1940 Nebraska gubernatorial election

The 1940 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940, and featured newspaper publisher and former state legislator Dwight Griswold, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative Terry Carpenter. Griswold became the first Republican to win the governorship since 1928.

Candidates

 * Fred W. Bartzatt
 * Terry Carpenter, former U.S. Representative
 * Dr. John A. Guttery, a dentist from Lynch, Nebraska, who previously ran for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1934
 * Keith Neville, former Governor of Nebraska from 1917 to 1919

Candidates

 * C. E. Alter, state director of the National Reclamation Association
 * Ed M. Baumann, Mayor of West Point
 * Dwight Griswold, newspaper publisher, former member of the Nebraska Legislature, and unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1932, 1934, and 1936.
 * Arthur L. Miller, member of the Nebraska Legislature and physician
 * Robert G. Ross
 * Charles J. Warner, former Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature