The 1934 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934, and featured state engineer Robert L. Cochran, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee, newspaper publisher and former state legislator Dwight Griswold.
Democratic primary
Candidates William B. Banning, former member of the Nebraska Senate Terry Carpenter, U.S. Representative Robert L. Cochran, state engineerGovernor Robert Leroy (Roy) Cochran National Governors Association. Retrieved October 3, 2017. Frank J. Klopping, member of the Nebraska House of Representatives Maud Edgerton Nuquist, secretary-treasurer of the director's council of the General Federation of Women's Clubs Eugene D. O'Sullivan, attorney William F. Porter, former Nebraska Secretary of State from 1897 to 1901 and candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1932 John F. Rohn, Mayor of Fremont J. G. Stroble
Results
Republican primary
Candidates George B. Clark Dwight Griswold, newspaper publisher, former member of the Nebraska Legislature, and candidate for governor in 1932. Theodore W. Metcalfe, former Lieutenant Governor Christian A. Sorensen, former Attorney General George W. Sterling
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 1934 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election
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