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The 1938 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938. Republican nominee Ralph Lawrence Carr defeated Democratic incumbent Teller Ammons with 59.50% of the vote.
First-term Democratic Governor Teller Ammons ran for re-election and faced uncertain opposition in the Democratic primary. He initially faced a primary challenge from conservative State Senator Elmer E. Headlee, who represented the San Luis Valley. However, at the state Democratic convention, Headlee ended his campaign, apparently concerned that he lacked enough votes to continue his campaign to the primary election. Accordingly, Ammons was nominated without opposition. [2] Prior to the primary, however, Pueblo newspaper editor George J. Knapp, who had previously run for Congress as a Republican in 1936, gathered enough signatures to challenge Ammons for renomination. Despite being entirely unknown, [3] Knapp held Ammons to just 62% of the vote, winning several counties through the state and triggering speculation as to the nature of Ammons's weak performance. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Teller Ammons (inc.) | 67,992 | 62.41 | |
| Democratic | George J. Knapp | 40,948 | 37.59 | |
| Total votes | 108,940 | 100.00 | ||
In the leadup to the state Republican convention, the two frontrunners for the nomination for Governor appeared to be former State Treasurer Charles M. Armstrong, who had run unsuccessfully as the party's nominee in 1936, and coal operator Benjamin Snodgrass, who was supported by former Senator Lawrence C. Phipps and his allies. However, party leaders were angling for a third candidate and considered former State Senator Nate C. Warren, Colorado Springs Mayor George Birdsall, and former U.S. Attorney Ralph Carr. All alternative candidacies were declined or scuttled, but Carr ultimately changed his mind and sought the nomination. In the face of the unified front in favor of Carr, Armstrong withdrew at the convention. [6] And though Snodgrass won enough votes to secure a place on the primary election ballot, he ultimately withdrew from the race as well, allowing Carr to be nominated unopposed. [7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Ralph L. Carr | 61,724 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 61,724 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Ralph L. Carr | 255,159 | 55.82% | +12.17% | |
| Democratic | Teller Ammons (inc.) | 199,562 | 43.66% | -10.91% | |
| Union | Jack R. White | 1,262 | 0.28% | +0.11% | |
| Royal Way | Harvey L. Mayfield | 1,140 | 0.25% | +0.21% | |
| Majority | 55,597 | 12.16% | +1.24% | ||
| Turnout | 457,123 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||
Alva Blanchard Adams was a Democratic politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1923 until 1924 and again from 1933 to 1941.
Ralph Lawrence Carr was an American attorney and politician who served as the 29th Governor of Colorado from 1939 to 1943.
Teller Ammons was an American attorney and politician who served as the 28th Governor of Colorado from 1937 to 1939. He was the first Colorado governor to be born in the state.
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