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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1948, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 2, 1948. Elections took place on September 13 in Maine.
This was the last time Connecticut elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-year terms from the 1950 election.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Dan Edward Garvey | Democratic | Re-elected, 59.17% | Bruce Brockett (Republican) 40.06% Ernest Fohle (Prohibition) 0.76% [1] |
| Arkansas | Benjamin Travis Laney | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Sid McMath (Democratic) 89.37% Charles R. Black (Republican) 10.63% [2] |
| Colorado | William Lee Knous | Democratic | Re-elected, 66.33% | David A. Hamil (Republican) 33.67% [3] |
| Connecticut | James C. Shannon | Republican | Defeated, 49.00% | Chester Bowles (Democratic) 49.31% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.45% Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.16% Morris Chertov (Socialist Workers) 0.09% [4] |
| Delaware | Walter W. Bacon | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic) 53.69% Hyland P. George (Republican) 46.31% [5] |
| Florida | Millard Caldwell | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Fuller Warren (Democratic) 83.35% Bert L. Acker (Republican) 16.64% Scattering 0.01% [6] |
| Georgia (special election) | Melvin E. Thompson | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Herman Talmadge (Democratic) 97.51% Morgan Blake (Independent) 2.20% James Barfoot (Independent) 0.18% Melvin E. Thompson (Independent) 0.09% Scattering 0.01% [7] |
| Illinois | Dwight H. Green | Republican | Defeated, 42.59% | Adlai Stevenson II (Democratic) 57.11% Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) 0.24% Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.07% [8] |
| Indiana | Ralph F. Gates | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) 53.56% Hobart Creighton (Republican) 45.14% Clinton W. Speicher (Prohibition) 0.82% Walter Frisbie (Progressive) 0.38% William Rabe (Socialist) 0.06% Charles Ginsberg (Socialist Labor) 0.04% [9] |
| Iowa | Robert D. Blue | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | William S. Beardsley (Republican) 55.68% Carroll O. Switzer (Democratic) 43.67% C. E. Bierderman (Progressive) 0.36% Marvin Galbreath (Prohibition) 0.25% William F. Leonard (Socialist) 0.05% [10] |
| Kansas | Frank Carlson | Republican | Re-elected, 57.00% | Randolph Carpenter (Democratic) 40.44% N. W. Nice (Prohibition) 2.24% W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.33% [11] |
| Maine (held, 13 September 1948) | Horace Hildreth | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Frederick G. Payne (Republican) 65.60% Louis Lausier (Democratic) 34.40% [12] |
| Massachusetts | Robert F. Bradford | Republican | Defeated, 40.49% | Paul A. Dever (Democratic) 59.03% Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.35% Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) 0.14% [13] |
| Michigan | Kim Sigler | Republican | Defeated, 45.66% | G. Mennen Williams (Democratic) 53.41% Gordon Phillips (Prohibition) 0.72% Emanuel Seidler (Socialist) 0.10% Arthur Chenoweth (Socialist Labor) 0.07% Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.04% [14] |
| Minnesota | Luther Youngdahl | Republican | Re-elected, 53.15% | Charles Halsted (DFL) 45.07% Orville E. Olson (Prohibition) 1.24% Rudolph Gustafson (Socialist Labor) 0.55% [15] |
| Missouri | Phil M. Donnelly | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Forrest Smith (Democratic) 56.98% Murray Thompson (Republican) 42.75% Robert B. Logsdon (Progressive) 0.18% Ralph E. Gipe (Socialist) 0.07% Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor) 0.01% [16] |
| Montana | Sam C. Ford | Republican | Defeated, 43.86% | John W. Bonner (Democratic) 55.73% Leverne Hamilton (Socialist) 0.41% [17] |
| Nebraska | Val Peterson | Republican | Re-elected, 60.07% | Frank Sorrell (Democratic) 39.93% [18] |
| New Hampshire | Charles M. Dale | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Sherman Adams (Republican) 52.21% Herbert W. Hill (Democratic) 47.27% Irma C. Otto (Progressive) 0.52% [19] |
| New Mexico | Thomas J. Mabry | Democratic | Re-elected, 54.72% | Manuel Lujan Sr. (Republican) 45.28% [20] |
| North Carolina | R. Gregg Cherry | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | W. Kerr Scott (Democratic) 73.16% George M. Pritchard (Republican) 26.41% Mary Price (Progressive) 0.43% [21] |
| North Dakota | Fred G. Aandahl | Republican | Re-elected, 61.33% | Howard I. Henry (Democratic) 37.49% H. A. Porter (Progressive) 0.87% George Lund (Socialist) 0.31% [22] |
| Ohio | Thomas J. Herbert | Republican | Defeated, 46.34% | Frank Lausche (Democratic) 53.67% [23] |
| Oregon (special election) | John Hubert Hall | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Douglas McKay (Republican) 53.23% Lew Wallace (Democratic) 44.53% Wendell E. Barnett (Independent) 2.23% [24] |
| Rhode Island | John Pastore | Democratic | Re-elected, 61.15% | Albert P. Ruerat (Republican) 38.42% Clemens J. France (Progressive) 0.42% [25] |
| South Dakota | George Theodore Mickelson | Republican | Re-elected, 61.08% | Harold J. Volz (Democratic) 38.92% [26] |
| Tennessee | Jim Nance McCord | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Gordon Browning (Democratic) 66.91% Roy Acuff (Republican) 33.09% [27] |
| Texas | Beauford H. Jester | Democratic | Re-elected, 84.72% | Alvin H. Lane (Republican) 14.68% Herman Wright (Progressive) 0.31% Gerard Overholt (Prohibition) 0.29% [28] |
| Utah | Herbert B. Maw | Democratic | Defeated, 45.01% | J. Bracken Lee (Republican) 54.99% [29] |
| Vermont | Ernest W. Gibson Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 71.89% | Charles F. Ryan (Democratic) 27.95% Scattering 0.17% [30] |
| Washington | Monrad Wallgren | Democratic | Defeated, 47.22% | Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 50.50% Russell H. Fluent (Progressive) 2.18% Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.09% Daniel Roberts (Socialist Workers) 0.02% [31] |
| West Virginia | Clarence W. Meadows | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Okey Patteson (Democratic) 57.13% Herbert Stephenson Boreman (Republican) 42.88% [32] |
| Wisconsin | Oscar Rennebohm | Republican | Re-elected, 54.09% | Carl W. Thompson (Democratic) 44.11% Henry J. Berquist (People's Progressive) 1.02% Walter H. Uphoff (Socialist) 0.72% James E. Boulton (Socialist Workers) 0.03% Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor) 0.03% [33] |
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