1946 United States gubernatorial elections

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1946 United States gubernatorial elections
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←  1945 November 5, 1946;
September 9, 1946 (ME)		 1947  →
34 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before2226 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats after2523
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg3
Seats up1717
Seats won2014
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1946, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 5, 1946. Elections took place on September 9 in Maine.

Contents

In Idaho, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term. In New Jersey, this was the last election on a 3-year cycle, before switching to a 4-year term for governors from 1949.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Alabama Chauncey Sparks DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Jim Folsom (Democratic) 88.67%
Lyman Ward (Republican) 11.33%
[1]
Arizona Sidney Preston Osborn DemocraticRe-elected, 60.10%Bruce Brockett (Republican) 39.90%
[2]
Arkansas Benjamin Travis Laney DemocraticRe-elected, 84.14%W. T. Mills (Republican) 15.86%
[3]
California Earl Warren Republican [4] Re-elected, 91.64%Henry R. Schmidt (Prohibition) 7.06%
Archie Brown (write-in) (Communist) 0.88%
James Roosevelt (write-in) (Democratic) 0.13%
Robert W. Kenny (Independent) 0.06%
Albert Clark (Independent) 0.03%
[5]
Colorado John Charles Vivian RepublicanRetired, Democratic victory William Lee Knous (Democratic) 52.11%
Leon E. Lavington (Republican) 47.89%
[6]
Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory James L. McConaughy (Republican) 54.38%
Charles Wilbert Snow (Democratic) 40.41%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 4.72%
Herman N. Simon (Socialist Labor) 0.50%
[7]
Georgia Ellis Arnall DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Eugene Talmadge (Democratic) 98.54%
Herman Talmadge (write-in) (Democratic) 0.46%
James V. Carmichael (write-in) (Democratic) 0.46%
D. Talmadge Bowers (write-in) (Independent) 0.44%
Ellis Arnall (write-in) (Democratic) 0.08%
Scattering 0.01%
[8]
(Democratic primary results)
Eugene Talmadge 42.96% (244)
James V. Carmichael 45.30% (144)
Eurith D. Rivers 10.04% (22)
Hoke O’Kelley 1.70%
[9]
Idaho Arnold Williams DemocraticDefeated, 43.63% C. A. Robins (Republican) 56.37%
[10]
Iowa Robert D. Blue RepublicanRe-elected, 57.40% Frank Miles (Democratic) 42.14%
E. P. Gabriel (Prohibition) 0.46%
[11]
Kansas Andrew Frank Schoeppel RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Frank Carlson (Republican) 53.50%
Harry Hines Woodring (Democratic) 44.02%
David C. White (Prohibition) 2.17%
Harry Graber (Socialist) 0.32%
[12]
Maine Horace Hildreth RepublicanRe-elected, 61.31%F. Davis Clark (Democratic) 38.69%
[13]
Maryland Herbert O'Conor DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory William Preston Lane Jr. (Democratic) 54.73%
Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 45.27%
[14]
Massachusetts Maurice J. Tobin DemocraticDefeated, 45.31% Robert F. Bradford (Republican) 54.12%
Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.42%
Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.14%
[15]
Michigan Harry Kelly RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Kim Sigler (Republican) 60.28%
Murray Van Wagoner (Democratic) 38.70%
Gordon Phillips (Prohibition) 0.72%
James Sim (Socialist Labor) 0.30%
[16]
Minnesota Edward John Thye RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Luther Youngdahl (Republican) 58.96%
Harold H. Barker (DFL) 39.71%
Rudolph Gustafson (Industrial Government) 1.33%
[17]
Nebraska Dwight Griswold RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Val Peterson (Republican) 65.51%
Frank Sorrell (Democratic) 34.49%
[18]
Nevada Vail M. Pittman DemocraticRe-elected, 57.42%Melvin E. Jepson (Republican) 42.58%
[19]
New Hampshire Charles M. Dale RepublicanRe-elected, 63.14%F. Clyde Keefe (Democratic) 36.86%
[20]
New Jersey Walter Evans Edge RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Alfred E. Driscoll (Republican) 57.08%
Lewis G. Hansen (Democratic) 41.42%
Alan Kohlman (Socialist Workers) 0.69%
Lawrence Mahan (Communist) 0.29%
Rubye Smith (Socialist) 0.16%
Robert L. Gittings (Independent) 0.15%
George E. Bopp (Socialist Labor) 0.10%
John Binns (Prohibition) 0.10%
[21]
New Mexico John J. Dempsey DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Thomas J. Mabry (Democratic) 52.70%
Edward L. Safford (Republican) 47.30%
[22]
New York Thomas E. Dewey RepublicanRe-elected, 56.92% James M. Mead (Democratic) 43.08%
[23]
North Dakota Fred G. Aandahl RepublicanRe-elected, 68.88% Quentin Burdick (Democratic) 31.12%
[24]
Ohio Frank Lausche DemocraticDefeated, 48.88% Thomas J. Herbert (Republican) 50.64%
Arla A. Albaugh (Socialist Labor) 0.49%
[25]
Oklahoma Robert S. Kerr DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Roy J. Turner (Democratic) 52.47%
Olney F. Flynn (Republican) 45.98%
Mildred “Mickey” Harrell (Independent) 1.45%
R. M. Funk (Independent) 0.05%
Bruno H. Miller (Independent) 0.05%
[26]
Oregon Earl Snell RepublicanRe-elected, 69.06% Carl C. Donaugh (Democratic) 30.94%
[27]
Pennsylvania Edward Martin RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory James H. Duff (Republican) 58.53%
John S. Rice (Democratic) 40.68%
James Killip (Prohibition) 0.44%
George S. Taylor (Socialist Labor) 0.34%
[28]
Rhode Island John Pastore DemocraticRe-elected, 54.27%John G. Murphy (Republican) 45.73%
[29]
South Carolina Ransome Judson Williams DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Strom Thurmond (Democratic) unopposed
[30]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Strom Thurmond 56.95%
James C. McLeod 43.05%
[31]
South Dakota Merrell Q. Sharpe RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victory George Theodore Mickelson (Republican) 67.16%
Richard Haeder (Democratic) 32.84%
[32]
Tennessee Jim Nance McCord DemocraticRe-elected, 65.35%W. O. Lowe (Republican) 31.91%
John Randolph Neal Jr. (Independent) 2.74%
[33]
Texas Coke R. Stevenson DemocraticRetired, Democratic victory Beauford H. Jester (Democratic) 91.23%
Eugene Nolte (Republican) 8.77%
[34]
Vermont Mortimer R. Proctor RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victory Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (Republican) 80.30%
Berthold C. Coburn (Democratic) 19.57%
Scattering 0.14%
[35]
Wisconsin Walter Samuel Goodland RepublicanRe-elected, 59.78% Daniel Hoan (Democratic) 39.07%
Walter H. Uphoff (Socialist) 0.87%
Sigmund Eisenscher (Communist) 0.18%
Jerry Kenyon (Socialist Labor) 0.09%
Scattering 0.02%
[36]
Wyoming Lester C. Hunt DemocraticRe-elected, 52.88% Earl Wright (Republican) 47.12%
[37]

Notes

  1. ↑ Charles Wilbert Snow (D) succeeded Connecticut Governor Raymond E. Baldwin (R) who resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate in December 1946.

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  2. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "AR Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Warren also won the Democratic nomination by cross-filing
  5. ↑ "CA Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "CO Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "CT Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "GA Governor, 1946 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "ID Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "IA Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "KS Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "ME Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "MD Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "MA Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  16. ↑ "MI Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  17. ↑ "MN Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  18. ↑ "NE Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  19. ↑ "NV Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  20. ↑ "NH Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  21. ↑ "NJ Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  22. ↑ "NM Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  23. ↑ "NY Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  24. ↑ "ND Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  25. ↑ "OH Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  26. ↑ "OK Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  27. ↑ "OR Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  28. ↑ "PA Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  29. ↑ "RI Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  30. ↑ "SC Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  31. ↑ "SC Governor, 1948 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  32. ↑ "SD Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  33. ↑ "TN Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  34. ↑ "TX Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  35. ↑ "VT Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  36. ↑ "WI Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  37. ↑ "WY Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 March 2019.


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