The 1950 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950, and featured incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Charles J. Warner, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee Edward A. Dosek, a businessman, to win his second term as lieutenant governor.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Tom Dooley, former member of the Nebraska Legislature from District 3 in Papillion, Nebraska
  • Edward A. Dosek, businessman, banker, and insurance agent from Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Woodrow Bryan Shurtleff, realtor from Lincoln, Nebraska
  • C. S. Wortman, lawyer from Lincoln, Nebraska, and former legislator and judge from Oklahoma

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Andrew E. Swanson, farmer from near Polk, Nebraska, and unsuccessful primary candidate for lieutenant governor in 1944 and governor in 1946 and 1948. Swanson originally registered to run in the Republican primary for governor in 1950 but later withdrew with the hope of running in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, but due to a 60-day-waiting-period requirement to switch parties, Swanson registered to run in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor instead.
  • Charles J. Warner, incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor

Results

General election

Results

See also

  • 1950 Nebraska gubernatorial election

References



University of Nebraska. Lincoln. 1950 Stock Photo Alamy

Nebraska Election Results — The Clocktower

Nebraska Election Trivia Nebraska State Historical Society

Category1950 United States gubernatorial election maps Wikimedia Commons

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