Arizona gubernatorial election, 1942

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Arizona gubernatorial election, 1942
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  1940 November 3, 1942 1944  

  Sidney Preston Osborn.jpg Jerrie W. Lee.jpg
Nominee Sidney Preston Osborn Jerrie W. Lee
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote63,48423,562
Percentage72.48%26.90%

Governor before election

Sidney Preston Osborn
Democratic

Elected Governor

Sidney Preston Osborn
Democratic

The 1942 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Governor Sidney Preston Osborn ran for reelection, and easily defeated a challenge from former Governor Robert Taylor Jones in the Democratic primary, who Osborn also defeated in 1940.

Sidney Preston Osborn American politician

Sidney Preston Osborn was the first secretary of state of Arizona, and later the seventh governor of Arizona and is, as of 2019, the only governor of Arizona to be elected to four consecutive terms. Osborn is also the second native-born governor of Arizona, preceded by Thomas Edward Campbell.

Robert Taylor Jones American politician

Robert Taylor Jones was the sixth governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and served from 1939 to 1941.

Contents

In a virtually identical race to 1940, Sidney Preston Osborn defeated Jerrie W. Lee in the general election, and was sworn into his second term as Governor on January 5, 1943.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary took place on September 8, 1942. Incumbent Governor Sidney Preston Osborn ran for reelection, and defeated former Governor Robert Taylor Jones in the primary. Osborn previously ran against Jones in 1938 and 1940, losing to Jones the first time, and beating him the second time. Daniel C. McKinney, a cattle rancher, also presented a significant challenge to Osborn. [1]

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sidney Preston Osborn46,93653.10%
Democratic Robert Taylor Jones21,60424.44%
Democratic Daniel C. McKinney19,02221.52%
Democratic Ernest Carleton8240.93%
Total votes88,386100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

General election

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1942 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Sidney Preston Osborn 63,484 72.48%
Republican Jerrie W. Lee23,56226.90%
Prohibition Charles R. Osburn5370.61%
Majority39,92245.58%
Turnout 87,583
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

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