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1930 United States gubernatorial elections

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1930 United States gubernatorial elections

 1929
November 4, 1930;
September 8, 1930 (ME)
1931 

33 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 18 30
Seats after 25 21
Seat change Increase7 Decrease9
Seats up 11 22
Seats won 18 13

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Farmer–Labor Independent
Seats before 0 0
Seats after 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Increase1
Seats up 0 0
Seats won 1 1

1930 North Dakota gubernatorial election1930 Alabama gubernatorial election1930 Arizona gubernatorial election1930 Arkansas gubernatorial election1930 California gubernatorial election1930 Colorado gubernatorial election1930 Connecticut gubernatorial election1930 Georgia gubernatorial election1930 Idaho gubernatorial election1930 Iowa gubernatorial election1930 Kansas gubernatorial election1930 Maine gubernatorial election1930 Maryland gubernatorial election1930 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1930 Michigan gubernatorial election1930 Minnesota gubernatorial election1930 Nebraska gubernatorial election1930 Nevada gubernatorial election1930 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1930 New Mexico gubernatorial election1930 New York gubernatorial election1930 Ohio gubernatorial election1930 Oklahoma gubernatorial election1930 Oregon gubernatorial election1930 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election1930 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1930 South Carolina gubernatorial election1930 South Dakota gubernatorial election1930 Tennessee gubernatorial election1930 Texas gubernatorial election1930 Vermont gubernatorial election1930 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1930 Wyoming gubernatorial election
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Farmer-Labor gain
     Independent gain

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1930, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1930. Elections took place on September 8 in Maine.

Results

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StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
AlabamaBibb GravesDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryBenjamin M. Miller (Democratic) 61.82%
Hugh A. Locke (Independent) 38.18%
[1]
ArizonaJohn C. PhillipsRepublicanDefeated, 48.61%George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 51.39%
[2]
ArkansasHarvey ParnellDemocraticRe-elected, 81.18%J. O. Livesay (Republican) 18.82%
[3]
CaliforniaClement C. YoungRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryJames Rolph Jr. (Republican) 72.15%
Milton K. Young (Democratic) 24.11%
Upton Sinclair (Socialist) 3.64%
Scattering 0.09%
[4]
ColoradoWilliam H. AdamsDemocraticRe-elected, 60.41%Robert F. Rockwell (Republican) 38.06%
Claud A. Bushnell (Socialist) 0.68%
Lizabeth A. Williams (Farmer Labor) 0.44%
William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.24%
Walter Moore (Liberal) 0.10%
Perry M. Jones (Commonwealth Land) 0.08%
[5]
ConnecticutJohn H. TrumbullRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryWilbur L. Cross (Democratic) 49.91%
Ernest E. Rogers (Republican) 48.64%
Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.09%
Robert S. Kling (Communist) 0.35%
[6]
GeorgiaLamartine Griffin HardmanDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryRichard B. Russell Jr. (Democratic) 100.00%
[7]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Richard B. Russell Jr. 67.85%
George Henry Carswell 32.15%
[8]
IdahoH. C. BaldridgeRepublicanRetired, Democratic victoryC. Ben Ross (Democratic) 56.03%
John McMurray (Republican) 43.98%
[9]
IowaJohn HammillRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryDan W. Turner (Republican) 65.74%
Fred P. Hagemann (Democratic) 33.60%
John M. Smith (Farmer Labor) 0.45%
William Patten (Communist) 0.22%
[10]
KansasClyde M. ReedRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Democratic victoryHarry H. Woodring (Democratic) 34.96%
Frank Haucke (Republican) 34.92%
John R. Brinkley (Independent) (write-in) 29.50%
J. B. Shields (Socialist) 0.62%
[11]
Maine
(held, 8 September 1930)
William T. GardinerRepublicanRe-elected, 55.06%Edward C. Moran Jr. (Democratic) 44.94%
[12]
MarylandAlbert C. RitchieDemocraticRe-elected, 55.96%William F. Broening (Republican) 42.78%
Elisabeth Gilman (Socialist) 0.82%
Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.27%
Samuel Parker (Communist) 0.17%
[13]
MassachusettsFrank G. AllenRepublicanDefeated, 48.18%Joseph B. Ely (Democratic) 49.54%
John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor) 1.19%
Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.67%
Harry J. Canter (Communist) 0.41%
[14]
MichiganFred W. GreenRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryWilber M. Brucker (Republican) 56.88%
William A. Comstock (Democratic) 42.03%
Joseph Billups (Workers) 0.47%
George M. Campbell (Socialist) 0.46%
Duly McCone (Prohibition) 0.16%
[15]
MinnesotaTheodore ChristiansonRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Farmer-Labor victoryFloyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor) 59.34%
Raymond Park Chase (Republican) 36.31%
Edward Indrehus (Democratic) 3.65%
Karl Reeve (Communist) 0.70%
[16]
NebraskaArthur J. WeaverRepublicanDefeated, 49.25%Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 50.75%
[17]
NevadaFrederick B. BalzarRepublicanRe-elected, 53.25%Charles L. Richards (Democratic) 46.75%
[18]
New HampshireCharles W. TobeyRepublicanRetired, Republican victoryJohn G. Winant (Republican) 57.98%
Albert W. Noone (Democratic) 41.80%
Fred B. Chase (Communist) 0.22%
[19]
New MexicoRichard C. DillonRepublicanTerm-limited, Democratic victoryArthur Seligman (Democratic) 53.17%
Clarence M. Botts (Republican) 46.60%
Sam Butler (Socialist) 0.23%
[20]
New YorkFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticRe-elected, 56.49%Charles H. Tuttle (Republican) 33.36%
Robert P. Carroll (Law Preservation) 6.08%
Louis Waldman (Socialist) 3.21%
William Z. Foster (Communist) 0.58%
Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.29%
[21]
North DakotaGeorge F. ShaferRepublicanRe-elected, 73.62%Pierce Blewett (Democratic) 23.20%
Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 3.18%
[22]
OhioMyers Y. CooperRepublicanDefeated, 47.20%George White (Democratic) 52.80%
[23]
OklahomaWilliam J. HollowayDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryWilliam H. Murray (Democratic) 59.05%
Ira A. Hill (Republican) 40.79%
B. G. Bingham (Independent) 0.11%
John Franing (Independent) 0.06%
[24]
OregonA. W. NorbladRepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Independent victoryJulius L. Meier (Independent) 54.51%
Ed F. Bailey (Democratic) 25.10%
Phil Metschan (Republican) 18.83%
Albert Streiff (Socialist) 1.57%
[25]
PennsylvaniaJohn Stuchell FisherRepublicanTerm-limited, Republican victoryGifford Pinchot (Republican) 50.77%
John M. Hemphill (Democratic) 47.98%
James Hudson Maurer (Socialist) 1.00%
Frank Mozer (Communist) 0.25%
[26]
Rhode IslandNorman S. CaseRepublicanRe-elected, 50.53%Theodore F. Green (Democratic) 48.95%
Charles H. Dana (Socialist) 0.53%
[27]
South CarolinaJohn Gardiner Richards Jr.DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryIbra Charles Blackwood (Democratic) 100.00%
[28]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Ibra Charles Blackwood 50.21%
Olin Johnston 49.80%
[29]
South DakotaWilliam J. BulowDemocraticRetired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victoryWarren E. Green (Republican) 52.97%
D. A. McCullough (Democratic) 46.23%
Helen Tangen (Independent) 0.80%
[30]
TennesseeHenry H. HortonDemocraticRe-elected, 63.84%C. Arthur Bruce (Republican) 35.62%
Samuel Borenstein (Independent) 0.54%
[31]
TexasDan MoodyDemocraticRetired, Democratic victoryRoss S. Sterling (Democratic) 79.98%
William E. Talbot (Republican) 19.69%
L. L. Rhodes (Socialist) 0.26%
J. Stedham (Communist) 0.07%
[32]
VermontJohn E. WeeksRepublicanRetired to run for U.S. House, Republican victoryStanley Calef Wilson (Republican) 70.98%
Park H. Pollard (Democratic) 28.94%
Scattering 0.09%
[33]
WisconsinWalter J. Kohler Sr.RepublicanDefeated in Republican primary, Republican victoryPhilip La Follette (Republican) 64.76%
Charles E. Hammersley (Democratic) 28.02%
Frank B. Metcalfe (Socialist) 4.22%
Alfred B. Taynton (Prohibition) 2.44%
Fred B. Blair (Independent Communist) 0.49%
Scattering 0.07%
[34]
WyomingFrank C. EmersonRepublicanRe-elected, 50.58%Leslie A. Miller (Democratic) 49.42%
[35]

See also

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