# 1950 United States gubernatorial elections

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% |
| Arizona | Dan Edward Garvey | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory | John Howard Pyle (Republican) 50.77% Ana Frohmiller (Democratic) 49.23% |
| Arkansas | Sid McMath | Democratic | Re-elected, 84.13% | Jefferson W. Speck (Republican) 15.87% |
| California | Earl Warren | Republican | Re-elected, 64.85% | James Roosevelt (Democratic) 35.14% Scattering 0.01% |
| Colorado | Walter Walford Johnson | Democratic | Defeated, 47.22% | Daniel I. J. Thornton (Republican) 52.43% Louis K. Stephens (Socialist Labor) 0.34% |
| Connecticut | Chester Bowles | Democratic | Defeated, 47.73% | John Davis Lodge (Republican) 49.66% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 2.61% |
| Georgia | Herman Talmadge | Democratic | Re-elected, 98.44% | Morgan Blake (Independent) 1.42% Scattering 0.14% (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% |
| Idaho | C. A. Robins | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Leonard B. Jordan (Republican) 52.56% Calvin E. Wright (Democratic) 47.44% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Maryland | William Preston Lane Jr. | Democratic | Defeated, 42.72% | Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 57.28% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Minnesota | Luther Youngdahl | Republican | Re-elected, 60.75% | Harry H. Peterson (DFL) 38.28% Vernon G. Campbell (Industrial Government) 0.97% |
| Nebraska | Val Peterson | Republican | Re-elected, 54.94% | Walter R. Raecke (Democratic) 45.06% |
| Nevada | Vail M. Pittman | Democratic | Defeated, 42.36% | Charles H. Russell (Republican) 57.65% |
| New Hampshire | Sherman Adams | Republican | Re-elected, 56.95% | Robert P. Bingham (Democratic) 43.01% Scattering 0.04% |
| New Mexico | Thomas J. Mabry | Democratic | Term-limited, Republican victory | Edwin L. Mechem (Republican) 53.74% John E. Miles (Democratic) 46.26% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Ohio | Frank Lausche | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.62% | Don H. Ebright (Republican) 47.38% |
| 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% |
| Oregon | Douglas McKay | Republican | Re-elected, 66.05% | Austin F. Flegel (Democratic) 33.95% |
| 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%) |
| 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% |
| South Carolina | Strom Thurmond | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | James F. Byrnes (Democratic) 100.00% (Democratic primary results) James F. Byrnes 71.63% Lester L. Bates 18.23% Thomas H. Pope 8.55% Marcus A. Stone 1.59% |
| South Dakota | George T. Mickelson | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Sigurd Anderson (Republican) 60.89% Joe Robbie (Democratic) 39.11% |
| Tennessee | Gordon Browning | Democratic | Re-elected, 78.09% | John Randolph Neal Jr. (Good Government and Clean Elections) 21.91% |
| Texas | Allan Shivers | Democratic | Re-elected, 89.93% | Ralph W. Currie (Republican) 10.07% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Wyoming | Arthur G. Crane | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Frank A. Barrett (Republican) 56.15% John J. McIntyre (Democratic) 43.85% |