1942 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1942 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942, and featured Roy W. Johnson, the Republican nominee, defeating Democratic nominee Harry P. Conklin. The incumbent lieutenant governor, William E. Johnson, decided not to seek reelection in order to run for United States House of Representatives in Nebraska's First District in 1942.

Democratic primary

Harry P. Conklin, farmer from near Grand Island, Nebraska, and former commissioner of public lands and buildings
Edward A. Dosek, businessman, banker, and insurance agent from Lincoln, Nebraska, and former head accountant for the Nebraska State Treasurer from 1933 to 1937
William H. Smith, former Nebraska State Tax Commissioner from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1931 to 1941

John McArthur
Jack Devoe
Dr. Harvey E. Glatfelter
Rufus M. Howard, Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature and member of the Nebraska Legislature from what was then District 39 (endorsed by Nebraska Governor Dwight P. Griswold)
Roy W. Johnson, former member of the Nebraska Legislature from what was then District 34
William L. Randall
Harry L. Reed, insurance agent and property manager in Lincoln, Nebraska