1937 United States gubernatorial elections

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2 governorships
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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Party  | Democratic | Republican
Seats before  | 38 | 7
Seats after  | 39 | 6
Seat change  | 1  | 1
Seats up  | 1  | 1
Seats won  | 2 | 0

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Democratic gain Democratic hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held on 2 November 1937, in two states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949. This marks the Democratic Party's largest gubernatorial extent in history and the largest for any party.

## Race summary

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### Results

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State  | Incumbent  | Party  | First
elected  | Result  | Candidates

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New Jersey | Harold G. Hoffman | Republican  | 1934 | Incumbent term-limited.
New governor elected.
Democratic gain.  |

* Y A. Harry Moore (Democratic) 50.84%
* Lester H. Clee (Republican) 47.75%
* James E. Murray (Independent Labor) 0.65%
* Scattering 0.76%[1]

Virginia | George C. Peery | Democratic  | 1933 | Incumbent term-limited.
New governor elected.
Democratic hold.  |

* Y James Hubert Price (Democratic) 82.78%
* J. Powell Royall (Republican) 15.78%
* Donald Burke (Communist) 0.78%
* James Arthur Edgerton (Prohibition) 0.66%[2]

## References

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1. ^ "NJ Governor, 1937". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
2. ^ "VA Governor, 1937". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2019.

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