1943 United States gubernatorial elections
November 2, 1943;
April 18, 1944 (LA)
4 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 24[lower-alpha 1] 24
Seats after 26 22
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Seats up 0 4
Seats won 2 2
     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.

Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
KentuckyKeen JohnsonDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victorySimeon Willis (Republican) 50.49%
J. Lyter Donaldson (Democratic) 48.93%
Andrew N. Johnson (Prohibition) 0.59%
[1]
Louisiana
(Held, 18 April 1944)
Sam H. JonesDemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryJimmie Davis (Democratic) 100.00%
[2]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Jimmie Davis 53.55%
Lewis L. Morgan 46.45%
[3]
MississippiPaul B. Johnson Sr.DemocraticTerm-limited, Democratic victoryThomas L. Bailey (Democratic) 100.00%
[4]
(Democratic primary run-off results)
Thomas L. Bailey 55.31%
Martin Sennet Conner 46.79%
[5]
New JerseyCharles EdisonDemocraticTerm-limited, Republican victoryWalter 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.

References

  1. ↑ "KY Governor, 1943". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ "LA Governor, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  3. ↑ "LA Governor, 1944 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  4. ↑ "MS Governor, 1943". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  5. ↑ "MS Governor, 1943 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  6. ↑ "NJ Governor, 1943". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
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