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1932 Washington gubernatorial election

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1932 Washington gubernatorial election
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The 1932 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Democratic nominee Clarence D. Martin defeated Republican nominee John Arthur Gellatly with 57.29% of the vote.

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Martin was the first Democrat elected governor of Washington with an absolute majority. He was also the first Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Washington to ever win Pacific County and San Juan County and the first since 1892 to win Jefferson County. Additionally, Clallam County, Clark County, Kitsap County, Thurston County, Wahkiakum County, and Whatcom County voted Democratic for the first time since 1896.[a]

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Primary election

Primary elections were held on September 13, 1932.[1]

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General election

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Candidates

Major party candidates

  • Clarence D. Martin, Democratic
  • John Arthur Gellatly, Republican

Other candidates

  • Luvern Clyde Hicks, Liberty
  • John F. McKay, Socialist
  • Fred E. Walker, Communist
  • Edward Kriz, Socialist Labor
  • Maslen Meade, Independent

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Notes

  1. The Democratic nominee in 1896 was primarily the Populist nominee, the two parties having run a fusion ticket in that election.
  2. Martin's margin over Hicks

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