1954 Nebraska gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1954 Nebraska gubernatorial election Nebraska presidential no 1952 Nebraska gubernatorial election 1952 1956 Nebraska gubernatorial election 1956 November 2, 1954 File:Gov. Victor Andeson (cropped).jpg 150x150px Victor Anderson Republican Party (United States) 250,080 60.28% File:William Ritchie Nebraska (cropped).jpg William Ritchie Democratic Party (United States) 164,753 39.72% 1954 Nebraska gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsAnderson: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Ritchie: #7996e2 50–60% Governor Robert B. Crosby Republican Party (United States) Victor Anderson Republican Party (United States) The 1954 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954, and featured Mayor of Lincoln Victor Anderson, the Republican nominee, defeating Democratic nominee, attorney William Ritchie. Democratic primary Candidates Mabel Fossler P. J. Heaton, former city attorney for Sidney, Nebraska, and candidate in the Democratic primary for governor in 1944 William Ritchie, attorney, Democratic nominee for United States Senate in 1952, and candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Nebraska in 1932http://nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/manuscripts/politics/william-ritchie.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120715043231/http://nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/manuscripts/politics/william-ritchie.pdf dead July 15, 2012 Nebraska State Historical Society Collection Record; Ritchie, William 1886-1956 2017-09-26 Andrew E. Swanson, farmer from near Polk, Nebraska, and unsuccessful Republican primary candidate for lieutenant governor in 1944, governor in 1946 and 1948, and again for lieutenant governor in 1950 after failing to switch to the Democratic Party soon enough in 1950.Andrew E. Swanson Files For Governor For Third Time The Lincoln Star January 21, 1950 May 22, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/310482810/State Capital News... Omaha Attorney May Have Pulled "Slicker" Dakota County Star July 6, 1950 May 22, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/752494197/ Swanson was recognized as a perennial candidate.Primary Election Is Just Month Away; Filing Deadline Past Osceola Record July 8, 1954 May 22, 2023 https://www.newspapers.com/image/746169231/ Results Democratic primary resultsOfficial Report of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska - Primary Election August 10, 1954 & General Election November 2, 1954 http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/S1200/S001-1954prim_gen.pdf Nebraska Library Commission Democratic Party (US) William Ritchie 39,127 53.18 Democratic Party (US) P. J. Heaton 18,481 25.12 Democratic Party (US) Andrew E. Swanson 12,633 17.17 Democratic Party (US) Mabel Fossler 3,312 4.50 Democratic Party (US) Write-in 25 0.03 Republican primary Candidates Victor Anderson, Mayor of Lincoln and former member of the Nebraska Legislature James L. Bourret Clarence R. Bristol Louis H. Hector John McKernan Frederick H. Wagener, Lancaster County Attorney Arthur B. Walker, physicianState Primary Candidates Dr. A. B. Walker, Republican, 68, Lincoln; physician. Beatrice Daily Sun June 9, 1946 https://www.newspapers.com/image/3846608/ and perennial candidate in the Republican primaries (who ran for governor in 1952, 1950, 1948, 1946, and for lieutenant governor in 1938) Results Republican primary results Republican Party (US) Victor Anderson 91,624 60.24 Republican Party (US) Frederick H. Wagener 40,140 26.39 Republican Party (US) Clarence R. Bristol 6,654 4.38 Republican Party (US) Arthur B. Walker 5,664 3.72 Republican Party (US) John McKernan 3,374 2.22 Republican Party (US) James L. Bourret 3,319 2.18 Republican Party (US) Louis H. Hector 1,295 0.85 Republican Party (US) Write-in 19 0.01 General election Results 1954 Nebraska gubernatorial election Republican Party (United States) Victor Anderson 250,080 60.28% Democratic Party (United States) William Ritchie 164,753 39.72% Write-in Others 8 >0.01% 414,841 100.0% Republican Party (United States) By County By county yes #B0CEFF;line-height:135%; none CountyPersonDemocraticPersonRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotalvotes#%#%#%#%Adams CountyAntelope CountyArthur CountyBanner CountyBlaine CountyBoone CountyBox Butte CountyBoyd CountyBrown CountyBuffalo CountyBurt CountyButler CountyCass CountyCedar CountyChase CountyCherry CountyCheyenne CountyClay CountyColfax CountyCuming CountyCuster CountyDakota CountyDawes CountyDawson CountyDeuel CountyDixon CountyDodge CountyDouglas CountyDundy CountyFillmore CountyFranklin CountyFrontier CountyFurnas CountyGage CountyGarden CountyGarfield CountyGosper CountyGrant CountyGreeley CountyHall CountyHamilton CountyHayes CountyHitchcock CountyHolt CountyHooker CountyHoward CountyJefferson CountyJohnson CountyKearney CountyKeith CountyKeya Paha CountyKimball CountyKnox CountyLancaster CountyLincoln CountyLogan CountyLoup CountyMadison CountyMcPherson CountyMerrick CountyMorrill CountyNance CountyNance CountyNemaha CountyNuckolls CountyOtoe CountyPawnee CountyPerkins CountyPhelps CountyPierce CountyPlatte CountyPolk CountyRed Willow CountyRichardson CountyRock CountySaline CountySarpy CountySaunders CountyScotts Bluff CountySeward CountySheridan CountySioux CountyStanton CountyThayer CountyStanton CountyThurston CountyValley CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWebster CountyWheeler CountyYork County Totals See also 1954 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election References Gubernatorial 1954 Nebraska Category:November 1954 in the United States Category:Long stubs with short prose