1954 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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1954 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
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  Charles J. Warner.jpg Stanley D. Long Nebraska.jpg
Nominee Charles J. Warner Stanley D. Long
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote250,377148,569
Percentage62.8%37.2%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Charles J. Warner
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Charles J. Warner
Republican

The 1954 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954, and featured incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Charles J. Warner, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee Stanley D. Long, a former member of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, to win his fourth term as lieutenant governor. [1]

Contents

About a month shy of a year after this election, Charles J. Warner died on September 24, 1955, and thus the office of Nebraska Lieutenant Governor became vacant for over a year until it was filled in the 1956 election. [2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Stanley D. Long ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. He was a realtor and pharmacist who served from 1927 to 1951 on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. [3] He was also the former mayor of Cowles, Nebraska, and was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for United States Senate in 1952. [4]

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stanley D. Long 59,370 99.98
Scattering9

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles J. Warner (incumbent) 101,738 74.98
Republican A. P. Hanna23,80317.54
Republican C. A. Huck10,1307.47
Scattering8

General election

Results

Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1954 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles J. Warner (incumbent) 250,377 62.76
Democratic Stanley D. Long148,56937.24
Total votes398,946 100.00
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska - Primary Election August 10, 1954 & General Election November 2, 1954" (PDF). Nebraska Library Commission.
  2. ↑ "Charles J. Warner". New York Times. September 26, 1955.
  3. ↑ "Lt. Gov. Warner Seeks Fourth Term in Race Against Democrat Stanley Long". The Stockman's Journal. October 21, 1954. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Obituary for Stanley D. Long (Aged 69)". The Lincoln Star. October 9, 1956. p. 6. Retrieved August 3, 2021.


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