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Montana gubernatorial election, 1932

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104,949
  
101,105

Start date
  
November 8, 1932

48.50%
  
46.73%

Montana gubernatorial election, 1932

Winner
  
John E Erickson

The 1932 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Governor of Montana John E. Erickson, who was first elected governor in 1924 and was re-elected in 1928, ran for re-election. He won the Democratic primary with a plurality and advanced to the general election, where he faced Frank A. Hazelbaker, the Lieutenant Governor of Montana. Despite the fact that Franklin D. Roosevelt carried the state in a landslide in the presidential election that year, Erickson only narrowly defeated Hazelbaker to win re-election to his third and final term as governor, though he would later resign just a few months into his term to appoint himself to the United States Senate.

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Candidates

  • John E. Erickson, incumbent Governor of Montana
  • Lewis Penwell, Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Montana, former State Representative
  • Miles Romney, Sr., former State Senator, former Mayor of Hamilton
  • Henry B. Mitchell
  • Candidates

  • Frank A. Hazelbaker, Lieutenant Governor of Montana
  • W. S. McCormack, former President of the Montana Senate
  • References

    Montana gubernatorial election, 1932 Wikipedia


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