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1946 United States gubernatorial elections
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November 5, 1946;
September 9, 1946 (ME)
1947 →
34 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 22 26[a]
Seats after 25 23
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3
Seats up 17 17
Seats won 20 14
1946 North Dakota gubernatorial election1946 New Jersey gubernatorial election1946 Alabama gubernatorial election1946 Arizona gubernatorial election1946 Arkansas gubernatorial election1946 California gubernatorial election1946 Colorado gubernatorial election1946 Connecticut gubernatorial election1946 Georgia gubernatorial election1946 Idaho gubernatorial election1946 Iowa gubernatorial election1946 Kansas gubernatorial election1946 Maine gubernatorial election1946 Maryland gubernatorial election1946 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1946 Michigan gubernatorial election1946 Minnesota gubernatorial election1946 Nebraska gubernatorial election1946 Nevada gubernatorial election1946 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1946 New Mexico gubernatorial election1946 New York gubernatorial election1946 Ohio gubernatorial election1946 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1946 Oregon gubernatorial election1946 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1946 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1946 South Carolina gubernatorial election1946 South Dakota gubernatorial election1946 Tennessee gubernatorial election1946 Texas gubernatorial election1946 Vermont gubernatorial election1946 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1946 Wyoming gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1946, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 5, 1946. Elections took place on September 9 in Maine.

In Idaho, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term. In New Jersey, this was the last election on a 3-year cycle, before switching to a 4-year term for governors from 1949.

Race summary

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State Governor Party First
elected		 Status Candidates
Alabama Chauncey Sparks Democratic 1942 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Arizona Sidney Preston Osborn Democratic 1940 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas Benjamin T. Laney Democratic 1944 Incumbent re-elected.
California Earl Warren Republican[4] 1942 Incumbent re-elected.
Colorado John Charles Vivian Republican 1942 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin Republican 1942 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Georgia Ellis Arnall Democratic 1942 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Idaho Arnold Williams Democratic 1945[b] Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Iowa Robert D. Blue Republican 1944 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas Andrew Frank Schoeppel Republican 1942 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Maine Horace Hildreth Republican 1944 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland Herbert O'Conor Democratic 1938 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Massachusetts Maurice J. Tobin Democratic 1944 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Michigan Harry Kelly Republican 1942 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Minnesota Edward J. Thye Republican 1943[c] Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Nebraska Dwight Griswold Republican 1940 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Nevada Vail Pittman Democratic 1945[d] Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Vail Pittman (Democratic) 57.4%
  • ▌ Melvin E. Jepson (Republican) 42.6%[19]
New Hampshire Charles M. Dale Republican 1944 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey Walter E. Edge Republican 1916
1943		 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
New Mexico John J. Dempsey Democratic 1942 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
New York Thomas E. Dewey Republican 1942 Incumbent re-elected.
North Dakota Fred G. Aandahl Republican 1944 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio Frank Lausche Democratic 1944 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Oklahoma Robert S. Kerr Democratic 1942 Incumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Roy J. Turner (Democratic) 52.5%
  • ▌ Olney F. Flynn (Republican) 46.0%
  • ▌ Mildred "Mickey" Harrell (Independent) 1.45%
  • ▌ R.M. Funk (Independent) 0.05%
  • ▌ Bruno H. Miller (Independent) 0.05%[25]
Oregon Earl Snell Republican 1942 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania Edward Martin Republican 1942 Incumbent term-limited.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY James H. Duff (Republican) 58.5%
  • ▌ John S. Rice (Democratic) 40.7%
  • ▌ James Killip (Prohibition) 0.44%
  • ▌ George S. Taylor (Socialist Labor) 0.34%[27]
Rhode Island John Pastore Democratic 1945[e] Incumbent elected to full term.
South Carolina Ransome Judson Williams Democratic 1945[f] Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
South Dakota Merrell Q. Sharpe Republican 1942 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
Tennessee Jim Nance McCord Democratic 1944 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas Coke R. Stevenson Democratic 1941[g] Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Vermont Mortimer R. Proctor Republican 1944 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
Wisconsin Walter Samuel Goodland Republican 1943[h] Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Walter Samuel Goodland (Republican) 59.8%
  • ▌Daniel Hoan (Democratic) 39.1%
  • ▌Walter H. Uphoff (Socialist) 0.9%
  • ▌Sigmund Eisenscher (Communist) 0.2%
  • ▌Jerry Kenyon (Socialist Labor) 0.1%[35]
Wyoming Lester C. Hunt Democratic 1942 Incumbent re-elected.

Closest races

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States where the margin of victory was under 5%:

  1. Ohio, 1.76%
  2. Colorado, 4.22%

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. New Mexico, 5.64%
  2. Wyoming, 5.76%
  3. Oklahoma, 6.48%
  4. Rhode Island, 8.54%
  5. Massachusetts, 8.82%
  6. Maryland, 9.46%
  7. Kansas, 9.48%


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

Notes

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  1. ↑ Charles Wilbert Snow (D) succeeded Connecticut Governor Raymond E. Baldwin (R) who resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate in December 1946.
  2. ↑ Williams became governor in 1945 when predecessor (Charles C. Gossett) resigned.
  3. ↑ Thye became governor in 1943 after predecessor (Harold Stassen) resigned. He was re-elected in 1944.
  4. ↑ Pittman became governor in 1945 when predecessor (Edward P. Carville) resigned.
  5. ↑ Pastore became governor in 1945 after predecessor (J. Howard McGrath) resigned.
  6. ↑ Williams became governor in 1945, after predecessor (Olin D. Johnston) resigned.
  7. ↑ Stevenson became governor in 1941 after predecessor (W. Lee O'Daniel) resigned. He was re-elected in 1942 and 1944.
  8. ↑ 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. He was re-elected in 1944.

References

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  1. ↑ "AL Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ "AZ Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ "AR Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ Warren also won the Democratic nomination by cross-filing
  5. ↑ "CA Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ "CO Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  7. ↑ "CT Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ "GA Governor, 1946 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ "GA Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  10. ↑ "ID Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  11. ↑ "IA Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  12. ↑ "KS Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  13. ↑ "ME Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  14. ↑ "MD Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  15. ↑ "MA Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  16. ↑ "MI Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  17. ↑ "MN Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  18. ↑ "NE Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  19. ↑ "NV Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  20. ↑ "NH Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  21. ↑ "NM Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  22. ↑ "NY Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  23. ↑ "ND Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  24. ↑ "OH Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  25. ↑ "OK Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  26. ↑ "OR Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  27. ↑ "PA Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  28. ↑ "RI Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  29. ↑ "SC Governor, 1946 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  30. ↑ "SC Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  31. ↑ "SD Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  32. ↑ "TN Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  33. ↑ "TX Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  34. ↑ "VT Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  35. ↑ "WI Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  36. ↑ "WY Governor, 1946". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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