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The1932 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent GovernorGeorge W. P. Hunt sought the Democratic nomination but lost in the primary toBenjamin Baker Moeur. Moeur's pre-gubernatorial experience included serving as the Secretary of the Board of Education for Arizona State Teachers College, which later becameArizona State University.
Moeur defeated cattle rancher Jack Kinney in the general election and was sworn in as Arizona's fourth governor (excluding non-consecutive terms) on January 3, 1933.
The Democratic primary took place on September 13, 1932. Incumbent Governor George W. P. Hunt, who was elected to his seventh (non-consecutive) term over then-incumbent GovernorJohn Calhoun Phillips in 1930, was opposed in the primary byBenjamin Baker Moeur, who had served as Secretary of the Board of Education for Arizona State Teacher's College prior to running for the office of Governor, as well as Attorney General K. Berry Peterson, State Senator Fred Sutter, and Webster C. Reed.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Benjamin Baker Moeur | 30,389 | 35.46% | |
| Democratic | George W. P. Hunt (incumbent) | 25,094 | 29.28% | |
| Democratic | K. Berry Peterson | 20,051 | 23.40% | |
| Democratic | Fred Sutter | 9,434 | 11.01% | |
| Democratic | Webster C. Reed | 727 | 0.85% | |
| Total votes | 85,695 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | J. C. "Jack" Kinney | 11,873 | 63.72% | |
| Republican | W. W. Midgley | 5,662 | 30.39% | |
| Republican | William Walton | 1,099 | 5.90% | |
| Total votes | 18,634 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Benjamin Baker Moeur | 75,314 | 63.22% | +11.83% | |
| Republican | J. C. "Jack" Kinney | 42,202 | 35.43% | −13.18% | |
| Socialist | Lawrence McGivern | 826 | 0.69% | +0.69% | |
| Arizona Progressive Democratic Party | Andrew Jackson Bettwy | 584 | 0.49% | +0.49% | |
| Communist | Martin Gehon | 198 | 0.17% | +0.17% | |
| Majority | 33,112 | 27.80% | |||
| Total votes | 119,124 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratichold | Swing | +25.02% | |||
| County | Benjamin Baker Moeur Democratic | Jack C. Kinney Republican | Lawrence McGivern Socialist | Andrew Jackson Bettwy AZ Progressive Democratic | Martin Gehon Communist | Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Apache | 1,101 | 53.68% | 946 | 46.12% | 1 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.05% | 155 | 7.56% | 2,051 |
| Cochise | 7,724 | 68.64% | 3,290 | 29.24% | 208 | 1.85% | 29 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.02% | 4,434 | 39.40% | 11,253 |
| Coconino | 2,402 | 63.09% | 1,385 | 36.38% | 14 | 0.37% | 2 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,017 | 26.71% | 3,807 |
| Gila | 4,441 | 65.74% | 2,189 | 32.41% | 79 | 1.17% | 29 | 0.43% | 17 | 0.25% | 2,252 | 33.34% | 6,755 |
| Graham | 3,006 | 78.18% | 795 | 20.68% | 16 | 0.42% | 21 | 0.55% | 7 | 0.18% | 2,211 | 57.50% | 3,845 |
| Greenlee | 1,588 | 79.56% | 387 | 19.39% | 1 | 0.05% | 10 | 0.50% | 10 | 0.50% | 1,201 | 60.17% | 1,996 |
| Maricopa | 29,118 | 65.08% | 15,148 | 33.85% | 110 | 0.25% | 283 | 0.63% | 86 | 0.19% | 13,970 | 31.22% | 44,745 |
| Mohave | 1,603 | 70.55% | 633 | 27.86% | 20 | 0.88% | 8 | 0.35% | 8 | 0.35% | 970 | 42.69% | 2,272 |
| Navajo | 2,479 | 59.71% | 1,528 | 36.80% | 144 | 3.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.02% | 951 | 22.90% | 4,152 |
| Pima | 8,403 | 47.16% | 9,282 | 52.09% | 48 | 0.27% | 47 | 0.26% | 39 | 0.22% | -879 | -4.93% | 17,819 |
| Pinal | 3,049 | 71.25% | 1,210 | 28.28% | 8 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,839 | 42.98% | 4,279 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,356 | 59.24% | 821 | 35.87% | 5 | 0.22% | 106 | 4.63% | 1 | 0.04% | 535 | 23.37% | 2,289 |
| Yavapai | 5,791 | 63.98% | 3,148 | 34.78% | 81 | 0.89% | 20 | 0.22% | 11 | 0.12% | 2,643 | 29.20% | 9,051 |
| Yuma | 3,253 | 67.63% | 1,440 | 29.94% | 91 | 1.89% | 19 | 0.40% | 7 | 0.15% | 1,813 | 37.69% | 4,810 |
| Totals | 75,314 | 63.22% | 42,202 | 35.43% | 826 | 0.69% | 584 | 0.49% | 198 | 0.17% | 33,112 | 27.80% | 119,124 |
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