Oregon gubernatorial special election, 1948

Oregon gubernatorial special election, 1948

1946 ← November 2, 1948 → 1950

Nominee Douglas McKay Lew Wallace Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 271,295 226,958 Percentage 53.23 44.53

County results

Governor before election John Hubert Hall Republican Elected Governor Charles A. Sprague Republican

The 1948 Oregon gubernatorial special election took place on November 2, 1948 and was a special election, due to the death of governor Earl Snell, in a plane crash on October 28, 1947.

Campaign

Incumbent governor John Hubert Hall, who took over after Snell's death until the election, lost the Republican nomination 51.13-48.87%, to state senator Douglas McKay, and the Democrats nominated state senator Lew Wallace, who had previously lost to Earl Snell in the 1942 gubernatorial election in a landslide.

In the general election, McKay won the election with 53.23% to Wallace's 44.53%, and was sworn in as Oregon's 25th governor on January 10, 1949.

Results

Election results

Oregon gubernatorial election, 1938[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Douglas McKay	271,295	53.23%
	Democratic	Lew Wallace	226,958	44.53%
	Independent	Wendell E. Barnett	11,380	2.23%
Totals			509,633	100%
	Republican hold

References

1. ^ "OR Governor Race - Nov 02, 1948". Our Campaigns. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=48760. Retrieved November 16, 2011.