Election Name: | 1934 Alabama gubernatorial election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | Alabama |
Previous Election: | 1930 Alabama gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1930 |
Next Election: | 1938 Alabama gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1938 |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | November 2, 1934 |
Nominee1: | Bibb Graves |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 155,197 |
Percentage1: | 86.93% |
Nominee2: | Edmund H. Dryer |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 22,621 |
Percentage2: | 12.67% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Benjamin M. Miller |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Bibb Graves |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1934 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1934, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent Benjamin M. Miller was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
At the time this election took place, Alabama, as with most other southern states, was solidly Democratic, and the Republican Party had such diminished influence that the Democratic primary was the de facto contest for state offices; after winning the Democratic primary it was a given you would win the general election.
As no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election was held.