1938 Nebraska gubernatorial election

The 1938 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938, and featured incumbent Governor Robert L. Cochran, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee, Speaker of the state legislature Charles J. Warner, as well as former Democratic Governor Charles W. Bryan, who ran as an Independent, to win a third and final two-year term in office.

Candidates

 * Fred W. Bartzatt
 * Robert L. Cochran, incumbent Governor
 * Samuel Freeman
 * Franz C. Radke, former member of the Nebraska Legislature, Johnson County Judge, Tecumseh City Attorney, and general counsel of the state Department of Banking
 * William H. Swanson

Candidates

 * Kenneth H. Gedney, architect
 * Robert G. Ross
 * Vernon R. Thomas
 * Charles J. Warner, Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature