1942 United States gubernatorial elections

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1942 United States gubernatorial elections
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  1941 November 3, 1942;
September 14, 1942 (ME)
1943  

33 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before2820
Seats after2423
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 3
Seats up1815
Seats won1418

 Third party
 
Party Progressive
Seats before0
Seats after1
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1
Seats up0
Seats won1

1942 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     Progressive gain
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1942, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 3, 1942. Elections took place on September 14 in Maine.

Contents

In Georgia, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Alabama Frank M. Dixon DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Chauncey Sparks (Democratic) 88.96%
Hugh McEniry (Republican) 10.52%
Ordway Southard (Communist) 0.52%
[1]
Arizona Sidney Preston Osborn DemocraticRe-elected, 72.48% Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 26.90%
Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.61%
[2]
Arkansas Homer Martin Adkins DemocraticRe-elected, 100.00% [3] (Democratic primary results)
Homer Martin Adkins 71.76%
Fred Keller 26.31%
Bill Neill 1.03%
Vernon Heath 0.91%
[4]
California Culbert Olson DemocraticDefeated, 41.75% Earl Warren (Republican) 57.07%
Nathan T. Porter (Townsend Party) 0.69%
Fred Dyster (Prohibition) 0.48%
Scattering 0.01%
[5]
Colorado Ralph Lawrence Carr RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory John Charles Vivian (Republican) 56.23%
Homer F. Bedford (Democratic) 43.41%
William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.36%
[6]
Connecticut Robert A. Hurley DemocraticDefeated, 44.38% Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican) 48.93%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 6.01%
Joseph C. Borden Jr. (Socialist Labor) 0.69%
[7]
Georgia Eugene Talmadge DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Ellis Arnall (Democratic) 96.30%
Scattering 3.70%
[8]
(Democratic primary results)
Ellis Arnall 57.65%
Eugene Talmadge 42.35%
[9]
Idaho Chase A. Clark DemocraticDefeated, 49.85% C. A. Bottolfsen (Republican) 50.15%
[10]
Iowa George A. Wilson RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Republican) 62.75%
Nelson G. Kraschel (Democratic) 36.96%
Ward Hall (Prohibition) 0.21%
F. M. Briggs (Independent) 0.08%
[11]
Kansas Payne Ratner RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Andrew Frank Schoeppel (Republican) 56.68%
William H. Burke (Democratic) 41.75%
David C. White (Prohibition) 1.28%
Ida A. Beloof (Socialist) 0.29%
[12]
Maine
(held, September 14, 1942)
Sumner Sewall RepublicanRe-elected, 66.84% G. Lane Jr. (Democratic) 33.16%
[13]
Maryland Herbert O'Conor DemocraticRe-elected, 52.55% Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 47.45%
[14]
Massachusetts Leverett Saltonstall RepublicanRe-elected, 54.11% Roger Putnam (Democratic) 44.96%
Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.33%
Joseph F. Massidda (Socialist) 0.22%
Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.22%
Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.14%
Scattering 0.02%
[15]
Michigan Murray Van Wagoner DemocraticDefeated, 46.73% Harry Kelly (Republican) 52.60%
Frederic S. Goodrich (Prohibition) 0.66%
Scattering 0.01%
[16]
Minnesota Harold Stassen RepublicanRe-elected, 51.60% Hjalmar Petersen (Minnesota Farmer-Labor) 37.76%
John D. Sullivan (Democratic) 9.46%
Martin Mackie (Communist) 0.64%
Harris A. Brandborg (Industrial Government) 0.54%
[17]
Nebraska Dwight Griswold RepublicanRe-elected, 74.84% Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 25.16%
[18]
Nevada Edward P. Carville DemocraticRe-elected, 60.26% Aaron V. Tallman (Republican) 39.75%
[19]
New Hampshire Robert O. Blood RepublicanRe-elected, 52.18% William J. Neal (Democratic) 47.83%
[20]
New Mexico John E. Miles DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory John J. Dempsey (Democratic) 54.55%
Joseph F. Tondre (Republican) 45.45%
[21]
New York Herbert H. Lehman DemocraticRetired, Republican victory Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) 52.10%
John J. Bennett Jr. (Democratic) 36.40%
Dean Alfange (American Labor) 9.79%
Israel Amter (Communist) 1.10%
Coleman B. Cheney (Socialist) 0.53%
Aaron M. Orange (Industrial Government) 0.09%
[22]
North Dakota John Moses DemocraticRe-elected, 57.62% Oscar W. Hagen (Republican) 42.38%
[23]
Ohio John W. Bricker RepublicanRe-elected, 60.50% John McSweeney (Democratic) 39.50%
[24]
Oklahoma Leon C. Phillips DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Robert S. Kerr (Democratic) 51.89%
William J. Otjen (Republican) 47.64%
Edward W. Fickinger (Prohibition) 0.47%
[25]
Oregon Charles A. Sprague RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Earl Snell (Republican) 77.87%
Lew Wallace (Democratic) 22.13%
[26]
Pennsylvania Arthur James RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Edward Martin (Republican) 53.67%
F. Clair Ross (Democratic) 45.13%
Dale H. Learn (Prohibition) 0.68%
John J. Haluska (United Pension) 0.31%
Joseph Pirincin (Socialist Labor) 0.21%
[27]
Rhode Island J. Howard McGrath DemocraticRe-elected, 58.54% James O. McManus (Republican) 41.46%
[28]
South Carolina Richard Manning Jefferies DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Olin D. Johnston (Democratic) 100.00%
[29]
(Democratic primary results)
Olin Johnston 51.80%
Wyndham Manning 48.20%
[30]
South Dakota Harlan J. Bushfield RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Merrell Q. Sharpe (Republican) 61.51%
Lewis W. Bicknell (Democratic) 38.49%
[31]
Tennessee Prentice Cooper DemocraticRe-elected, 70.15% C. N. Frazier (Republican) 29.85%
[32]
Texas Coke R. Stevenson DemocraticRe-elected, 96.83% C. K. McDowell (Republican) 3.17%
[33]
Vermont William Henry Wills RepublicanRe-elected, 77.90% Park H. Pollard (Democratic) 22.10%
[34]
Wisconsin Julius P. Heil RepublicanDefeated, 36.45% Orland Steen Loomis (Progressive) 49.65% [35]
William C. Sullivan (Democratic) 12.25%
Frank P. Zeidler (Socialist) 1.41%
Fred B. Blair (Independent) 0.14%
Georgia Cozzini (Independent) 0.06%
Scattering 0.04%
[36]
Wyoming Nels H. Smith RepublicanDefeated, 48.68% Lester C. Hunt (Democratic) 51.32%
[37]

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