1942 United States gubernatorial elections

1942 United States gubernatorial elections

←  1941 November 3, 1942; September 14, 1942 (ME) 1943  →
33 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 28 20 Seats after 24 23 Seat change 4 3 Seats up 18 15 Seats won 14 18   Third party   Party Progressive Seats before 0 Seats after 1 Seat change 1 Seats up 0 Seats won 1
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.

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

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Alabama	Frank M. Dixon	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Chauncey Sparks (Democratic) 88.96% Hugh McEniry (Republican) 10.52% Ordway Southard (Communist) 0.52% [1]
Arizona	Sidney Preston Osborn	Democratic	Re-elected, 72.48%	Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 26.90% Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.61% [2]
Arkansas	Homer Martin Adkins	Democratic	Re-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	Democratic	Defeated, 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	Republican	Retired 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	Democratic	Defeated, 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	Democratic	Defeated 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	Democratic	Defeated, 49.85%	C. A. Bottolfsen (Republican) 50.15% [10]
Iowa	George A. Wilson	Republican	Retired 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	Republican	Retired, 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	Republican	Re-elected, 66.84%	G. Lane Jr. (Democratic) 33.16% [13]
Maryland	Herbert O'Conor	Democratic	Re-elected, 52.55%	Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 47.45% [14]
Massachusetts	Leverett Saltonstall	Republican	Re-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	Democratic	Defeated, 46.73%	Harry Kelly (Republican) 52.60% Frederic S. Goodrich (Prohibition) 0.66% Scattering 0.01% [16]
Minnesota	Harold Stassen	Republican	Re-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	Republican	Re-elected, 74.84%	Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 25.16% [18]
Nevada	Edward P. Carville	Democratic	Re-elected, 60.26%	Aaron V. Tallman (Republican) 39.75% [19]
New Hampshire	Robert O. Blood	Republican	Re-elected, 52.18%	William J. Neal (Democratic) 47.83% [20]
New Mexico	John E. Miles	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	John J. Dempsey (Democratic) 54.55% Joseph F. Tondre (Republican) 45.45% [21]
New York	Herbert H. Lehman	Democratic	Retired, 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	Democratic	Re-elected, 57.62%	Oscar W. Hagen (Republican) 42.38% [23]
Ohio	John W. Bricker	Republican	Re-elected, 60.50%	John McSweeney (Democratic) 39.50% [24]
Oklahoma	Leon C. Phillips	Democratic	Term-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	Republican	Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory	Earl Snell (Republican) 77.87% Lew Wallace (Democratic) 22.13% [26]
Pennsylvania	Arthur James	Republican	Term-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	Democratic	Re-elected, 58.54%	James O. McManus (Republican) 41.46% [28]
South Carolina	Richard Manning Jefferies	Democratic	Retired, 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	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory	Merrell Q. Sharpe (Republican) 61.51% Lewis W. Bicknell (Democratic) 38.49% [31]
Tennessee	Prentice Cooper	Democratic	Re-elected, 70.15%	C. N. Frazier (Republican) 29.85% [32]
Texas	Coke R. Stevenson	Democratic	Re-elected, 96.83%	C. K. McDowell (Republican) 3.17% [33]
Vermont	William Henry Wills	Republican	Re-elected, 77.90%	Park H. Pollard (Democratic) 22.10% [34]
Wisconsin	Julius P. Heil	Republican	Defeated, 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	Republican	Defeated, 48.68%	Lester C. Hunt (Democratic) 51.32% [37]

See also

• 1942 United States elections
  • 1942 United States Senate elections
  • 1942 United States House of Representatives elections

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