Election
election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Oklahoma
The 1942 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democratic nominee Robert S. Kerr defeated Republican nominee William Otjen. Edward W. Fickinger was also on the ballot representing the Prohibition Party. Gomer Griffith Smith and Robert Burns unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.
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The 1942 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democratic nominee Robert S. Kerr defeated Republican nominee William Otjen. Edward W. Fickinger was also on the ballot representing the Prohibition Party. Gomer Griffith Smith and Robert Burns unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.
Businessman Robert S. Kerr narrowly defeated Gomer Smith and Frank P. Douglass in a three-way race for the Democratic nomination.
Edward W. Fickinger was nominated without opposition.
Text from the Wikipedia article “1942 Oklahoma gubernatorial election”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.