A general election was held in the U.S. state of
Wyoming on Tuesday, November 2, 1926. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election. Republicans narrowly picked up the governorship and solidified their control on the other statewide offices, increasing their margin of victory in each race.
Incumbent Democratic Governor
Nellie Tayloe Ross ran for re-election to a second term. She was narrowly defeated for re-election by Republican
Frank Emerson, the Wyoming State Engineer.
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State
Frank E. Lucas, who briefly served as acting governor following the death of
William B. Ross, opted to
run for Governor rather than seek re-election. Former
Campbell County Clerk
Alonzo M. Clark defeated former State Senator John Stansbury for the Republican nomination, while businessman W. S. Kimball won the Democratic nomination unopposed. In the general election, Clark defeated Kimball by a decisive margin to win his first term as Secretary of State.
Incumbent Republican State Auditor
Vincent Carter, first elected in
1922, ran for re-election to his second term. He faced newspaper editor Joe U. Allard, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Despite the closeness of several other statewide races, Carter was able to improve on his margin of victory and defeated Allard in a landslide. He would not serve out his full term, however, following his election to Congress in
1928.
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer John M. Snyder declined to seek re-election to a second term. To replace him, former State Representative William H. Edelman, the Republican nominee, ran against C. H. McWinnie, the State Public Lands Commissioner and the Democratic nominee. Though Snyder's margin of victory in
1922 was close, Edelman ultimately defeated McWinnie by a wide margin.
Democratic primary
Candidates
C. H. McWinnie, State Public Lands Commissioner[4]
Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Katharine A. Morton ran for re-election to a third term. She was opposed by Cecilia H. Hendricks, the Democratic nominee. Morton easily dispatched Hendricks to win re-election in a landslide, and in so doing, won the highest percentage of the vote of any candidate in the state in 1926.
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abcdefghijklmClark, A.M. (1927). 1927 Official Directory of Wyoming and Election Returns for 1926. Cheyenne, Wyo.: The Commercial Printing Co. pp. 38–43.
