1956 Arizona gubernatorial election

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.

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

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

 * Maricopa
 * Pima
 * Yavapai