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Review of the election
1932 Arizona gubernatorial election
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County results
Moeur
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50?60%
60?70%
70?80%
Kinney
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50?60%
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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
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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
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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.
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Candidates
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Results
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Republican primary
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Candidates
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- J. C. "Jack" Kinney, cattle rancher
- W. W. Midgley, rancher
- William Walton
Results
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General election
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References
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Bibliography
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- Goff, John S. (1973).
George The Fifth
and
Bibliographical and Biographical Notes
(ed.).
George W. P. Hunt and his Arizona
. Phoenix: Socio-Technical Publications. pp. 159, 171?177, 273?277.