1943 United States gubernatorial elections

1943 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1942 November 2, 1943;
April 18, 1944 (LA)		 1944 →
4 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 24[a] 24
Seats after 26 22
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Seats up 0 4
Seats won 2 2
1943 New Jersey gubernatorial election1943 Kentucky gubernatorial election1943 Louisiana gubernatorial election1943 Mississippi gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold
     Republican gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1943, in four states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Kentucky Keen Johnson Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Simeon Willis (Republican) 50.49%
J. Lyter Donaldson (Democratic) 48.93%
Andrew N. Johnson (Prohibition) 0.59%
[1]
Louisiana
(Held, 18 April 1944)
 Sam H. Jones Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Jimmie Davis (Democratic) 100.00%
[2]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Jimmie Davis 53.55%
Lewis L. Morgan 46.45%
[3]
Mississippi Paul B. Johnson Sr. Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Thomas L. Bailey (Democratic) 100.00%
[4]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Thomas L. Bailey 55.31%
Martin Sennet Conner 46.79%
[5]
New Jersey Charles Edison Democratic Term-limited, Republican victory Walter Evans Edge (Republican) 55.20%
Vincent J. Murphy (Democratic) 44.08%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.40%
John Binns (National Prohibition) 0.18%
Roy V. H. Wilkinson (Socialist) 0.14%
[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Walter Samuel Goodland (R) succeeded Wisconsin Governor-elect Orland S. Loomis (Progressive) who died before his inauguration in January 1943.

References

  1. ^ "KY Governor, 1943". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "LA Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "LA Governor, 1944 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "MS Governor, 1943". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  5. ^ "MS Governor, 1943 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  6. ^ "NJ Governor, 1943". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
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