The 1940 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 5, to elect next the Governor of Nebraska. Republican candidate and featured newspaper publisher and former state representative Dwight Griswold defeating Democratic candidate and former United States Representative for Nebraska's 5th congressional district Terry Carpenter. Griswold became the first Republican to win the governorship since 1928.
Democratic primary
Candidates Fred W. Bartzatt Terry Carpenter, former U.S. Representative Dr. John A. Guttery, a dentist from Lynch, Nebraska, who previously ran for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1934 Keith Neville, former Governor of Nebraska from 1917 to 1919
Results
Republican primary
Candidates C. E. Alter, state director of the National Reclamation Association Ed M. Baumann, Mayor of West Point Dwight Griswold, newspaper publisher, former member of the Nebraska Legislature, and unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1932, 1934, and 1936. Arthur L. Miller, member of the Nebraska Legislature and physician Robert G. Ross Charles J. Warner, former Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
Results
General election
Results
By County
CountyPersonDemocraticPersonRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotalvotes#%#%#%#%Adams CountyAntelope CountyArthur CountyBanner CountyBlaine CountyBoone CountyBox Butte CountyBoyd CountyBrown CountyBuffalo CountyBurt CountyButler CountyCass CountyCedar CountyChase CountyCherry CountyCheyenne CountyClay CountyColfax CountyCuming CountyCuster CountyDakota CountyDawes CountyDawson CountyDeuel CountyDixon CountyDodge CountyDouglas CountyDundy CountyFillmore CountyFranklin CountyFrontier CountyFurnas CountyGage CountyGarden CountyGarfield CountyGosper CountyGrant CountyGreeley CountyHall CountyHamilton CountyHayes CountyHitchcock CountyHolt CountyHooker CountyHoward CountyJefferson CountyJohnson CountyKearney CountyKeith CountyKeya Paha CountyKimball CountyKnox CountyLancaster CountyLincoln CountyLogan CountyLoup CountyMadison CountyMcPherson CountyMerrick CountyMorrill CountyNance CountyNance CountyNemaha CountyNuckolls CountyOtoe CountyPawnee CountyPerkins CountyPhelps CountyPierce CountyPlatte CountyPolk CountyRed Willow CountyRichardson CountyRock CountySaline CountySarpy CountySaunders CountyScotts Bluff CountySeward CountySheridan CountySioux CountyStanton CountyThayer CountyStanton CountyThurston CountyValley CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWebster CountyWheeler CountyYork County Totals
See also 1940 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
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