# 1942 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1942, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 3, 1942. Elections took place on September 14 in Maine.
In Georgia, 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 | Frank M. Dixon | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Chauncey Sparks (Democratic) 88.96% Hugh McEniry (Republican) 10.52% Ordway Southard (Communist) 0.52% |
| Arizona | Sidney Preston Osborn | Democratic | Re-elected, 72.48% | Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 26.90% Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.61% |
| Arkansas | Homer Martin Adkins | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00% | (Democratic primary results) Homer Martin Adkins 71.76% Fred Keller 26.31% Bill Neill 1.03% Vernon Heath 0.91% |
| California | Culbert Olson | Democratic | Defeated, 41.75% | Earl Warren (Republican) 57.07% Nathan T. Porter (Townsend Party) 0.69% Fred Dyster (Prohibition) 0.48% Scattering 0.01% |
| Colorado | Ralph Lawrence Carr | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | John Charles Vivian (Republican) 56.23% Homer F. Bedford (Democratic) 43.41% William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.36% |
| Connecticut | Robert A. Hurley | Democratic | Defeated, 44.38% | Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican) 48.93% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 6.01% Joseph C. Borden Jr. (Socialist Labor) 0.69% |
| Georgia | Eugene Talmadge | Democratic | Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory | Ellis Arnall (Democratic) 96.30% Scattering 3.70% (Democratic primary results) Ellis Arnall 57.65% Eugene Talmadge 42.35% |
| Idaho | Chase A. Clark | Democratic | Defeated, 49.85% | C. A. Bottolfsen (Republican) 50.15% |
| Iowa | George A. Wilson | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Republican) 62.75% Nelson G. Kraschel (Democratic) 36.96% Ward Hall (Prohibition) 0.21% F. M. Briggs (Independent) 0.08% |
| Kansas | Payne Ratner | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Andrew Frank Schoeppel (Republican) 56.68% William H. Burke (Democratic) 41.75% David C. White (Prohibition) 1.28% Ida A. Beloof (Socialist) 0.29% |
| Maine (held, September 14, 1942) | Sumner Sewall | Republican | Re-elected, 66.84% | G. Lane Jr. (Democratic) 33.16% |
| Maryland | Herbert O'Conor | Democratic | Re-elected, 52.55% | Theodore McKeldin (Republican) 47.45% |
| Massachusetts | Leverett Saltonstall | Republican | Re-elected, 54.11% | Roger Putnam (Democratic) 44.96% Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.33% Joseph F. Massidda (Socialist) 0.22% Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.22% Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.14% Scattering 0.02% |
| Michigan | Murray Van Wagoner | Democratic | Defeated, 46.73% | Harry Kelly (Republican) 52.60% Frederic S. Goodrich (Prohibition) 0.66% Scattering 0.01% |
| Minnesota | Harold Stassen | Republican | Re-elected, 51.60% | Hjalmar Petersen (Minnesota Farmer-Labor) 37.76% John D. Sullivan (Democratic) 9.46% Martin Mackie (Communist) 0.64% Harris A. Brandborg (Industrial Government) 0.54% |
| Nebraska | Dwight Griswold | Republican | Re-elected, 74.84% | Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 25.16% |
| Nevada | Edward P. Carville | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.26% | Aaron V. Tallman (Republican) 39.75% |
| New Hampshire | Robert O. Blood | Republican | Re-elected, 52.18% | William J. Neal (Democratic) 47.83% |
| New Mexico | John E. Miles | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | John J. Dempsey (Democratic) 54.55% Joseph F. Tondre (Republican) 45.45% |
| New York | Herbert H. Lehman | Democratic | Retired, Republican victory | Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) 52.10% John J. Bennett Jr. (Democratic) 36.40% Dean Alfange (American Labor) 9.79% Israel Amter (Communist) 1.10% Coleman B. Cheney (Socialist) 0.53% Aaron M. Orange (Industrial Government) 0.09% |
| North Dakota | John Moses | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.62% | Oscar W. Hagen (Republican) 42.38% |
| Ohio | John W. Bricker | Republican | Re-elected, 60.50% | John McSweeney (Democratic) 39.50% |
| Oklahoma | Leon C. Phillips | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Robert S. Kerr (Democratic) 51.89% William J. Otjen (Republican) 47.64% Edward W. Fickinger (Prohibition) 0.47% |
| Oregon | Charles A. Sprague | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Earl Snell (Republican) 77.87% Lew Wallace (Democratic) 22.13% |
| Pennsylvania | Arthur James | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Edward Martin (Republican) 53.67% F. Clair Ross (Democratic) 45.13% Dale H. Learn (Prohibition) 0.68% John J. Haluska (United Pension) 0.31% Joseph Pirincin (Socialist Labor) 0.21% |
| Rhode Island | J. Howard McGrath | Democratic | Re-elected, 58.54% | James O. McManus (Republican) 41.46% |
| South Carolina | Richard Manning Jefferies | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Olin D. Johnston (Democratic) 100.00% (Democratic primary results) Olin Johnston 51.80% Wyndham Manning 48.20% |
| South Dakota | Harlan J. Bushfield | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Merrell Q. Sharpe (Republican) 61.51% Lewis W. Bicknell (Democratic) 38.49% |
| Tennessee | Prentice Cooper | Democratic | Re-elected, 70.15% | C. N. Frazier (Republican) 29.85% |
| Texas | Coke R. Stevenson | Democratic | Re-elected, 96.83% | C. K. McDowell (Republican) 3.17% |
| Vermont | William Henry Wills | Republican | Re-elected, 77.90% | Park H. Pollard (Democratic) 22.10% |
| Wisconsin | Julius P. Heil | Republican | Defeated, 36.45% | Orland Steen Loomis (Progressive) 49.65% William C. Sullivan (Democratic) 12.25% Frank P. Zeidler (Socialist) 1.41% Fred B. Blair (Independent) 0.14% Georgia Cozzini (Independent) 0.06% Scattering 0.04% |
| Wyoming | Nels H. Smith | Republican | Defeated, 48.68% | Lester C. Hunt (Democratic) 51.32% |