1943 United States gubernatorial elections

1943 United States gubernatorial elections

←  1942 November 2, 1943; April 18, 1944 (LA) 1944  →
4 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 24 [a] 24 Seats after 26 22 Seat change 2 2 Seats up 0 4 Seats won 2 2
Democratic hold      Republican gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1943, in four states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949.

Race summary

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kentucky	Keen Johnson	Democratic	1939 [b]	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Republican gain.	Y Simeon Willis (Republican) 50.49% J. Lyter Donaldson (Democratic) 48.93% Andrew N. Johnson (Prohibition) 0.59% [1]
Louisiana	Sam H. Jones	Democratic	1940	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Democratic hold.	Y Jimmie Davis (Democratic) Unopposed [2]
Mississippi	Paul B. Johnson Sr.	Democratic	1939	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Democratic hold.	Y Thomas L. Bailey (Democratic) Unopposed [3]
New Jersey	Charles Edison	Democratic	1940	Incumbent term-limited. New governor elected. Republican gain.	Y Walter Evans Edge (Republican) 55.20% Vincent J. Murphy (Democratic) 44.08% John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.40% John Binns (National Prohibition) 0.18% Roy V. H. Wilkinson (Socialist) 0.14% [4]

Notes

1. Walter Samuel Goodland (R) succeeded Wisconsin Governor-elect Orland S. Loomis (Progressive) who died before his inauguration in January 1943.
2. Johnson took office after his predecessor (Happy Chandler) resigned. He was subsequently elected in the 1939 Kentucky gubernatorial election.

References

1. "KY Governor, 1943". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
2. "LA Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
3. "MS Governor, 1943". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
4. "NJ Governor, 1943". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.