State
|
Incumbent
|
Party
|
Status
|
Opposing candidates
|
Arizona |
Paul Fannin |
Republican |
Re-elected, 59.30% |
Lee Ackerman (Democratic) 40.70% [1]
|
Arkansas |
Orval Faubus |
Democratic |
Re-elected, 69.21% |
Henry M. Britt (Republican) 30.79% [2]
|
Delaware |
J. Caleb Boggs |
Republican |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic) 51.73% John W. Rollins (Republican) 48.27% [3]
|
Florida |
LeRoy Collins |
Democratic |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
C. Farris Bryant (Democratic) 59.85% George C. Petersen (Republican) 40.15% [4]
|
Illinois |
William Stratton |
Republican |
Defeated, 44.30% |
Otto Kerner Jr. (Democratic) 55.51% Edward C. Gross (Socialist Labor) 0.19% [5]
|
Indiana
|
Harold W. Handley |
Republican |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
Matthew E. Welsh (Democratic) 50.39% Crawford F. Parker (Republican) 49.30% J. Ralston Miller (Prohibition) 0.28% Herman Kronewitter (Socialist Labor) 0.04% [6]
|
Iowa |
Herschel C. Loveless |
Democratic |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory |
Norman A. Erbe (Republican) 52.14% Edward Joseph McManus (Democratic) 47.86% [7]
|
Kansas |
George Docking |
Democratic |
Defeated, 43.60% |
John Anderson Jr. (Republican) 55.45% J. J. Steele (Prohibition) 0.95% [8]
|
Maine (Special election) |
John H. Reed |
Republican |
Re-elected, 52.66% |
Frank M. Coffin (Democratic) 47.34% [9]
|
Massachusetts |
Foster Furcolo |
Democratic |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory |
John Volpe (Republican) 52.51% Joseph D. Ward (Democratic) 46.78% Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.39% Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.31% Scattering 0.01% [10]
|
Michigan |
G. Mennen Williams |
Democratic |
Retired, Democratic victory |
John Swainson (Democratic) 50.48% Paul Douglas Bagwell (Republican) 49.20% Robert Himmel, Jr. (Socialist Workers) 0.10% Delmar D. Gibbons (Prohibition) 0.07% F. J. Toohey (Tax Cut) 0.06% Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.05% R. Roy Pursell (Independent American) 0.04% [11]
|
Minnesota |
Orville Freeman |
DFL |
Defeated, 49.08% |
Elmer L. Andersen (Republican) 50.56% Rudolph Gustafson (Industrial Government) 0.36% [12]
|
Missouri |
James T. Blair Jr. |
Democratic |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
John M. Dalton (Democratic) 58.03% Edward G. Farmer (Republican) 41.97% [13]
|
Montana |
J. Hugo Aronson |
Republican |
Retired, Republican victory |
Donald Grant Nutter (Republican) 55.11% Paul Cannon (Democratic) 44.89% [14]
|
Nebraska |
Dwight W. Burney |
Republican |
Ran for Lieutenant Governor, Democratic victory |
Frank B. Morrison (Democratic) 51.98% John R. Cooper (Republican) 47.97% Scattering 0.05% [15]
|
New Hampshire |
Wesley Powell |
Republican |
Re-elected, 55.46% |
Bernard L. Boutin (Democratic) 44.54% [16]
|
New Mexico |
John Burroughs |
Democratic |
Defeated, 49.67% |
Edwin L. Mechem (Republican) 50.33% [17]
|
North Carolina |
Luther H. Hodges |
Democratic |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
Terry Sanford (Democratic) 54.45% Robert L. Gavin (Republican) 45.47% I. Beverly Lake (Write-in) 0.08% [18]
|
North Dakota |
John E. Davis |
Republican |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory |
William L. Guy (D-NPL) 49.44% Clarence P. Dahl (Republican) 44.48% Herschel Lashkowitz (Independent) 6.08% [19]
|
Rhode Island |
Christopher Del Sesto |
Republican |
Defeated, 43.36% |
John A. Notte Jr. (Democratic) 56.64% [20]
|
South Dakota |
Ralph Herseth |
Democratic |
Defeated, 49.27% |
Archie M. Gubbrud (Republican) 50.73% [21]
|
Texas |
Price Daniel |
Democratic |
Re-elected, 72.75% |
William Steger (Republican) 27.25% [22]
|
Utah |
George Dewey Clyde |
Republican |
Re-elected, 52.66% |
William Arthur Barlocker (Democratic) 47.34% [23]
|
Vermont |
Robert Stafford |
Republican |
Retired to run for U.S. House, Republican victory |
F. Ray Keyser Jr. (Republican) 56.41% Russell F. Niquette (Democratic) 43.59% Scattering 0.01% [24]
|
Washington |
Albert Rosellini |
Democratic |
Re-elected, 50.34% |
Lloyd J. Andrews (Republican) 48.87% Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.71% Jack W. Wright (Socialist Workers) 0.08% [25]
|
West Virginia |
Cecil H. Underwood |
Republican |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
Wally Barron (Democratic) 53.99% Harold E. Neely (Republican) 46.01% [26]
|
Wisconsin |
Gaylord Nelson |
Democratic |
Re-elected, 51.56% |
Philip G. Kuehn (Republican) 48.44% [27]
|