1940 Texas gubernatorial election

1940 Texas gubernatorial primary election

← 1938 July 27, 1940 1942 →
 
Nominee W. Lee O'Daniel Ernest O. Thompson Harry Hines
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 645,646 256,923 119,121
Percentage 54.29% 21.60% 10.02%

 
Nominee Miriam A. Ferguson Jerry Sadler
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 100,578 61,396
Percentage 8.46% 5.16%

Governor before election

W. Lee O'Daniel
Democratic

Elected Governor

W. Lee O'Daniel
Democratic

The 1940 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940.

Incumbent Democratic Governor W. Lee O'Daniel defeated Republican nominee George C. Hopkins with 94.42% of the vote.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Nelliwinne