1942 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1942 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1941 United States gubernatorial elections 1941 1943 United States gubernatorial elections 1943 Seats up Seats won 33 governorships November 3, 1942;September 14, 1942 (ME) Democratic Party (United States) 28 24 4 18 14 Republican Party (United States) 20 23 3 15 18 Wisconsin Progressive Party 0 1 1 0 1 324px #94C6DF Democratic hold #0272B1 Democratic gain#F48984 Republican hold #CB001A Republican gain #288B37 Progressive gain#D3D3D3 No election United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1942, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 3, 1942. Elections took place on September 14 in Maine. In Georgia, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term. Race summary StateGovernorPartyFirstelectedStatusCandidates AlabamaFrank M. Dixon 1938 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Chauncey Sparks (Democratic) 89.0% Republican Party (US) Hugh McEniry (Republican) 10.5% Communist Party (US)Ordway Southard (Communist) 0.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=93467 AL Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 ArizonaSidney Preston Osborn 1940Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Sidney Preston Osborn (Democratic) 72.5% Republican Party (US)Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 26.9% Prohibition Party (US)Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.6%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261759 AZ Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 ArkansasHomer Martin Adkins 1940Incumbent re-elected. Primary election: Democratic Party (US) Homer Martin Adkins (Democratic) 71.8% Democratic Party (US) Fred Keller (Democratic) 26.3% Democratic Party (US) Bill Neill (Democratic) 1.0% Democratic Party (US) Vernon Heath (Democratic) 0.91%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=388625 AR Governor, 1942 – D Primary Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 General election: Democratic Party (US) Homer Martin Adkins (Democratic) 100.0%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261897 AR Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 CaliforniaCulbert Olson 1938 Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Earl Warren (Republican) 57.1% Democratic Party (US) Culbert Olson (Democratic) 41.8% Independent Nathan T. Porter (Townsend Party) 0.7% Prohibition Party (US)Fred Dyster (Prohibition) 0.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=121646 CA Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 ColoradoRalph Lawrence Carr 1938 Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) John Charles Vivian (Republican) 56.2% Democratic Party (US)Homer F. Bedford (Democratic) 43.4% Communist Party (US)William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.4%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261901 CO Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 ConnecticutRobert A. Hurley 1940 Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican) 49.0% Democratic Party (US) Robert A. Hurley (Democratic) 44.4% Socialist Party (US)Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 6.0% Socialist Labor Party (US)Joseph C. Borden Jr. (Socialist Labor) 0.7%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114071 CT Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 GeorgiaEugene Talmadge 19321936 (term-limited)1940 Incumbent lost renomination.Democratic hold. Primary election: Democratic Party (US) Ellis Arnall (Democratic) 57.65% Democratic Party (US) Eugene Talmadge (Democratic) 42.35%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377400 GA Governor, 1942 – D Primary Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 General election: Democratic Party (US) Ellis Arnall (Democratic) 96.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261914 GA Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 IdahoChase A. Clark 1940 Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) C. A. Bottolfsen (Republican) 50.15% Democratic Party (US)Chase A. Clark (Democratic) 49.85%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261919 ID Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 IowaGeorge A. Wilson 1938 Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Republican) 62.8% Democratic Party (US) Nelson G. Kraschel (Democratic) 37.0% Prohibition Party (US)Ward Hall (Prohibition) 0.2% IndependentF. M. Briggs (Independent) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262004 IA Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 KansasPayne Ratner 1938 Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Andrew Frank Schoeppel (Republican) 56.7% Democratic Party (US) William H. Burke (Democratic) 41.8% Prohibition Party (US) David C. White (Prohibition) 1.3% Socialist Party (US)Ida A. Beloof (Socialist) 0.3%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262007 KS Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 MaineSumner Sewall 1940Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Sumner Sewall (Republican) 66.8% Democratic Party (US) George W. Lane Jr. (Democratic) 33.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262014 ME Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 MarylandHerbert O'Conor 1938Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Herbert O'Conor (Democratic) 52.6% Republican Party (US) Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 47.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27753 MD Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 MassachusettsLeverett Saltonstall 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Leverett Saltonstall (Republican) 54.1% Democratic Party (US) Roger Putnam (Democratic) 45.0% Communist Party (US)Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.3% Socialist Party (US)Joseph S. Massidda (Socialist) 0.2% Socialist Labor Party (US)Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.2% Prohibition Party (US)Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262020 MA Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 MichiganMurray Van Wagoner 1940 Incumbent lost re-election.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Harry Kelly (Republican) 52.6% Democratic Party (US) Murray Van Wagoner (Democratic) 46.7% Prohibition Party (US)Frederic S. Goodrich (Prohibition) 0.7%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114900 MI Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 MinnesotaHarold Stassen 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Harold Stassen (Republican) 51.6% Farmer-Labor Party Hjalmar Petersen (Farmer-Labor) 37.8% Democratic Party (US) John D. Sullivan (Democratic) 9.5% Communist Party (US)Martin Mackie (Communist) 0.6% Industrial Government Party (US)Harris A. Brandborg (Industrial Government) 0.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=46779 MN Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 NebraskaDwight Griswold 1940Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Dwight Griswold (Republican) 74.8% Democratic Party (US) Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 25.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262042 NE Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 NevadaEdward P. Carville 1938Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Edward P. Carville (Democratic) 60.3% Republican Party (US) Aaron V. Tallman (Republican) 39.8%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85548 NV Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 New HampshireRobert O. Blood 1940Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) Robert O. Blood (Republican) 52.2% Democratic Party (US) William J. Neal (Democratic) 47.8%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262047 NH Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 New MexicoJohn E. Miles 1938Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) John J. Dempsey (Democratic) 54.6% Republican Party (US) Joseph F. Tondre (Republican) 45.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262039 NM Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 New YorkHerbert H. Lehman 1932 Incumbent retired.Republican gain. Republican Party (US) Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) 52.1% Democratic Party (US) John J. Bennett Jr. (Democratic) 36.4% American Labor Party Dean Alfange (American Labor) 9.8% Communist Party (US) Israel Amter (Communist) 1.1% Socialist Party (US) Coleman B. Cheney (Socialist) 0.5% Industrial Government Party (US) Aaron M. Orange (Industrial Government) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=91796 NY Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 North DakotaJohn Moses North Dakota politician 1938Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) John Moses (Democratic) 57.6% Republican Party (US) Oscar W. Hagen (Republican) 42.4%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262034 ND Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 OhioJohn W. Bricker 1938Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) John W. Bricker (Republican) 60.5% Democratic Party (US) John McSweeney (Democratic) 39.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27763 OH Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 OklahomaLeon C. Phillips 1938 Incumbent term-limited.Democratic hold. Democratic Party (US) Robert S. Kerr (Democratic) 51.9% Republican Party (US) William Otjen (Republican) 47.6% Prohibition Party (US) Edward W. Fickinger (Prohibition) 0.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261803 OK Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 OregonCharles A. Sprague 1938 Incumbent lost renomination.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Earl Snell (Republican) 77.9% Democratic Party (US) Lew Wallace (Democratic) 22.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262028 OR Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 PennsylvaniaArthur James politician 1938 Incumbent term-limited.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Edward Martin (Republican) 53.7% Democratic Party (US) F. Clair Ross (Democratic) 45.1% Prohibition Party (US) Dale H. Learn (Prohibition) 0.7% Independent John J. Haluska (United Pension) 0.3% Socialist Labor Party (US) Joseph Pirincin (Socialist Labor) 0.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=41289 PA Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 Rhode IslandJ. Howard McGrath 1940Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) J. Howard McGrath (Democratic) 58.5% Republican Party (US) James O. McManus (Republican) 41.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261927 RI Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 South CarolinaRichard Manning Jefferies 1942Jefferies became governor on March 2, 1942, after predecessor (J. Emile Harley) died. Incumbent retired.Democratic hold. Primary election: Democratic Party (US) Olin D. Johnston (Democratic) 51.8% Democratic Party (US) Wyndham Manning (Democratic) 48.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40430 SC Governor, 1942 – D Primary Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 General election: Democratic Party (US) Olin D. Johnston (Democratic) 100.0%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40428 SC Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 South DakotaHarlan J. Bushfield 1938Incumbent retired.Republican hold. Republican Party (US) Merrell Q. Sharpe (Republican) 61.5% Democratic Party (US) Lewis W. Bicknell (Democratic) 38.5%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262017 SD Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 TennesseePrentice Cooper 1938Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Prentice Cooper (Democratic) 70.1% Republican Party (US) C. N. Frazier (Republican) 29.9%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261904 TN Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 TexasCoke R. Stevenson 1941Stevenson became governor in 1941 after predecessor (W. Lee O'Daniel) resigned.Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Party (US) Coke R. Stevenson (Democratic) 96.8% Republican Party (US) C. K. McDowell (Republican) 3.2%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=151512 TX Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 VermontWilliam Henry Wills politician 1940Incumbent re-elected. Republican Party (US) William Henry Wills (Republican) 77.9% Democratic Party (US) Park H. Pollard (Democratic) 22.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144179 VT Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 WisconsinJulius P. Heil 1938Incumbent lost re-election.Progressive gain. Progressive Party (US) Orland Steen Loomis (Progressive) 49.7% Republican Party (US) Julius P. Heil (Republican) 36.5% Democratic Party (US)William C. Sullivan (Democratic) 12.3% Socialist Party (US)Frank P. Zeidler (Socialist) 1.4% IndependentFred B. Blair (Independent) 0.1% IndependentGeorgia Cozzini (Independent) 0.1%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=200136 WI Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 WyomingNels H. Smith 1938 Incumbent lost re-election.Democratic gain. Democratic Party (US) Lester C. Hunt (Democratic) 51.3% Republican Party (US) Nels H. Smith (Republican) 48.7%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261911 WY Governor, 1942 Our Campaigns March 12, 2019 Closest races States where the margin of victory was under 5%: Idaho, 0.30% Wyoming, 2.63% Oklahoma, 4.25% New Hampshire, 4.35% Connecticut, 4.55% States where the margin of victory was under 10%: Maryland, 5.1% Michigan, 5.9% Pennsylvania, 8.6% Massachusetts, 9.1% New Mexico, 9.1% Red denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats. Notes See also 1942 United States elections 1942 United States Senate elections 1942 United States House of Representatives elections References 30emcollapsed Category:September 1942 in the United States Category:November 1942 in the United States Category:United States home front during World War II