1926 Nebraska Lieutenant Gubernatorial Election
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The 1926 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926, and featured incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor George A. Williams, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee Frank A. Dutton as well as
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nominee Lloyd H. Huffman.


Democratic primary


Candidates

*Will Brookley, former member of the
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from 1913 to 1917 from
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*Frank A. Dutton, former city attorney of
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*John H. Grosvenor, attorney and former member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1897 to 1901 from Aurora, Nebraska *William M. Peebler of
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Results


Republican primary


Candidates

Alice A. Holtman of
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, was nominated to run for the Republican nomination by petition, but she did not accept it. *Rev. Walter C. Rundin of Mitchell, Nebraska, former president of the Nebraska Association of Volunteer Firemen *B. F. Thomas, attorney, former member of the
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from 1905 to 1909, and former postmaster of from
Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
, from 1908 to 1913 * George A. Williams, incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor


Results


General election


Results


See also

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1926 Nebraska gubernatorial election The 1926 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926, and featured incumbent Governor Adam McMullen, a Republican, narrowly defeating Democratic nominee, former Governor Charles W. Bryan, to win a second and final two-year t ...


References

Lieutenant Gubernatorial
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