1950 Arizona gubernatorial election

1950 Arizona gubernatorial election

← 1948 November 7, 1950 1952 →
 
Nominee John Howard Pyle Ana Frohmiller
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 99,109 96,118
Percentage 50.77% 49.23%

County results
Pyle:      50–60%
Frohmiller:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Dan Edward Garvey
Democratic

Elected Governor

John Howard Pyle
Republican

The 1950 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1950. Incumbent governor Dan Edward Garvey, who originally ascended to the office of governor following the death of Sidney Preston Osborn and was later elected to a full term, lost the Democratic primary to state Auditor Ana Frohmiller. Frohmiller would become the first woman to be nominated by any party for governor in Arizona.

Following a shift in voters to the Republican Party in the past two election cycles,[1] John Howard Pyle narrowly defeated Ana Frohmiller, becoming the first Republican governor of Arizona since John Calhoun Phillips was defeated for reelection and left office in 1931.

  1. ^ Lavin, Patrick (2001). Arizona: An Illustrated History. ISBN 9780781808521. Retrieved October 25, 2016.