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1948 Oregon governor election

Douglas McKay (Republican) beat Lew Wallace (Democrat) in Oregon in 1948, 53.2% to 44.5%, a margin of 8.7 points and 44,337 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1946, when Earl Snell won.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Douglas McKay won Republican 271,295 53.2%
Lew Wallace Democratic 226,958 44.5%
All other candidates 11,380 2.2%
Total509,633

Oregon governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tina Kotek (D) D+3.4
2018 Kate Brown (D) D+6.4
2016 Kate Brown (D) D+7.2
2014 John Kitzhaber (D) D+5.8
2010 John Kitzhaber (D) D+1.5
2006 Ted Kulongoski (D) D+8.0
2002 Ted Kulongoski (D) D+2.9
1998 John Kitzhaber (D) D+34.4
1994 John Kitzhaber (D) D+8.5
1990 Barbara Roberts (D) D+5.8
1986 Neil Goldschmidt (D) D+4.0
1982 Victor Atiyeh (R) R+25.5
1978 Victor Atiyeh (R) R+9.8
1974 Robert W. Straub (D) D+15.6
1970 Tom McCall (R) R+11.4
1966 Tom McCall (R) R+10.6
1962 Mark O. Hatfield (R) R+12.6
1958 Mark O. Hatfield (R) R+10.7
1956 Robert D. Holmes (D) D+1.0
1954 Paul L. Patterson (R) R+13.8
1950 Douglas McKay (R) R+32.1
1948 Douglas McKay (R) R+8.7
1946 Earl Snell (R) R+38.1
1942 Earl Snell (R) R+55.7
1938 Charles A. Sprague (R) R+14.8
1934 Charles H. Martin (D) D+9.8
1930 Julius Meier (other)
1926 I. L. Patterson (R) R+11.8
1922 Walter M. Pierce (D) D+14.7
1918 James Withycombe (R) R+10.2
1914 James Withycombe (R) R+10.7
1910 Oswald West (D) D+5.2
1906 George E. Chamberlain (D) D+2.6
1902 George E. Chamberlain (D) D+0.3
1898 Theodore Thurston Geer (R) R+12.6
1894 William P. Lord (R) R+26.7
1890 Sylvester Pennoyer (D) D+7.1
1886 Sylvester Pennoyer (D) D+6.8
1882 Zenas F. Moody (R) R+3.5
1878 William Wallace Thayer (D) D+0.2
1874 La Fayette Grover (D) D+2.2
1870 La Fayette Grover (D) D+2.8
1866 George L. Woods (R) R+1.4