1954 Georgia gubernatorial election
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![]() County results Griffin: 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Thompson: 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Linder: 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60–70% Hand: 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% ... 80-90% Gowen: 80-90% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1954 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954.
Lieutenant Governor Marvin Griffin won the Democratic primary on September 8 with 36.52% of the vote and 302 out of 410 county unit votes. At this time, Georgia was a one-party state, and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory. Griffin won the November general election without an opponent.
This was the final of Melvin Thompson's three failed bids for Governor.
Democratic primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared[]
- Marvin Griffin, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
- Charlie Gowen, State Representative from Brunswick
- Fred Hand, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Tom Linder, Commissioner of Agriculture
- Melvin Thompson, former Governor (1947–48)
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Marvin Griffin | 234,690 | 36.32% | |
Democratic | Melvin Thompson | 162,007 | 25.07% | |
Democratic | Tom Linder | 87,240 | 13.50% | |
Democratic | Fred Hand | 78,125 | 12.09% | |
Democratic | Charlie Gowen | 73,809 | 11.42% | |
Democratic | Grace Wilkey Thomas | 6,285 | 0.97% | |
Democratic | Ben Garland | 2,847 | 0.44% | |
Democratic | Edmond Barfield | 747 | 0.12% | |
Democratic | Arthur H. Neeson | 485 | 0.08% | |
Turnout | 646,235 |
General election[]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Marvin Griffin | 331,899 | 99.98% | ||
N/A | write-ins | 67 | 0.02% | ||
Majority | 331,832 | 99.96 | |||
Turnout | 331,966 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
References[]
Categories:
- Georgia (U.S. state) gubernatorial elections
- 1954 Georgia (U.S. state) elections
- 1954 United States gubernatorial elections
- November 1954 events