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1950 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

The 1950 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Johnston Murray defeated Republican Jo O. Ferguson. Phil Ferguson unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.

Primary election

Democratic party

Johnston Murray, the son of former governor William H. Murray, defeated William O. Coe by a razor-thin margin of 960 votes in a runoff.

Candidates

Results

Republican party

Candidates

  • Ernest Albright
  • Rexford B. Cragg
  • Jo O. Ferguson, newspaper editor and publisher
  • Bruno H. Miller
  • Earl F. Winsel

Results

General election

Results

Results by county

Jo Ferguson was the first Republican to win Cleveland County in a gubernatorial election. By flipping to Murray after voting Republican in the previous two elections, Rogers County began a streak of voting for the winning candidate that currently remains unbroken and is the longest active bellwether streak in state gubernatorial elections.

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References