1950 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

The 1950 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950, and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Johnston Murray defeated Republican Jo O. Ferguson. Phil Ferguson unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.

Primary election

Democratic party

Johnston Murray, the son of former governor William H. Murray, defeated William O. Coe by a razor-thin margin of 960 votes in a runoff.

Candidates

William O. Coe, former member of Oklahoma House of Representatives
Frank P. Douglass, district judge in Oklahoma County
Phil Ferguson, former representative from Oklahoma's 8th congressional district
Johnston Murray, son of former governor William H. Murray

Republican party

Candidates

Ernest Albright
Rexford B. Cragg
Jo O. Ferguson, newspaper editor and publisher
Bruno H. Miller
Earl F. Winsel

General election

Results by county

Jo Ferguson was the first Republican to win Cleveland County in a gubernatorial election. By flipping to Murray after voting Republican in the previous two elections, Rogers County began a streak of voting for the winning candidate that currently remains unbroken and is the longest active bellwether streak in state gubernatorial elections.

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Rogers

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican