1946 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1946, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 5, 1946 (September 9 in Maine).

1946 United States gubernatorial elections
November 5, 1946;
September 9, 1946 (ME)
34 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 22 26[lower-alpha 1]
Seats after 25 23
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3
Seats up 17 17
Seats won 20 14
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election

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
AlabamaChauncey SparksDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJim Folsom (Democratic) 88.67%
Lyman Ward (Republican) 11.33%
[1]
ArizonaSidney Preston OsbornDemocraticRe-elected, 60.10%Bruce Brockett (Republican) 39.90%
[2]
ArkansasBenjamin Travis LaneyDemocraticRe-elected, 84.14%W. T. Mills (Republican) 15.86%
[3]
CaliforniaEarl WarrenRepublican[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]
ColoradoJohn Charles VivianRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryWilliam Lee Knous (Democratic) 52.11%
Leon E. Lavington (Republican) 47.89%
[6]
ConnecticutRaymond E. BaldwinRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryJames L. McConaughy (Republican) 54.38%
Charles Wilbert Snow (Democratic) 40.41%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 4.72%
Herman N. Simon (Socialist Labor) 0.50%
[7]
GeorgiaEllis ArnallDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryEugene 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]
IdahoArnold WilliamsDemocraticDefeated, 43.63%C. A. Robins (Republican) 56.37%
[10]
IowaRobert D. BlueRepublicanRe-elected, 57.40%Frank Miles (Democratic) 42.14%
E. P. Gabriel (Prohibition) 0.46%
[11]
KansasAndrew Frank SchoeppelRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryFrank Carlson (Republican) 53.50%
Harry Hines Woodring (Democratic) 44.02%
David C. White (Prohibition) 2.17%
Harry Graber (Socialist) 0.32%
[12]
MaineHorace HildrethRepublicanRe-elected, 61.31%F. Davis Clark (Democratic) 38.69%
[13]
MarylandHerbert O'ConorDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryWilliam Preston Lane Jr. (Democratic) 54.73%
Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 45.27%
[14]
MassachusettsMaurice J. TobinDemocraticDefeated, 45.31%Robert F. Bradford (Republican) 54.12%
Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.42%
Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.14%
[15]
MichiganHarry KellyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryKim Sigler (Republican) 60.28%
Murray Van Wagoner (Democratic) 38.70%
Gordon Phillips (Prohibition) 0.72%
James Sim (Socialist Labor) 0.30%
[16]
MinnesotaEdward John ThyeRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryLuther Youngdahl (Republican) 58.96%
Harold H. Barker (DFL) 39.71%
Rudolph Gustafson (Industrial Government) 1.33%
[17]
NebraskaDwight GriswoldRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryVal Peterson (Republican) 65.51%
Frank Sorrell (Democratic) 34.49%
[18]
NevadaVail M. PittmanDemocraticRe-elected, 57.42%Melvin E. Jepson (Republican) 42.58%
[19]
New HampshireCharles M. DaleRepublicanRe-elected, 63.14%F. Clyde Keefe (Democratic) 36.86%
[20]
New JerseyWalter Evans EdgeRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryAlfred 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 MexicoJohn J. DempseyDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryThomas J. Mabry (Democratic) 52.70%
Edward L. Safford (Republican) 47.30%
[22]
New YorkThomas E. DeweyRepublicanRe-elected, 56.92%James M. Mead (Democratic) 43.08%
[23]
North DakotaFred G. AandahlRepublicanRe-elected, 68.88%Quentin Burdick (Democratic) 31.12%
[24]
OhioFrank LauscheDemocraticDefeated, 48.88%Thomas J. Herbert (Republican) 50.64%
Arla A. Albaugh (Socialist Labor) 0.49%
[25]
OklahomaRobert S. KerrDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryRoy 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]
OregonEarl SnellRepublicanRe-elected, 69.06%Carl C. Donaugh (Democratic) 30.94%
[27]
PennsylvaniaEdward MartinRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryJames 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 IslandJohn PastoreDemocraticRe-elected, 54.27%John G. Murphy (Republican) 45.73%
[29]
South CarolinaRansome Judson WilliamsDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victoryStrom Thurmond (Democratic) unopposed
[30]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Strom Thurmond 56.95%
James C. McLeod 43.05%
[31]
South DakotaMerrell Q. SharpeRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryGeorge Theodore Mickelson (Republican) 67.16%
Richard Haeder (Democratic) 32.84%
[32]
TennesseeJim Nance McCordDemocraticRe-elected, 65.35%W. O. Lowe (Republican) 31.91%
John Randolph Neal Jr. (Independent) 2.74%
[33]
TexasCoke R. StevensonDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryBeauford H. Jester (Democratic) 91.23%
Eugene Nolte (Republican) 8.77%
[34]
VermontMortimer R. ProctorRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryErnest W. Gibson Jr. (Republican) 80.30%
Berthold C. Coburn (Democratic) 19.57%
Scattering 0.14%
[35]
WisconsinWalter Samuel GoodlandRepublicanRe-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]
WyomingLester C. HuntDemocraticRe-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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