The 1958 United States Senate election in California was held on November 4, 1958.
Incumbent senator
William F. Knowland opted not to run for re-election, choosing instead to run for election as governor. Incumbent governor
Goodwin Knight exchanged places with Knowland and lost to U.S. Representative
Clair Engle
Clair Engle (September 21, 1911July 30, 1964) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1959 until his death in 1964. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for participating in the v ...
in the midst of a national landslide for the
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.
This was one of 15 seats Democrats gained from the
Republican Party in 1958, part of a record swing.
Republican primary
Candidates
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George Christopher
George Christopher (born George Christopheles; December 8, 1907 – September 14, 2000) was a Greek-American politician who served as the 34th mayor of San Francisco from 1956 to 1964. He is the most recent Republican to be elected mayor of San ...
,
Mayor of San Francisco
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* William Jolley
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Goodwin Knight,
Governor of California
* Alexander Williamson
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Clair Engle
Clair Engle (September 21, 1911July 30, 1964) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1959 until his death in 1964. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for participating in the v ...
, U.S. Representative from
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Places
Canada
*Red Bluff, British Columbia, a community near Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
** Red Bluff First Nation, a First Nations band government headquartered near Quesnel, ...
* Fritjof Thygeson
Results
General election
Results
See also
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1958 United States Senate elections
The 1958 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term.
As is common in mid-term elections, the party in the White House lost seats, but ...
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1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
California
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United States Senate
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