1950 Governor election results

31 races · 31 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1950 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1950 Governor results by state
State	Winner	Result
Alabama	Gordon Persons D	154,414 votes · +139,287 over John S. Crowder
Arizona	John Howard Pyle R	99,109 votes · +2,991 over Ana Frohmiller
Arkansas	Sid McMath D	266,778 votes · +216,469 over Jefferson W. Speck
California	Earl Warren R	2,461,754 votes · +1,127,898 over James Roosevelt
Colorado	Daniel I. J. Thornton R	236,472 votes · +23,496 over Walter Walford Johnson
Connecticut	John Davis Lodge R	436,418 votes · +17,014 over Chester Bowles
Idaho	Leonard B. Jordan R	107,642 votes · +10,492 over Calvin E. Wright
Iowa	William S. Beardsley R	506,642 votes · +159,466 over Lester S. Gillette
Kansas	Edward F. Arn R	333,001 votes · +57,507 over Kenneth T. Anderson
Maine	Frederick G. Payne R	145,823 votes · +51,519 over Earl S. Grant
Maryland	Theodore McKeldin R	369,807 votes · +93,983 over William Preston Lane Jr.
Massachusetts	Paul A. Dever D	1,074,570 votes · +250,501 over Arthur W. Coolidge
Michigan	G. Mennen Williams D	935,152 votes · +1,154 over Harry F. Kelly
Minnesota	Luther Youngdahl R	635,800 votes · +235,163 over Harry H. Peterson
Nebraska	Val Peterson R	247,081 votes · +44,443 over Walter R. Raecke
Nevada	Charles H. Russell R	35,609 votes · +9,445 over Vail Pittman
New Hampshire	Sherman Adams R	108,907 votes · +26,649 over Robert P. Bingham
New Mexico	Edwin L. Mechem R	96,846 votes · +13,487 over John E. Miles
New York	Thomas E. Dewey R	2,819,523 votes · +572,668 over Walter A. Lynch
North Dakota	Norman Brunsdale R	121,822 votes · +59,872 over Clyde G. Byerly
Ohio	Frank Lausche D	1,522,249 votes · +151,679 over Don H. Ebright
Oklahoma	Johnston Murray D	329,308 votes · +16,103 over Jo O. Ferguson
Oregon	Douglas McKay R	334,160 votes · +162,410 over Austin F. Flegel
Pennsylvania	John Fine R	1,796,119 votes · +85,764 over Richardson Dilworth
Rhode Island	Dennis J. Roberts D	176,125 votes · +55,442 over Eugene J. Lachapelle
South Dakota	Sigurd Anderson R	154,254 votes · +55,192 over Joe Robbie
Tennessee	Gordon Browning D	184,437 votes · +132,680 over John Randolph Neal Jr.
Texas	Allan Shivers D	355,010 votes · +315,273 over Ralph W. Currie
Vermont	Lee E. Emerson R	64,915 votes · +42,688 over J. Edward Moran
Wisconsin	Walter J. Kohler Jr.R	605,649 votes · +80,330 over Carl D. Thompson
Wyoming	Frank A. Barrett R	54,441 votes · +11,923 over John J. McIntyre