1950 New York gubernatorial election

1950 New York gubernatorial election

← 1946 November 7, 1950 1954 →
 
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Walter A. Lynch
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Liberal
Popular vote 2,819,523 2,246,855
Percentage 53.11% 42.32%

County results

Dewey:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Lynch:      40-50%      50-60%

Governor before election

Thomas Dewey
Republican

Elected Governor

Thomas Dewey
Republican

The 1950 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Incumbent Republican governor Thomas E. Dewey was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating Democratic U.S. Representative Walter A. Lynch.

This was the final election in which the voters cast separate ballots for governor and lieutenant governor, ahead of a 1953 amendment to the New York Constitution.


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