893,092 670,064 Start date November 2, 1948 | 56.98% 42.75% | |
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Winner Forrest Smith | ||
The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1948 was Missouri's thirty-seventh gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 2, 1948 and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, State Auditor Forrest Smith, over the Republican candidate Murray Thompson, and candidates representing the Progressive, Socialist and Socialist Labor parties.
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