1942 Wyoming gubernatorial election

1942 Wyoming gubernatorial election

← 1938 November 3, 1942 1946 →
 
Nominee Lester C. Hunt Nels H. Smith
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 39,599 37,568
Percentage 51.32% 48.68%

County results
Hunt:      50–60%      60–70%
Smith:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Nels H. Smith
Republican

Elected Governor

Lester C. Hunt
Democratic

The 1942 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Republican Governor Nels H. Smith ran for a second term as governor. After defeating several opponents in the Republican primary, he advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by Lester C. Hunt, the Wyoming Secretary of State and the Democratic nominee. In a reversal from Smith's landslide election in 1938, Hunt narrowly defeated him in his attempt at a second term.