1944 United States gubernatorial elections

1944 United States gubernatorial elections
November 7, 1944;
September 11, 1944 (ME)
32 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 22 26
Seats after 25 23
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3
Seats up 12 20
Seats won 15 17
1944 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1944 Illinois gubernatorial election1944 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1944 Iowa gubernatorial election1944 Arkansas gubernatorial election1944 Kansas gubernatorial election1944 Texas gubernatorial election1944 New Mexico gubernatorial election1944 Arizona gubernatorial election1944 Florida gubernatorial election1944 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1944 Michigan gubernatorial election1944 Nebraska gubernatorial election1944 South Dakota gubernatorial election1944 Minnesota gubernatorial election1944 Maine gubernatorial election1944 Colorado gubernatorial election1944 Ohio gubernatorial election1944 Tennessee gubernatorial election1944 Connecticut gubernatorial election1944 Idaho gubernatorial election1944 Delaware gubernatorial election1944 Indiana gubernatorial election1944 Missouri gubernatorial election1944 Montana gubernatorial election1944 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1944 North Carolina gubernatorial election1944 North Dakota gubernatorial election1944 Utah gubernatorial election1944 Vermont gubernatorial election1944 Washington gubernatorial election1944 West Virginia gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1944, in 32 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 7, 1944. Elections took place on September 11 in Maine.

This was the last time Idaho elected its governors to 2-year terms, switching to 4-years from the 1946 election.

Race summary

State Governor Party First
elected		 Status Candidates
Arizona Sidney Preston Osborn Democratic 1940 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas Homer Martin Adkins Democratic 1940 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Colorado John Charles Vivian Republican 1942 Incumbent re-elected.
Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin Republican 1942 Incumbent re-elected.
Delaware Walter W. Bacon Republican 1940 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida Spessard Holland Democratic 1940 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Idaho C. A. Bottolfsen Republican 1938
1940 (lost)
1942		 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Illinois Dwight H. Green Republican 1940 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Dwight H. Green (Republican) 50.8%
  • ▌ Thomas J. Courtney (Democratic) 49.0%
  • ▌ Charles Storm (Socialist Labor) 0.2%
  • ▌ Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) 0.1%[8]
Indiana Henry F. Schricker Democratic 1940 Incumbent term-limited.
Republican gain.
Iowa Bourke B. Hickenlooper Republican 1940 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Robert D. Blue (Republican) 56.0%
  • ▌ R. F. Mitchell (Democratic) 43.6%
  • ▌Glen Williamson (Prohibition) 0.3%
  • ▌ Hugh Bockewitz (Socialist) 0.1%[10]
Kansas Andrew Frank Schoeppel Republican 1942 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Andrew Frank Schoeppel (Republican) 65.7%
  • ▌ Robert S. Lemon (Democratic) 32.8%
  • ▌ David C. White (Prohibition) 1.1%
  • ▌ W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.3%[11]
Maine Sumner Sewall Republican 1940 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Massachusetts Leverett Saltonstall Republican 1938 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Michigan Harry Kelly Republican 1942 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Harry Kelly (Republican) 54.7%
  • ▌ Edward J. Fry (Democratic) 44.8%
  • ▌Seth A. Davey (Prohibition) 0.3%
  • ▌Forest Odell (Socialist) 0.1%
  • ▌Leland Marion (America First) 0.1%
  • ▌Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.1%[14]
Minnesota Edward J. Thye Republican 1943[a] Incumbent elected to serve a full term.
Missouri Forrest C. Donnell Republican 1940 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Phil M. Donnelly (Democratic) 50.94%
  • ▌ Jean Paul Bradshaw (Republican) 48.97%
  • ▌ W. F. Rinck (Socialist) 0.08%
  • ▌ Stephen Tendler (Socialist Labor) 0.01%[16]
Montana Sam C. Ford Republican 1940 Incumbent re-elected.
Nebraska Dwight Griswold Republican 1940 Incumbent re-elected.
New Hampshire Robert O. Blood Republican 1940 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
New Mexico John J. Dempsey Democratic 1942 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina J. Melville Broughton Democratic 1940 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
North Dakota John Moses Democratic 1938 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Ohio John W. Bricker Republican 1938 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Rhode Island J. Howard McGrath Democratic 1940 Incumbent re-elected.
South Dakota Merrell Q. Sharpe Republican 1942 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee Prentice Cooper Democratic 1938 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Texas Coke R. Stevenson Democratic 1941[b] Incumbent re-elected.
Utah Herbert B. Maw Democratic 1940 Incumbent re-elected.
Vermont William Henry Wills Republican 1940 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Washington Arthur B. Langlie Republican 1940 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
West Virginia Matthew M. Neely Democratic 1940 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Wisconsin Walter Samuel Goodland Republican 1943[c] Incumbent elected to full term.

Closest races

States where the margin of victory was under 5%:

  1. Utah, 0.42%
  2. Delaware, 1.33%
  3. Illinois, 1.82%
  4. Missouri, 1.97%
  5. Indiana, 2.79%
  6. Connecticut, 3.12%
  7. Washington, 3.39%
  8. New Mexico, 3.62%
  9. Ohio, 3.63%
  10. Colorado, 4.80%

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. Idaho, 5.3%
  2. New Hampshire, 6.2%
  3. Massachusetts, 7.7%
  4. West Virginia, 8.9%
  5. Michigan, 9.9%


Red denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats.

Notes

  1. ↑ Thye became governor in 1943 after predecessor (Harold Stassen) resigned.
  2. ↑ Stevenson became governor in 1941 after predecessor (W. Lee O'Daniel) resigned. He was subsequently elected to a full term in 1942.
  3. ↑ Goodland 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.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "AR Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  3. ↑ "CO Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ "CT Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ "DE Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  6. ↑ "FL Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ "ID Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  8. ↑ "IL Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ "IN Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  10. ↑ "IA Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  11. ↑ "KS Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  12. ↑ "ME Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  13. ↑ "MA Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  14. ↑ "MI Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  15. ↑ "MN Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MO Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MT Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  18. ↑ "NE Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  19. ↑ "NH Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  20. ↑ "NM Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NC Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  22. ↑ "ND Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  23. ↑ "OH Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  24. ↑ "RI Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  25. ↑ "SD Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  26. ↑ "TN Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  27. ↑ "TX Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  28. ↑ "UT Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  29. ↑ "VT Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  30. ↑ "WA Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  31. ↑ "WV Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  32. ↑ "WI Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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