1940 Arizona gubernatorial election

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1940 Arizona gubernatorial election
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  1938 November 5, 1940 1942  
  Sidney Preston Osborn.jpg Jerrie W. Lee.jpg
Nominee Sidney Preston Osborn Jerrie W. Lee
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote97,60650,358
Percentage65.52%33.81%

1940 Arizona gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
Election results by county
Osborn:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Governor before election

Robert Taylor Jones
Democratic

Elected Governor

Sidney Preston Osborn
Democratic

The 1940 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Governor Robert Taylor Jones ran for reelection but was defeated in the Democratic primary by former Secretary of State Sidney Preston Osborn, whom Jones had previously defeated in 1938.

Contents

Sidney Preston Osborn defeated Jerrie W. Lee in the general election, and was sworn into his first term as Governor on January 6, 1941, becoming Arizona's seventh Governor.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary took place on September 10, 1940. Incumbent Governor Robert Taylor Jones ran for reelection, but he was defeated by former Secretary of State Sidney Preston Osborn. Osborn previously ran against Jones in 1938, but was defeated due to the race being a three-way with Secretary of State James H. Kerby. C. M. Menderson, Ernest Carleton, George E. Shields, and Howard Sprouse also ran but presented only token opposition. [1]

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sidney Preston Osborn 54,737 46.30%
Democratic Robert Taylor Jones (incumbent)49,46641.84%
Democratic C. M. Menderson10,9509.26%
Democratic Ernest Carleton1,8341.55%
Democratic George E. Shields8600.73%
Democratic Howard Sprouse3830.32%
Total votes118,230 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

General election

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1940 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Sidney Preston Osborn 97,606 65.52% -3.05%
Republican Jerrie W. Lee50,35833.81%+6.48%
Prohibition Charles R. Osburn1,0030.67%N/A
Majority47,24831.71%-9.53%
Turnout 148,967
Democratic hold Swing

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