Election Name: | 1932 Montana gubernatorial election |
Country: | Montana |
Flag Year: | 1905 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1928 Montana gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1928 |
Next Election: | 1936 Montana gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1936 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1932 |
Nominee1: | John E. Erickson |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 104,949 |
Percentage1: | 48.50% |
Nominee2: | Frank A. Hazelbaker |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 101,105 |
Percentage2: | 46.73% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | John E. Erickson |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | John E. Erickson |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Turnout: | 81.60%0.80[1] |
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.