1954 Arkansas gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	1954 Arkansas gubernatorial election
Country:	Arkansas
Flag Year:	1924
Type:	Presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1952 Arkansas gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	1952
Next Election:	1956 Arkansas gubernatorial election
Next Year:	1956
Election Date:	November 2, 1954
Image1:	Orval Faubus.jpg
Nominee1:	Orval Faubus
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	208,121
Percentage1:	62.09%
Nominee2:	Pratt C. Remmel
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	127,004
Percentage2:	37.89%
Map Size:	200px
Governor
Before Election:	Francis Cherry
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Orval Faubus
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1954 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Francis Cherry was narrowly defeated in the Democratic primary.

Democratic nominee Orval Faubus defeated Republican nominee Pratt C. Remmel with 62.09% of the vote.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on July 27, 1954, with the Democratic runoff held on August 10, 1954.^[1]

Francis Cherry, incumbent Governor
Orval Faubus, newspaper publisher^[2] and former Director of State Highway Commission^[3]
Guy H. Jones, State Senator^[4]
Gus McMillan, real estate dealer^[5]

Orval Faubus, Democratic
Pratt C. Remmel, Republican, Former insurance executive, Mayor of Little Rock^[6]

Remmel's showing against Faubus was the best showing by a non-Democrat since 1888 and by a Republican since 1872.

Book: Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 . Washington, D.C. . Congressional Quarterly Inc. . 1998 . 1-56802-396-0 . .

Book: . Voting Information . https://books.google.com/books?id=P4Hfc5MP_QQC&pg=RA1-PA99 . Washington, D.C. . Prepared by Office of Armed Forces Information & Education, Department of Defense . Table IV. 1954 Elections . 99–101 . April 1954 . 8 November 2020 .
News: . Arkansas vote . The Key West citizen . Key West, Fla. . 28 July 1954 . 8 . 8 November 2020 .
Book: . Historical Review - Volume Two. Arkansas State Highway Commission and Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . Little Rock, Arkansas . Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . 81 . 2004 . November 8, 2020 . November 17, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201117074406/https://www.arkansashighways.com/publications/Historical_Review.pdf . dead .
Web site: Guy Hamilton "Mutt" Jones (1911–1986) . . Encyclopedia of Arkansas . 8 November 2020 .
News: . McClellan claiming victory in primary; has lead of 4,428 . Evening star . Washington, D.C. . 28 July 1954 . A-6 . 8 November 2020 .
Web site: Pratt Remmel (1915–1991) . . Encyclopedia of Arkansas . 8 November 2020 .