1936 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1936 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936.
The election featured incumbent Governor Robert L. Cochran, a Democrat, who defeated the Republican nominee, newspaper publisher and former state legislator Dwight Griswold, to win a second two-year term in office.
Former State Attorney General Ora S. Spillman unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Robert L. Cochran, incumbent Governor
- Anton H. Jensen, unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Nebraska in 1930
Republican primary
Candidates
- Dwight Griswold, newspaper publisher and former member of the Nebraska Legislature; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Nebraska in 1932 and 1934
- William Madgett, former mayor of Hastings, Nebraska
- Ora S. Spillman, former Nebraska Attorney General from 1923 to 1929
- Stanley Wright