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1 Governor  





2 Secretary of State  



2.1  Democratic primary  



2.1.1  Candidates  





2.1.2  Results  







2.2  Republican primary  



2.2.1  Candidates  





2.2.2  Results  







2.3  General election  



2.3.1  Results  









3 Auditor  



3.1  Democratic primary  



3.1.1  Candidates  





3.1.2  Results  







3.2  Republican primary  



3.2.1  Candidates  





3.2.2  Results  







3.3  General election  



3.3.1  Results  









4 Treasurer  



4.1  Democratic primary  



4.1.1  Candidates  





4.1.2  Results  







4.2  Republican primary  



4.2.1  Candidates  





4.2.2  Results  







4.3  General election  



4.3.1  Results  









5 Superintendent of Public Instruction  



5.1  Democratic primary  



5.1.1  Candidates  





5.1.2  Results  







5.2  Republican primary  



5.2.1  Candidates  





5.2.2  Results  







5.3  General election  



5.3.1  Results  









6 References  














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Ageneral election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday, November 2, 1926. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election. Republicans narrowly picked up the governorship and solidified their control on the other statewide offices, increasing their margin of victory in each race.

Governor[edit]

Incumbent Democratic Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross ran for re-election to a second term. She was narrowly defeated for re-election by Republican Frank Emerson, the Wyoming State Engineer.

1926 Wyoming gubernatorial election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Frank C. Emerson 35,651 50.90% +6.02%
Democratic Nellie Tayloe Ross (inc.) 34,286 48.95% -6.17%
Radical Party William B. Guthrie 104 0.15% +0.15%
Majority 1,365 1.95% -8.29%
Turnout 70,041 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Secretary of State[edit]

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Frank E. Lucas, who briefly served as acting governor following the death of William B. Ross, opted to run for Governor rather than seek re-election. Former Campbell County Clerk Alonzo M. Clark defeated former State Senator John Stansbury for the Republican nomination, while businessman W. S. Kimball won the Democratic nomination unopposed. In the general election, Clark defeated Kimball by a decisive margin to win his first term as Secretary of State.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Democratic Party primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic W. S. Kimball 11,549 100.00%
Total votes 11,549 100.00%

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican Primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alonzo M. Clark 11,922 42.63%
Republican John Stansbury 9,746 34.85%
Republican W. K. Mylar 6,298 22.52%
Total votes 27,966 100.00%

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

1926 Wyoming Secretary of State election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Alonzo M. Clark 34,234 53.22% -0.13%
Democratic W. S. Kimball 30,091 46.78% +0.13%
Majority 4,143 6.44% -0.27%
Turnout 64,325
Republican hold

Auditor[edit]

Incumbent Republican State Auditor Vincent Carter, first elected in 1922, ran for re-election to his second term. He faced newspaper editor Joe U. Allard, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Despite the closeness of several other statewide races, Carter was able to improve on his margin of victory and defeated Allard in a landslide. He would not serve out his full term, however, following his election to Congress in 1928.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Democratic Party primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe U. Allard 6,230 54.22%
Democratic LeRoy Joyce 5,260 45.78%
Total votes 11,490 100.00%

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican Primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vincent Carter 25,424 100.00%
Total votes 25,424 100.00

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

1926 Wyoming Auditor election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Vincent Carter (inc.) 37,543 59.76% +7.00%
Democratic Joe U. Allard 25,278 40.24% -7.00%
Majority 12,265 19.52% +14.01%
Turnout 62,821
Republican hold

Treasurer[edit]

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer John M. Snyder declined to seek re-election to a second term. To replace him, former State Representative William H. Edelman, the Republican nominee, ran against C. H. McWinnie, the State Public Lands Commissioner and the Democratic nominee. Though Snyder's margin of victory in 1922 was close, Edelman ultimately defeated McWinnie by a wide margin.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Democratic Party primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic C. H. McWinnie 11,000 100.00%
Total votes 11,000 100.00%

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican Primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William H. Edelman 25,015 100.00%
Total votes 25,015 100.00

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

1926 Wyoming Treasurer election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican William H. Edelman 35,255 56.31% +3.46%
Democratic C. H. McWinnie 27,351 43.69% -3.46%
Majority 7,904 12.62% +6.91%
Turnout 62,606
Republican hold

Superintendent of Public Instruction[edit]

Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Katharine A. Morton ran for re-election to a third term. She was opposed by Cecilia H. Hendricks, the Democratic nominee. Morton easily dispatched Hendricks to win re-election in a landslide, and in so doing, won the highest percentage of the vote of any candidate in the state in 1926.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Democratic Party primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cecilia H. Hendricks 10,939 100.00
Total votes 10,939 100.00

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican Party primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Katharine Morton (inc.) 26,656 100.00
Total votes 26,656 100.00

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

1926 Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Katharine A. Morton (inc.) 40,614 63.11% +5.95%
Democratic Cecilia H. Hendricks 23,740 36.89% +0.44%
Majority 16,874 26.22% +11.89%
Turnout 64,354
Republican hold

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Clark, A.M. (1927). 1927 Official Directory of Wyoming and Election Returns for 1926. Cheyenne, Wyo.: The Commercial Printing Co. pp. 38–43.
  • ^ "W. S. Kimball Is Candidate". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. July 9, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  • ^ "Republican Candidate for Secretary of State Who Spoke Here Last Night". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. October 12, 1926. p. 5. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  • ^ a b c d "Heavy Vote Is Forecast: Nominations for Sheriff and County Commissioners First in Interest but Emerson-Lucas Race Leads State". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. August 16, 1926. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  • ^ "Sheridan for Robert Carey As Governor". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyo. June 6, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved June 3, 2021.

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