1938 Wyoming gubernatorial election

The 1938 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic Governor Leslie A. Miller ran for re-election to his third term, and his second full term. Nels H. Smith, a former State Representative and former state highway commissioner, won a crowded Republican primary and advanced to the general election against Miller. Though Miller won his re-election campaign four years earlier in a landslide, Smith was able to take advantage of the nationwide Republican wave to defeat him in a landslide, winning 60% of the vote to Governor Miller's 40%.

Candidates

 * Leslie A. Miller, incumbent Governor
 * Gus F. Engelking, rancher

Candidates

 * Nels H. Smith, former state highway commissioner, former State Representative, 1934 Republican candidate for Governor
 * Thomas A. Nicholas, former Campbell County Prosecuting Attorney
 * Josiah H. Holland, Mayor of Evanston
 * John F. Raper, Sheridan attorney
 * Samuel S. Hoover, Mayor of Green River, former State Representative