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The 1926 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican governor
Gifford Pinchot
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was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate John Fisher
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defeated Democratic candidate Eugene C. Bonniwell to become Governor of Pennsylvania
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. Edward E. Beidleman, Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr., and John K. Tener unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.
Democratic primary
Candidates
* Eugene C. Bonniwell, nominee for the 1918 gubernatorial election * William E. E. Porter * Samuel E. ShullResults
Republican primary
Candidates
* Edward E. Beidleman, former U.S. Congressman and Lieutenant Governor *John Stuchell Fisher
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, former State Commissioner of Banking
* Thomas W. Phillips Jr., member of the U.S. House of Representatives
* John K. Tener, former Governor of Pennsylvania
Results
Prohibition primary
Candidates
*John Stuchell Fisher
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, former State Commissioner of Banking
* George L. Pennock
Results
Results
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References
1926
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Gubernatorial
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Pennsylvania
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November 1926 in the United States
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