The 1936 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936, and featured incumbent Governor Robert L. Cochran, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee, newspaper publisher and former state legislator Dwight Griswold, to win a second two-year term in office. Former State Attorney General Ora S. Spillman unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Robert L. Cochran, incumbent Governor
Anton H. Jensen, unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Nebraska in 1930
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Dwight Griswold, newspaper publisher and former member of the Nebraska Legislature; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Nebraska in 1932 and 1934 William Madgett, former mayor of Hastings, Nebraska Ora S. Spillman, former Nebraska Attorney General from 1923 to 1929 Stanley Wright