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1940-11-05 Gubernatorial Election Results for Michigan


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County Turnout Murray Van Wagoner
(D)		 Luren Dickinson*
(R)		 Seth Whitmore
(Socialist)		 Philip Raymond
(Socialist Workers)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 60% 1,077,06553.1% 945,78446.6% 4,1240.2% 2,3870.1% 7020.0% 131,281 2,030,062
Total R vote: 945,784 (46.6%)      Total D vote: 1,077,065 (53.1%)      Total Other vote: 7,213 (0.4%)
* incumbent

Other candidates included: Ralph Naylor (Socialist Labor), 702 votes


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Luren Dickinson* 241,717 43.7%
2   Thomas Read 108,113 19.5%
3   Ora Smith 92,236 16.7%
4   Miller Dunckel 62,874 11.4%
5   Melville McPherson 28,332 5.1%
6   Ernest Conlon 12,909 2.3%
7   Charles Renaud 7,226 1.3%
TOTAL VOTES 553,407  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Murray Van Wagoner 281,023 79.3%
2   Eugene Van Antwerp 73,340 20.7%
TOTAL VOTES 354,363