1936 Nebraska gubernatorial election

1936 Nebraska gubernatorial election

November 3, 1936
 
Nominee Robert L. Cochran Dwight Griswold
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 333,412 257,267
Percentage 55.9% 43.1%

County results
Cochran:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Griswold:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Robert L. Cochran
Democratic

Elected Governor

Robert L. Cochran
Democratic

The 1936 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936.

The election featured incumbent Governor Robert L. Cochran, a Democrat, who defeated the 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.