1936 Nebraska gubernatorial election

The 1936 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936, and featured incumbent Governor Robert L. Cochran, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee, newspaper publisher and former state legislator Dwight Griswold, to win a second two-year term in office. Former State Attorney General Ora S. Spillman unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination.

Candidates

 * Robert L. Cochran, incumbent Governor
 * Anton H. Jensen, unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Nebraska in 1930

Candidates

 * Dwight Griswold, newspaper publisher and former member of the Nebraska Legislature; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Nebraska in 1932 and 1934
 * William Madgett, former mayor of Hastings, Nebraska
 * Ora S. Spillman, former Nebraska Attorney General from 1923 to 1929
 * Stanley Wright