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 3 3
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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