1930 United States gubernatorial elections

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1930 United States gubernatorial elections
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  1929 November 4, 1930;
September 8, 1930 (ME)
1931  

33 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before1830
Seats after2521
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg9
Seats up1122
Seats won1813

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Farmer–Labor Independent
Seats before00
Seats after11
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1
Seats up00
Seats won11

1930 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold
     Farmer-Labor gain
     Independent gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1930, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1930 (September 8 in Maine).

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Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Alabama Bibb Graves DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Benjamin M. Miller (Democratic) 61.82%
Hugh A. Locke (Independent) 38.18%
[1]
Arizona John C. Phillips RepublicanDefeated, 48.61% George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 51.39%
[2]
Arkansas Harvey Parnell DemocraticRe-elected, 81.18% J. O. Livesay (Republican) 18.82%
[3]
California Clement C. Young RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victory James Rolph Jr. (Republican) 72.15%
Milton K. Young (Democratic) 24.11%
Upton Sinclair (Socialist) 3.64%
Scattering 0.09%
[4]
Colorado William H. Adams DemocraticRe-elected, 60.41% Robert F. Rockwell (Republican) 38.06%
Claud A. Bushnell (Socialist) 0.68%
Lizabeth A. Williams (Farmer Labor) 0.44%
William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.24%
Walter Moore (Liberal) 0.10%
Perry M. Jones (Commonwealth Land) 0.08%
[5]
Connecticut John H. Trumbull RepublicanRetired, Democratic victory Wilbur L. Cross (Democratic) 49.91%
Ernest E. Rogers (Republican) 48.64%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.09%
Robert S. Kling (Communist) 0.35%
[6]
Georgia Lamartine Griffin Hardman DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Richard B. Russell Jr. (Democratic) 100.00%
[7]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Richard B. Russell Jr. 67.85%
George Henry Carswell 32.15%
[8]
Idaho H. C. Baldridge RepublicanRetired, Democratic victory C. Ben Ross (Democratic) 56.03%
John McMurray (Republican) 43.98%
[9]
Iowa John Hammill RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Dan W. Turner (Republican) 65.74%
Fred P. Hagemann (Democratic) 33.60%
John M. Smith (Farmer Labor) 0.45%
William Patten (Communist) 0.22%
[10]
Kansas Clyde M. Reed RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory Harry H. Woodring (Democratic) 34.96%
Frank Haucke (Republican) 34.92%
John R. Brinkley (Independent) (write-in) 29.50%
J. B. Shields (Socialist) 0.62%
[11]
Maine
(held, 8 September 1930)
William T. Gardiner RepublicanRe-elected, 55.06% Edward C. Moran Jr. (Democratic) 44.94%
[12]
Maryland Albert C. Ritchie DemocraticRe-elected, 55.96% William F. Broening (Republican) 42.78%
Elisabeth Gilman (Socialist) 0.82%
Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.27%
Samuel Parker (Communist) 0.17%
[13]
Massachusetts Frank G. Allen RepublicanDefeated, 48.18% Joseph B. Ely (Democratic) 49.54%
John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor) 1.19%
Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.67%
Harry J. Canter (Communist) 0.41%
[14]
Michigan Fred W. Green RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Wilber M. Brucker (Republican) 56.88%
William A. Comstock (Democratic) 42.03%
Joseph Billups (Workers) 0.47%
George M. Campbell (Socialist) 0.46%
Duly McCone (Prohibition) 0.16%
[15]
Minnesota Theodore Christianson RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Farmer-Labor victory Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor) 59.34%
Raymond Park Chase (Republican) 36.31%
Edward Indrehus (Democratic) 3.65%
Karl Reeve (Communist) 0.70%
[16]
Nebraska Arthur J. Weaver RepublicanDefeated, 49.25% Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 50.75%
[17]
Nevada Frederick B. Balzar RepublicanRe-elected, 53.25% Charles L. Richards (Democratic) 46.75%
[18]
New Hampshire Charles W. Tobey RepublicanRetired, Republican victory John G. Winant (Republican) 57.98%
Albert W. Noone (Democratic) 41.80%
Fred B. Chase (Communist) 0.22%
[19]
New Mexico Richard C. Dillon RepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victory Arthur Seligman (Democratic) 53.17%
Clarence M. Botts (Republican) 46.60%
Sam Butler (Socialist) 0.23%
[20]
New York Franklin D. Roosevelt DemocraticRe-elected, 56.49% Charles H. Tuttle (Republican) 33.36%
Robert P. Carroll (Law Preservation) 6.08%
Louis Waldman (Socialist) 3.21%
William Z. Foster (Communist) 0.58%
Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.29%
[21]
North Dakota George F. Shafer RepublicanRe-elected, 73.62% Pierce Blewett (Democratic) 23.20%
Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 3.18%
[22]
Ohio Myers Y. Cooper RepublicanDefeated, 47.20% George White (Democratic) 52.80%
[23]
Oklahoma William J. Holloway DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory William H. Murray (Democratic) 59.05%
Ira A. Hill (Republican) 40.79%
B. G. Bingham (Independent) 0.11%
John Franing (Independent) 0.06%
[24]
Oregon A. W. Norblad RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Independent victory Julius L. Meier (Independent) 54.51%
Ed F. Bailey (Democratic) 25.10%
Phil Metschan (Republican) 18.83%
Albert Streiff (Socialist) 1.57%
[25]
Pennsylvania John Stuchell Fisher RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Gifford Pinchot (Republican) 50.77%
John M. Hemphill (Democratic) 47.98%
James Hudson Maurer (Socialist) 1.00%
Frank Mozer (Communist) 0.25%
[26]
Rhode Island Norman S. Case RepublicanRe-elected, 50.53% Theodore F. Green (Democratic) 48.95%
Charles H. Dana (Socialist) 0.53%
[27]
South Carolina John Gardiner Richards Jr. DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Ibra Charles Blackwood (Democratic) 100.00%
[28]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Ibra Charles Blackwood 50.21%
Olin Johnston 49.80%
[29]
South Dakota William J. Bulow DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Warren E. Green (Republican) 52.97%
D. A. McCullough (Democratic) 46.23%
Helen Tangen (Independent) 0.80%
[30]
Tennessee Henry H. Horton DemocraticRe-elected, 63.84% C. Arthur Bruce (Republican) 35.62%
Samuel Borenstein (Independent) 0.54%
[31]
Texas Dan Moody DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Ross S. Sterling (Democratic) 79.98%
William E. Talbot (Republican) 19.69%
L. L. Rhodes (Socialist) 0.26%
J. Stedham (Communist) 0.07%
[32]
Vermont John E. Weeks RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. House, Republican victory Stanley Calef Wilson (Republican) 70.98%
Park H. Pollard (Democratic) 28.94%
Scattering 0.09%
[33]
Wisconsin Walter J. Kohler Sr. RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Philip La Follette (Republican) 64.76%
Charles E. Hammersley (Democratic) 28.02%
Frank B. Metcalfe (Socialist) 4.22%
Alfred B. Taynton (Prohibition) 2.44%
Fred B. Blair (Independent Communist) 0.49%
Scattering 0.07%
[34]
Wyoming Frank C. Emerson RepublicanRe-elected, 50.58% Leslie A. Miller (Democratic) 49.42%
[35]

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