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1940 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1939
November 5, 1940;
September 9, 1940 (ME)
1941 →
34 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 30 18
Seats after 28 20
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Seats up 19 15
Seats won 17 17
1940 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1940 Illinois gubernatorial election1940 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1940 Iowa gubernatorial election1940 Arkansas gubernatorial election1940 Kansas gubernatorial election1940 Texas gubernatorial election1940 New Mexico gubernatorial election1940 Arizona gubernatorial election1940 Florida gubernatorial election1940 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1940 Michigan gubernatorial election1940 Nebraska gubernatorial election1940 South Dakota gubernatorial election1940 Minnesota gubernatorial election1940 Maine gubernatorial election1940 Colorado gubernatorial election1940 Ohio gubernatorial election1940 Tennessee gubernatorial election1940 Connecticut gubernatorial election1940 Idaho gubernatorial election1940 Georgia gubernatorial election1940 New Jersey gubernatorial election1940 Delaware gubernatorial election1940 Indiana gubernatorial election1940 Missouri gubernatorial election1940 Montana gubernatorial election1940 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1940 North Carolina gubernatorial election1940 North Dakota gubernatorial election1940 Utah gubernatorial election1940 Vermont gubernatorial election1940 Washington gubernatorial election1940 West Virginia gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1940, in 34 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 5, 1940. Elections took place on September 9 in Maine.

This was the last time Georgia elected its governors to 2-year terms, as it switched to 4-years terms from the 1942 election.

Race summary

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State Governor Party First
elected		 Status Candidates
Arizona Robert Taylor Jones Democratic 1938 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
Arkansas Carl E. Bailey Democratic 1936 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Homer Adkins (Democratic) 91.4%
  • ▌H.C. Stump (Republican) 8.2%
  • ▌Walter S. McNutt (Independent) 0.4%[2]
Colorado Ralph Lawrence Carr Republican 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Ralph Lawrence Carr (Republican) 54.4%
  • ▌George E. Saunders (Democratic) 45.0%
  • ▌Carle Whitehead (Socialist) 0.4%
  • ▌Laurence W. Cofman (Prohibition) 0.3%[3]
Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin Republican 1938 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Delaware Richard McMullen Democratic 1936 Incumbent won renomination, then retired.
Republican gain.
Florida Fred P. Cone Democratic 1936 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Georgia Eurith D. Rivers Democratic 1936 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
  • Primary election:
  • ▌Green tickY Eugene Talmadge (Democratic) 51.58%
  • ▌ Columbus Roberts (Democratic) 35.95%
  • ▌ Hosea Abit Nix (Democratic) 12.47%[8]
  • General election:
  • ▌Green tickY Eugene Talmadge (Democratic) 99.6%
  • ▌ J. L. R. Boyd (Prohibition) 0.3%
  • ▌Joe Wallace (Independent) 0.1%[9]
Idaho C. A. Bottolfsen Republican 1938 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Illinois John Henry Stelle Democratic 1940[a] Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Indiana M. Clifford Townsend Democratic 1936 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) 49.92%
  • ▌ Glenn R. Hillis (Republican) 49.69%
  • ▌ Mary Donovan Hapgood (Socialist) 0.27%
  • ▌ Omer S. Whiteman (Prohibition) 0.08%
  • ▌Herman Barcus Barefield (Socialist Labor) 0.04%[12]
Iowa George A. Wilson Republican 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY George A. Wilson (Republican) 52.7%
  • ▌ John Valentine (Democratic) 47.1%
  • ▌M. M. Heptonstall (Prohibition) 0.1%
  • ▌ Charles Speck (Communist) 0.1%[13]
Kansas Payne Ratner Republican 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Payne Ratner (Republican) 49.63%
  • ▌ William H. Burke (Democratic) 49.58%
  • ▌ David C. White (Prohibition) 0.61%
  • ▌Ida A. Beloof (Socialist) 0.19%[14]
Maine Lewis O. Barrows Republican 1936 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Massachusetts Leverett Saltonstall Republican 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan Luren Dickinson Republican 1938 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Murray Van Wagoner (Democratic) 53.1%
  • ▌ Luren Dickinson (Republican) 46.6%
  • ▌Seth Whitmore (Socialist) 0.2%
  • ▌Philip Raymond (Communist) 0.12%
  • ▌Ralph Naylor (Socialist Labor) 0.04%[17]
Minnesota Harold Stassen Republican 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri Lloyd C. Stark Democratic 1936 Incumbent term-limited.
Republican gain.
Montana Roy E. Ayers Democratic 1936 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Nebraska Robert Leroy Cochran Democratic 1934 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
New Hampshire Francis P. Murphy Republican 1936 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
New Jersey A. Harry Moore Democratic 1925
1928 (term-limited)
1931
1934 (term-limited)
1937		 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Charles Edison (Democratic) 51.4%
  • ▌ Robert C. Hendrickson (Republican) 48.0%
  • ▌Marion Douglas (Socialist) 0.4%
  • ▌Manuel Cantor (Communist) 0.1%
  • ▌John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.1%
  • ▌Elmo L. Bateman (Prohibition) 0.03%[23]
New Mexico John E. Miles Democratic 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina Clyde R. Hoey Democratic 1936 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
North Dakota John Moses Democratic 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio John W. Bricker Republican 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
Rhode Island William Henry Vanderbilt III Republican 1938 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
South Dakota Harlan J. Bushfield Republican 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee Prentice Cooper Democratic 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas W. Lee O'Daniel Democratic 1938 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY W. Lee O'Daniel (Democratic) 94.4%
  • ▌ George C. Hopkins (Republican) 5.6%
  • ▌Ben H. Lauderdale (Communist) 0.03%[31]
Utah Henry H. Blood Democratic 1932 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Vermont George Aiken Republican 1936 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Washington Clarence D. Martin Democratic 1932 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican gain.
West Virginia Homer A. Holt Democratic 1936 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Wisconsin Julius P. Heil Republican 1938 Incumbent re-elected.

Closest races

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States where the margin of victory was under 1%:

  1. Kansas, 0.05%
  2. Missouri, 0.20%
  3. Indiana, 0.23%
  4. Massachusetts, 0.28%
  5. Washington, 0.75%
  6. Wisconsin, 0.89%
  7. Idaho, 0.96%

States where the margin of victory was under 5%:

  1. New Hampshire, 1.48%
  2. Connecticut, 1.76%
  3. Montana, 2.03%
  4. New Jersey, 3.34%
  5. Utah, 4.38%

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. Iowa, 5.6%
  2. Illinois, 6.3%
  3. Michigan, 6.5%
  4. Delaware, 7.0%
  5. Colorado, 9.4%

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


Notes

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  1. ↑ Stelle became governor on October 6, 1940, after predecessor (Henry Horner) died.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ "AR Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ "CO Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  4. ↑ "CT Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ "DE Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  6. ↑ "FL Governor, 1940 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  7. ↑ "FL Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1940 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  9. ↑ "GA Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  10. ↑ "ID Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  11. ↑ "IL Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  12. ↑ "IN Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  13. ↑ "IA Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  14. ↑ "KS Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  15. ↑ "ME Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MA Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MI Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  18. ↑ "MN Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  19. ↑ "MO Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  20. ↑ "MT Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NE Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  22. ↑ "NH Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  23. ↑ "NJ Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  24. ↑ "NM Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  25. ↑ "NC Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  26. ↑ "ND Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  27. ↑ "OH Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  28. ↑ "RI Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  29. ↑ "SD Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  30. ↑ "TN Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  31. ↑ "TX Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  32. ↑ "UT Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  33. ↑ "VT Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  34. ↑ "WA Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  35. ↑ "WV Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  36. ↑ "WI Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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