1942 Texas gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1942 Texas gubernatorial election Texas Presidential no 1940 Texas gubernatorial election 1940 1944 Texas gubernatorial election 1944 November 3, 1942 File:Coke R. Stevenson (cropped).jpg 150x150px Coke R. Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) 280,735 96.83% 1942 Texas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 310px County resultsStevenson: #7996e2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #3933E5 80–90% #0D0596 >90% Governor Coke R. Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) Coke R. Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) The 1942 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic Governor Coke R. Stevenson defeated Republican nominee Caswell K. McDowell with 96.83% of the vote. Nominations Democratic primary The Democratic primary election was held on July 25, 1942. By winning over 50% of the vote, Stevenson avoided a run-off which would have been held on August 22, 1942. Candidates Hal H. Collins, businessman O'Daniel Is Leading Allred by 9,000 in Texas Senate Race https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-07-26/ed-1/seq-1/ Evening star Washington, D.C. 26 July 1942 1 8 December 2020 Alex M. Ferguson, seed breeder 2 Men to Seek Senator Smith's Post If He Is Elected Lieutenant-Governor https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth559516/m1/3/ The Nolan County News Sweetwater, Tex. 4 June 1942 3 8 December 2020 Gene S. Porter, insurance broker Porter Opens 2d Week of Westex Drive for Votes https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth559551/m1/3/ The Nolan County News Sweetwater, Tex. 2 July 1942 3 8 December 2020 Ex-Sweetwater Boy Candidate For Governor https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth559730/m1/12/ The Nolan County News Sweetwater, Tex. 23 July 1942 12 8 December 2020 Charles L. Somerville, law school operator Primary https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299112/m1/3/ The Sunday Record Mineola, Tex. 14 June 1942 3 8 December 2020 Hope Wheeler, newspaper editor Coke R. Stevenson, incumbent Governor Results Democratic primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=296519 TX Governor, 1942 - D Primary Our Campaigns 8 December 2020Congressional Quarterly 1998 145Texas Almanac 1954-1955 348 Coke R. Stevenson (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 651,218 68.46 Hal H. Collins Democratic Party (United States) 272,469 28.64 Hope Wheeler Democratic Party (United States) 9,373 0.99 Alex M. Ferguson Democratic Party (United States) 8,370 0.88 Gene S. Porter Democratic Party (United States) 4,933 0.52 Charles L. Somerville Democratic Party (United States) 4,853 0.51 951,216 100.00 Republican nomination The Republican state convention was held at San Angelo on August 10 and 11, 1942. State GOP Names Fletcher for Attorney General https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1002832/m1/1/ The Grand Saline Sun Grand Saline, Tex. 13 August 1942 1 8 December 2020 Republicans Name Nominees https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth829341/m1/3/ The Daily News-Telegram Sulphur Springs, Tex. 12 August 1942 3 8 December 2020 Caswell Kelliston "C.K." McDowell, a former county judge of Val Verde County and longtime Republican activist in the stateOlien Roger M. From Token to Triumph: The Texas Republicans Since 1920 Southern Methodist University Press Dallas, Texas 1981 registration November 4, 2023 https://archive.org/details/fromtokentotrium00olie was nominated for Governor. Panhandle Republicans To Welcome Gubernatorial Candidate https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/15447016/ Amarillo Daily News Amarillo, Texas October 2, 1942 12 8 December 2020 subscription General election Candidates Coke R. Stevenson, (Democratic), incumbent Governor of Texas Caswell Kelliston McDowell (Republican), former county judge of Val Verde County, Texas.Robert M. McDowell Remarks of Commissioner McDowell at the Telecommunications Industry Association May 19, 2011 Dallas, Texas Robert M. McDowell Federal Communications Commission One of them, C.K. McDowell, my great grandfather, went from working as a ranch hand and cowboy living in a frontier dugout, to reading the law and becoming an attorney. After the turn of the century, somehow he was elected chief judge of Val Verde County. https://www.fcc.gov/document/commissioner-mcdowell-speech-tia November 18, 2023 Results 1942 Texas gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=151512 TX Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns 8 December 2020Congressional Quarterly 1998 82Texas Almanac 1954-1955 348 Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Forty-Eighth Legislature https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/Senatejournals/48/01141943_3_27.pdf Austin, Texas The Capital Printing Company 38 1943 Dubin Michael J. 2014 United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1932-1952: The Official Results by State and County https://books.google.com/books?id=PCUXAwAAQBAJ Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc. 9 978-0-7864-7034-1 Democratic Party (United States) Coke R. Stevenson (incumbent) 280,735 96.83% 2.41 Republican Party (United States) Caswell K. McDowell 9,204 3.17% 2.38 271,531 93.66% 4.79 289,939 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) References Bibliography Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Texas Almanac, 1954-1955 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117168/ Dallas, Texas A. H. Belo Corporation 1953 Texas Almanac 1954-1955 1942 Texas Gubernatorial Category:November 1942 in the United States