1943 United States gubernatorial elections

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1943 United States gubernatorial elections
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  1942 November 2, 1943;
April 18, 1944 (LA)
1944  

4 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before24 [lower-alpha 1] 24
Seats after2622
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2
Seats up04
Seats won22

1943 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic hold
     Republican gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1943, in four states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949.

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Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Kentucky Keen Johnson DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory Simeon Willis (Republican) 50.49%
J. Lyter Donaldson (Democratic) 48.93%
Andrew N. Johnson (Prohibition) 0.59%
[1]
Louisiana
(Held, 18 April 1944)
Sam H. Jones DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Jimmie Davis (Democratic) 100.00%
[2]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Jimmie Davis 53.55%
Lewis L. Morgan 46.45%
[3]
Mississippi Paul B. Johnson Sr. DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victory Thomas L. Bailey (Democratic) 100.00%
[4]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Thomas L. Bailey 55.31%
Martin Sennet Conner 46.79%
[5]
New Jersey Charles Edison DemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victory Walter Evans Edge (Republican) 55.20%
Vincent J. Murphy (Democratic) 44.08%
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.40%
John Binns (National Prohibition) 0.18%
Roy V. H. Wilkinson (Socialist) 0.14%
[6]

Notes

  1. Walter Samuel Goodland (R) succeeded Wisconsin Governor-elect Orland S. Loomis (Progressive) who died before his inauguration in January 1943.

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