1942 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

1942 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
November 3, 1942
 
Nominee Robert S. Kerr William Otjen
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 196,565 180,454
Percentage 51.89% 47.64%
County results
Kerr:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Otjen:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Leon C. Phillips
Democratic

Elected Governor

Robert S. Kerr
Democratic

The 1942 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat nominee Robert S. Kerr defeated Republican nominee William Otjen. Edward W. Fickinger was also on the ballot representing the Prohibition Party.[1] Gomer Griffith Smith and Robert Burns unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.

Primary election

Democratic party

Businessman Robert S. Kerr narrowly defeated Gomer Smith and Frank P. Douglass in a three-way race for the Democratic nomination.

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert S. Kerr 147,169 37.32%
Democratic Gomer Smith 136,842 34.70%
Democratic Frank P. Douglass 99,221 25.16%
Democratic Robert Burns 5,399 1.37%
Democratic James H. Johnson 3,235 0.82%
Democratic Herbert Hodge 1,414 0.36%
Democratic S. D. Lynch 1,112 0.28%
Total votes 394,392 100.00%

Republican party

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William Otjen 17,067 47.51%
Republican Ernest G. Albright 9,661 26.90%
Republican W. N. Dannenburg 9,193 25.59%
Total votes 35,921 100.00%

Prohibition party

Edward W. Fickinger was nominated without opposition.[3]

General election

Results

1942 Oklahoma gubernatorial election[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert S. Kerr 196,565 51.89% −18.14%
Republican William Otjen 180,454 47.64% +18.33%
Prohibition Edward W. Fickinger 1,762 0.47% −0.04%
Total votes 378,781 100.00%
Majority 16,111 4.25%
Democratic hold Swing -36.47%

Results by county

Wagoner County voted Republican for the first time since 1907.

County[4] Robert S. Kerr
Democratic 		William Otjen
Republican 		Edward W. Fickinger
Prohibition 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adair 2,368 51.67% 2,205 48.11% 10 0.22% 163 3.56% 4,583
Alfalfa 1,454 37.27% 2,414 61.88% 33 0.85% -960 -24.61% 3,901
Atoka 1,499 68.86% 669 30.73% 9 0.41% 830 38.13% 2,177
Beaver 1,385 53.91% 1,160 45.15% 24 0.93% 225 8.76% 2,569
Beckham 1,279 61.88% 773 37.40% 15 0.73% 506 24.48% 2,067
Blaine 1,112 31.21% 2,426 68.09% 25 0.70% -1,314 -36.88% 3,563
Bryan 3,194 80.43% 767 19.32% 10 0.25% 2,427 61.12% 3,971
Caddo 3,444 52.11% 3,136 47.45% 29 0.44% 308 4.66% 6,609
Canadian 2,201 41.41% 3,075 57.86% 39 0.73% -874 -16.44% 5,315
Carter 3,627 75.77% 1,147 23.96% 13 0.27% 2,480 51.81% 4,787
Cherokee 2,740 55.01% 2,225 44.67% 16 0.32% 515 10.34% 4,981
Choctaw 2,138 77.07% 624 22.49% 12 0.43% 1,514 54.58% 2,774
Cimarron 632 56.08% 485 43.03% 10 0.89% 147 13.04% 1,127
Cleveland 2,351 60.73% 1,499 38.72% 21 0.54% 852 22.01% 3,871
Coal 969 76.42% 295 23.26% 4 0.32% 674 53.15% 1,268
Comanche 2,911 67.60% 1,379 32.03% 16 0.37% 1,532 35.58% 4,306
Cotton 1,302 66.36% 649 33.08% 11 0.56% 653 33.28% 1,962
Craig 2,528 54.72% 2,076 44.94% 16 0.35% 452 9.78% 4,620
Creek 4,532 44.82% 5,538 54.77% 42 0.42% -1,006 -9.95% 10,112
Custer 1,609 53.10% 1,407 46.44% 14 0.46% 202 6.67% 3,030
Delaware 2,107 52.17% 1,909 47.26% 23 0.57% 198 4.90% 4,039
Dewey 1,491 48.89% 1,534 50.30% 25 0.82% -43 -1.41% 3,050
Ellis 703 42.92% 916 55.92% 19 1.16% -213 -13.00% 1,638
Garfield 3,736 30.83% 8,308 68.55% 75 0.62% -4,572 -37.73% 12,119
Garvin 2,602 69.41% 1,137 30.33% 10 0.27% 1,465 39.08% 3,749
Grady 2,730 58.22% 1,946 41.50% 13 0.28% 784 16.72% 4,689
Grant 1,456 38.17% 2,321 60.84% 38 1.00% -865 -22.67% 3,815
Greer 1,010 72.40% 377 27.03% 8 0.57% 633 45.38% 1,395
Harmon 623 75.79% 199 24.21% 0 0.00% 424 51.58% 822
Harper 874 47.27% 964 52.14% 11 0.59% -90 -4.87% 1,849
Haskell 2,231 62.34% 1,345 37.58% 3 0.08% 886 24.76% 3,579
Hughes 2,764 63.89% 1,556 35.97% 6 0.14% 1,208 27.92% 4,326
Jackson 1,324 74.26% 452 25.35% 7 0.39% 872 48.91% 1,783
Jefferson 1,534 71.95% 580 27.20% 18 0.84% 954 44.75% 2,132
Johnston 1,110 71.02% 443 28.34% 10 0.64% 667 42.67% 1,563
Kay 4,210 40.59% 6,060 58.43% 101 0.97% -1,850 -17.84% 10,371
Kingfisher 1,440 36.24% 2,509 63.14% 25 0.63% -1,069 -26.90% 3,974
Kiowa 1,383 62.02% 831 37.26% 16 0.72% 552 24.75% 2,230
Latimer 1,625 70.26% 670 28.97% 18 0.78% 955 41.29% 2,313
Le Flore 3,345 68.87% 1,499 30.86% 13 0.27% 1,846 38.01% 4,857
Lincoln 3,048 40.85% 4,377 58.67% 36 0.48% -1,329 -17.81% 7,461
Logan 2,261 41.21% 3,190 58.15% 35 0.64% -929 -16.93% 5,486
Love 861 83.27% 168 16.25% 5 0.48% 693 67.02% 1,034
Major 607 22.29% 2,096 76.97% 20 0.73% -1,489 -54.68% 2,723
Marshall 992 75.49% 315 23.97% 7 0.53% 677 51.52% 1,314
Mayes 2,052 51.83% 1,895 47.87% 12 0.30% 157 3.97% 3,959
McClain 1,353 65.81% 697 33.90% 6 0.29% 656 31.91% 2,056
McCurtain 2,548 84.96% 439 14.64% 12 0.40% 2,109 70.32% 2,999
McIntosh 1,633 53.63% 1,406 46.17% 6 0.20% 227 7.45% 3,045
Murray 1,425 75.64% 452 23.99% 7 0.37% 973 51.65% 1,884
Muskogee 5,137 57.22% 3,825 42.61% 15 0.17% 1,312 14.62% 8,977
Noble 1,381 38.12% 2,227 61.47% 15 0.41% -846 -23.35% 3,623
Nowata 1,691 44.01% 2,117 55.10% 34 0.88% -426 -11.09% 3,842
Okfuskee 1,939 60.88% 1,235 38.78% 11 0.35% 704 22.10% 3,185
Oklahoma 19,085 54.81% 15,605 44.81% 133 0.38% 3,480 9.99% 34,823
Okmulgee 4,862 54.20% 4,081 45.50% 27 0.30% 781 8.71% 8,970
Osage 2,971 45.70% 3,482 53.56% 48 0.74% -511 -7.86% 6,501
Ottawa 3,098 50.76% 2,983 48.88% 22 0.36% 115 1.88% 6,103
Pawnee 1,900 39.87% 2,843 59.65% 23 0.48% -943 -19.79% 4,766
Payne 3,470 46.75% 3,919 52.80% 34 0.46% -449 -6.05% 7,423
Pittsburg 3,123 73.81% 1,097 25.93% 11 0.26% 2,026 47.88% 4,231
Pontotoc 3,530 73.08% 1,282 26.54% 18 0.37% 2,248 46.54% 4,830
Pottawatomie 4,311 55.12% 3,478 44.47% 32 0.41% 833 10.65% 7,821
Pushmataha 1,344 76.58% 404 23.02% 7 0.40% 940 53.56% 1,755
Roger Mills 1,258 64.98% 660 34.09% 18 0.93% 598 30.89% 1,936
Rogers 1,870 47.55% 2,046 52.02% 17 0.43% -176 -4.47% 3,933
Seminole 3,782 59.88% 2,512 39.77% 22 0.35% 1,270 20.11% 6,316
Sequoyah 2,963 63.56% 1,691 36.27% 8 0.17% 1,272 27.28% 4,662
Stephens 3,073 63.57% 1,723 35.64% 38 0.79% 1,350 27.93% 4,834
Texas 1,523 63.86% 852 35.72% 10 0.42% 671 28.13% 2,385
Tillman 1,329 73.87% 462 25.68% 8 0.44% 867 48.19% 1,799
Tulsa 14,767 37.09% 24,982 62.75% 63 0.16% -10,215 -25.66% 39,812
Wagoner 2,114 41.06% 2,944 57.18% 91 1.77% -830 -16.12% 5,149
Washington 3,249 42.70% 4,327 56.87% 33 0.43% -1,078 -14.17% 7,609
Washita 1,218 54.47% 1,009 45.13% 9 0.40% 209 9.35% 2,236
Woods 1,764 44.11% 2,198 54.96% 37 0.93% -434 -10.85% 3,999
Woodward 1,460 42.77% 1,930 56.53% 24 0.70% -470 -13.77% 3,414
Totals 196,565 51.89% 180,454 47.64% 1,762 0.47% 16,111 4.25% 378,781

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. ^ a b c d "1940-1944 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. pp. 18, 23, 25.
  2. ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1942). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the Democratic Regular Primary, Held Tuesday, July 14th, 1942. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1942). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the Republican & Prohibition Regular Primary, Held Tuesday, July 14th, 1942. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1942). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the General Election, held Tuesday, November 3rd, 1942. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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