1938 Wyoming gubernatorial election

1938 Wyoming gubernatorial election

← 1934 November 8, 1938 1942 →
 
Nominee Nels H. Smith Leslie A. Miller
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 57,288 38,501
Percentage 59.81% 40.19%

County results
Smith:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Miller:      50–60%

Governor before election

Leslie A. Miller
Democratic

Elected Governor

Nels H. Smith
Republican

The 1938 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic Governor Leslie A. Miller ran for re-election to his third term, and his second full term. Nels H. Smith, a former State Representative and former state highway commissioner, won a crowded Republican primary and advanced to the general election against Miller. Though Miller won his re-election campaign four years earlier in a landslide, Smith was able to take advantage of the nationwide Republican wave to defeat him in a landslide, winning 60% of the vote to Governor Miller's 40%.