{{Short description|none}} {{for|related races|1942 United States gubernatorial elections}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 1942 Colorado gubernatorial election | country = Colorado | flag_year = 1911 | type = Presidential | ongoing = no | previous_election = 1940 Colorado gubernatorial election | previous_year = 1940 | next_election = 1944 Colorado gubernatorial election | next_year = 1944 | election_date = November 3, 1942 | image1 = File:John C. Vivian (Colorado governor).jpg | image_size= 150x150px | nominee1 = '''John Charles Vivian''' | party1 = Republican Party (United States) | popular_vote1 = '''193,501''' | percentage1 = '''56.23%''' | image2 = 3x4.svg | nominee2 = Homer Bedford | party2 = Democratic Party (United States) | popular_vote2 = 149,402 | percentage2 = 43.41% | map_image = 1942 Colorado gubernatorial election results map by county.svg | map_size = 250px | map_caption = County results <br/> '''Vivian:''' {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}} '''Bedford:''' {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} | title = Governor | before_election = Ralph Lawrence Carr | before_party = Republican Party (United States) | after_election = John Charles Vivian | after_party = Republican Party (United States) }} {{ElectionsCO}} The '''1942 Colorado gubernatorial election''' was held on November 3, 1942. Republican nominee John Charles Vivian defeated Democratic nominee Homer Bedford with 56.23% of the vote.
==Primary elections== Primary elections were held on September 8, 1942.<ref name="Colorado">{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1942AbstractBook.pdf |title=State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast 1942 |publisher=Secretary of State of Colorado |year=1942 |access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>
===Democratic primary===
====Candidates==== *Homer Bedford, Colorado State Treasurer *Moses E. Smith, State Representative *William Lee Knous, Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
====Results==== {{Election box begin no change | title = Democratic primary results<ref name="Colorado"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Homer Bedford | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 25,828 | percentage = 40.2% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Moses E. Smith | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 21,530 | percentage = 33.5% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = William Lee Knous | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 16,936 | percentage = 26.3% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 64,294 | percentage = }} {{Election box end}}
===Republican primary===
====Candidates==== *John Charles Vivian, incumbent Lieutenant Governor *Charles M. Armstrong, former Secretary of State of Colorado
====Results==== {{Election box begin no change | title = Republican primary results<ref name="Colorado"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = John Charles Vivian | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 27,021 | percentage = 55.8% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Charles M. Armstrong | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 21,371 | percentage = 44.2% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 48,392 | percentage = }} {{Election box end}}
==General election==
===Candidates=== '''Major party candidates''' *John Charles Vivian, Republican *Homer Bedford, Democratic
'''Other candidates''' *William R. Dietrich, Communist
===Results=== {{Election box begin | title=1942 Colorado gubernatorial election<ref name="Colorado"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = John Charles Vivian | votes = 193,501 | percentage = 56.23% | change = +1.86% }} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Homer Bedford | votes = 149,402 | percentage = 43.41% | change = -1.55% }} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Communist Party USA | candidate = William R. Dietrich | votes = 1,232 | percentage = 0.36% | change = }} {{Election box majority| | votes = 44,099 | percentage = 12.82% | change = }} {{Election box turnout| | votes = 344,135 | percentage = | change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| | winner = Republican Party (United States) | loser = | swing = }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Colorado elections}} {{1942 United States elections}}
1942 Colorado Gubernatorial