1948 Nebraska gubernatorial election

The 1948 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948, and featured incumbent Governor Val Peterson, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former state Senator Frank Sorrell, to win a second two-year term in office.

Candidates

 * Frank Sorrell, former member of the Nebraska Legislature

Candidates

 * Roland Max Anderson
 * Lloyd M. Ewing
 * Val Peterson, incumbent Governor
 * Andrew E. Swanson
 * Arthur B. Walker, physician and candidate in the Republican primaries for governor in 1946 and lieutenant governor in 1938