| Election Name: | 1930 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1912 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1929 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1929 |
| Next Election: | 1931 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1931 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 33 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1930; September 8, 1930 (ME) |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 18 |
| Seats After1: | 25 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| 1Data1: | 11 |
| 2Data1: | 18 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 30 |
| Seats After2: | 21 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| 1Data2: | 22 |
| 2Data2: | 13 |
| Party4: | Farmer–Labor Party (United States) |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| 1Data4: | 0 |
| 2Data4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| 1Data5: | 0 |
| 2Data5: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1930, in 33 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 4, 1930. Elections took place on September 8 in Maine.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Benjamin M. Miller (Democratic) 61.82% Hugh A. Locke (Independent) 38.18% [1] | ||
| Arizona | Republican | Defeated, 48.61% | George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) 51.39% [2] | ||
| Arkansas | Harvey Parnell | Democratic | Re-elected, 81.18% | J. O. Livesay (Republican) 18.82% [3] | |
| California | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | James Rolph Jr. (Republican) 72.15% Milton K. Young (Democratic) 24.11% Upton Sinclair (Socialist) 3.64% Scattering 0.09% [4] | ||
| Colorado | William H. Adams | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.41% | Robert F. Rockwell (Republican) 38.06% Claud A. Bushnell (Socialist) 0.68% Lizabeth A. Williams (Farmer Labor) 0.44% William R. Dietrich (Communist) 0.24% Walter Moore (Liberal) 0.10% Perry M. Jones (Commonwealth Land) 0.08% [5] | |
| Connecticut | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Wilbur L. Cross (Democratic) 49.91% Ernest E. Rogers (Republican) 48.64% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 1.09% Robert S. Kling (Communist) 0.35% [6] | ||
| Georgia | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Richard B. Russell Jr. (Democratic) 100.00% [7] (Democratic primary run-off results) Richard B. Russell Jr. 67.85% George Henry Carswell 32.15% [8] | ||
| Idaho | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | C. Ben Ross (Democratic) 56.03% John McMurray (Republican) 43.98% [9] | ||
| Iowa | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Dan W. Turner (Republican) 65.74% Fred P. Hagemann (Democratic) 33.60% John M. Smith (Farmer Labor) 0.45% William Patten (Communist) 0.22% [10] | ||
| Kansas | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Democratic victory | Harry H. Woodring (Democratic) 34.96% Frank Haucke (Republican) 34.92% John R. Brinkley (Independent) (write-in) 29.50% J. B. Shields (Socialist) 0.62% [11] | ||
| Maine (held, 8 September 1930) | William T. Gardiner | Republican | Re-elected, 55.06% | Edward C. Moran Jr. (Democratic) 44.94% [12] | |
| Maryland | Albert C. Ritchie | Democratic | Re-elected, 55.96% | William F. Broening (Republican) 42.78% Elisabeth Gilman (Socialist) 0.82% Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.27% Samuel Parker (Communist) 0.17% [13] | |
| Massachusetts | Republican | Defeated, 48.18% | Joseph B. Ely (Democratic) 49.54% John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor) 1.19% Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.67% Harry J. Canter (Communist) 0.41% [14] | ||
| Michigan | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Wilber M. Brucker (Republican) 56.88% William A. Comstock (Democratic) 42.03% Joseph Billups (Workers) 0.47% George M. Campbell (Socialist) 0.46% Duly McCone (Prohibition) 0.16% [15] | ||
| Minnesota | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Farmer-Labor victory | Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor) 59.34% Raymond Park Chase (Republican) 36.31% Edward Indrehus (Democratic) 3.65% Karl Reeve (Communist) 0.70% [16] | ||
| Nebraska | Republican | Defeated, 49.25% | Charles W. Bryan (Democratic) 50.75% [17] | ||
| Nevada | Frederick B. Balzar | Republican | Re-elected, 53.25% | Charles L. Richards (Democratic) 46.75% [18] | |
| New Hampshire | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | John G. Winant (Republican) 57.98% Albert W. Noone (Democratic) 41.80% Fred B. Chase (Communist) 0.22% [19] | ||
| New Mexico | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Arthur Seligman (Democratic) 53.17% Clarence M. Botts (Republican) 46.60% Sam Butler (Socialist) 0.23% [20] | ||
| New York | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | Re-elected, 56.49% | Charles H. Tuttle (Republican) 33.36% Robert P. Carroll (Law Preservation) 6.08% Louis Waldman (Socialist) 3.21% William Z. Foster (Communist) 0.58% Jeremiah D. Crowley (Socialist Labor) 0.29% [21] | |
| North Dakota | George F. Shafer | Republican | Re-elected, 73.62% | Pierce Blewett (Democratic) 23.20% Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 3.18% [22] | |
| Ohio | Republican | Defeated, 47.20% | George White (Democratic) 52.80% [23] | ||
| Oklahoma | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | William H. Murray (Democratic) 59.05% Ira A. Hill (Republican) 40.79% B. G. Bingham (Independent) 0.11% John Franing (Independent) 0.06% [24] | ||
| Oregon | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Independent victory | Julius L. Meier (Independent) 54.51% Ed F. Bailey (Democratic) 25.10% Phil Metschan (Republican) 18.83% Albert Streiff (Socialist) 1.57% [25] | ||
| Pennsylvania | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Gifford Pinchot (Republican) 50.77% John M. Hemphill (Democratic) 47.98% James Hudson Maurer (Socialist) 1.00% Frank Mozer (Communist) 0.25% [26] | ||
| Rhode Island | Norman S. Case | Republican | Re-elected, 50.53% | Theodore F. Green (Democratic) 48.95% Charles H. Dana (Socialist) 0.53% [27] | |
| South Carolina | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Ibra Charles Blackwood (Democratic) 100.00% [28] (Democratic primary run-off results) Ibra Charles Blackwood 50.21% Olin Johnston 49.80% [29] | ||
| South Dakota | Democratic | Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory | Warren E. Green (Republican) 52.97% D. A. McCullough (Democratic) 46.23% Helen Tangen (Independent) 0.80% [30] | ||
| Tennessee | Henry H. Horton | Democratic | Re-elected, 63.84% | C. Arthur Bruce (Republican) 35.62% Samuel Borenstein (Independent) 0.54% [31] | |
| Texas | Democratic | Retired, Democratic victory | Ross S. Sterling (Democratic) 79.98% William E. Talbot (Republican) 19.69% L. L. Rhodes (Socialist) 0.26% J. Stedham (Communist) 0.07% [32] | ||
| Vermont | Republican | Retired to run for U.S. House, Republican victory | Stanley Calef Wilson (Republican) 70.98% Park H. Pollard (Democratic) 28.94% Scattering 0.09% [33] | ||
| Wisconsin | Republican | Defeated in Republican primary, Republican victory | Philip La Follette (Republican) 64.76% Charles E. Hammersley (Democratic) 28.02% Frank B. Metcalfe (Socialist) 4.22% Alfred B. Taynton (Prohibition) 2.44% Fred B. Blair (Independent Communist) 0.49% Scattering 0.07% [34] | ||
| Wyoming | Frank C. Emerson | Republican | Re-elected, 50.58% | Leslie A. Miller (Democratic) 49.42% [35] |