1934 Nebraska gubernatorial election

The 1934 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934, and featured state engineer Robert L. Cochran, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee, newspaper publisher and former state legislator Dwight Griswold.

Candidates

 * William B. Banning, former member of the Nebraska Senate
 * Terry Carpenter, U.S. Representative
 * Robert L. Cochran, state engineer
 * Frank J. Klopping, member of the Nebraska House of Representatives
 * Maud Edgerton Nuquist, secretary-treasurer of the director's council of the General Federation of Women's Clubs
 * Eugene D. O'Sullivan, attorney
 * William F. Porter, former Nebraska Secretary of State from 1897 to 1901 and candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1932
 * John F. Rohn, Mayor of Fremont
 * J. G. Stroble

Candidates

 * George B. Clark
 * Dwight Griswold, newspaper publisher, former member of the Nebraska Legislature, and candidate for governor in 1932.
 * Theodore W. Metcalfe, former Lieutenant Governor
 * Christian A. Sorensen, former Attorney General
 * George W. Sterling