1946 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1946 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1945 United States gubernatorial elections 1945 1947 United States gubernatorial elections 1947 Seats up Seats won 34 governorships November 5, 1946;September 9, 1946 (ME) Republican Party (United States) 22 25 3 17 20 Democratic Party (United States) 26Charles Wilbert Snow (D) succeeded Connecticut Governor Raymond E. Baldwin (R) who resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate in December 1946. 23 3 17 14 324px #94C6DF Democratic hold #0272B1 Democratic gain#F48984 Republican hold #CB001A Republican gain#D3D3D3 No election United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1946, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 5, 1946. Elections took place on September 9 in Maine. 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. Race summary StateGovernorPartyFirstelectedStatusCandidates AlabamaChauncey Sparks 1942 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Jim Folsom (Democratic) 88.7% Republican Party (US) Lyman Ward (Republican) 11.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=80252 AL Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 ArizonaSidney Preston Osborn 1940Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Sidney Preston Osborn (Democratic) 60.1% Republican Party (US) Bruce Brockett (Republican) 39.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173719 AZ Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 ArkansasBenjamin T. Laney 1944Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Benjamin T. Laney (Democratic) 84.1% Republican Party (US) W.T. Mills (Republican) 15.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261899 AR Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 CaliforniaEarl Warren Warren also won the Democratic nomination by cross-filing 1942Incumbent re-elected.Republican Party (US) Earl Warren (Republican) 91.6% Prohibition Party (US) Henry R. Schmidt (Prohibition) 7.1% Communist Party (US) Archie Brown (write-in) (Communist) 0.9% Democratic Party (US) James Roosevelt (write-in) (Democratic) 0.1% Independent Robert W. Kenny (Independent) 0.06% Independent Albert Clark (Independent) 0.03%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=121645 CA Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 ColoradoJohn Charles Vivian 1942 Incumbent retired.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) William Lee Knous (Democratic) 52.1% Republican Party (US) Leon E. Lavington (Republican) 47.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173709 CO Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 ConnecticutRaymond E. Baldwin 1942Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) James L. McConaughy (Republican) 54.4% Democratic Party (US) Charles Wilbert Snow (Democratic) 40.4% Socialist Party (US)Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 4.8% Socialist Labor Party (US)Herman N. Simon (Socialist Labor) 0.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=123337 CT Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 GeorgiaEllis Arnall 1942 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Primary results: Democratic Party (US) Eugene Talmadge (Democratic) 42.96% (244) Democratic Party (US) James V. Carmichael (Democratic) 45.3% (144) Democratic Party (US) Eurith D. Rivers (Democratic) 10.04% (22) Democratic Party (US) Hoke O'Kelley (Democratic) 1.7% https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377207 GA Governor, 1946 – D Primary Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 General election: Democratic Party (US) Eugene Talmadge (Democratic) 98.5% Democratic Party (US) Herman Talmadge (write-in) (Democratic) 0.46% Democratic Party (US) James V. Carmichael (write-in) (Democratic) 0.46% Independent D. Talmadge Bowers (write-in) (Independent) 0.44% Democratic Party (US) Ellis Arnall (write-in) (Democratic) 0.08%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174216 GA Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 IdahoArnold Williams American politician 1945Williams became governor in 1945 when predecessor (Charles C. Gossett) resigned. Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) C. A. Robins (Republican) 56.4% Democratic Party (US) Arnold Williams (Democratic) 43.6%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173716 ID Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 IowaRobert D. Blue1944Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Robert D. Blue (Republican) 57.4% Democratic Party (US) Frank Miles (Democratic) 42.1% Prohibition Party (US)E. P. Gabriel (Prohibition) 0.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174233 IA Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 KansasAndrew Frank Schoeppel 1942Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Frank Carlson (Republican) 53.5% Democratic Party (US) Harry Hines Woodring (Democratic) 44.0% Prohibition Party (US) David C. White (Prohibition) 2.2% Socialist Party (US) Harry Graber (Socialist) 0.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173458 KS Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 MaineHorace Hildreth 1944Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Horace Hildreth (Republican) 61.3% Democratic Party (US) F. Davis Clark (Democratic) 38.7%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174304 ME Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns 3 March 2019 MarylandHerbert O'Conor 1938Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) William Preston Lane Jr. (Democratic) 54.7% Republican Party (US) Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 45.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7123 MD Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 MassachusettsMaurice J. Tobin 1944Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Robert F. Bradford (Republican) 54.1% Democratic Party (US) Maurice J. Tobin (Democratic) 45.3% Socialist Labor Party (US)Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.4% Prohibition Party (US)Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174317 MA Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 MichiganHarry Kelly politician 1942 Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Kim Sigler (Republican) 60.3% Democratic Party (US) Murray Van Wagoner (Democratic) 38.7% Prohibition Party (US)Gordon Phillips (Prohibition) 0.7% Socialist Labor Party (US)James Sim (Socialist Labor) 0.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114349 MI Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 MinnesotaEdward J. Thye 1943Thye became governor in 1943 after predecessor (Harold Stassen) resigned. He was re-elected in 1944.Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Luther Youngdahl (Republican) 59.0% Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Harold H. Barker (DFL) 39.7% Industrial Government Party (US)Rudolph Gustafson (Industrial Government) 1.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55833 MN Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 NebraskaDwight Griswold 1940Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Val Peterson (Republican) 65.5% Democratic Party (US) Frank Sorrell (Democratic) 35.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173684 NE Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 NevadaVail Pittman 1945Pittman became governor in 1945 when predecessor (Edward P. Carville) resigned.Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Vail Pittman (Democratic) 57.4% Republican Party (US) Melvin E. Jepson (Republican) 42.6%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85551 NV Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 New HampshireCharles M. Dale 1944Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Charles M. Dale (Republican) 63.1% Democratic Party (US) F. Clyde Keefe (Democratic) 36.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174341 NH Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 New JerseyWalter E. Edge19161943Incumbent retired.Republican hold.Republican Party (US) Alfred E. Driscoll (Republican) 57.1% Democratic Party (US) Lewis G. Hansen (Democratic) 41.4% New MexicoJohn J. Dempsey 1942Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Thomas J. Mabry (Democratic) 52.7% Republican Party (US) Edward L. Safford (Republican) 47.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173702 NM Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 New YorkThomas E. Dewey 1942Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) 56.9% Democratic Party (US) James M. Mead (Democratic) 43.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=91795 NY Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 North DakotaFred G. Aandahl 1944Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Fred G. Aandahl (Republican) 68.9% Democratic Party (US) Quentin Burdick (Democratic) 31.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173564 ND Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 OhioFrank Lausche 1944Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Thomas J. Herbert (Republican) 50.6% Democratic Party (US) Frank Lausche (Democratic) 48.9% Socialist Labor Party (US)Arla A. Albaugh (Socialist Labor) 0.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27761 OH Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 OklahomaRobert S. Kerr 1942 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Roy J. Turner (Democratic) 52.5% Republican Party (US) Olney F. Flynn (Republican) 46.0% Independent Mildred "Mickey" Harrell (Independent) 1.45% Independent R.M. Funk (Independent) 0.05% Independent Bruno H. Miller (Independent) 0.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173691 OK Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 OregonEarl Snell 1942Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Earl Snell (Republican) 69.1% Democratic Party (US) Carl C. Donaugh (Democratic) 30.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173722 OR Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 PennsylvaniaEdward Martin Pennsylvania politician 1942 Incumbent term-limited.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) James H. Duff (Republican) 58.5% Democratic Party (US) John S. Rice (Democratic) 40.7% Prohibition Party (US) James Killip (Prohibition) 0.44% Socialist Labor Party (US) George S. Taylor (Socialist Labor) 0.34%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=41290 PA Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 Rhode IslandJohn Pastore 1945Pastore became governor in 1945 after predecessor (J. Howard McGrath) resigned.Incumbent elected to full term. Democratic Party (US) John Pastore (Democratic) 54.3% Republican Party (US) John G. Murphy (Republican) 45.7%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261929 RI Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 South CarolinaRansome Judson Williams 1945Williams became governor in 1945, after predecessor (Olin D. Johnston) resigned. Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. Primary run-off: Democratic Party (US) Strom Thurmond (Democratic) 56.95% Democratic Party (US) James C. McLeod (Democratic) 43.05%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40438 SC Governor, 1946 – D Runoff Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 General election: Democratic Party (US) Strom Thurmond (Democratic)https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31141 SC Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 South DakotaMerrell Q. Sharpe 1942Incumbent lost renomination.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) George T. Mickelson (Republican) 67.2% Democratic Party (US) Richard Haeder (Democratic) 32.8%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173677 SD Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 TennesseeJim Nance McCord 1944Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Jim Nance McCord (Democratic) 65.4% Republican Party (US) W.O. Lowe (Republican) 31.9% Independent John Randolph Neal Jr. (Independent) 2.7%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261906 TN Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 TexasCoke R. Stevenson 1941Stevenson became governor in 1941 after predecessor (W. Lee O'Daniel) resigned. He was re-elected in 1942 and 1944.Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Beauford H. Jester (Democratic) 91.2% Republican Party (US) Eugene Nolte (Republican) 8.8%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=173695 TX Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 VermontMortimer R. Proctor 1944Incumbent lost renomination.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (Republican) 80.3% Democratic Party (US) Berthold C. Coburn (Democratic) 19.6%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144181 VT Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 WisconsinWalter Samuel Goodland 1943Goodland became governor in 1943 after governor-elect Orland Steen Loomis died before taking office. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that as lieutenant governor, Goodland was next in the line of succession following the term of outgoing governor Julius P. Heil. He was re-elected in 1944.Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Walter Samuel Goodland (Republican) 59.8% Democratic Party (US)Daniel Hoan (Democratic) 39.1% Socialist Party (US)Walter H. Uphoff (Socialist) 0.9% Communist Party (US)Sigmund Eisenscher (Communist) 0.2% Socialist Labor Party (US)Jerry Kenyon (Socialist Labor) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171624 WI Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 WyomingLester C. Hunt 1942Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Lester C. Hunt (Democratic) 52.9% Republican Party (US) Earl Wright (Republican) 47.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171529 WY Governor, 1946 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 Closest races States where the margin of victory was under 5%: Ohio, 1.76% Colorado, 4.22% States where the margin of victory was under 10%: New Mexico, 5.64% Wyoming, 5.76% Oklahoma, 6.48% Rhode Island, 8.54% Massachusetts, 8.82% Maryland, 9.46% Kansas, 9.48% Red denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats. Notes References collapsed Category:September 1946 in the United States Category:November 1946 in the United States Category:Long stubs with short prose