1938 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

1938 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

← 1934 November 8, 1938 1942 →
 
Nominee Leon C. Phillips Ross Rizley
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 355,740 148,861
Percentage 70.0% 29.3%

County results
Phillips:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Rizley:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

E. W. Marland
Democratic

Elected Governor

Leon C. Phillips
Democratic

The 1938 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Leon 'Red' Phillips defeated Republican former State Senator Ross Rizley. Also on the ballot were John Wesley Lanham of the Prohibition Party and Independent John Franing.[1] This election is the last time an alternative party has had a primary for governor in Oklahoma, as the Prohibitionists chose Francis Simpson over Ralph Butterfield, but Simpson then withdrew and the party placed Lanham on the ballot as a replacement.[2]

  1. ^ "1934-1938 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. pp. 46, 53, 55, 56.
  2. ^ Krehbiel, Randy (July 30, 2017). "Race for governor already crowned". Tulsa World – via PressReader.

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