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
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Party Democratic Republican
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Seats after2423
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Seats up1815
Seats won1418
 Third party
 
Party Progressive
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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.

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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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References

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  2. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ "AR Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ "AR Governor, 1942 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  5. ↑ "CA Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ "CO Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  7. ↑ "CT Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  9. ↑ "GA Governor, 1942 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  10. ↑ "ID Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  11. ↑ "IA Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  12. ↑ "KS Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  13. ↑ "ME Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  14. ↑ "MD Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  15. ↑ "MA Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MI Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MN Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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  19. ↑ "NV Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  20. ↑ "NH Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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  23. ↑ "ND Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  24. ↑ "OH Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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  26. ↑ "OR Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  27. ↑ "PA Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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  34. ↑ "VT Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  35. ↑ Loomis died before inauguration and was succeeded by the lieutenant governor-elect, Walter Samuel Goodland (R)
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