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Arizona gubernatorial election, 1946

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November 5, 1946
  
1948 →

60.10%
  
39.90%

73,595
  
48,867

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1946

The 1946 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Governor Sidney Preston Osborn ran for reelection, easily winning the Democratic primary, as well as defeating Republican challenger Bruce Brockett in the general election, and was sworn in to his fourth term as Governor on January 7, 1947. Osborn would go on to die in office a year later.

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In comparison to previous election cycles, Brockett signaled a shift in voters becoming more Republican, outperforming their past electoral failures significantly.

Candidates

  • Sidney P. Osborn, former Secretary of State of Arizona
  • Howard Sprouse, state legislator
  • Candidates

  • Bruce Brockett, cattleman
  • References

    Arizona gubernatorial election, 1946 Wikipedia