Barry Goldwater Republican Barry Goldwater Republican The 1958 United States Senate election in Arizona took place on November 4, 1958.

Senator Barry Goldwater ran for reelection to a second term, and defeated former U.S.

Senator, and then-Governor, Ernest McFarland in the general election.

The election was a rematch from 1952, where Goldwater defeated McFarland by a narrow margin.

Goldwater had attributed the 1952 win to the unpopularity of President Harry S. Truman and popular Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy endorsing his campaign.