1950 United States gubernatorial elections

1950 United States gubernatorial elections
November 7, 1950;
September 11, 1950 (ME)
33 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 19 29
Seats after 25 23
Seat change Increase6 Decrease6
Seats up 16 17
Seats won 22 11
1950 North Dakota gubernatorial election1950 Alabama gubernatorial election1950 Arizona gubernatorial election1950 Arkansas gubernatorial election1950 California gubernatorial election1950 Colorado gubernatorial election1950 Connecticut gubernatorial election1950 Georgia gubernatorial election1950 Idaho gubernatorial election1950 Iowa gubernatorial election1950 Kansas gubernatorial election1950 Maine gubernatorial election1950 Maryland gubernatorial election1950 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1950 Michigan gubernatorial election1950 Minnesota gubernatorial election1950 Nebraska gubernatorial election1950 Nevada gubernatorial election1950 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1950 New Mexico gubernatorial election1950 New York gubernatorial election1950 Ohio gubernatorial election1950 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1950 Oregon gubernatorial election1950 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1950 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election1950 South Dakota gubernatorial election1950 Tennessee gubernatorial election1950 Texas gubernatorial election1950 Vermont gubernatorial election1950 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1950 Wyoming gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1950, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 7, 1950. Elections took place on September 11 in Maine.

In Connecticut, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
AlabamaJim FolsomDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryGordon Persons (Democratic) 91.08%
John S. Crowder (Republican) 8.92%
[1]
ArizonaDan Edward GarveyDemocraticDefeated in Democratic primary, Republican victoryJohn Howard Pyle (Republican) 50.77%
Ana Frohmiller (Democratic) 49.23%
[2]
ArkansasSid McMathDemocraticRe-elected, 84.13%Jefferson W. Speck (Republican) 15.87%
[3]
CaliforniaEarl WarrenRepublicanRe-elected, 64.85%James Roosevelt (Democratic) 35.14%
Scattering 0.01%
[4]
ColoradoWalter Walford JohnsonDemocraticDefeated, 47.22%Daniel I. J. Thornton (Republican) 52.43%
Louis K. Stephens (Socialist Labor) 0.34%
[5]
ConnecticutChester BowlesDemocraticDefeated, 47.73%John Davis Lodge (Republican) 49.66%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 2.61%
[6]
GeorgiaHerman TalmadgeDemocraticRe-elected, 98.44%Morgan Blake (Independent) 1.42%
Scattering 0.14%
[7]
(Democratic primary results)
Herman Talmadge 49.33% (295)
Melvin E. Thompson 47.88% (115)
C. O. Baker 1.76%
Pat Avery 0.52%
Mrs. J. W. Jenkins 0.51%
[8]
IdahoC. A. RobinsRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryLeonard B. Jordan (Republican) 52.56%
Calvin E. Wright (Democratic) 47.44%
[9]
IowaWilliam S. BeardsleyRepublicanRe-elected, 59.10%Lester S. Gillette (Democratic) 40.50%
W. Raymond Picken (Prohibition) 0.33%
Howard H. Tyler (States Rights) 0.07%
[10]
KansasFrank CarlsonRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryEdward F. Arn (Republican) 53.77%
Kenneth Anderson (Democratic) 44.48%
C. Floyd Hester (Prohibition) 1.52%
W. W. Tamplin (Socialist) 0.22%
[11]
Maine
(held, September 11, 1950)		Frederick G. PayneRepublicanRe-elected, 60.46%Earl S. Grant (Democratic) 39.10%
Leland B. Currier (States Rights) 0.44%
[12]
MarylandWilliam Preston Lane Jr.DemocraticDefeated, 42.72%Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 57.28%
[13]
MassachusettsPaul A. DeverDemocraticRe-elected, 56.26%Arthur W. Coolidge (Republican) 43.14%
Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.41%
Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) 0.20%
[14]
MichiganG. Mennen WilliamsDemocraticRe-elected, 49.76%Harry Kelly (Republican) 49.70%
Perry Hayden (Prohibition) 0.45%
Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
Howard Lerner (Socialist Workers) 0.03%
[15]
MinnesotaLuther YoungdahlRepublicanRe-elected, 60.75%Harry H. Peterson (DFL) 38.28%
Vernon G. Campbell (Industrial Government) 0.97%
[16]
NebraskaVal PetersonRepublicanRe-elected, 54.94%Walter R. Raecke (Democratic) 45.06%
[17]
NevadaVail M. PittmanDemocraticDefeated, 42.36%Charles H. Russell (Republican) 57.65%
[18]
New HampshireSherman AdamsRepublicanRe-elected, 56.95%Robert P. Bingham (Democratic) 43.01%
Scattering 0.04%
[19]
New MexicoThomas J. MabryDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryEdwin L. Mechem (Republican) 53.74%
John E. Miles (Democratic) 46.26%
[20]
New YorkThomas E. DeweyRepublicanRe-elected, 53.11%Walter A. Lynch (Democratic) 42.32%
John T. McManus (American Labor) 4.18%
Michael Bartell (Socialist Workers) 0.25%
Eric Hass (Socialist Labor) 0.14%
[21]
North DakotaFred G. AandahlRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. House, Republican victoryNorman Brunsdale (Republican) 66.29%
Clyde G. Byerly (Democratic) 33.71%
[22]
OhioFrank LauscheDemocraticRe-elected, 52.62%Don H. Ebright (Republican) 47.38%
[23]
OklahomaRoy J. TurnerDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJohnston Murray (Democratic) 51.11%
Jo O. Ferguson (Republican) 48.61%
Mildred Harrell (Independent) 0.27%
[24]
OregonDouglas McKayRepublicanRe-elected, 66.05%Austin F. Flegel (Democratic) 33.95%
[25]
PennsylvaniaJames H. DuffRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryJohn S. Fine (Republican) 50.74%
Richardson Dilworth (Democratic) 48.31%
Richard R. Blews (Prohibition) 0.35%
Reginald B. Naugle (GIs Against Communism) 0.22%
Thomas J. Fizpatrick (Progressive) 0.17%
Robert Z. Wilson Mozer (Socialist) 0.14%
George S. Taylor (Industrial Government (0.05%)
[26]
Rhode IslandJohn PastoreDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victoryDennis J. Roberts (Democratic) 59.34%
Eugene J. Lachapelle (Republican) 40.66%
[27]
South CarolinaStrom ThurmondDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJames F. Byrnes (Democratic) 100.00%
[28]
(Democratic primary results)
James F. Byrnes 71.63%
Lester L. Bates 18.23%
Thomas H. Pope 8.55%
Marcus A. Stone 1.59%
[29]
South DakotaGeorge T. MickelsonRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victorySigurd Anderson (Republican) 60.89%
Joe Robbie (Democratic) 39.11%
[30]
TennesseeGordon BrowningDemocraticRe-elected, 78.09%John Randolph Neal Jr. (Good Government and Clean Elections) 21.91%
[31]
TexasAllan ShiversDemocraticRe-elected, 89.93%Ralph W. Currie (Republican) 10.07%
[32]
VermontHarold J. ArthurRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. House, Republican victoryLee E. Emerson (Republican) 74.48%
J. Edward Moran (Democratic) 25.50%
Scattering 0.02%
[33]
WisconsinOscar RennebohmRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryWalter J. Kohler Jr. (Republican) 53.21%
Carl W. Thompson (Democratic) 46.16%
Michael Essin (People's Progressive) 0.33%
William O. Hart (Socialist) 0.30%
Scattering 0.01%
[34]
WyomingArthur G. CraneRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryFrank A. Barrett (Republican) 56.15%
John J. McIntyre (Democratic) 43.85%
[35]

References

  1. ↑ "AL Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ "AR Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ "CA Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  5. ↑ "CO Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  6. ↑ "CT Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  7. ↑ "GA Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1950 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  9. ↑ "ID Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  10. ↑ "IA Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  11. ↑ "KS Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  12. ↑ "ME Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  13. ↑ "MD Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  14. ↑ "MA Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  15. ↑ "MI Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MN Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  17. ↑ "NE Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  18. ↑ "NV Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  19. ↑ "NH Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  20. ↑ "NM Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NY Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  22. ↑ "ND Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  23. ↑ "OH Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  24. ↑ "OK Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  25. ↑ "OR Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  26. ↑ "PA Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  27. ↑ "RI Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  28. ↑ "SC Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  29. ↑ "SC Governor, 1950 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  30. ↑ "SD Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  31. ↑ "TN Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  32. ↑ "TX Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  33. ↑ "VT Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  34. ↑ "WI Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  35. ↑ "WY Governor, 1950". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
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