1946 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
November 5, 1946
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The 1946 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Roy J. Turner defeated Republican Olney F. Flynn and three Independents, Mickey Harrell, R. M. Funk, and Bruno Miller.[1] Dixie Gilmer unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.
Primary election
Oklahoma reinstated primary runoffs for this election.
Democratic party
Businessman Roy J. Turner defeated Tulsa County district attorney Dixie Gilmer in a runoff.
Candidates
- William O. Coe, former member of Oklahoma House of Representatives
- Dixie Gilmer, District Attorney of Tulsa County
- Johnson D. Hill, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives
- H. C. Jones, Collector of Internal Revenue for the State of Oklahoma[2]
- R. M. McCool
- Fred McDuff
- Earl R. Powers
- Jess L. Pullen, former Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma
- Roy J. Turner, businessman
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Roy J. Turner | 138,348 | 35.85% | |
| Democratic | Dixie Gilmer | 84,783 | 21.97% | |
| Democratic | H. C. Jones | 79,237 | 20.53% | |
| Democratic | William O. Coe | 61,216 | 15.86% | |
| Democratic | Johnson D. Hill | 8,012 | 2.08% | |
| Democratic | Fred McDuff | 7,854 | 2.03% | |
| Democratic | R. M. McCool | 4,094 | 1.06% | |
| Democratic | Earl R. Powers | 1,206 | 0.31% | |
| Democratic | Jess L. Pullen | 1,202 | 0.31% | |
| Total votes | 385,952 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Roy J. Turner | 194,311 | 53.43% | |
| Democratic | Dixie Gilmer | 169,397 | 46.57% | |
| Total votes | 363,708 | 100.00% | ||
Republican party
Mayor of Tulsa Olney F. Flynn secured the Republican nomination by a wide margin.
Candidates
- Rexford B. Cragg
- Harry E. Ingram
- Olney F. Flynn, mayor of Tulsa
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Olney F. Flynn | 30,348 | 73.77% | |
| Republican | Harry E. Ingram | 6,932 | 16.85% | |
| Republican | Rexford B. Cragg | 3,859 | 9.38% | |
| Total votes | 41,139 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Roy J. Turner | 259,491 | 52.46% | +0.57% | |
| Republican | Olney F. Flynn | 227,426 | 45.98% | −1.66% | |
| Independent | Mickey Harrell | 7,181 | 1.45% | ||
| Independent | R. M. Funk | 257 | 0.05% | ||
| Independent | Bruno Miller | 244 | 0.05% | ||
| Total votes | 494,599 | 100.00% | |||
| Majority | 32,065 | 6.48% | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +2.23% | |||
Results by county
| County[6] | Roy J. Turner Democratic |
Olney F. Flynn Republican |
Mickey Harrell Independent |
R. M. Funk Independent |
Bruno Miller Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,684 | 57.28% | 1,982 | 42.60% | 14 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.04% | 702 | 14.98% | 4,686 |
| Alfalfa | 1,060 | 30.36% | 2,318 | 66.38% | 112 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,258 | -36.03% | 3,492 |
| Atoka | 1,933 | 70.39% | 792 | 28.84% | 17 | 0.62% | 2 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,141 | 41.55% | 2,746 |
| Beaver | 1,068 | 49.65% | 1,040 | 48.35% | 41 | 1.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.09% | 28 | 1.30% | 2,151 |
| Beckham | 2,552 | 67.02% | 1,148 | 30.15% | 106 | 2.78% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,404 | 36.87% | 3,808 |
| Blaine | 1,507 | 37.01% | 2,463 | 60.49% | 97 | 2.38% | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.10% | -956 | -23.48% | 4,072 |
| Bryan | 4,746 | 84.04% | 830 | 14.70% | 62 | 1.10% | 5 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.07% | 3,916 | 69.35% | 5,647 |
| Caddo | 4,681 | 58.98% | 3,131 | 39.45% | 120 | 1.51% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,550 | 19.53% | 7,936 |
| Canadian | 3,076 | 47.24% | 3,179 | 48.82% | 239 | 3.67% | 11 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.11% | -103 | -1.58% | 6,512 |
| Carter | 5,363 | 76.76% | 1,557 | 22.28% | 64 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,806 | 54.47% | 6,987 |
| Cherokee | 3,214 | 58.20% | 2,288 | 41.43% | 15 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.07% | 926 | 16.77% | 5,522 |
| Choctaw | 2,700 | 79.79% | 649 | 19.18% | 34 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,051 | 60.61% | 3,384 |
| Cimarron | 214 | 54.45% | 176 | 44.78% | 3 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 38 | 9.67% | 393 |
| Cleveland | 3,511 | 57.80% | 2,478 | 40.80% | 80 | 1.32% | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,033 | 17.01% | 6,074 |
| Coal | 1,502 | 82.17% | 308 | 16.85% | 16 | 0.88% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,194 | 65.32% | 1,828 |
| Comanche | 4,697 | 65.73% | 2,294 | 32.10% | 149 | 2.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,403 | 33.63% | 7,146 |
| Cotton | 1,731 | 75.23% | 498 | 21.64% | 68 | 2.96% | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,233 | 53.59% | 2,301 |
| Craig | 3,252 | 53.06% | 2,807 | 45.80% | 67 | 1.09% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.02% | 445 | 7.26% | 6,129 |
| Creek | 5,413 | 43.88% | 6,630 | 53.74% | 284 | 2.30% | 5 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.04% | -1,217 | -9.86% | 12,337 |
| Custer | 3,015 | 59.20% | 2,021 | 39.68% | 54 | 1.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.04% | 994 | 19.52% | 5,093 |
| Delaware | 2,454 | 55.40% | 1,943 | 43.86% | 32 | 0.72% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 511 | 11.53% | 4,430 |
| Dewey | 1,307 | 51.05% | 1,202 | 46.95% | 47 | 1.84% | 2 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.08% | 105 | 4.10% | 2,560 |
| Ellis | 929 | 45.54% | 1,060 | 51.96% | 50 | 2.45% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -131 | -6.42% | 2,040 |
| Garfield | 3,978 | 30.71% | 8,677 | 66.98% | 285 | 2.20% | 6 | 0.05% | 9 | 0.07% | -4,699 | -36.27% | 12,955 |
| Garvin | 3,614 | 76.12% | 1,082 | 22.79% | 51 | 1.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,532 | 53.33% | 4,748 |
| Grady | 4,399 | 64.35% | 2,341 | 34.25% | 92 | 1.35% | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,058 | 30.11% | 6,836 |
| Grant | 1,257 | 34.64% | 2,311 | 63.68% | 56 | 1.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.14% | -1,054 | -29.04% | 3,629 |
| Greer | 2,260 | 78.83% | 556 | 19.39% | 50 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,704 | 59.43% | 2,867 |
| Harmon | 1,059 | 81.21% | 215 | 16.49% | 30 | 2.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 844 | 64.72% | 1,304 |
| Harper | 923 | 48.25% | 936 | 48.93% | 52 | 2.72% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | -13 | -0.68% | 1,913 |
| Haskell | 2,337 | 67.06% | 1,126 | 32.31% | 17 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,211 | 34.75% | 3,485 |
| Hughes | 3,545 | 70.00% | 1,474 | 29.11% | 41 | 0.81% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,071 | 40.90% | 5,064 |
| Jackson | 3,278 | 82.34% | 649 | 16.30% | 50 | 1.26% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.08% | 2,629 | 66.04% | 3,981 |
| Jefferson | 1,727 | 76.48% | 473 | 20.95% | 54 | 2.39% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,254 | 55.54% | 2,258 |
| Johnston | 2,089 | 78.80% | 530 | 19.99% | 28 | 1.06% | 2 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,559 | 58.81% | 2,651 |
| Kay | 4,959 | 36.80% | 8,360 | 62.04% | 143 | 1.06% | 3 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.07% | -3,401 | -25.24% | 13,475 |
| Kingfisher | 1,298 | 33.47% | 2,435 | 62.79% | 135 | 3.48% | 5 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.13% | -1,137 | -29.32% | 3,878 |
| Kiowa | 2,212 | 66.99% | 1,030 | 31.19% | 58 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,182 | 35.80% | 3,302 |
| Latimer | 1,574 | 70.08% | 662 | 29.47% | 10 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 912 | 40.61% | 2,246 |
| Le Flore | 4,560 | 71.72% | 1,777 | 27.95% | 12 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,783 | 43.77% | 6,358 |
| Lincoln | 3,240 | 46.76% | 3,555 | 51.31% | 119 | 1.72% | 10 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.07% | -315 | -4.55% | 6,929 |
| Logan | 2,550 | 39.68% | 3,634 | 56.54% | 231 | 3.59% | 5 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.11% | -1,084 | -16.87% | 6,427 |
| Love | 1,357 | 89.87% | 145 | 9.60% | 6 | 0.40% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,212 | 80.26% | 1,510 |
| Major | 730 | 24.72% | 2,144 | 72.60% | 77 | 2.61% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,414 | -47.88% | 2,953 |
| Marshall | 1,662 | 84.32% | 300 | 15.22% | 9 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,362 | 69.10% | 1,971 |
| Mayes | 3,371 | 55.04% | 2,714 | 44.31% | 38 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 657 | 10.73% | 6,125 |
| McClain | 2,057 | 71.72% | 764 | 26.64% | 44 | 1.53% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,293 | 45.08% | 2,868 |
| McCurtain | 2,951 | 85.78% | 475 | 13.81% | 9 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.06% | 2,476 | 71.98% | 3,440 |
| McIntosh | 2,144 | 63.38% | 1,166 | 34.47% | 69 | 2.04% | 2 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.06% | 978 | 28.91% | 3,383 |
| Murray | 2,123 | 76.75% | 615 | 22.23% | 25 | 0.90% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,508 | 54.52% | 2,766 |
| Muskogee | 8,218 | 60.00% | 5,384 | 39.31% | 83 | 0.61% | 9 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,834 | 20.69% | 13,697 |
| Noble | 1,547 | 37.70% | 2,476 | 60.35% | 78 | 1.90% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -929 | -22.64% | 4,103 |
| Nowata | 1,814 | 43.92% | 2,171 | 52.57% | 134 | 3.24% | 10 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.02% | -357 | -8.64% | 4,130 |
| Okfuskee | 2,061 | 58.89% | 1,359 | 38.83% | 71 | 2.03% | 5 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.01% | 702 | 20.06% | 3,500 |
| Oklahoma | 28,626 | 48.14% | 29,772 | 50.07% | 979 | 1.65% | 32 | 0.05% | 56 | 0.09% | -1,146 | -1.93% | 59,465 |
| Okmulgee | 6,446 | 58.76% | 4,294 | 39.14% | 216 | 1.97% | 9 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.05% | 2,152 | 19.62% | 10,970 |
| Osage | 3,668 | 46.24% | 4,107 | 51.78% | 151 | 1.90% | 3 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.04% | -439 | -5.53% | 7,932 |
| Ottawa | 3,914 | 51.56% | 3,605 | 47.49% | 65 | 0.86% | 4 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.04% | 309 | 4.07% | 7,591 |
| Pawnee | 1,682 | 35.23% | 2,965 | 62.11% | 119 | 2.49% | 5 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.06% | -1,283 | -26.87% | 4,774 |
| Payne | 4,065 | 47.66% | 4,325 | 50.71% | 137 | 1.61% | 2 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -260 | -3.05% | 8,529 |
| Pittsburg | 5,872 | 72.40% | 2,195 | 27.06% | 38 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,677 | 45.33% | 8,111 |
| Pontotoc | 4,527 | 67.68% | 2,116 | 31.63% | 42 | 0.63% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,411 | 36.04% | 6,689 |
| Pottawatomie | 5,336 | 54.71% | 4,283 | 43.91% | 123 | 1.26% | 4 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.07% | 1,053 | 10.80% | 9,753 |
| Pushmataha | 2,505 | 80.65% | 573 | 18.45% | 22 | 0.71% | 3 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,932 | 62.20% | 3,106 |
| Roger Mills | 1,746 | 73.39% | 575 | 24.17% | 54 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.17% | 1,171 | 49.22% | 2,379 |
| Rogers | 2,358 | 49.16% | 2,360 | 49.20% | 79 | 1.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2 | -0.04% | 4,797 |
| Seminole | 4,819 | 58.36% | 3,352 | 40.59% | 87 | 1.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,467 | 17.76% | 8,258 |
| Sequoyah | 3,243 | 65.78% | 1,670 | 33.87% | 12 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,573 | 31.91% | 4,930 |
| Stephens | 3,358 | 66.19% | 1,666 | 32.84% | 48 | 0.95% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,692 | 33.35% | 5,073 |
| Texas | 1,129 | 54.83% | 887 | 43.08% | 42 | 2.04% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 242 | 11.75% | 2,059 |
| Tillman | 2,423 | 77.46% | 648 | 20.72% | 55 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,775 | 56.75% | 3,128 |
| Tulsa | 19,859 | 32.49% | 40,734 | 66.63% | 496 | 0.81% | 30 | 0.05% | 13 | 0.02% | -20,875 | -34.15% | 61,132 |
| Wagoner | 2,056 | 44.40% | 2,527 | 54.57% | 39 | 0.84% | 6 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.06% | -471 | -10.17% | 4,631 |
| Washington | 2,886 | 35.11% | 5,063 | 61.60% | 262 | 3.19% | 6 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.02% | -2,177 | -26.49% | 8,219 |
| Washita | 2,311 | 65.67% | 1,143 | 32.48% | 61 | 1.73% | 2 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,168 | 33.19% | 3,519 |
| Woods | 1,678 | 40.45% | 2,381 | 57.40% | 87 | 2.10% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -703 | -16.95% | 4,148 |
| Woodward | 1,481 | 43.82% | 1,855 | 54.88% | 39 | 1.15% | 2 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.09% | -374 | -11.07% | 3,380 |
| Totals | 259,491 | 52.46% | 227,426 | 45.98% | 7,181 | 1.45% | 257 | 0.05% | 244 | 0.05% | 32,065 | 6.48% | 494,599 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
References
- ^ a b c d e "1946-1950 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. pp. 1, 6, 9, 13.
- ^ "H. C. Jones, Class of 1959". Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
- ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1946). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the Democratic Regular Primary Election, Held Tuesday, July 2, 1946. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1946). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the Democratic and Republican Run-Off Primary Elections, Held Tuesday, July 23, 1946. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Oklahoma State Election Board (1946). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the Republican Regular Primary Election, Held Tuesday, July 2, 1946. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Oklahoma State Election Board (1946). "For Governor". Officially Verified Results of the General Election, Held Tuesday, November 5, 1946. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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