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1920 Governor

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GOVERNOR

Governor · 1920

Republican Hold

DEM

26 needed

REP

IND

Before

19

26

3

After

14

33

1

Net change:D −5·R +7·I −2·34 seats contested

Chamber Control

Democratic14

RepublicanMajority33

Independent1

Threshold:26 seats

D 14 – R 33 – I 1

34 contests|D won 5|R won 29

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Arizona	CampbellREP	54.1%	37,060	SimmsDEM	45.9%	31,385	R+8.3	↓ R+8.2
▶	Arkansas	McRaeDEM	65.0%	123,637	TownsendREP	24.4%	46,350	D+40.6	↓ R+3.8
▶	Colorado	ShoupREP	59.5%	174,488	CollinsDEM	37.1%	108,738	R+22.4	↓ R+34.4
▶	Connecticut	LakeREP	63.0%	230,792	TylerDEM	32.8%	119,912	R+30.3	↓ R+24.4
▶	Delaware	DenneyREP	55.2%	51,895	LynchDEM	43.7%	41,038	R+11.6	↓ R+6.5
▶	Florida	HardeeDEM	77.9%	103,407	GayREP	17.9%	23,788	D+60.0	↑ D+31.1
▶	Idaho	DavisREP	53.0%	75,748	WaltersDEM	26.9%	38,509	R+26.0	↓ R+27.2
▶	Illinois	SmallREP	58.9%	1,243,150	LewisDEM	34.6%	731,541	R+24.2	↓ R+13.7
▶	Indiana	McCrayREP	54.6%	683,253	McCullochDEM	41.2%	515,253	R+13.4	↓ R+11.6
▶	Iowa	KendallREP	58.6%	513,118	HerringDEM	38.6%	338,108	R+20.0	↑ D+4.6
▶	Kansas	AllenREP	58.4%	319,914	DavisDEM	39.3%	214,940	R+19.2	↑ D+8.6
▶	Maine	ParkhurstREP	65.9%	135,393	McIntireDEM	34.1%	70,047	R+31.8	↓ R+22.7
▶	Massachusetts	CoxREP	67.0%	643,869	WalshDEM	30.2%	290,350	R+36.8	↓ R+28.0
▶	Michigan	GroesbeckREP	66.4%	703,180	FerrisDEM	29.3%	310,566	R+37.1	↓ R+21.9
▶	Minnesota	PreusREP	53.1%	415,805	OtherOTH	36.6%	286,530	R+42.7	↓ R+3.6
▶	Missouri	HydeREP	54.7%	882,007	AtkinsonDEM	42.8%	689,628	R+11.9	↓ R+11.1
▶	Montana	DixonREP	59.7%	111,113	WheelerDEM	40.3%	74,875	R+19.5	↓ R+30.6
▶	Nebraska	McKelvieREP	40.4%	152,863	MoreheadDEM	34.5%	130,433	R+5.9	↓ R+8.3
▶	New Hampshire	BrownREP	59.6%	93,273	TiltonDEM	39.7%	62,174	R+19.9	↓ R+11.8
▶	New Mexico	MechemREP	50.7%	49,321	HannaDEM	48.3%	46,957	R+2.4	↓ R+4.7
▶	New York	MillerREP	46.6%	1,335,878	SmithDEM	44.0%	1,261,812	R+2.6	↑ D+6.6
▶	North Carolina	MorrisonDEM	57.2%	308,150	ParkerREP	42.8%	230,193	D+14.5	↓ R+2.1
▶	North Dakota	FrazierREP	51.0%	117,018	O'ConnorDEM	49.0%	112,488	R+2.0	↑ D+58.9
▶	Ohio	DavisREP	51.9%	1,039,835	DonaheyDEM	45.9%	918,962	R+6.0	↓ R+6.6
▶	Rhode Island	SouciREP	64.6%	109,138	SullivanDEM	33.1%	55,963	R+31.5	↓ R+16.4
▶	South Carolina	CooperDEM	100.0%	58,050	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+2.1
▶	South Dakota	McMasterREP	56.3%	103,592	OtherOTH	26.3%	48,426	R+39.0	↓ R+21.7
▶	Tennessee	TaylorREP	54.9%	229,133	RobertsDEM	44.6%	185,890	R+10.4	↓ R+21.4
▶	Texas	NeffDEM	60.2%	290,672	OtherOTH	21.2%	102,305	D+41.5	↓ R+25.7
▶	Utah	MabeyREP	58.2%	83,518	TaylorDEM	38.3%	54,913	R+19.9	↓ R+33.1
▶	Vermont	HartnessREP	77.2%	67,006	MartinDEM	21.8%	18,917	R+55.4	↓ R+10.3
▶	Washington	HartREP	52.7%	210,662	OtherOTH	30.7%	122,667	R+36.2	↓ R+39.9
▶	West Virginia	MorganREP	47.3%	242,237	KoontzDEM	36.3%	185,662	R+11.1	↓ R+12.0
▶	Wisconsin	BlaineREP	53.0%	366,247	(wisconsin)DEM	35.8%	247,746	R+17.1	↓ R+2.6

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