutive election, former state representative William O. Coe narrowly lost a runoff race for the second consecutive election, this time to Raymond Gary, the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.
Candidates
- William O. Coe, former member of Oklahoma House of Representatives
- William C. Doenges, automobile dealership owner from Bartlesville
- O. J. Fox
- Raymond Gary, President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate
- William Gill Jr.
- Tom D. Jones
- Troy P. Jones
- Bill Logan, member of Oklahoma Senate
- N. M. Lumpkin
- B. P. Matthews
- Willie E. Murray
- Tivis Nelson
- John B. Ogden
- William A. Red Hall
- Fletcher S. Riley
- Louis H. Ritzhaupt
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William O. Coe | 159,122 | 30.47% | |
| Democratic | Raymond Gary | 156,376 | 29.95% | |
| Democratic | Bill Logan | 68,955 | 13.21% | |
| Democratic | William C. Doenges | 41,438 | 7.94% | |
| Democratic | William Gill Jr. | 31,125 | 5.96% | |
| Democratic | O. J. Fox | 25,185 | 4.82% | |
| Democratic | Willie E. Murray | 20,336 | 3.89% | |
| Democratic | Louis H. Ritzhaupt | 4,630 | 0.89% | |
| Democratic | B. P. Matthews | 4,439 | 0.85% | |
| Democratic | John B. Ogden | 3,618 | 0.69% | |
| Democratic | Troy P. Jones | 2,850 | 0.55% | |
| Democratic | William A. Red Hall | 1,289 | 0.25% | |
| Democratic | Tom D. Jones | 1,154 | 0.22% | |
| Democratic | Fletcher S. Riley | 759 | 0.15% | |
| Democratic | Tivis Nelson | 469 | 0.09% | |
| Democratic | N. M. Lumpkin | 401 | 0.08% | |
| Total votes | 522,146 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Raymond Gary | 251,920 | 51.94% | |
| Democratic | William O. Coe | 233,079 | 48.06% | |
| Total votes | 484,999 | 100.00% | ||
Republican party
Candidates
- George Thomas Balch
- Joe H. Barber
- Rexford B. Cragg
- Reuben K. Sparks
- Blanche K. Young
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Reuben K. Sparks | 30,555 | 54.78% | |
| Republican | Joe H. Barber | 6,690 | 12.00% | |
| Republican | Rexford B. Cragg | 6,475 | 11.61% | |
| Republican | Blanche K. Young | 6,042 | 10.83% | |
| Republican | George Thomas Balch | 6,011 | 10.78% | |
| Total votes | 55,773 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Raymond Gary | 357,386 | 58.67% | +7.55% | |
| Republican | Reuben K. Sparks | 251,808 | 41.33% | −7.28% | |
| Total votes | 609,194 | 100.00% | |||
| Majority | 105,578 | 17.33% | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +14.83% | |||
Results by county
| County[5] | Raymond Gary Democratic |
Reuben K. Sparks Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,988 | 61.07% | 1,905 | 38.93% | 1,083 | 22.13% | 4,893 |
| Alfalfa | 1,214 | 33.18% | 2,445 | 66.82% | -1,231 | -33.64% | 3,659 |
| Atoka | 3,017 | 76.73% | 915 | 23.27% | 2,102 | 53.46% | 3,932 |
| Beaver | 1,299 | 47.25% | 1,450 | 52.75% | -151 | -5.49% | 2,749 |
| Beckham | 3,206 | 64.47% | 1,767 | 35.53% | 1,439 | 28.94% | 4,973 |
| Blaine | 2,139 | 41.66% | 2,996 | 58.34% | -857 | -16.69% | 5,135 |
| Bryan | 6,013 | 83.69% | 1,172 | 16.31% | 4,841 | 67.38% | 7,185 |
| Caddo | 6,064 | 66.22% | 3,094 | 33.78% | 2,970 | 32.43% | 9,158 |
| Canadian | 3,622 | 49.41% | 3,708 | 50.59% | -86 | -1.17% | 7,330 |
| Carter | 7,043 | 76.74% | 2,135 | 23.26% | 4,908 | 53.48% | 9,178 |
| Cherokee | 3,693 | 61.63% | 2,299 | 38.37% | 1,394 | 23.26% | 5,992 |
| Choctaw | 3,942 | 84.38% | 730 | 15.63% | 3,212 | 68.75% | 4,672 |
| Cimarron | 1,024 | 59.16% | 707 | 40.84% | 317 | 18.31% | 1,731 |
| Cleveland | 4,994 | 60.85% | 3,213 | 39.15% | 1,781 | 21.70% | 8,207 |
| Coal | 1,714 | 81.39% | 392 | 18.61% | 1,322 | 62.77% | 2,106 |
| Comanche | 7,131 | 72.66% | 2,683 | 27.34% | 4,448 | 45.32% | 9,814 |
| Cotton | 1,988 | 79.58% | 510 | 20.42% | 1,478 | 59.17% | 2,498 |
| Craig | 3,484 | 64.21% | 1,942 | 35.79% | 1,542 | 28.42% | 5,426 |
| Creek | 7,106 | 60.04% | 4,729 | 39.96% | 2,377 | 20.08% | 11,835 |
| Custer | 3,030 | 57.23% | 2,264 | 42.77% | 766 | 14.47% | 5,294 |
| Delaware | 3,177 | 58.96% | 2,211 | 41.04% | 966 | 17.93% | 5,388 |
| Dewey | 1,400 | 46.07% | 1,639 | 53.93% | -239 | -7.86% | 3,039 |
| Ellis | 771 | 32.30% | 1,616 | 67.70% | -845 | -35.40% | 2,387 |
| Garfield | 6,308 | 36.93% | 10,774 | 63.07% | -4,466 | -26.14% | 17,082 |
| Garvin | 5,157 | 77.84% | 1,468 | 22.16% | 3,689 | 55.68% | 6,625 |
| Grady | 5,376 | 68.50% | 2,472 | 31.50% | 2,904 | 37.00% | 7,848 |
| Grant | 2,005 | 44.32% | 2,519 | 55.68% | -514 | -11.36% | 4,524 |
| Greer | 1,709 | 74.53% | 584 | 25.47% | 1,125 | 49.06% | 2,293 |
| Harmon | 1,074 | 87.46% | 154 | 12.54% | 920 | 74.92% | 1,228 |
| Harper | 940 | 38.78% | 1,484 | 61.22% | -544 | -22.44% | 2,424 |
| Haskell | 2,764 | 75.29% | 907 | 24.71% | 1,857 | 50.59% | 3,671 |
| Hughes | 3,345 | 76.63% | 1,020 | 23.37% | 2,325 | 53.26% | 4,365 |
| Jackson | 3,194 | 83.88% | 614 | 16.12% | 2,580 | 67.75% | 3,808 |
| Jefferson | 1,968 | 84.86% | 351 | 15.14% | 1,617 | 69.73% | 2,319 |
| Johnston | 2,350 | 79.18% | 618 | 20.82% | 1,732 | 58.36% | 2,968 |
| Kay | 7,678 | 46.22% | 8,933 | 53.78% | -1,255 | -7.56% | 16,611 |
| Kingfisher | 1,828 | 37.33% | 3,069 | 62.67% | -1,241 | -25.34% | 4,897 |
| Kiowa | 3,349 | 71.99% | 1,303 | 28.01% | 2,046 | 43.98% | 4,652 |
| Latimer | 2,348 | 78.35% | 649 | 21.65% | 1,699 | 56.69% | 2,997 |
| Le Flore | 5,826 | 75.97% | 1,843 | 24.03% | 3,983 | 51.94% | 7,669 |
| Lincoln | 4,245 | 54.44% | 3,552 | 45.56% | 693 | 8.89% | 7,797 |
| Logan | 3,100 | 44.47% | 3,871 | 55.53% | -771 | -11.06% | 6,971 |
| Love | 1,892 | 88.74% | 240 | 11.26% | 1,652 | 77.49% | 2,132 |
| Major | 888 | 30.50% | 2,023 | 69.50% | -1,135 | -38.99% | 2,911 |
| Marshall | 2,971 | 91.16% | 288 | 8.84% | 2,683 | 82.33% | 3,259 |
| Mayes | 4,368 | 61.24% | 2,765 | 38.76% | 1,603 | 22.47% | 7,133 |
| McClain | 2,418 | 73.45% | 874 | 26.55% | 1,544 | 46.90% | 3,292 |
| McCurtain | 4,960 | 83.26% | 997 | 16.74% | 3,963 | 66.53% | 5,957 |
| McIntosh | 2,634 | 71.58% | 1,046 | 28.42% | 1,588 | 43.15% | 3,680 |
| Murray | 2,279 | 74.31% | 788 | 25.69% | 1,491 | 48.61% | 3,067 |
| Muskogee | 9,860 | 67.80% | 4,682 | 32.20% | 5,178 | 35.61% | 14,542 |
| Noble | 2,134 | 45.48% | 2,558 | 54.52% | -424 | -9.04% | 4,692 |
| Nowata | 2,573 | 55.43% | 2,069 | 44.57% | 504 | 10.86% | 4,642 |
| Okfuskee | 2,398 | 66.91% | 1,186 | 33.09% | 1,212 | 33.82% | 3,584 |
| Oklahoma | 47,928 | 53.11% | 42,314 | 46.89% | 5,614 | 6.22% | 90,242 |
| Okmulgee | 7,717 | 68.91% | 3,482 | 31.09% | 4,235 | 37.82% | 11,199 |
| Osage | 4,991 | 58.52% | 3,538 | 41.48% | 1,453 | 17.04% | 8,529 |
| Ottawa | 5,889 | 58.95% | 4,100 | 41.05% | 1,789 | 17.91% | 9,989 |
| Pawnee | 2,420 | 51.15% | 2,311 | 48.85% | 109 | 2.30% | 4,731 |
| Payne | 5,599 | 53.07% | 4,951 | 46.93% | 648 | 6.14% | 10,550 |
| Pittsburg | 8,697 | 79.63% | 2,225 | 20.37% | 6,472 | 59.26% | 10,922 |
| Pontotoc | 5,289 | 74.02% | 1,856 | 25.98% | 3,433 | 48.05% | 7,145 |
| Pottawatomie | 7,821 | 64.51% | 4,303 | 35.49% | 3,518 | 29.02% | 12,124 |
| Pushmataha | 2,496 | 78.64% | 678 | 21.36% | 1,818 | 57.28% | 3,174 |
| Roger Mills | 1,305 | 68.72% | 594 | 31.28% | 711 | 37.44% | 1,899 |
| Rogers | 3,856 | 60.91% | 2,475 | 39.09% | 1,381 | 21.81% | 6,331 |
| Seminole | 5,737 | 69.92% | 2,468 | 30.08% | 3,269 | 39.84% | 8,205 |
| Sequoyah | 3,656 | 71.81% | 1,435 | 28.19% | 2,221 | 43.63% | 5,091 |
| Stephens | 4,951 | 71.87% | 1,938 | 28.13% | 3,013 | 43.74% | 6,889 |
| Texas | 2,224 | 57.03% | 1,676 | 42.97% | 548 | 14.05% | 3,900 |
| Tillman | 2,683 | 81.90% | 593 | 18.10% | 2,090 | 63.80% | 3,276 |
| Tulsa | 36,209 | 46.65% | 41,415 | 53.35% | -5,206 | -6.71% | 77,624 |
| Wagoner | 2,968 | 59.81% | 1,994 | 40.19% | 974 | 19.63% | 4,962 |
| Washington | 5,344 | 42.45% | 7,246 | 57.55% | -1,902 | -15.11% | 12,590 |
| Washita | 2,429 | 66.57% | 1,220 | 33.43% | 1,209 | 33.13% | 3,649 |
| Woods | 2,002 | 39.60% | 3,053 | 60.40% | -1,051 | -20.79% | 5,055 |
| Woodward | 1,177 | 24.04% | 3,720 | 75.96% | -2,543 | -51.93% | 4,897 |
| Totals | 357,386 | 58.67% | 251,808 | 41.33% | 105,578 | 17.33% | 609,194 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
References
- ^ a b c d e "1952-1956 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. p. 16,21,23,26.
- ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1954). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the Democratic Regular Primary Election Held July 6th, 1954. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1954). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the Democratic Run-Off Primary Elections Held July 27th, 1954. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1954). "For Governor". Official Verified Results of the Republican Primary Election, Held July 6th, 1954. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1954). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the General Election Held November 2nd, 1954. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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