1954 Arizona gubernatorial election

1954 Arizona gubernatorial election

← 1952 November 2, 1954 1956 →
 
Nominee Ernest McFarland John Howard Pyle
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 128,104 115,866
Percentage 52.5% 47.5%

County results
McFarland:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Pyle:      50–60%

Governor before election

John Howard Pyle
Republican

Elected Governor

Ernest McFarland
Democratic

The 1954 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Governor John Howard Pyle, the first Republican elected to the office in two decades, ran for reelection for a third term.

Former U.S. Senator Ernest McFarland defeated Governor John Howard Pyle by a narrow margin. McFarland had lost his bid for reelection to the United States Senate to Barry Goldwater in 1952, with McFarland subsequently deciding to run for the office of governor.