1940 Nebraska gubernatorial election (5 November 1940)

The 1940 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 5, to elect next the Governor of Nebraska. Republican candidate and featured newspaper publisher and former state representative Dwight Griswold defeating Democratic candidate and former United States Representative for Nebraska's 5th congressional district Terry Carpenter. Griswold became the first Republican to win the governorship since 1928.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Fred W. Bartzatt
Terry Carpenter, former U.S. Representative
Dr. John A. Guttery, a dentist from Lynch, Nebraska, who previously ran for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1934
Keith Neville, former Governor of Nebraska from 1917 to 1919

Republican primary

Candidates

C. E. Alter, state director of the National Reclamation Association
Ed M. Baumann, Mayor of West Point
Dwight Griswold, newspaper publisher, former member of the Nebraska Legislature, and unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1932, 1934, and 1936.
Arthur L. Miller, member of the Nebraska Legislature and physician
Robert G. Ross
Charles J. Warner, former Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature

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