The 1954 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 2. Republican nominee Robert E. Smylie defeated Democratic nominee Clark Hamilton with 54.24% of the vote. The incumbent governor was not allowed to run for a second four-year term until

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Primary elections

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were held on August 10, 1954.

Democratic primary

Candidates

* Clark Hamilton,

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* Charles Gossett,

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*Cantril Nielsen,

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commissioner *Joseph McNew,

Boise Boise ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and nor ...

Republican primary

Candidates

* Robert E. Smylie,

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* John Sanborn, Hagerman, former

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*Larry Gardner, Coeur d'Alene mayor

General election

Candidates

*Robert E. Smylie, Republican *Clark Hamilton, Democratic

Results

References

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Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

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