1946 Idaho gubernatorial election

none related races 1946 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1946 Idaho gubernatorial election Idaho 1927 Presidential no 1944 Idaho gubernatorial election 1944 1950 Idaho gubernatorial election 1950 November 5, 1946 File:C. A. Robins (Idaho Governor) (cropped).jpg 150x150px C. A. Robins Republican Party (United States) 102,233 56.37% File:Arnold Williams (Idaho Governor).jpg Arnold Williams Democratic Party (United States) 79,131 43.63% 1946 Idaho gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 175px County results Robins: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Williams: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Arnold Williams Democratic Party (United States) C. A. Robins Republican Party (United States) The 1946 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 5. Republican nominee C. A. Robins defeated Democratic incumbent Arnold Williams with 56.37% of the vote.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YShmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eS8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1814%2C2920785 Lewiston Morning Tribune Associated Press GOP nears House control in landslide: Idaho follows suit; White only Democrat with chance November 6, 1945 1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YihmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eS8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2098%2C2997843 Lewiston Morning Tribune Associated Press Idaho GOP landslide like Democrat in '32 November 7, 1945 1 Idaho changed the term for governor from two to four years starting with this election, and the winner was not allowed to run for a second term (self-succession) until 1958. Williams had become governor in November 1945, following the resignation of Charles Gossett, whom Williams immediately appointed to the U.S. Senate.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1tpXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kPUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3935%2C3351325 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press Gov. Gossett resigns to take Senate post November 17, 1945 1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OL9eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2079%2C3508241 Lewiston Morning Tribune Associated Press Gossett resigns to accept U.S. Senate seat; Arnold Williams is Idaho governor November 18, 1945 1 Primary elections Primary elections were held on June 11, 1946.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=27NeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1366%2C5049167 Lewiston Morning Tribune Associated Press Reynolds Irvine W. Idaho voters have wide choice among candidates in primaries June 9, 1946 3, section 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3LNeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1456%2C5098899 Lewiston Morning Tribune Associated Press Reynolds Irvine W. Political field narrows after Tuesday primary June 10, 1946 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3rNeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2015%2C5204590 Lewiston Morning Tribune Associated Press Pitman Frank W. Donart defeats Gossett for Senate nomination June 12, 1946 1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=69pXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gfUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4696%2C2178582 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press For Governor June 12, 1946 3https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=37NeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3038%2C5280404 Lewiston Morning Tribune Associated Press Idaho vote heavy in primary race June 13, 1946 1 Democratic primary Candidates Arnold Williams, St. Anthony, incumbent governor Franklin Girard, Coeur d'Alene, former secretary of state Asher Wilson, Twin Falls, state board of education member Republican primary Candidates C. A. Robins, St. Maries physician, state senator C. A. Bottolfsen, Arco newspaper publisher and farmer, former governor Adam Blackstone, Marsing rancher, county commissioner General election Candidates C. A. Robins, Republican Arnold Williams, Democratic Results 1946 Idaho gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=DSZzAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA146 America Votes 30: 2011-2012, Election Returns by State - Rhodes Cook 5 November 2013 9781452290171 2020-04-29 Cook Rhodes Republican Party (United States) C. A. Robins 102,233 56.37% Democratic Party (United States) Arnold Williams (incumbent) 79,131 43.63% 23,102 181,364 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References 2 1946 Idaho Gubernatorial Category:November 1946 in the United States