Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1935

Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1935

← 1931 November 5, 1935 1939 →
Candidate Hugh L. White Paul B. Johnson Sr. Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 182,771 170,705 Percentage 51.71% 48.29%
County results. Blue indicates a win by White, and green a win by Johnson.
Governor before election Martin S. Conner Democratic Elected Governor Hugh L. White Democratic

Martin S. Conner
Democratic

Hugh L. White
Democratic

The 1935 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1935, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Martin S. Conner was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second term. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran unopposed in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.

No candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, which featured 5 contenders, so a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by Mayor of Columbia Hugh L. White, who defeated former U.S. Representative Paul B. Johnson, Sr.

In the general election, White ran unopposed.