Election
election
The 1944 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Democrat Herbert B. Maw defeated Republican nominee J. Bracken Lee with 50.21% of the vote. This is the closest gubernatorial election in Utah to date.
This is also the last time a Democrat was elected Governor until 1964.
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The 1944 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Democrat Herbert B. Maw defeated Republican nominee J. Bracken Lee with 50.21% of the vote. This is the closest gubernatorial election in Utah to date.
This is also the last time a Democrat was elected Governor until 1964.
Primary elections were held on July 11, 1944. No runoffs were required in the gubernatorial primaries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “1944 Utah gubernatorial election”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.