# 1934 Arizona gubernatorial election

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The 1934 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Governor Benjamin Baker Moeur ran for reelection, he was challenged by former governor George W. P. Hunt and future Governor Rawghlie Clement Stanford in the Democratic primary, but he defeated both of them by a comfortable margin.
Benjamin Baker Moeur defeated Arizona State Highway Engineer and former Arizona Republican Party Chairman Thomas Maddock in the general election, and was sworn into his second term as governor on January 2, 1934.

## Democratic primary

The Democratic primary took place on September 11, 1934. Incumbent governor Benjamin Baker Moeur, who was elected to his first term over then-incumbent governor George W. P. Hunt in 1932 (whom Mouer defeated in the Democratic primary), was opposed in the primary again by Hunt, as well as former judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court Rawghlie Clement Stanford and State Senator James Minotto. This Democratic primary was interesting in that it included the current governor, a former governor, and a future governor.
This was former governor George W. P. Hunt's final run for Governor of Arizona, as he died later that year, on December 24, 1934.

### Candidates

* Benjamin Baker Moeur, incumbent governor
* George W. P. Hunt, former governor, former ambassador to Siam
* Rawghlie Clement Stanford, former judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court
* James Minotto, state senator

### Results

Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Benjamin Baker Moeur (incumbent) | 34,792 | 36.18% |
| | Democratic | Rawghlie Clement Stanford | 29,088 | 30.24% |
| | Democratic | George W. P. Hunt | 27,849 | 28.96% |
| | Democratic | James Minotto | 4,448 | 4.63% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 96,177 | 100.00% |

## Republican primary
### Candidates

* Thomas Maddock, Arizona State Highway Engineer, former Arizona Republican Party Chair, State Legislator

## General election

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1934 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Benjamin Baker Moeur (incumbent) | 61,355 | 59.65% | −3.57% |
| | Republican | Thomas Maddock | 39,242 | 38.15% | +2.73% |
| | Socialist | Lawrence McGivern | 1,884 | 1.83% | +1.14% |
| | Communist | Clay Naff | 374 | 0.36% | +0.20% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,113 | 21.50% | −6.29% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 102,855 | 100.00% | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Swing | -6.30% | |

### Results by county

| County | Benjamin Baker Moeur Democratic | Benjamin Baker Moeur Democratic | Thomas Maddock Republican | Thomas Maddock Republican | Lawrence McGivern Socialist | Lawrence McGivern Socialist | Clay Naff Communist | Clay Naff Communist | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Apache | 1,624 | 72.18% | 625 | 27.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 999 | 44.40% | 2,250 |
| Cochise | 5,904 | 63.25% | 2,770 | 29.68% | 641 | 6.87% | 19 | 0.20% | 3,134 | 33.58% | 9,334 |
| Coconino | 2,328 | 67.38% | 1,101 | 31.87% | 18 | 0.52% | 8 | 0.23% | 1,227 | 35.51% | 3,455 |
| Gila | 3,165 | 51.05% | 2,969 | 47.89% | 54 | 0.87% | 12 | 0.19% | 196 | 3.16% | 6,200 |
| Graham | 1,954 | 54.95% | 1,577 | 44.35% | 10 | 0.28% | 15 | 0.42% | 377 | 10.60% | 3,556 |
| Greenlee | 1,089 | 67.35% | 513 | 31.73% | 5 | 0.31% | 10 | 0.62% | 576 | 35.62% | 1,617 |
| Maricopa | 19,896 | 52.22% | 17,772 | 46.64% | 356 | 0.93% | 79 | 0.21% | 2,124 | 5.57% | 38,103 |
| Mohave | 1,352 | 67.03% | 5591 | 29.30% | 49 | 2.43% | 25 | 1.24% | 761 | 37.73% | 2,017 |
| Navajo | 2,586 | 71.67% | 890 | 24.67% | 130 | 3.60% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,696 | 47.01% | 3,608 |
| Pima | 9,731 | 68.36% | 4,223 | 29.67% | 205 | 1.44% | 76 | 0.53% | 5,508 | 38.69% | 14,235 |
| Pinal | 2,225 | 57.75% | 1,558 | 40.44% | 53 | 1.38% | 17 | 0.44% | 667 | 17.31% | 3,853 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,430 | 75.42% | 433 | 22.84% | 22 | 1.16% | 11 | 0.58% | 997 | 52.58% | 1,896 |
| Yavapai | 5,266 | 63.48% | 2,740 | 33.03% | 262 | 3.16% | 27 | 0.33% | 2,526 | 30.45% | 8,295 |
| Yuma | 2,805 | 63.23% | 1,480 | 33.36% | 79 | 1.78% | 72 | 1.62% | 1,325 | 29.87% | 4,436 |
| Totals | 61,355 | 59.65% | 39,242 | 38.15% | 1,884 | 1.83% | 374 | 0.36% | 22,113 | 21.50% | 102,855 |

#### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Pima