1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/1938_Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/250px-1938_Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png) County results
James: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
Jones: 50–60% |
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The 1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic governor George Howard Earle III was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate Arthur James defeated Democratic candidate Charles Alvin Jones to become Governor of Pennsylvania. Gifford Pinchot unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination, while Thomas Kennedy unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.