The
Industrial Government state convention met on April 5, and nominated again Aaron M. Orange for governor. They also nominated Bronko Papadopolis, of
Buffalo, for lieutenant governor; O. Martin Olson for comptroller; and
Eric Hass for attorney general. The
Socialist state convention met on June 21 at 303 Fourth Avenue in
New York City, and nominated Prof. Coleman B. Cheney for governor;
Samuel H. Friedman for lieutenant governor; Joseph G. Glass for attorney general; the Rev. Herman J. Hahn for comptroller; and Miss Layle Lane, an African-American teacher, writer and lecturer, and Amicus Most, an engineer of
New Rochelle, for the at-large Congress seats. The petition to nominate these candidates was filed on August 31 with the Secretary of State. The
Democratic state convention met on August 20. Influenced by
James A. Farley, the convention nominated State Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr., for governor on the first ballot with 623 votes against 393 for U.S. Senator
James M. Mead, the candidate favored by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. They re-nominated three incumbents: Lieutenant Governor
Charles Poletti, Comptroller
Joseph V. O'Leary, and Representative at-large
Matthew J. Merritt; and completed the ticket with State Solicitor General Henry Epstein for attorney general; and Flora D. Johnson for the other at-large House seat. The
American Labor state convention met on August 22, but instead of Bennett (or Mead), they nominated
Tammany man
Dean Alfange for governor. They re-nominated Comptroller O'Leary, an American Laborite who had been appointed by Governor
Herbert H. Lehman to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Morris S. Tremaine. They endorsed Democrats Poletti, Merritt, and Johnson; and completed the ticket with
Alexander Kahn for attorney general. The
Republican state convention met on August 24 at
Saratoga Springs, New York. They nominated 1938 candidate
Thomas E. Dewey for Governor again, and adjourned. On August 25 they nominated
Thomas W. Wallace for lieutenant governor;
Frank C. Moore for comptroller;
Nathaniel L. Goldstein for attorney general; and Charles Muzzicato and
Winifred C. Stanley for Representative at-large. The
Communist Party filed a nominating petition for their candidates on August 28. They nominated Israel Amter for governor; Frank Herron, of
Buffalo, for lieutenant governor; Benjamin J. Davis Jr., of
New York City, for attorney general; Fred Briehl, a dairy farmer of
Wallkill, for comptroller; and
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and
Robert Minor for Representative at-large. Herron, Briehl, Davis, and Minor withdrew from the ticket, and Davis was then nominated for Representative at-large, leaving three gaps on the ticket. ==Result==