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.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Arizona Robert Taylor Jones Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Sidney Preston Osborn (Democratic) 65.52%
Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 33.81%
Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.67%
[1]
Arkansas Carl E. Bailey Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory Homer Adkins (Democratic) 91.36%
H. C. Stump (Republican) 8.22%
Walter S. McNutt (Independent) 0.43%
[2]
Colorado Ralph Lawrence Carr Republican Re-elected, 54.37% George E. Saunders (Democratic) 44.96%
Carle Whitehead (Socialist) 0.41%
Laurence W. Cofman (Prohibition) 0.27%
[3]
Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin Republican Defeated, 47.78% Robert A. Hurley (Democratic) 49.54%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 2.31%
Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.23%
Michael A. Russo (Communist) 0.15%
[4]
Delaware Richard McMullen Democratic Won Democratic primary but retired as candidate, Republican victory Walter W. Bacon (Republican) 52.38%
Josiah Marvel Jr. (Democratic) 45.41%
Ivan Culbertson (Liberal Democrat) 2.21%
[5]
Florida Fred P. Cone Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Spessard Holland (Democratic) 100.00%
[6]
(Democratic primary runoff results)
Spessard L. Holland 56.95%
Francis P. Whitehair 43.05%
[7]
Georgia Eurith D. Rivers Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Eugene Talmadge (Democratic) 99.60%
J. L. R. Boyd (Prohibition) 0.30%
Joe Wallace (Independent) 0.10%
[8]
(Democratic primary results)
Eugene Talmadge 51.58%
Columbus Roberts 35.95%
Hosea Abit Nix 12.47%
[9]
Idaho C. A. Bottolfsen Republican Defeated, 49.52% Chase A. Clark (Democratic) 50.48%
[10]
Illinois John Henry Stelle Democratic Retired, Republican victory Dwight H. Green (Republican) 52.93%
Harry Hershey (Democratic) 46.74%
Arthur McDowell (Socialist) 0.18%
Clay Freeman Gaumer (Prohibition) 0.16%
[11]
Indiana M. Clifford Townsend Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory 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 Re-elected, 52.72% John Valentine (Democratic) 47.07%
M. M. Heptonstall (Prohibition) 0.11%
Charles Speck (Communist) 0.11%
[13]
Kansas Payne Ratner Republican Re-elected, 49.63% William H. Burke (Democratic) 49.58%
David C. White (Prohibition) 0.61%
Ida A. Beloof (Socialist) 0.19%
[14]
Maine
(held, 9 September 1940)		 Lewis O. Barrows Republican Retired, Republican victory Sumner Sewall (Republican) 63.79%
Fulton J. Redman (Democratic) 36.08%
Helen Knudsen (Communist) 0.13%
[15]
Massachusetts Leverett Saltonstall Republican Re-elected, 49.74% Paul A. Dever (Democratic) 49.46%
Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.28%
Jeffrey W. Campbell (Socialist) 0.23%
Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.17%
E. Tallmadge Root (Prohibition) 0.12%
[16]
Michigan Luren Dickinson Republican Defeated, 46.59% Murray Van Wagoner (Democratic) 53.06%
Seth Whitmore (Socialist) 0.20%
Philip Raymond (Communist) 0.12%
Ralph Naylor (Socialist Labor) 0.04%
[17]
Minnesota Harold Stassen Republican Re-elected, 52.06% Hjalmar Petersen (Farmer-Labor) 36.55%
Edward Murphy (Democratic) 11.14%
John William Castle (Industrial) 0.25%
[18]
Missouri Lloyd C. Stark Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Forrest C. Donnell (Republican) 50.05%
Larry McDaniel (Democratic) 49.85%
Jed A. High (Socialist) 0.09%
William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.01%
[19]
Montana Roy E. Ayers Democratic Defeated, 48.64% Sam C. Ford (Republican) 50.67%
Arvo Fredrickson (Communist) 0.70%
[20]
Nebraska Robert Leroy Cochran Democratic Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory Dwight Griswold (Republican) 60.86%
Terry Carpenter (Democratic) 39.14%
[21]
New Hampshire Francis P. Murphy Republican Retired, Republican victory Robert O. Blood (Republican) 50.74%
F. Clyde Keefe (Democratic) 49.26%
[22]
New Jersey A. Harry Moore Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Charles Edison (Democratic) 51.38%
Robert C. Hendrickson (Republican) 48.04%
Marion Douglas (Socialist) 0.40%
Manuel Cantor (Communist) 0.08%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.07%
Elmo L. Bateman (National Prohibition) 0.03%
[23]
New Mexico John E. Miles Democratic Re-elected, 55.59% Maurice Miera (Republican) 44.41%
[24]
North Carolina Clyde R. Hoey Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory J. Melville Broughton (Democratic) 75.70%
Robert H. McNeill (Republican) 24.30%
[25]
North Dakota John Moses Democratic Re-elected, 63.11% Jack A. Patterson (Republican) 36.89%
[26]
Ohio John W. Bricker Republican Re-elected, 55.55% Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 44.45%
[27]
Rhode Island William Henry Vanderbilt III Republican Defeated, 44.08% J. Howard McGrath (Democratic) 55.84%
Wilfred J. Boissy (Communist) 0.08%
[28]
South Dakota Harlan J. Bushfield Republican Re-elected, 55.14% Lewis W. Bicknell (Democratic) 44.86%
[29]
Tennessee Prentice Cooper Democratic Re-elected, 72.09% C. Arthur Bruce (Republican) 27.91%
[30]
Texas W. Lee O'Daniel Democratic Re-elected, 94.43% George C. Hopkins (Republican) 5.55%
Ben H. Lauderdale (Communist) 0.03%
[31]
Utah Henry H. Blood Democratic Retired, Democratic victory Herbert B. Maw (Democratic) 52.07%
Don B. Colton (Republican) 47.69%
Ada Williams Quinn (Independent) 0.24%
[32]
Vermont George Aiken Republican Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory William Henry Wills (Republican) 64.03%
John McGrath (Democratic) 35.97%
[33]
Washington Clarence D. Martin Democratic Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 50.24%
Clarence Dill (Democratic) 49.49%
John Brockway (Communist) 0.21%
P. J. Ater (Socialist Labor) 0.06%
[34]
West Virginia Homer A. Holt Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Matthew M. Neely (Democratic) 56.38%
Daniel Boone Dawson (Republican) 43.62%
[35]
Wisconsin Julius P. Heil Republican Re-elected, 40.67% Orland Steen Loomis (Progressive) 39.78%
Francis E. McGovern (Democratic) 19.29%
Fred B. Blair (Communist) 0.17%
Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.08%
Scattering 0.01%
[36]

See also

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