1944 Montana gubernatorial election

1944 Montana gubernatorial election

← 1940 November 7, 1944 1948 →
Turnout79.40%Decrease2.10[1]
 
Nominee Sam C. Ford Leif Erickson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 116,461 89,224
Percentage 56.36% 43.18%

County results
Ford:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Erickson:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Sam C. Ford
Republican

Elected Governor

Sam C. Ford
Republican

The 1944 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Governor of Montana Sam C. Ford, who was first elected Governor in 1940, ran for re-election. He won the Republican primary and moved on to the general election, where he was opposed by Leif Erickson, a former Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court and the Democratic nominee. Although then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt comfortably won the state in that year's presidential election, Ford defeated Erickson by a wide margin to win his second and final term as governor. This election is the first time that an incumbent Republican Governor of Montana was re-elected or won re-election.

  1. ^ "Montana Voter Turnout". Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved May 26, 2022.