1930 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1930, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1930 (September 8 in Maine).

1930 United States gubernatorial elections

November 4, 1930; September 8, 1930 (ME)
33 state governorships
Party Democratic Republican Last election 18 governorships 30 governorships Seats before 18 30 Seats after 25 21 Seat change 7 9   Party Farmer–Labor Independent Last election 0 governorships 0 governorships Seats before 0 0 Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 1
Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Republican hold      Farmer-Labor gain      Independent gain

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Alabama	Bibb Graves	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Benjamin M. Miller (Democratic) 61.82% Hugh A. Locke (Independent) 38.18% [1]
Arizona	John C. Phillips	Republican	Defeated, 48.61%	George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 51.39% [2]
Arkansas	Harvey Parnell	Democratic	Re-elected, 81.18%	J. O. Livesay (Republican) 18.82% [3]
California	Clement C. Young	Republican	Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory	James Rolph Jr. (Republican) 72.15% Milton K. Young (Democratic) 24.11% Upton Sinclair (Socialist) 3.64% Scattering 0.09% [4]
Colorado	William H. Adams	Democratic	Re-elected, 60.41%	Robert F. Rockwell (Republican) 38.06% Claud A. Bushnell (Socialist) 0.68% Lizabeth A. Williams (Farmer Labor) 0.44% William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.24% Walter Moore (Liberal) 0.10% Perry M. Jones (Commonwealth Land) 0.08% [5]
Connecticut	John H. Trumbull	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Wilbur L. Cross (Democratic) 49.91% Ernest E. Rogers (Republican) 48.64% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.09% Robert S. Kling (Communist) 0.35% [6]
Georgia	Lamartine Griffin Hardman	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Richard B. Russell Jr. (Democratic) 100.00% [7] (Democratic primary run-off results) Richard B. Russell Jr. 67.85% George Henry Carswell 32.15% [8]
Idaho	H. C. Baldridge	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	C. Ben Ross (Democratic) 56.03% John McMurray (Republican) 43.98% [9]
Iowa	John Hammill	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory	Dan W. Turner (Republican) 65.74% Fred P. Hagemann (Democratic) 33.60% John M. Smith (Farmer Labor) 0.45% William Patten (Communist) 0.22% [10]
Kansas	Clyde M. Reed	Republican	Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory	Harry H. Woodring (Democratic) 34.96% Frank Haucke (Republican) 34.92% John R. Brinkley (Independent) (write-in) 29.50% J. B. Shields (Socialist) 0.62% [11]
Maine (held, 8 September 1930)	William T. Gardiner	Republican	Re-elected, 55.06%	Edward C. Moran Jr. (Democratic) 44.94% [12]
Maryland	Albert C. Ritchie	Democratic	Re-elected, 55.96%	William F. Broening (Republican) 42.78% Elisabeth Gilman (Socialist) 0.82% Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.27% Samuel Parker (Communist) 0.17% [13]
Massachusetts	Frank G. Allen	Republican	Defeated, 48.18%	Joseph B. Ely (Democratic) 49.54% John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor) 1.19% Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.67% Harry J. Canter (Communist) 0.41% [14]
Michigan	Fred W. Green	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Wilber M. Brucker (Republican) 56.88% William A. Comstock (Democratic) 42.03% Joseph Billups (Workers) 0.47% George M. Campbell (Socialist) 0.46% Duly McCone (Prohibition) 0.16% [15]
Minnesota	Theodore Christianson	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Farmer-Labor victory	Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor) 59.34% Raymond Park Chase (Republican) 36.31% Edward Indrehus (Democratic) 3.65% Karl Reeve (Communist) 0.70% [16]
Nebraska	Arthur J. Weaver	Republican	Defeated, 49.25%	Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 50.75% [17]
Nevada	Frederick B. Balzar	Republican	Re-elected, 53.25%	Charles L. Richards (Democratic) 46.75% [18]
New Hampshire	Charles W. Tobey	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	John G. Winant (Republican) 57.98% Albert W. Noone (Democratic) 41.80% Fred B. Chase (Communist) 0.22% [19]
New Mexico	Richard C. Dillon	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Arthur Seligman (Democratic) 53.17% Clarence M. Botts (Republican) 46.60% Sam Butler (Socialist) 0.23% [20]
New York	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	Re-elected, 56.49%	Charles H. Tuttle (Republican) 33.36% Robert P. Carroll (Law Preservation) 6.08% Louis Waldman (Socialist) 3.21% William Z. Foster (Communist) 0.58% Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.29% [21]
North Dakota	George F. Shafer	Republican	Re-elected, 73.62%	Pierce Blewett (Democratic) 23.20% Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 3.18% [22]
Ohio	Myers Y. Cooper	Republican	Defeated, 47.20%	George White (Democratic) 52.80% [23]
Oklahoma	William J. Holloway	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	William H. Murray (Democratic) 59.05% Ira A. Hill (Republican) 40.79% B. G. Bingham (Independent) 0.11% John Franing (Independent) 0.06% [24]
Oregon	A. W. Norblad	Republican	Defeated in Republican primary, Independent victory	Julius L. Meier (Independent) 54.51% Ed F. Bailey (Democratic) 25.10% Phil Metschan (Republican) 18.83% Albert Streiff (Socialist) 1.57% [25]
Pennsylvania	John Stuchell Fisher	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Gifford Pinchot (Republican) 50.77% John M. Hemphill (Democratic) 47.98% James Hudson Maurer (Socialist) 1.00% Frank Mozer (Communist) 0.25% [26]
Rhode Island	Norman S. Case	Republican	Re-elected, 50.53%	Theodore F. Green (Democratic) 48.95% Charles H. Dana (Socialist) 0.53% [27]
South Carolina	John Gardiner Richards Jr.	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Ibra Charles Blackwood (Democratic) 100.00% [28] (Democratic primary run-off results) Ibra Charles Blackwood 50.21% Olin Johnston 49.80% [29]
South Dakota	William J. Bulow	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory	Warren E. Green (Republican) 52.97% D. A. McCullough (Democratic) 46.23% Helen Tangen (Independent) 0.80% [30]
Tennessee	Henry H. Horton	Democratic	Re-elected, 63.84%	C. Arthur Bruce (Republican) 35.62% Samuel Borenstein (Independent) 0.54% [31]
Texas	Dan Moody	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Ross S. Sterling (Democratic) 79.98% William E. Talbot (Republican) 19.69% L. L. Rhodes (Socialist) 0.26% J. Stedham (Communist) 0.07% [32]
Vermont	John E. Weeks	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. House, Republican victory	Stanley Calef Wilson (Republican) 70.98% Park H. Pollard (Democratic) 28.94% Scattering 0.09% [33]
Wisconsin	Walter J. Kohler Sr.	Republican	Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory	Philip La Follette (Republican) 64.76% Charles E. Hammersley (Democratic) 28.02% Frank B. Metcalfe (Socialist) 4.22% Alfred B. Taynton (Prohibition) 2.44% Fred B. Blair (Independent Communist) 0.49% Scattering 0.07% [34]
Wyoming	Frank C. Emerson	Republican	Re-elected, 50.58%	Leslie A. Miller (Democratic) 49.42% [35]

See also

• United States elections, 1930
  • United States Senate elections, 1930
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1930

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