1958 United States Senate elections

The 1958 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term. As is common in midterm elections, the party in the White House lost seats, but losses this year were more than usual, perhaps due to the high unemployment of the Recession of 1958. The Eisenhower Administration's position on right-to-work issues galvanized labor unions which supported Democrats. The launch of Sputnik may also have been a factor.

The Democratic Party took 12 Republican seats and a special election seat (10 of them by defeating incumbents), and also won both Senate seats in the new state of Alaska. Senate elections in 1959 in the new state of Hawaii were split between the two parties; combined with the 1958 results, this yielded an aggregate gain of 16 seats for the Democrats for a party balance of 65-35. This is the largest swing in the history of the Senate, and is only the second time in U.S. history that 10 or more Senate seats changed hands in a midterm election (after 1946). This election featured the most incumbent Republicans defeated since Senators were first popularly elected.^{[citation needed]}

New seats

New Democratic seats

1. Alaska (class 2): won by Bob Bartlett
2. Alaska (class 3): won by Ernest Gruening

Incumbents retiring

Democrats

No Democrats retired.

Republican seats held by Republicans

1. New York: Irving M. Ives, replaced by Kenneth B. Keating
2. Pennsylvania: Edward Martin, replaced by Hugh Scott
3. Vermont: Ralph E. Flanders, replaced by Winston L. Prouty

Republicans replaced by Democrats

1. California: William F. Knowland, replaced by Clair Engle
2. Indiana: William E. Jenner, replaced by Vance Hartke
3. New Jersey: H. Alexander Smith, replaced by Harrison A. Williams, Jr.

Incumbents who lost re-election (or appointee who lost election)

Democrats replaced by Republicans

No Democrats lost re-election.

Republicans replaced by Democrats

West Virginia's delegation changed from two Republicans to two Democrats.

1. Connecticut: William A. Purtell, lost to Thomas J. Dodd
2. Maine: Frederick G. Payne, lost to Edmund S. Muskie
3. Michigan: Charles E. Potter, lost to Philip A. Hart
4. Minnesota: Edward John Thye, lost to Eugene McCarthy
5. Nevada: George W. Malone, lost to Howard W. Cannon
6. Ohio: John W. Bricker, lost to Stephen M. Young
7. Utah: Arthur V. Watkins, lost to Frank E. Moss
8. West Virginia: William C. Revercomb, lost to Robert C. Byrd
9. West Virginia (Class 2): John D. Hoblitzell, Jr., lost to Jennings Randolph
10. Wyoming: Frank A. Barrett, lost to Gale McGee

Results summary

For the November 5 and November 25, 1958 general and special elections.

Colored shading indicates party with largest share of that row.

Parties				Total
		Democratic	Republican
Before these elections		49	47	96
Not up		37	26	63
	Class 2 (1954)	20	11	31
	Class 3 (1956)	17	15	32
Up		12	21	33
	General: Class 1	12	20	32
	Special: Class 2	—	1	1
	Special: Class 3	—	—	0
Incumbent retired		—	6	6
	Held by same party	—	3	3
	Replaced by other party	3 Republicans replaced by 3 Democrats		3
	Result	3	3	6
Incumbent ran		12	15	27
	Won re-election	12	5	17
	Lost re-election	10 Republicans replaced by 10 Democrats		10
	Lost renomination but held by same party	—	—	—
	Result	22	5	27
New state		2	—	2
Total elected		27	8	35
Net change		15	13	2
Result		64	34	98

Change in Senate composition

Before the general elections

		D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10	D9
D19	D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28
D38 Ran	D37	D36	D35	D34	D33	D32	D31	D30	D29
D39 Ran	D40 Ran	D41 Ran	D42 Ran	D43 Ran	D44 Ran	D45 Ran	D46 Ran	D47 Ran	D48 Ran
Majority →									D49 Ran
R39 Ran	R40 Ran	R41 Ran	R42 Retired	R43 Retired	R44 Retired	R45 Retired	R46 Retired	R47 Retired
R38 Ran	R37 Ran	R36 Ran	R35 Ran	R34 Ran	R33 Ran	R32 Ran	R31 Ran	R30 Ran	R29 Ran
R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28 Ran
R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

After the general elections

		D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10	D9
D19	D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28
D38 Re-elected	D37	D36	D35	D34	D33	D32	D31	D30	D29
D39 Re-elected	D40 Re-elected	D41 Re-elected	D42 Re-elected	D43 Re-elected	D44 Re-elected	D45 Re-elected	D46 Re-elected	D47 Re-elected	D48 Re-elected
Majority →									D49 Re-elected
D58 Gain	D57 Gain	D56 Gain	D55 Gain	D54 Gain	D53 Gain	D52 Gain	D51 Gain	D50 Gain
D59 Gain	D60 Gain	D61 Gain	R35 Hold	R34 Hold	R33 Hold	R32 Re-elected	R31 Re-elected	R30 Re-elected	R29 Re-elected
R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28 Re-elected
R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

After the special elections

	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8	D9
D19	D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10
D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28	D29
D39	D38	D37	D36	D35 Appointee elected	D34	D33	D32	D31	D30
D40	D41	D42	D43	D44	D45	D46	D47	D48	D49
Majority →									D50
D59	D58	D57	D56	D55	D54	D53	D52	D51
D60	D61	D62 Gain	D63 New state	D64 New state	R34	R33	R32	R31	R30
R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28	R29
R19	R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10
	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9

After the admission of Hawaii

D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8	D9	D10
D20	D19	D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11
D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28	D29	D30
D40	D39	D38	D37	D36	D35	D34	D33	D32	D31
D41	D42	D43	D44	D45	D46	D47	D48	D49	D50
Majority →									D51
D60	D59	D58	D57	D56	D55	D54	D53	D52
D61	D62	D63	D64	D65 New state	R35 New state	R34	R33	R32	R31
R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28	R29	R30
R20	R19	R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10

Key:	D# Democratic R# Republican

Race summaries

Special elections during the 85th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1958 or before January 3, 1959; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
North Carolina (Class 2)	Benjamin Everett Jordan	Democratic	1958 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 4, 1958.	Y Benjamin Everett Jordan (Democratic) 70.0% Richard C. Clarke, Jr. (Republican) 30.0%
West Virginia (Class 2)	John D. Hoblitzell, Jr.	Republican	1958 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 4, 1958. Democratic gain.	Y Jennings Randolph (Democratic) 59.3% John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (Republican) 40.7%
Alaska (Class 2)	Alaska admitted as a state January 3, 1959.			New state. New senator elected November 25, 1958. Democratic gain.	Y Bob Bartlett (Democratic) 83.8% R. E. Robertson (Republican) 15.0% Keith Capper (write in) 1.2%
Alaska (Class 3)	Alaska admitted as a state January 3, 1959.			New state. New senator elected November 25, 1958. Democratic gain.	Y Ernest Gruening (Democratic) 52.6% Mike Stepovich (Republican) 47.4%

Elections leading to the next Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1959; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Arizona	Barry Goldwater	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Barry Goldwater (Republican) 56.1% Ernest W. McFarland (Democratic) 43.9%
California	William F. Knowland	Republican	1945 (Appointed) 1946 (Special) 1952	Incumbent retired to run for California Governor. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Clair Engle (Democratic) 57.0% Goodwin J. Knight (Republican) 42.9%
Connecticut	William A. Purtell	Republican	1952 (Appointed) 1952 (Retired) 1952	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Thomas J. Dodd (Democratic) 57.3% William A. Purtell (Republican) 42.4% Vivien Kellems (write-in) 0.3%
Delaware	John J. Williams	Republican	1946 1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John J. Williams (Republican) 53.3% Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic) 46.7%
Florida	Spessard Holland	Democratic	1946 (Appointed) 1946 1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Spessard Holland (Democratic) 71.2% Leland Hyzer (Republican) 28.8%
Indiana	William E. Jenner	Republican	1944 (Special) 1946 1952	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Vance Hartke (Democratic) 56.5% Harold W. Handley (Republican) 42.4% John Stelle (Prohibition) 1.1%
Maine	Frederick G. Payne	Republican	1952	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Edmund S. Muskie (Democratic) 60.8% Frederick G. Payne (Republican) 39.2%
Maryland	James Glenn Beall	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James Glenn Beall (Republican) 51.0% Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (Democratic) 49.0%
Massachusetts	John F. Kennedy	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John F. Kennedy (Democratic) 73.2% Vincent J. Celeste (Republican) 26.2%
Michigan	Charles E. Potter	Republican	1952 (Special) 1952	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Philip A. Hart (Democratic) 53.6% Charles E. Potter (Republican) 46.1%
Minnesota	Edward John Thye	Republican	1946 1952	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Eugene McCarthy (Democratic) 52.9% Edward John Thye (Republican) 46.6% William M. Curran (Socialist Workers) 0.5%
Mississippi	John C. Stennis	Democratic	1947 (Special) 1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John C. Stennis (Democratic) Unopposed
Missouri	Stuart Symington	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Stuart Symington (Democratic) 66.5% Hazel Palmer (Republican) 33.6%
Montana	Mike Mansfield	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mike Mansfield (Democratic) 76.2% Lou W. Welch (Republican) 23.8%
Nebraska	Roman L. Hruska	Republican	1954 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Roman L. Hruska (Republican) 55.6% Frank B. Morrison (Democratic) 44.4%
Nevada	George W. Malone	Republican	1946 1952	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Howard W. Cannon (Democratic) 57.7% George W. Malone (Republican) 42.3%
New Jersey	H. Alexander Smith	Republican	1944 (Special) 1946 1952	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (Democratic) 51.4% Robert W. Kean (Republican) 46.9%
New Mexico	Dennis Chavez	Democratic	1935 (Appointed) 1936 (Special) 1940 1946 1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Dennis Chavez (Democratic) 62.7% Forrest S. Atchley (Republican) 37.3%
New York	Irving M. Ives	Republican	1946 1952	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y Kenneth B. Keating (Republican) 50.8% Frank S. Hogan (Democratic) 48.4%
North Dakota	William Langer	Republican	1940 1946 1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Langer (Republican) 57.2% Raymond Vensdel (Democratic) 41.5%
Ohio	John W. Bricker	Republican	1946 1952	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Stephen M. Young (Democratic) 52.5% John W. Bricker (Republican) 47.5%
Pennsylvania	Edward Martin	Republican	1946 1952	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y Hugh Scott (Republican) 51.2% George M. Leader (Democratic) 48.4%
Rhode Island	John O. Pastore	Democratic	1950 (Special) 1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John O. Pastore (Democratic) 64.5% Bayard Ewing (Republican) 35.5%
Tennessee	Albert Gore, Sr.	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Albert Gore, Sr. (Democratic) 79.0% Hobart F. Atkins (Republican) 19.0%
Texas	Ralph Yarborough	Democratic	1957 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ralph Yarborough (Democratic) 74.6% Roy Whittenburg (Republican) 23.6%
Utah	Arthur V. Watkins	Republican	1946 1952	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Frank E. Moss (Democratic) 38.7% Arthur V. Watkins (Republican) 34.8% J. Bracken Lee (Independent) 26.4%
Vermont	Ralph E. Flanders	Republican	1946 (Appointed) 1946 (Special) 1952	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y Winston L. Prouty (Republican) 52.2% Frederick J. Fayette (Democratic) 47.8%
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1933 (Special) 1934 1940 1946 1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Harry F. Byrd (Democratic) 69.3% Louise Wensel (Independent) 26.3%
Washington	Henry M. Jackson	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Henry M. Jackson (Democratic) 67.3% William B. Bantz (Republican) 31.4%
West Virginia	Chapman Revercomb	Republican	1942 1948 (Lost) 1956 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Robert C. Byrd (Democratic) 59.2% Chapman Revercomb (Republican) 40.8%
Wisconsin	William Proxmire	Democratic	1957 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Proxmire (Democratic) 57.1% Roland J. Steinle (Republican) 42.7%
Wyoming	Frank A. Barrett	Republican	1952	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Gale McGee (Democratic) 50.8% Frank A. Barrett (Republican) 49.2%

Elections during the 86th Congress

In these special elections, the winners were seated after January 3, 1959.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Hawaii (Class 1)	Hawaii admitted as a state August 21, 1959.			New seat. New senator elected July 28, 1959. Republican gain.	Y Hiram Fong (Republican) 52.3% Frank Fasi (Democratic) 47.1%
Hawaii (Class 3)	Hawaii admitted as a state August 21, 1959.			New seat. New senator elected July 28, 1959. Democratic gain.	Y Oren E. Long (Democratic) 51.1% Wilfred Tsukiyama (Republican) 48.3%

Alaska (Class 2)

Alaska general election 1958 (Class 2)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Bartlett	40,939	83.83%
	Republican	R. E. Robertson	7,299	14.95%
	Write-In	Keith Capper	599	1.23%
Majority			33,640	68.88%
Turnout			48,837
	Democratic win (new seat)

Alaska (Class 3)

Alaska general election 1958 (Class 3)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ernest Gruening	26,045	52.61%
	Republican	Mike Stepovich	23,464	47.39%
Majority			2,581	5.22%
Turnout			49,509
	Democratic win (new seat)

Arizona

Arizona general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater (Incumbent)	164,593	56.06%
	Democratic	Ernest W. McFarland	129,030	43.94%
Majority			35,563	12.12%
Turnout			293,623
	Republican hold

California

California general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clair Engle	2,927,693	57.01%
	Republican	Goodwin Knight (Incumbent)	2,204,337	42.93%
	Write-In	Jesse M. Ritchie	892	0.02%
	Write-In	Ray B. Pollard	281	0.01%
	None	Scattering	2,018	0.04%
Majority			723,356	14.08%
Turnout			5,135,221
	Democratic gain from Republican

Connecticut

In Connecticut, Democrat Thomas J. Dodd defeated incumbent senator William A. Purtell who ran for a second term.

Connecticut general election 1958^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Dodd	554,841	57.28%
	Republican	William A. Purtell	410,622	42.39%
	Independent	Vivien Kellems	3,043	0.31%
	None	Scattering	119	0.01%
Majority			144,219	14.89%
Turnout			968,625
	Swing to Democratic from Republican		Swing

Delaware

Delaware general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Williams (Incumbent)	82,280	53.28%
	Democratic	Elbert Carvel	72,152	46.72%
Majority			10,128	6.56%
Turnout			154,432
	Republican hold

Florida

Florida general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Spessard Holland (Incumbent)	386,113	71.23%
	Republican	Leland Hyzer	155,956	28.77%
Majority			230,157	42.46%
Turnout			542,069
	Democratic hold

Indiana

Indiana general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vance Hartke	973,636	56.47%
	Republican	Harold W. Handley	731,635	42.43%
	Prohibition	John Stelle	19,040	1.10%
Majority			242,001	14.04%
Turnout			1,724,311
	Democratic hold

Maine

Maine general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edmund Muskie	172,704	60.76%
	Republican	Frederick G. Payne (Incumbent)	111,522	39.24%
Majority			61,182	21.52%
Turnout			284,226
	Democratic gain from Republican

Maryland

Maryland general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Glenn Beall (Incumbent)	384,931	51.18%
	Democratic	Thomas D'Alesandro	367,142	48.82%
Majority			17,789	3.36%
Turnout			752,073
	Republican hold

Massachusetts

Massachusetts general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Kennedy (Incumbent)	1,362,926	73.20%
	Republican	Vincent J. Celeste	488,318	26.22%
	Socialist Labor	Lawrence Gilfedder	5,457	0.29%
	Prohibition	Mark R. Shaw	5,335	0.29%
	None	Scattering	5	0.00%
Majority			874,608	46.98%
Turnout			1,862,041
	Democratic hold

Michigan

Michigan general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Philip A. Hart	1,216,966	53.57%
	Republican	Charles E. Potter (Incumbent)	1,046,963	46.09%
	Prohibition	Elmer H. Ormiston	3,518	0.15%
	Socialist Labor	James Sim	3,128	0.14%
	Socialist Workers	Evelyn Sell	1,068	0.05%
	None	Scattering	1	0.00%
Majority			170,003	7.48%
Turnout			2,271,644
	Democratic gain from Republican

Minnesota

In Minnesota, Democratic Representative Eugene McCarthy defeated incumbent senator Edward John Thye who ran for a third term.

Democratic primary election results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	Eugene J. McCarthy	279,796	75.65%
	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	Hjalmar Petersen	76,340	20.64%
	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	Hans R. Miller	13,736	3.71%
Total votes			369,872	100.00%

Republican primary election results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward John Thye (Incumbent)	224,833	91.81%
	Republican	Edward C. Slettedahl	13,734	5.61%
	Republican	Mrs. Peder P. Schmidt	6,332	2.58%
Total votes			244,899	100.00%

General election results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	Eugene J. McCarthy	608,847	52.95%
	Republican	Edward John Thye (Incumbent)	535,629	46.58%
	Socialist Workers	William M. Curran	5,407	0.47%
Total votes			1,149,883	100.00%
Majority			73,218	6.37%
	Democratic–Farmer–Labor gain from Republican

Mississippi

Mississippi general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Stennis (Incumbent)	61,039	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Missouri

Missouri general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stuart Symington (Incumbent)	780,083	66.45%
	Republican	Hazel Palmer	393,847	33.55%
Majority			386,236	32.90%
Turnout			1,173,930
	Democratic hold

Montana

Incumbent Mike Mansfield, who was first elected to the Senate in 1952, ran for re-election. Mansfield won the Democratic primary comfortably, and moved on to the general election, where he was opposed by Lou W. Welch, a millworker and the Republican nominee. In contrast to the close campaign in 1952, Mansfield defeated Welch in a landslide and won his second term in the Senate easily.

Democratic Party primary results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Mansfield (Incumbent)	97,207	91.72%
	Democratic	J. M. Nickey	4,710	4.44%
	Democratic	Thomas G. Stimatz, former State Representative	4,061	3.83%
Total votes			105,978	100.00%

Republican Primary results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lou W. Welch, millworker	19,860	50.30%
	Republican	Blanche Anderson	19,624	49.70%
Total votes			39,484	100.00%

General election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Mike Mansfield (Incumbent)	174,910	76.22%	25.47%
	Republican	Lou W. Welch	54,573	23.78%	24.77%
Majority			120,337	52.44%	50.25%
Turnout			229,483
	Democratic hold		Swing

Nebraska

Nebraska general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roman Hruska (Incumbent)	232,227	55.64%
	Democratic	Frank B. Morrison	185,152	44.36%
Majority			47,075	11.18%
Turnout			417,379
	Republican hold

Nevada

In Nevada, incumbent Republican George W. Malone ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Howard Cannon.

General election results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Howard Cannon, City Attorney of Las Vegas	48,732	57.65%	7.63%
	Republican	George W. Malone (Incumbent)	35,760	42.32%	9.35%
Majority			12,972	15.35%	12.00%
Turnout			84,492
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

New Jersey

New Jersey general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harrison Williams	966,832	51.39%
	Republican	Robert W. Kean	882,287	46.90%
	Socialist Workers	Daniel Roberts	11,669	0.62%
	Politicians Are Jokers	Henry B. Krajewski	6,013	0.32%
	Vote Independent-Vote	John J. Winberry	5,481	0.29%
	Conservative	Winifred O. Perry	3,062	0.16%
	People's Choice	John M. D'Addetta	3,024	0.16%
	Socialist Labor	Albert A. Ronis	2,935	0.16%
Majority			1,881,303
Turnout			84,545	4.49%
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Mexico

New Mexico general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Chavez (Incumbent)	127,496	62.71%
	Republican	Forrest S. Atchley	75,827	37.29%
Majority			51,669	25.42%
Turnout			203,323
	Democratic hold

New York

New York general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth Keating	2,842,942	50.75%
	Democratic	Frank S. Hogan	2,709,950	48.37%
	Independent Socialist	Corliss Lamont	49,087	0.88%
	None	Scattering	95	0.00%
Majority			132,992	2.38%
Turnout			5,601,979
	Republican hold

North Dakota

Incumbent Republican, and former Non-Partisan League (NPL) Senator, William Langer, was re-elected to a fourth term, defeating North Dakota Democratic NPL Party (Dem-NPL) candidate Raymond G. Vendsel.^[7]

Only Langer filed as a Republican, and the endorsed Democratic-NPL candidate was Raymond G. Vendsel. Langer and Vendsel won the primary elections for their respective parties.

Two independent candidates, Arthur C. Townley and Custer Solem, also filed before the deadline but had minimal impact on the outcome of the election, totaling less than 3,000 votes combined. Townley was known as the creator of the National Non-Partisan League, and had previously sought North Dakota's other senate seat in 1956.

1958 United States Senate election, North Dakota

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Langer (Incumbent)	117,070	57.21%
	Democratic	Raymond G. Vendsel	84,892	41.49%
	Independent	Arthur C. Townley	1,700	0.83%
	Independent	Custer Solem	973	0.48%
Majority			32,178	15.72%
Turnout			204,635
	Republican hold

Ohio

Ohio general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephen M. Young	1,652,211	52.46%
	Republican	John W. Bricker (Incumbent)	1,497,199	47.54%
Majority			155,012	4.92%
Turnout			3,149,410
	Democratic gain from Republican

Pennsylvania

Incumbent Republican Edward Martin did not seek re-election. The Republican nominee, Hugh Scott, defeated Democratic nominee George M. Leader for the vacant seat.

General election results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Hugh Scott	2,042,586	51.21%	0.37%
	Democratic	George M. Leader	1,929,821	48.38%	0.40%
	Socialist Labor	George S. Taylor	10,431	0.26%	0.26%
	Socialist Workers	Ethel Peterson	5,742	0.14%	0.14%
	N/A	Other	42	0.00%	N/A
Majority			112,765	2.83%
Turnout			3,988,622
	Republican hold		Swing

Rhode Island

Rhode Island general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Pastore (Incumbent)	222,166	64.49%
	Republican	Bayard Ewing	122,353	35.51%
Majority			99,813	28.98%
Turnout			344,519
	Democratic hold

Tennessee

Tennessee general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albert Gore Sr. (Incumbent)	317,324	79.00%
	Republican	Hobart F. Atkins	76,371	19.01%
	Write-In	Chester W. Mason	5,324	1.33%
	Write-In	Thomas Gouge Jr.	2,646	0.66%
Majority			240,953	59.99%
Turnout			401,665
	Democratic hold

Texas

Texas general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ralph Yarborough (Incumbent)	587,030	74.58%
	Republican	Roy Whittenburg	185,926	23.62%
	Write-In	Bard W. Logan	14,172	1.80%
Majority			401,104	50.96%
Turnout			787,128
	Democratic hold

Utah

Utah general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Moss	112,827	38.73%
	Republican	Arthur V. Watkins (Incumbent)	101,471	34.83%
	Independent	J. Bracken Lee	77,013	26.44%
Majority			11,356	3.90%
Turnout			291,311
	Democratic gain from Republican

Vermont

Incumbent Republican Ralph Flanders did not run for re-election to another term in the United States Senate. Republican candidate Winston L. Prouty defeated Democratic candidate Frederick J. Fayette to succeed him.

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Winston L. Prouty	31,866	64.6%
	Republican	Lee E. Emerson	17,468	35.4%
	Republican	Other	4	0.0%
Total votes			49,338	100.00%

Democratic primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederick J. Fayette	6,546	99.5%
	Democratic	Other	32	0.5%
Total votes			6,578	100.00%

General election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Winston L. Prouty	64,900	52.15%
	Democratic	Frederick J. Fayette	59,536	47.84%
	N/A	Other	6	0.00%
Majority			5,364	4.31%
Total votes			124,442	100.00%
	Republican hold

Virginia

Incumbent Harry F. Byrd Sr. was re-elected after defeating Independent Louise Wensel and Social Democrat Clarke Robb.

General election results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Harry F. Byrd Sr. (Incumbent)	317,221	69.32%	4.03%
	Independent	Louise Wensel	120,224	26.27%	26.27%
	Social Democratic	Clarke T. Robb	20,154	4.40%	7.98%
		write-ins	41	0.01%	1.54%
Majority			196,997	43.05%
Turnout			457,640
	Democratic hold

Washington

Washington general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry M. Jackson (Incumbent)	597,040	67.32%
	Republican	William B. Bantz	278,271	31.38%
	Socialist Labor	Henry Killman	7,592	0.86%
	Constitution	Archie G. Idso	2,257	0.25%
	United Liberals and Socialists	Jay G. Sykes	1,662	0.19%
Majority			318,769	35.94%
Turnout			886,822
	Democratic hold

West Virginia

West Virginia general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Byrd	381,745	59.19%
	Republican	Chapman Revercomb (Incumbent)	263,172	40.81%
Majority			118,573	18.38%
Turnout			644,917
	Democratic gain from Republican

Wisconsin

Wisconsin general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Proxmire (Incumbent)	682,440	57.12%
	Republican	Roland J. Steinle	510,398	42.72%
	Socialist Workers	James E. Boulton	1,226	0.10%
	Socialist Labor	Georgia Cozzini	537	0.04%
	None	Scattering	77	0.01%
Majority			171,042	14.40%
Turnout			1,194,678
	Democratic hold

Wyoming

Wyoming general election 1958^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gale McGee	58,035	50.84%
	Republican	Frank A. Barrett (Incumbent)	56,122	49.16%
Majority			1,913	1.68%
Turnout			114,157
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

• United States elections, 1958
  • United States gubernatorial elections, 1958
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1958
• 85th United States Congress
• 86th United States Congress

References