1934 Nebraska gubernatorial election

The 1934 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934, and featured state engineer Robert L. Cochran, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee, newspaper publisher and former state legislator Dwight Griswold.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• William B. Banning, former member of the Nebraska Senate
• Terry Carpenter, U.S. Representative
• Robert L. Cochran, state engineer
• Frank J. Klopping, member of the Nebraska House of Representatives
• Maud Edgerton Nuquist, secretary-treasurer of the director's council of the General Federation of Women's Clubs
• Eugene D. O'Sullivan, attorney
• William F. Porter, former Nebraska Secretary of State from 1897 to 1901 and candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1932
• John F. Rohn, Mayor of Fremont
• J. G. Stroble

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• George B. Clark
• Dwight Griswold, newspaper publisher, former member of the Nebraska Legislature, and candidate for governor in 1932.
• Theodore W. Metcalfe, former Lieutenant Governor
• Christian A. Sorensen, former Attorney General
• George W. Sterling

Results

General election

Results

By County

See also

• 1934 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

References