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1950 United States gubernatorial elections
←  1949 November 7, 1950;
September 11, 1950 (ME)		 1951 →
33 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 19 29
Seats after 25 23
Seat change Increase6 Decrease6
Seats up 16 17
Seats won 22 11
1950 North Dakota gubernatorial election 1950 Alabama gubernatorial election 1950 Arizona gubernatorial election 1950 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1950 California gubernatorial election 1950 Colorado gubernatorial election 1950 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1950 Georgia gubernatorial election 1950 Idaho gubernatorial election 1950 Iowa gubernatorial election 1950 Kansas gubernatorial election 1950 Maine gubernatorial election 1950 Maryland gubernatorial election 1950 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1950 Michigan gubernatorial election 1950 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1950 Nebraska gubernatorial election 1950 Nevada gubernatorial election 1950 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 1950 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1950 New York gubernatorial election 1950 Ohio gubernatorial election 1950 Oklahoma gubernatorial election 1950 Oregon gubernatorial election 1950 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1950 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1950 South Dakota gubernatorial election 1950 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1950 Texas gubernatorial election 1950 Vermont gubernatorial election 1950 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 1950 Wyoming gubernatorial election
     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]

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