1938 New York state election

1938 New York gubernatorial election

← 1936 November 6, 1938 1942 →
 
Nominee Herbert H. Lehman Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance American Labor Independent Progressive
Popular vote 2,391,286 2,326,892
Percentage 50.38% 49.02%

County results

Lehman:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Dewey:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Governor before election

Herbert H. Lehman
Democratic

Elected Governor

Herbert H. Lehman
Democratic

The 1938 New York state election was held on November 8, 1938, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, two U.S. Senators and two U.S. Representatives-at-large, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. The 1938 election was the first election where the Governor of New York was elected to a four-year term, rather than a two-year term.


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