The 1948 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948, and featured incumbent Governor Val Peterson, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former state Senator Frank Sorrell, to win a second two-year term in office.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Frank Sorrell, former member of the Nebraska Legislature

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Roland Max Anderson
  • Lloyd M. Ewing
  • Val Peterson, incumbent Governor
  • Andrew E. Swanson
  • Arthur B. Walker, physician and candidate in the Republican primaries for governor in 1946 and lieutenant governor in 1938

Results

General election

Results

See also

  • 1948 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

References



Election of 1948 Periodic Presidents

The Election of 1864 and Nebraska Nebraska State Historical Society

CategoryNebraska gubernatorial election, 2018 Wikimedia Commons

1994 Nebraska gubernatorial election Wikipedia

1948 Rochester gubernatorial election YAPmg Wiki