Robert L. Cochran Democratic Dwight Griswold Republican The 1940 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940, and featured newspaper publisher and former state legislator Dwight Griswold, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative Terry Carpenter.

Griswold became the first Republican to win the governorship since 1928.

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