1948 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1948 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948, and featured incumbent Governor Val Peterson, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former state Senator Frank Sorrell, to win a second two-year term in office.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Frank Sorrell, former member of the Nebraska Legislature
Republican primary
Candidates
- Roland Max Anderson
- Lloyd M. Ewing
- Val Peterson, incumbent Governor
- Andrew E. Swanson
- Arthur B. Walker, physician and candidate in the Republican primaries for governor in 1946 and lieutenant governor in 1938