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Election for Governor of Montana
1940 Montana gubernatorial election|
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Turnout | 81.50%1.70
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County results Ford: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Ayers: 40–50% 50–60% |
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The 1940 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent
Governor of Montana
Roy E. Ayers, who was first elected governor in
1936, ran for re-election. He narrowly won the
Democratic primary by just over a thousand votes to win renomination, and advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by
Sam C. Ford, a former
Associate Justice of the Montana Supreme Court and the
Republican nominee. Ultimately, in spite of the fact that then-President
Franklin D. Roosevelt comfortably won the
state in that year's
presidential election, Ford narrowly defeated Ayers to win his first of two terms as governor.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Results
References