The 1926 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 1926. Republican incumbent Gifford Pinchot was term-limited and constitutionally ineligible for a second consecutive term in office. Former banking commissioner John Fisher defeated Democratic judge Eugene C. Bonniwell to become governor of Pennsylvania.
Edward E. Beidleman, Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr., and John K. Tener unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.
Republican primary
Candidates Edward E. Beidleman, former state senator from Harrisburg and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania John Stuchell Fisher, former state banking commissioner Thomas W. Phillips Jr., U.S. representative from Butler John K. Tener, former governor
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates Eugene C. Bonniwell, judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court and nominee in 1918 William E. E. Porter Samuel E. Shull, nominee in the 1922 United States Senate election
Results
Prohibition primary
Candidates John Stuchell Fisher, former state banking commissioner George L. Pennock
Results
General election
Candidates
Eugene C. Bonniwell, judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court and nominee in 1918 (Democratic) Julian P. Hickok (Commonwealth Land) H. W. Hicks (Workers) John Stuchell Fisher, former state banking commissioner (Republican) George L. Pennock (Prohibition) John W. Slayton, labor organizer and perennial candidate (Socialist)
Results
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 1,503,600 | align="right" | 100.00%
Notes
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