The 1942 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942, and featured Roy W. Johnson, the Republican nominee, defeating Democratic nominee Harry P. Conklin. The incumbent lieutenant governor, William E. Johnson, decided not to seek reelection in order to run for United States House of Representatives in Nebraska's First District in 1942.

Democratic primary

Candidates Harry P. Conklin, farmer from near Grand Island, Nebraska, and former commissioner of public lands and buildings Edward A. Dosek, businessman, banker, and insurance agent from Lincoln, Nebraska, and former head accountant for the Nebraska State Treasurer from 1933 to 1937 William H. Smith, former Nebraska State Tax Commissioner from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1931 to 1941

Results

Republican primary

Candidates John McArthur Jack Devoe Dr. Harvey E. Glatfelter Rufus M. Howard, Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature and member of the Nebraska Legislature from what was then District 39 (endorsed by Nebraska Governor Dwight P. Griswold) Roy W. Johnson, former member of the Nebraska Legislature from what was then District 34 William L. Randall Harry L. Reed, insurance agent and property manager in Lincoln, Nebraska

Results

General election

Results

See also 1942 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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