Arizona gubernatorial election, 1940

November 5, 1940



Nominee	Sidney Preston Osborn	Jerrie W. Lee
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	97,606	50,358
Percentage	65.52%	33.81%

Governor before election

Robert Taylor Jones
Democratic

Elected Governor

Sidney Preston Osborn
Democratic

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The 1940 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Governor Robert Taylor Jones ran for reelection but was defeated in the Democratic primary by former Secretary of State Sidney Preston Osborn, whom Jones had previously defeated in 1938.

Sidney Preston Osborn defeated Jerrie W. Lee in the general election, and was sworn in to his first term as Governor on January 6, 1941, becoming Arizona's seventh Governor.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary took place on September 10, 1940. Incumbent Governor Robert Taylor Jones ran for reelection, but he was defeated by former Secretary of State Sidney Preston Osborn. Osborn previously ran against Jones in 1938, but was defeated due to the race being a three-way with Secretary of State James H. Kerby. C. M. Menderson, Ernest Carleton, George E. Shields, and Howard Sprouse also ran but presented only token opposition.^[1]

Candidates

Robert Taylor Jones, incumbent Governor
Sidney P. Osborn, former Secretary of State of Arizona
C. M. Menderson
Ernest Carleton
George E. Shields
Howard Sprouse, state legislator

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sidney Preston Osborn	54,737	46.30%
	Democratic	Robert Taylor Jones	49,466	41.84%
	Democratic	C. M. Menderson	10,950	9.26%
	Democratic	Ernest Carleton	1,834	1.55%
	Democratic	George E. Shields	860	0.73%
	Democratic	Howard Sprouse	383	0.32%
Total votes			118,230	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Jerrie W. Lee, 1938 Republican gubernatorial nominee

General election

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1940^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sidney Preston Osborn	97,606	65.52%
	Republican	Jerrie W. Lee	50,358	33.81%
	Prohibition	Charles R. Osburn	1,003	0.67%
Majority			47,248	31.71%
Turnout			148,967
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

References

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