1950 United States gubernatorial elections

1950 United States gubernatorial elections
33 governorships
	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

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Alabama	Jim Folsom	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Gordon Persons (Democratic) 91.08% John S. Crowder (Republican) 8.92% ^[1]
Arizona	Dan Edward Garvey	Democratic	Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory	John Howard Pyle (Republican) 50.77% Ana Frohmiller (Democratic) 49.23% ^[2]
Arkansas	Sid McMath	Democratic	Re-elected, 84.13%	Jefferson W. Speck (Republican) 15.87% ^[3]
California	Earl Warren	Republican	Re-elected, 64.85%	James Roosevelt (Democratic) 35.14% Scattering 0.01% ^[4]
Colorado	Walter Walford Johnson	Democratic	Defeated, 47.22%	Daniel I. J. Thornton (Republican) 52.43% Louis K. Stephens (Socialist Labor) 0.34% ^[5]
Connecticut	Chester Bowles	Democratic	Defeated, 47.73%	John Davis Lodge (Republican) 49.66% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 2.61% ^[6]
Georgia	Herman Talmadge	Democratic	Re-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]
Idaho	C. A. Robins	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Leonard B. Jordan (Republican) 52.56% Calvin E. Wright (Democratic) 47.44% ^[9]
Iowa	William S. Beardsley	Republican	Re-elected, 59.10%	Lester S. Gillette (Democratic) 40.50% W. Raymond Picken (Prohibition) 0.33% Howard H. Tyler (States Rights) 0.07% ^[10]
Kansas	Frank Carlson	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory	Edward 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. Payne	Republican	Re-elected, 60.46%	Earl S. Grant (Democratic) 39.10% Leland B. Currier (States Rights) 0.44% ^[12]
Maryland	William Preston Lane Jr.	Democratic	Defeated, 42.72%	Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 57.28% ^[13]
Massachusetts	Paul A. Dever	Democratic	Re-elected, 56.26%	Arthur W. Coolidge (Republican) 43.14% Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.41% Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) 0.20% ^[14]
Michigan	G. Mennen Williams	Democratic	Re-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]
Minnesota	Luther Youngdahl	Republican	Re-elected, 60.75%	Harry H. Peterson (DFL) 38.28% Vernon G. Campbell (Industrial Government) 0.97% ^[16]
Nebraska	Val Peterson	Republican	Re-elected, 54.94%	Walter R. Raecke (Democratic) 45.06% ^[17]
Nevada	Vail M. Pittman	Democratic	Defeated, 42.36%	Charles H. Russell (Republican) 57.65% ^[18]
New Hampshire	Sherman Adams	Republican	Re-elected, 56.95%	Robert P. Bingham (Democratic) 43.01% Scattering 0.04% ^[19]
New Mexico	Thomas J. Mabry	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Edwin L. Mechem (Republican) 53.74% John E. Miles (Democratic) 46.26% ^[20]
New York	Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	Re-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 Dakota	Fred G. Aandahl	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. House, Republican victory	Norman Brunsdale (Republican) 66.29% Clyde G. Byerly (Democratic) 33.71% ^[22]
Ohio	Frank Lausche	Democratic	Re-elected, 52.62%	Don H. Ebright (Republican) 47.38% ^[23]
Oklahoma	Roy J. Turner	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Johnston Murray (Democratic) 51.11% Jo O. Ferguson (Republican) 48.61% Mildred Harrell (Independent) 0.27% ^[24]
Oregon	Douglas McKay	Republican	Re-elected, 66.05%	Austin F. Flegel (Democratic) 33.95% ^[25]
Pennsylvania	James H. Duff	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	John 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 Island	John Pastore	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory	Dennis J. Roberts (Democratic) 59.34% Eugene J. Lachapelle (Republican) 40.66% ^[27]
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	James 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 Dakota	George T. Mickelson	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Sigurd Anderson (Republican) 60.89% Joe Robbie (Democratic) 39.11% ^[30]
Tennessee	Gordon Browning	Democratic	Re-elected, 78.09%	John Randolph Neal Jr. (Good Government and Clean Elections) 21.91% ^[31]
Texas	Allan Shivers	Democratic	Re-elected, 89.93%	Ralph W. Currie (Republican) 10.07% ^[32]
Vermont	Harold J. Arthur	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. House, Republican victory	Lee E. Emerson (Republican) 74.48% J. Edward Moran (Democratic) 25.50% Scattering 0.02% ^[33]
Wisconsin	Oscar Rennebohm	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Walter 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]
Wyoming	Arthur G. Crane	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Frank A. Barrett (Republican) 56.15% John J. McIntyre (Democratic) 43.85% ^[35]