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Arizona gubernatorial election, 1928

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November 6, 1928
  
1930 →

51.71%
  
48.16%

47,829
  
44,553

Arizona gubernatorial election, 1928

The 1928 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1928. Despite a fairly poor economy, a 15-point loss by Al Smith for the Arizona electoral votes, and having served for nearly 6 full terms, Hunt only narrowly lost the general election. Other state Democrats like Senator Ashurst and Representative Douglas both won re-election. John C. Phillips became the second Republican to serve as Arizona Governor, and the first to beat Hunt in a general election.

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John Calhoun Phillips was sworn in for his first and only term as Governor on January 7, 1929.

Candidates

  • George W. P. Hunt, incumbent Governor, former Ambassador to Siam
  • James H. Kerby, then-incumbent Secretary of State

    • Candidates

  • John Calhoun Phillips, former state House and Senate member.
  • John Hunt Udall, clerk of the Arizona Superior Court.
  • Celora M. Stoddard, member of the Arizona State Senate from 1921 to 1923.

    • References

    Arizona gubernatorial election, 1928 Wikipedia
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