1950 United States gubernatorial elections

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1950 United States gubernatorial elections
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←  1949 November 7, 1950;
September 11, 1950 (ME)		 1951  →
33 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before1929
Seats after2523
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg6
Seats up1617
Seats won2211
1950 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1950, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 7, 1950. Elections took place on September 11 in Maine.

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

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Alabama Jim Folsom DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Gordon Persons (Democratic) 91.08%
John S. Crowder (Republican) 8.92%
[1]
Arizona Dan Edward Garvey DemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory John Howard Pyle (Republican) 50.77%
Ana Frohmiller (Democratic) 49.23%
[2]
Arkansas Sid McMath DemocraticRe-elected, 84.13% Jefferson W. Speck (Republican) 15.87%
[3]
California Earl Warren RepublicanRe-elected, 64.85% James Roosevelt (Democratic) 35.14%
Scattering 0.01%
[4]
Colorado Walter Walford Johnson DemocraticDefeated, 47.22% Daniel I. J. Thornton (Republican) 52.43%
Louis K. Stephens (Socialist Labor) 0.34%
[5]
Connecticut Chester Bowles DemocraticDefeated, 47.73% John Davis Lodge (Republican) 49.66%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 2.61%
[6]
Georgia Herman Talmadge DemocraticRe-elected, 98.44% Morgan Blake (Independent) 1.42%
Scattering 0.14%
[7]
(Democratic primary results)
Herman Talmadge 49.33% (295)
Melvin E. Thompson 47.88% (115)
C. O. Baker 1.76%
Pat Avery 0.52%
Mrs. J. W. Jenkins 0.51%
[8]
Idaho C. A. Robins RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Leonard B. Jordan (Republican) 52.56%
Calvin E. Wright (Democratic) 47.44%
[9]
Iowa William S. Beardsley RepublicanRe-elected, 59.10%Lester S. Gillette (Democratic) 40.50%
W. Raymond Picken (Prohibition) 0.33%
Howard H. Tyler (States Rights) 0.07%
[10]
Kansas Frank Carlson RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Edward F. Arn (Republican) 53.77%
Kenneth Anderson (Democratic) 44.48%
C. Floyd Hester (Prohibition) 1.52%
W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.22%
[11]
Maine
(held, September 11, 1950)		 Frederick G. Payne RepublicanRe-elected, 60.46%Earl S. Grant (Democratic) 39.10%
Leland B. Currier (States Rights) 0.44%
[12]
Maryland William Preston Lane Jr. DemocraticDefeated, 42.72% Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 57.28%
[13]
Massachusetts Paul A. Dever DemocraticRe-elected, 56.26% Arthur W. Coolidge (Republican) 43.14%
Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.41%
Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) 0.20%
[14]
Michigan G. Mennen Williams DemocraticRe-elected, 49.76% Harry Kelly (Republican) 49.70%
Perry Hayden (Prohibition) 0.45%
Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.03%
[15]
Minnesota Luther Youngdahl RepublicanRe-elected, 60.75% Harry H. Peterson (DFL) 38.28%
Vernon G. Campbell (Industrial Government) 0.97%
[16]
Nebraska Val Peterson RepublicanRe-elected, 54.94%Walter R. Raecke (Democratic) 45.06%
[17]
Nevada Vail M. Pittman DemocraticDefeated, 42.36% Charles H. Russell (Republican) 57.65%
[18]
New Hampshire Sherman Adams RepublicanRe-elected, 56.95%Robert P. Bingham (Democratic) 43.01%
Scattering 0.04%
[19]
New Mexico Thomas J. Mabry DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory Edwin L. Mechem (Republican) 53.74%
John E. Miles (Democratic) 46.26%
[20]
New York Thomas E. Dewey RepublicanRe-elected, 53.11% Walter A. Lynch (Democratic) 42.32%
John T. McManus (American Labor) 4.18%
Michael Bartell (Socialist Workers) 0.25%
Eric Hass (Socialist Labor) 0.14%
[21]
North Dakota Fred G. Aandahl RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. House, Republican victory Norman Brunsdale (Republican) 66.29%
Clyde G. Byerly (Democratic) 33.71%
[22]
Ohio Frank Lausche DemocraticRe-elected, 52.62%Don H. Ebright (Republican) 47.38%
[23]
Oklahoma Roy J. Turner DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Johnston Murray (Democratic) 51.11%
Jo O. Ferguson (Republican) 48.61%
Mildred Harrell (Independent) 0.27%
[24]
Oregon Douglas McKay RepublicanRe-elected, 66.05% Austin F. Flegel (Democratic) 33.95%
[25]
Pennsylvania James H. Duff RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory John S. Fine (Republican) 50.74%
Richardson Dilworth (Democratic) 48.31%
Richard R. Blews (Prohibition) 0.35%
Reginald B. Naugle (GIs Against Communism) 0.22%
Thomas J. Fizpatrick (Progressive) 0.17%
Robert Z. Wilson Mozer (Socialist) 0.14%
George S. Taylor (Industrial Government (0.05%)
[26]
Rhode Island John Pastore DemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory Dennis J. Roberts (Democratic) 59.34%
Eugene J. Lachapelle (Republican) 40.66%
[27]
South Carolina Strom Thurmond DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory James F. Byrnes (Democratic) 100.00%
[28]
(Democratic primary results)
James F. Byrnes 71.63%
Lester L. Bates 18.23%
Thomas H. Pope 8.55%
Marcus A. Stone 1.59%
[29]
South Dakota George T. Mickelson RepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victory Sigurd Anderson (Republican) 60.89%
Joe Robbie (Democratic) 39.11%
[30]
Tennessee Gordon Browning DemocraticRe-elected, 78.09% John Randolph Neal Jr. (Good Government and Clean Elections) 21.91%
[31]
Texas Allan Shivers DemocraticRe-elected, 89.93%Ralph W. Currie (Republican) 10.07%
[32]
Vermont Harold J. Arthur RepublicanRetired to run for U.S. House, Republican victory Lee E. Emerson (Republican) 74.48%
J. Edward Moran (Democratic) 25.50%
Scattering 0.02%
[33]
Wisconsin Oscar Rennebohm RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Walter J. Kohler Jr. (Republican) 53.21%
Carl W. Thompson (Democratic) 46.16%
Michael Essin (People's Progressive) 0.33%
William O. Hart (Socialist) 0.30%
Scattering 0.01%
[34]
Wyoming Arthur G. Crane RepublicanRetired, Republican victory Frank A. Barrett (Republican) 56.15%
John J. McIntyre (Democratic) 43.85%
[35]

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