The 1944 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944.
Incumbent
Republican
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Political ideology
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Governor
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Walter W. Bacon defeated
Democratic nominee
Isaac J. MacCollum
Isaac James MacCollum (August 18, 1889 – March 4, 1968) was an American physician and politician from Wyoming, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as the List of Lieutenant Governors of Delaware, 11th ...
with 50.52% of the vote.
Nominations
Nominations were made by party conventions.
Democratic nomination
The Democratic convention was held on August 22 at
Dover
Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
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Candidate
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Isaac J. MacCollum
Isaac James MacCollum (August 18, 1889 – March 4, 1968) was an American physician and politician from Wyoming, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as the List of Lieutenant Governors of Delaware, 11th ...
, incumbent
Lieutenant Governor
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Republican nomination
The Republican convention was held on July 19 at
Dover
Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
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Candidate
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Walter W. Bacon, incumbent
Governor
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, nominated unopposed
General election
References
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Events
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January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
Gubernatorial
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November 1944 events