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1946 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1946 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
country	Pennsylvania
type	presidential
election_date
ongoing	no
previous_election	1942 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
previous_year	1942
next_election	1950 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
next_year	1950
image_size	x150px
image1	File:James Henderson Duff.jpg
nominee1	Jim Duff
running_mate1	Dan Strickler
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,828,462
percentage1	58.53%
image2	File:John S Rice (1964).jpg
nominee2	John Rice
running_mate2	John Dent
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	1,270,947
percentage2	40.68%
map_image	1946 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	260px
map_caption	County results

title	Governor
before_election	John Bell
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Jim Duff
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Duff:
Rice:

The 1946 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946. Republican Party nominee James H. Duff defeated Democratic Party nominee John S. Rice to become Governor of Pennsylvania. As of , this was the last time Philadelphia County voted for the Republican candidate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Henry Arthur Morris, music store operator from Mahanoy City
John S. Rice, former state senator from Gettysburg

The endorsed candidates for Democratic Party won by a large margin, with Rice winning by a three-quarters of the vote over Mahanoy City businessman Henry Morris.

Results

Democratic primary results

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Republican primary

Candidates

James H. Duff, Attorney General of Pennsylvania
Carl Mau, newspaper publisher and World War II veteran from Marcus Hook
John Shroyer, Secretary of Highways

The endorsed candidate for the Republican Party won by a large margin, with Duff earning over three-quarters of the vote against outgoing Secretary of Highways John Shroyer of Shamokin.

Results

Republican primary results

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General election

Candidates

Jim Duff, State Attorney General (from Allegheny County) (Republican)
- Running mate: Dan Strickler, former State Representative and World War II general (from Lancaster County)
James Killip (Prohibition)
John Rice, former President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate (from Adams County) (Democratic)
- Running mate: John Dent, President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate (from Westmoreland County)
George Taylor (Socialist Labor)

Campaign

A close confidant of popular outgoing Governor Ed Martin, who was running for a US Senate seat, Duff was the clear favorite throughout the campaign. Duff ran as a moderate progressive but also as a hardline anti-communist. He promised to address the key topic of labor strife by limiting strikes and cracking down on union criminal activity while concurrently increasing the minimum wage. Duff also vowed to spur innovation amongst the state's fragmented local governments.https://books.google.com/books?id=AB24rFZOmzcC&dq=rice+duff+governor&pg=PA472

Results

References

"PA Governor". OurCampaigns.
(March 12, 1946). "Third Party Enters State Slate". The News-Dispatch.
(1948). "The 1947-1948 Pennsylvania Manual". Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications.
''The Pennsylvania Manual'', p. 7-94.
''The Pennsylvania Manual'', p. 7-16.

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