1934 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1934 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934, and featured state engineer Robert L. Cochran, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee, newspaper publisher and former state legislator Dwight Griswold.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- William B. Banning, former member of the Nebraska Senate
- Terry Carpenter, U.S. Representative
- Robert L. Cochran, state engineer
- Frank J. Klopping, member of the Nebraska House of Representatives
- Maud Edgerton Nuquist, secretary-treasurer of the director's council of the General Federation of Women's Clubs
- Eugene D. O'Sullivan, attorney
- William F. Porter, former Nebraska Secretary of State from 1897 to 1901 and candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1932
- John F. Rohn, Mayor of Fremont
- J. G. Stroble
Republican primary
Candidates
- George B. Clark
- Dwight Griswold, newspaper publisher, former member of the Nebraska Legislature, and candidate for governor in 1932.
- Theodore W. Metcalfe, former Lieutenant Governor
- Christian A. Sorensen, former Attorney General
- George W. Sterling