1932 Arizona gubernatorial election explained

The 1932 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Governor George W. P. Hunt ran for the Democratic nomination, but lost in the primary to Benjamin Baker Moeur, whose pre-gubernatorial experience included service as the Secretary of the Board of Education for Arizona State Teacher's College, which would later become Arizona State University.

Benjamin Baker 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.

Democratic primary

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 Governor John Calhoun Phillips in 1930, was opposed in the primary by Benjamin 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]

Candidates

• George W. P. Hunt, incumbent Governor, former Ambassador to Siam
• Benjamin Baker Moeur, Secretary of the Board of Education
• K. Berry Peterson, Attorney General of Arizona
• Fred Sutter, State Senator
• Webster C. Reed

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• J. C. "Jack" Kinney, cattle rancher
• W. W. Midgley, rancher
• William Walton

Results

General election

Results by county

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
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	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

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Maricopa
• Santa Cruz
• Yavapai
• Yuma

Bibliography

• Book: Goff, John S. . George The Fifth and Bibliographical and Biographical Notes . George W. P. Hunt and his Arizona . 1973. Socio-Technical Publications . Phoenix . 159, 171–177, 273–277 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our Campaigns - AZ Governor- D Primary Race - Sep 13, 1932.