1940 Arizona gubernatorial election

1940 Arizona gubernatorial election

← 1938 November 5, 1940 1942 →
 
Nominee Sidney Preston Osborn Jerrie W. Lee
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 97,606 50,358
Percentage 65.52% 33.81%

Election results by county
Osborn:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election

Robert Taylor Jones
Democratic

Elected Governor

Sidney Preston Osborn
Democratic

The 1940 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Governor Robert Taylor Jones ran for reelection but was defeated in the Democratic primary by former Secretary of State Sidney Preston Osborn, whom Jones had previously defeated in 1938.

Sidney Preston Osborn defeated Jerrie W. Lee in the general election, and was sworn into his first term as Governor on January 6, 1941, becoming Arizona's seventh Governor.